Divine Mercy Sunday
April 24, 2022

Jesus revealed the Image of the Divine Mercy to Saint Faustina, a humble Polish nun.  Jesus asked Saint Faustina to be the messenger of God’s mercy to a world wounded by war, division and sin.  Jesus told Saint Faustina to have this image painted to remind everyone about God’s great mercy and forgiveness of sin, to always trust in the love and mercy of God, and to seek His forgiveness through the Sacrament of Reconciliation when we have failed to love God and our neighbor.  The words on the bottom of the image are, “Jesus, I trust in You!”

The Divine Mercy Image is the image of the Risen Jesus Christ, extending to all of us His greeting of peace.  The two rays of light shining from his wounded side—one red, and one white—are the blood and water which flowed from Jesus, pierced by the sword, when He was crucified on the cross.  These rays represent the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Baptism.  By Jesus’ sacrifice of love, by offering His life for our sins, He brought us back into friendship with God our Father.

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Join us in praying the Divine Mercy Novena and celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday!

The Second Sunday of Easter is the Feast of Divine Mercy, or Divine Mercy Sunday (April 24).  The Divine Mercy Novena is prayed prior to Divine Mercy Sunday, beginning on Good Friday, April 15.

Unlike other novenas, where people ask for something from God through the intercession of His Holy Saints, the Divine Mercy Novena is intended to be prayed for graces and/or salvation to be given to other people.

Jesus asked Sr. Faustina that this novena be prayed prior to the Feast of Divine Mercy (the Sunday after Easter), beginning on Good Friday.  He gave Sr. Faustina an intention to pray for on each day of the Novena, saving for the last day the most difficult intention of all, the lukewarm and indifferent of whom He said: “These souls cause Me more suffering than any others; it was from such souls that My soul felt the most revulsion in the Garden of Olives.  It was on their account that I said: ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass Me by.’  The last hope of salvation for them is to flee to My Mercy.”

In her diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul, Sr. Faustina wrote that Jesus told her: “On each day of the novena you will bring to My heart a different group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy. . . On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls”

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+++ Kids Coloring Divine Mercy image +++
If your child colored the Divine Mercy image, they may turn it in to an Usher at the weekend Mass. All submitted images will be publically posted for viewing either at the Church or Holy Family Center

+++ Please stop by the Parish Office to pick up your free guide
to praying the Divine Mercy Novena & Chaplet +++