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St. Faustina messages & Divine mercy novena & Divine mercy Sunday
Posted by: "Charles Fears" cofears@yahoo.com cofears
Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:20 pm (PDT)
[Attachment(s) from Charles Fears included]DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY, MAY 1 (the Sunday after Easter).
On February 22, 1931, a young Polish nun, Sister Faustina Kowalska saw a vision of Jesus with rays of mercy streaming from the area of His Heart. He told her to have an image painted to represent this vision and to sign it “Jesus, I trust in You!”
Calling her the Apostle and Secretary of His mercy, He ordered her to begin writing a diary so that others would learn to trust in Him. In a series of revelations, He taught her that His mercy is unlimited and available even to the greatest sinners, and He revealed special ways for people to respond to His mercy.
On the Sunday after Easter, April 30, 2000 (Mercy Sunday), Sister Faustina was solemnly canonized in Rome by Pope John Paul II. The Holy Father announced during his homily that henceforth, the Sunday after Easter would be celebrated as Divine Mercy Sunday throughout the universal Church.
Among the elements of devotion to The Divine Mercy requested by Our Lord through Sister Faustina, the Feast of Mercy holds first place. In all, she recorded 14 revelations concerning this Feast. Our Lord said in Diary entry 699:
My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and a 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. On that day are opened all the divine floodgates through which graces flow. 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 angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will 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.
To fittingly observe the Feast of Mercy, we should:
1. Celebrate the Feast on the Sunday after Easter
2. Sincerely repent of all our sins;
3. Place our complete trust in Jesus;
4. Go to confession, preferably before that Sunday;
5. Receive Holy Communion on the day of the Feast;
6. Venerate* the Image of the Divine Mercy;
7. Be merciful to others, through our actions, words, and prayers.
*To venerate a sacred image or statue simply means to perform some act or make some gesture of deep religious respect toward it because of the person whom it represents---in this case, our Most Merciful Savior.
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