Sunday, April 27, 2025, 3:00 PM – Sanctuary
Fr. Colin Patrick invites you and your families to pray in Adoration before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for the Holy Hour of Divine Mercy, seeking God’s mercy for ourselves and for our nation, for offenses against life, marriage, and religious liberty. This hour recalls Christ’s death on the cross and will include His reflection, Exposition, praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and Benediction. The Sunday of Divine Mercy provides an important opportunity to share Christ’s message of mercy, especially with those who have been wounded by abortion.
The Feast of Divine Mercy is celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of Easter (the Sunday following Easter Sunday). The Feast of Divine Mercy celebrates the fact that even now, Jesus calls us to immerse ourselves in his mercy and love. This feast focuses on God’s continuing merciful action throughout salvation history to this day! After his Resurrection, Jesus took great care to show his apostles his hands and side, pointing to the wounds of the Passion, especially the wound in his heart, the source from which flows the great wave of mercy poured out on humanity.
Come experience the mercy and healing of our Lord. The Divine Mercy devotion has grown greatly in popularity. Pope John Paul II declared the Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday when he canonized the Polish saint Faustina Kowalska on April 30, 2000. St. Faustina’s revelations put a great emphasis on this day as a “day of mercy”. The familiar image of the Divine Mercy pictures two beams of light radiating from the heart of Christ, imaging the “water and blood” we hear about in 1 John 5:6.
The Divine Mercy chaplet is prayed using rosary beads with special texts emphasizing the saving Passion of Christ and prayers to assist us through these trying times.
You can receive these special graces this Sunday, by receiving a special indulgence.
In St. Faustina’s Diary, when Jesus tells St. Faustina:
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. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet (699).
The faithful have the opportunity to take refuge in the depths of Christ’s mercy by receiving either a plenary or partial indulgence. Saint Pope John Paul II granted plenary and partial indulgences to the faithful who observed certain pious practices on Divine Mercy Sunday each year in a June 2002 decree. He did this to inspire the faithful in devotion to the divine mercy.
Resources on St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy:
What to do on Divine Mercy Sunday
The Divine Mercy Message | The Divine Mercy
https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/chaplet.php
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