DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed the second Sunday of Easter to be Divine Mercy Sunday, which is a devotion that centres on the Mercy of God.

This message of Divine Mercy is most associated with Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), a Sister of Mercy in Poland. St. Faustina, in deep relationship with Our Lord, received the Divine Mercy image on February 22, 1931. 

Jesus was dressed in white, with one hand raised in blessing, and the other hand touching His garment at the breast. From there came two radiant beams of light, one red and the other pale. Jesus said to her in apparition “The rays represent the blood and water which gushed forth from the depths of My Mercy when My agonizing Heart was opened on the Cross.” When the image was to be painted, Jesus instructed that the words “Jesus I Trust in You” should be inscribed across it. Jesus’ abyss of Mercy for souls is incomprehensible. If we draw close to His Mercy, He will fill us with peace.

This April 27th a Plenary Indulgence (the remission of temporal punishment due to sin) may be received on Divine Mercy Sunday by practicing the following:

1. To be in a state of grace (having confessed and received Holy Communion). 2. To be detached from sin. 3. To pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet, or recite the Our Father and the Creed, before the Blessed Sacrament.

JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU!