The picture of Jesus Mercy represents Jesus clothed in a large, white robe, with His right arm blessing and His left arm showing His open Heart from which two rays spring out. One of the mis white ; the other is red representing the blood and water chich gushed from the side of Christ after His death on the cross (cf. Gospel of St Jean 19,34). They show the unlimited…
When ? We like being with those whom we love especially when they are suffering. Through the intercession of St Faustina, Jesus asked us to encounter Him in our prayer at 3pm, the hour of His great suffering. Jesus died on the cross and His heart was pierced by the soldier’s word. Blood and water gushed from His side that is in torrents of DivineMercy. Why ? Because Jesus told St…
In response to Our Lord’s request to St Faustina, St John Paul II, on Sunday April 30th 2000, asked for the second Sunday after Easter to be named « Mercy Sunday ». « I wish that the feast of Mercy be a recourse and refuge for all souls and above all, for poor sinners. On this day the source of my Mercy is open ; I shower an ocean of graces on souls…
On September 14th, 1935, Sr Faustina heard the following words : « Always say the prayer I taught you yesterday. Those who will say it twill experience my Mercy all though their lives and above all at the hour of their death ». This prayer reminds us that Jesus gave his life for us through Love in order to save us from the weight of sin. We all need God’s Mercy. The…
2000 years ago, when Jesus walked the earth, He healed the sick, He touched them, lifted them saying : « Yours sins are forgiven ». We have the example in St Marc’s gospel chaptel 2 ; Jesus forgives a paralyzed man of his sins and restores his bodily health. Jesus, who died and rose from the dead, wants His church to continue His work of healing and salvation through power of the Holy…
Mercy can contribute to the construction of a more human world, to more justice in society. Each one can contribute to a culture of Mercy in which no one is indifferent to others. Jesus tells us: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall find mercy” (Mt 5:7). Blessed indeed are they who can forgive, who show heartfelt compassion, who are capable of offering the very best to others; the…
The Pope’s message for young people and for all God’s people. Further to the Young People’s Synod, Pope Francis wrote Christ is Alive, which takes into account many of the suggestions expressed by young people from all over the world, present at the Synod. In Christ is Alive, « Mercy » appears three times, where Pope Francis evokes young people’s commitment (cf. § 168, 173, 177). Committed Young people 168. At times,…
“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice’, you would not have condemned the guiltless” (Mt 12: 7). God’s words have come down to us, through the Gospels, as a synthesis of the entire Christian message : true religion consists in love of God and neighbour. Angelus St Peter’s Square Sunday, 9 June 2008 Since God can only be merciful we do not live as if good and evil were the…
Mercy is not only a feeling, it is strength which life, which resuscitates mankind. Tweet – 9 June 2013 Jesus is waiting and wants to heal our hearts from everything which degrades them. He is God whose name is Mercy. Tweet – 14 February 2016 Mercy, is a journey that goes « from the heart to the hands ». Tweet – October 8th 2016 Mercy does not mean laxity or rigidity……
Mercy is needed in order to ensure that every injustice in the world will come to an end in the splendour of truth. Kraków-Łagiewniki, 17 August 2002 « Divine Mercy is definitely the limit to evil of which man is the author and the victim ». Memory and identity, p. 71 In no passage of the Gospel message does forgiveness, or mercy as its source, mean indulgence towards evil, towards scandals,…
Photo : https://www.bernalopez.org/ In the narrative of the Baptism, administered…
