Tomorrow is Divine
Mercy Sunday. Many parishes throughout the world will hold special services at
3pm to honor what Jesus asked of St. Faustina: to designate the Sunday after
Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. Please make an effort to attend these services.
The blessings and graces available are amazing!
The official observance of this Feast, which
had already been granted to the nation of Poland and been celebrated within
Vatican City, was granted to the Universal Church by Pope John Paul II on the
occasion of the canonization of Sr. Faustina on 30 April 2000. In a decree
dated 23 May 2000, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of
the Sacraments stated that "throughout the world the Second Sunday of
Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the
Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the
difficulties and trials that mankind will experience in the years to
come."Read more:http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/feast.htm#ixzz2Pdv28SlE.
Let’s contemplate what Jesus revealed to St. Faustina:
Whoever approaches the Fountain of Life on this day will
be granted complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. (Diary300)
I want the image solemnly
blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated
publicly so that every soul may know about it. (Diary341)
This Feast emerged from the
very depths of My mercy, and it is confirmed in the vast depths of my tender
mercies. (Diary420)
On one occasion, I heard these
words: My daughter, tell the whole world about My Inconceivable mercy. I desire
that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially
for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I
pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy.
The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain
complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.*[our emphasis] On that day all
the divine floodgates through which grace flow are opened. Let no soul fear to
draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that
no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all
eternity. Everything that exists has come forth from the very depths of My most
tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will I contemplate My love and
mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of
tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday
after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My
Mercy. (Diary699)
Yes, the first Sunday after
Easter is the Feast of Mercy, but there must also be deeds of mercy, which are
to arise out of love for Me. You are to show mercy to our neighbors always and
everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to absolve yourself from it. (Diary742)
I want to grant complete
pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on
the Feast of My mercy. (Diary1109 Read
more:http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/feast.htm#ixzz2PdvaGSkL
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