Posts Tagged ‘Divine Mercy’
On God’s Special Mercy Towards the Dying
When [the Divine Mercy Chaplet] is said by the bedside of a dying person, God’s angeris placated, unfathomable mercy envelops the soul, and the very depths of My tendermercy are moved for the sake of the sorrowful Passion of My Son. ~ St. Faustina’sDiary During the first week of Passiontide (the 5th week of Lent),…
Read MoreBelieve in His Mercy!
I would not appreciate being remembered for my greatest weakness; however, that is how we have come to identify Doubting Thomas. I remember about 3 years ago being on my annual retreat and meditating on today’s Gospel passage. I remember thinking at the time something along these lines… This doesn’t make a lot of sense.…
Read MoreSt. Faustina
Today is the optional memorial of one of the most popular saints of our day, St. Faustina. Faustina grew up in Poland. From the age of seven she felt a call to religious life. She asked her parents’ permission for this when she was 18, but they refused. “After this refusal, I turned myself over…
Read MoreDivine Mercy Sunday
Today is Divine Mercy Sunday. It was instituted by Pope St. John Paul II during his pontificate on the Second Sunday of Easter in the year 2000, during the Mass of canonization of St. Faustina Kowalska. Prompted by Jesus, St. Faustina promoted this devotion to Divine Mercy throughout her life and in her writings. What…
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On this second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, it is important to reflect on the Risen Lord and how we can be instruments of God’s mercy. When the disciples gathered in the upper room after the resurrection it was more out of fear than of faith, for they did not yet understand how they…
Read MoreThree Mandates of Mercy
It must have been between the 20th and 25th of October 1936. Sister Maria Faustyna [Faustina] Kowalska was in and out of a hospital in Krakow, Poland, suffering the pains of a disease (probably tuberculosis). She received one of the series of messages about Divine Mercy. It was one of the decisive points in discerning…
Read MoreGod’s Magnificent Mercy
Today’s Gospel reminds us of the magnificent mercy and justice of God in the parable of the merciless servant. Jesus tells this parable when Peter asks how often he should forgive his brother and thinking he was being generous adds “As many as seven times?” Jesus said, “Not seven times, but seventy times seven.”…
Read MoreLeading by Mercy
This reflection is on mercy as a crucial quality of a virtuous life. Let’s begin with you. I mean, you as you are and me as I am. Specifically, you and me as believers, we, as people, granted the grace of faith, people called in love to communion with our Creator. Is it because we…
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