Divine Mercy
Easter's second Sunday
Announcements for April 10, 2021:
It's something of a surprise announcement, but let's have a Divine Mercy celebration on Sunday. I'll expose the Blessed Sacrament and hear confessions starting at 2:00pm, and someone will lead us in the Chaplet of Divine Mercy starting at 3:00pm.
We closed out our campaign to relieve our neighbors' medical-debt burden - the $30,000 we raised will pay off $3,000,000 to those most in need!
This weekend, we're launching Listen Everywhere. If you need help hearing during Mass, LE's use of assistive technology will help. You can find it in our Pew Resources (also the QR code on our pews).
I have reorganized the website, but you can still find all of our announcements in our Parishioner Portal.
Please be in touch with me if you need anything at all, or if you'd like to share any questions or concerns.
Dear Saints,
This weekend, the Second Sunday of Easter, is known as Divine Mercy Sunday.
The Gospel passage we read to commemorate this feast is powerful. Jesus appears to his Apostles, identifying himself by the wounds of his crucifixion, and extends his peace to them. Jesus' forgives his closest friends - the men who abandoned and betrayed him - and restores them to friendship with God.
In the 1930s, Jesus appeared to Saint Faustina Kowalska, making her a champion of God’s mercy to all, especially sinners. Devotion to Divine Mercy - especially in the venerated image on which is inscribed, “Jesus, I trust in You” - has since spread through the Church to every corner of creation.
Divine Mercy
Eugeniusz Kazimirowski, 1934
The three main themes of the devotion - and the focus of the recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet - are 1. to ask for and obtain the mercy of God, 2. to trust in Christ's abundant mercy, and 3. to show mercy to others and act as a conduit of God's mercy towards them.
Here we see the power that comes from trusting in Jesus: in him we receive the mercy of God, and in him we are made vessels of his mercy (his bountiful and forgiving love!) to everyone we encounter.
Kyrie Eleison! Lord, have mercy!
In the Peace of the Risen Christ,
Father Daniel
δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ
PS How about a quote or five on mercy?
"Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of God and others." ~ Pope Francis
"Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive." ~ Saint Augustine
"Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved." ~ Saint John Chrysostom
"Apart from the mercy of God, there is no other source of hope for mankind." ~ Pope Saint John Paul II
"For there are three ways of performing an act of mercy: the merciful word, by forgiving and by comforting; secondly, if you can offer no word, then pray - that too is mercy; and thirdly, deeds of mercy. And when the Last Day comes, we shall be judged from this, and on this basis we shall receive the eternal verdict." ~ Saint Maria Faustyna Kowalska
Preparing for Mass?
Check out this weekend's readings:
Sunday of Divine Mercy
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
Peter Paul Rubens, 1615