DIVINE MERCY
DIVINE MERCY
About Divine Mercy
The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion
The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us – all of us. And, he wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy.
The Divine Mercy message is one we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC:
A - Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon the whole world.
B - Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us.
C - Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive.
This message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish nun who, in obedience to her spiritual director, wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the revelations she received about God's mercy. Even before her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to spread.
The message and devotional practices proposed in the Diary of Saint Faustina and set forth in this web site and other publications of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception are completely in accordance with the teachings of Church and are firmly rooted in the Gospel message of our Merciful Savior. Properly understood and implemented, they will help us grow as genuine followers of Christ.
Spend time to learn more about the mercy of God, learn to trust in Jesus, and live your life as merciful to others, as Christ is merciful to you.
For a full understanding of Divine Mercy, we recommend Divine Mercy Message and Devotion, by Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC.
Forms of Devotion
Through St. Faustina, the Merciful Savior has given the aching world new channels for the outpouring of His grace. These new channels include the Image of The Divine Mercy, the Feast of Mercy (Divine Mercy Sunday), the Chaplet, the Novena to The Divine Mercy, and prayer at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the Hour of Great Mercy.
Although these means of receiving God’s mercy are new in form, they all proclaim the timeless message of God’s merciful love. They also draw us back to the great Sacrament of Mercy, the Holy Eucharist, where the living Lord, who suffered and died on the Cross and whose Heart was pierced with a lance, pours forth His mercy on all mankind, and grants pardon to all who draw near and honor Him. As Jesus told St. Faustina:
My Heart overflows with great mercy for souls, and especially for poor sinners…[I]t is for them that the Blood and Water flowed from My Heart as from a fount overflowing with mercy. For them I dwell in the tabernacle as King of Mercy. (Diary, 367)
Divine Mercy Sunday
“The soul that will go to Confession and received Holy Communion on the Feast of Divine Mercy shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.” (Diary II, 138)
“Therefore let no soul fear to draw near to me, even though its sins be scarlet” (Diary II, 138)
“The Feast of Mercy was born in my heart for the consolation of the whole world. All that exists is enclosed in My Mercy much more profoundly than a baby is in the womb of the mother.”
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
“By this (the Chaplet) Novena, I will grant souls all possible graces” (Diary II, 197)
“…by saying the Chaplet you are bringing humankind closer to Me.” (Diay 754)
“When this chpley is said by the bedside of a dying person, God’s anger is placated, unfathomable mercy envelopes the soul.” (Diary 811)
“It please Me to grant everything they ask of Me by saying the Chaplet (Diary 1541)…if what you ask is compatible with My will.” (Diary 1731)
3 O'Clock Prayer
"I remind you, My daughter, that as often as you hear the clock strike the third hour, immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it; invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners; for at that moment mercy was opened wide for every soul. In this hour you can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking; it was the hour of grace for the whole world - mercy triumphed over justice." (Diary, 1572)
"At three o'clock, implore My mercy, especially for poor sinners; and, if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, particularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy for the whole world. I will allow you to enter into My mortal sorrow. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion... " (Diary, 1320)
Divine Mercy Novena
The Lord told me to say this chaplet for nine days before the Feast of Mercy. It is to begin on Good Friday. By this novena, I will grant every possible grace to souls.(Diary 796)
Jesus is commanding me to make a novena before the Feast of Mercy, and today I am to begin it for the conversion of the whole world and for the recognition of The Divine Mercy... So that every soul will praise My goodness. I desire trust from My creatures. Encourage souls to place great trust in My fathomless mercy. Let the weak, sinful soul have no fear to approach Me, for even if it had more sins than there are grains of sand in the world, all would be drowned in the unmeasurable depths of My mercy.” (Diary 1059)
Image of Divine Mercy
“The rays represent the blood and water which gushes forth from the depth of My Mercy when My agonizing Heart was pierced on the Cross. The pale rays represent the water which cleanses and purifies the soul. The red ray represents the blood which gives new life to the soul. These rays will shield the soul before the Justice of My Father. Fortunate are those who live in His shelter, for the Justice of God will not reach them there.”
“I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish. I further promise to that soul victory over enemies here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I Myself, shall defend that sould as My own glory…”
Mercy in Action
Corporal Works of Mercy
1. Feed the hungry.
2. Give drink to the thirsty.
3. Clothe the naked.
4. Shelter the homeless.
5. Comfort the imprisoned.
6. Visit the sick.
7. Bury the dead.
Forms of Devotion
1. Admonish sinners.
2. Instruct the uninformed.
3. Counsel the doubtful.
4. Comfort the sorrowful.
5. Be patient with those in error.
6. Forgive offenses.
7. Pray for the living and the dead.
Messages of Jesus to St. Faustina
Trust
“The graces of My Mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, that is TRUST. The more a soul trusts the more it will receive.”
“Distrust tears at My Heart.”
“The lack of confidence in chosen soul hurts Me most. Tell ailing mankind to grow close to My Merciful Heart and I will fill them with peace. Mankind will not find solace until it turns with confidence to My Mercy and Love.”
Mercy
“You are to be My living reflection through Love and Mercy, be always merciful towards other people, especially towards sinners.”
Love everyone out of love for me”
“The greater the sinner, the greater the mercy.”
“Speak to whole world of My Mercy.”
“Do not fear, you will never be alone, because I am with You. And you are always near to My Heart.”
“Recognize My Mercy now while there is still time.”
“No sinner were he an abyss of wickedness, will ever exhaust My Mercy, because the more one draws from it, the more there will be.”
SIn
“My daughter, know without doubt, and once and for all, that only mortal sin drives Me out of a soul, and nothing else. (Diary 1181)
For the Sick and the Dying
“While there is still time, let them take refuge in the Found of My Mercy.”
“In the final hour the soul soul does not have anything in its defense except My Mercy, for Justice will not reach it there.”
For People Who Spread the Devotion
“Souls who spread the honor of My Mercy I shield through their entire life and at the hour of their death I WILL NOT BE A JUDGE FOR THEM BUT A MERCIFUL SAVIOR.”
[Adventure Works]
Predict the future by creating it
AN INVITATION TO BE PART OF THE DEVOTEES OF THE DIVINE MERCY IN ROLP
Resurrection of our Lord Parish
MAIN ACTIVITIES:
FORMATION
· Monthly Formation Meetings (One Friday / Month)
· BOSOM
PROPAGATION
· Monthly Formation Meetings (One Friday / Month)
· BOSOM
WORKS OF MERCY
· Feeding Program**
· Medical / Dental Missions**
· Prayers for the Sick **
· Prayers for the Dead **
· Rosary Making Program
· Community Counseling / Talks about Divine Mercy**
· Scapular Making Program