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Feast of Divine Mercy


FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY

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During the course of Jesus' revelations to Saint Faustina on the Divine Mercy He
asked on numerous occasions that a feast day be dedicated to the Divine Mercy
and that this feast be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. The liturgical
texts of that day, the 2nd Sunday of Easter, concern the institution of the
Sacrament of Penance, the Tribunal of the Divine Mercy, and are thus already
suited to the request of Our Lord. This Feast, which had already been granted to
the nation of Poland and been celebrated within Vatican City, was granted to the
Universal Church by Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the canonization of Sr.
Faustina on 30 April 2000. In a decree dated 23 May 2000, the Congregation for
Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments stated that "throughout the
world the Second Sunday of Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a
perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine
benevolence, the difficulties and trials that mankind will experience in the
years to come." These papal acts represent the highest endorsement that the
Church can give to a private revelation, an act of  papal infallibility
proclaiming the certain sanctity of the mystic, and the granting of a universal
feast, as requested by Our Lord to St. Faustina.

Concerning the Feast of Mercy Jesus said:

Whoever approaches the Fountain of Life on this day will be granted complete
forgiveness of sins and punishment. (Diary 300)

I want the image solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want
it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it. (Diary 341)

This Feast emerged from the very depths of My mercy, and it is confirmed in the
vast depths of my tender mercies. (Diary 420)

On one occasion, I heard these words: My daughter, tell the whole world about My
Inconceivable mercy. 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.* [our emphasis] On that day all the divine floodgates through which
grace flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins
be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will
be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come
forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation
to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy
emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly
celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until
it turns to the Fount of My Mercy. (Diary 699)

Yes, the first Sunday after Easter is the Feast of Mercy, but there must also be
deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me. You are to show mercy to
our neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to
absolve yourself from it. (Diary 742)

I want to grant complete pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and
receive Holy Communion on the Feast of My mercy. (Diary 1109)

As you can see the Lord's desire for the Feast includes the solemn, public 
veneration of the Image of Divine Mercy by the Church, as well as personal acts
of veneration and mercy. The great promise for the individual soul is that a
devotional act of sacramental penance and Communion will obtain for that soul
the plenitude of the divine mercy on the Feast.

*The Cardinal of Krakow, Cardinal Macharski, whose diocese is the center of the
spread of the devotion and the sponsor of the Cause of Sr. Faustina, has written
that we should use Lent as preparation for the Feast and confess even before
Holy Week! So, it is clear that the confessional requirement does not have to be
met on the Feast itself. That would be an impossible burden for the clergy if it
did. The Communion requirement is easily met that day, however, since it is a
day of obligation, being Sunday. We would only need confession again, if
received earlier in Lenten or Easter Season, if we were in the state of mortal
sin on the Feast.

 

Diary, Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul (c) 1987
Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception, Stockbridge, MA 01263. All
rights reserved. Used with permission.


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