Archive for April, 2011

Get ready for the Feast of The Divine Mercy!

Jesus said,”Souls who spread the honor of My mercy I shield through their entire life as a tender mother her infant, and at the hour of death I will not be a Judge for them, but the Merciful Savior.” Diary of St. Faustina(1075)

In October of 2009 we travelled to The Shrine of the Divine Mercy to celebrate the 5Th anniversary of the blessing of our marriage on St. Faustina’s Feast Day. We became volunteers of the Faustinum Association of the Divine Mercy. One of the suggested Readings for volunteers and members of the Association is a little book called “She made an Ordinary Life Extraordinary.”

In this book under the title…The Greatness of the Feast is manifested in the promises we read:

“Whoever comes to the fount of life on this day will be granted complete remission of sin and punishment,” Jesus said.
Thus there is a special, exceptional grace attached to Holy Communion received in a state of grace on that day: it is the grace of “complete remission of sins and punishment.” Read the rest of this entry

He is Risen!

Divine Mercy Novena begins Good Friday

To pray the Novena in song please click on the link for the day and then the Chaplet. A written version is printed below.

Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul © 1987 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, Stockbridge, MA 01263. Used with permission.

Novena to the Divine Mercy

The Novena may be prayed any time, but Jesus asked that it especially be prayed beginning on Good Friday and ending on what is now known as Divine Mercy Sunday. Each day of the Chaplet, we pray for a different group in response to Jesus’ requests (in italics below) which He made known to St. Faustina. We pray for: all mankind — especially sinners, priests and religious, the devout and faithful, pagans, heretics and schismatics, the meek and children, those who venerate His mercy, the souls in Purgatory, and, finally, the lukewarm. Read the rest of this entry