Divine Mercy Sunday
Today, on the 2nd weekend of the Easter Season, we celebrate "Divine Mercy Sunday."
Today's devotion comes from Sister Maria Faustina, who was a young, uneducated nun in a convent in Poland during the 1930s. She had only three years of simple education, however, she received extraordinary revelations—messages from our Lord Jesus. She recorded these experiences, which she compiled into notebooks. These notebooks are known today as the "Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska," and the words contained urge us all to repent and be assured of God's unwavering and gratuitous Divine Mercy.
Today's devotion comes from Sister Maria Faustina, who was a young, uneducated nun in a convent in Poland during the 1930s. She had only three years of simple education, however, she received extraordinary revelations—messages from our Lord Jesus. She recorded these experiences, which she compiled into notebooks. These notebooks are known today as the "Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska," and the words contained urge us all to repent and be assured of God's unwavering and gratuitous Divine Mercy.
Jesus, we trust in You!
Say these words whenever you are feeling troubled, or consider saying them each day at 3 pm (the hour of mercy, when Jesus died on the Cross).
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
This special set of prayers came to St. Faustina in prayer and the Lord asked her to spread them to the whole world. Pray them on your own or with family (learn how here), listen to sung versions on YouTube, or even just pause to pray this powerful line from the Chaplet:
"For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world."