Divine Mercy - God's Greatest Attribute

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The Divine Mercy Devotion was given to Saint Faustina for the whole world for our times. Never before have we needed to beg for God's mercy than in our times. The world is spiraling out of control with all manner of problems the root of which is the replacement of God Himself with hedonism, narcissism, and relativism. We are globally a self-centered people who place other gods of pleasure and materialism ahead of the One True God. Before He comes as the Just Judge, Jesus is granting this time of mercy for mankind. Don't put it off for NOW IS THE TIME OF MERCY.

What is Divine Mercy? Click the link below for a complete explanation of this marvelous devotion for our time - Now is the time of mercy; don't pass it up.

"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. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces 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."  

“Apostle of My mercy, proclaim to the whole world My unfathomable mercy. Do not be discouraged by the difficulties you encounter in proclaiming My mercy. These difficulties that affect you so painfully are needed for your sanctification and as evidence that this work is Mine. My daughter, be diligent in writing down every sentence I tell you concerning My mercy, because this is meant for a great number of souls who will profit from it." 

"Before I come as a just judge, I am coming FIRST as "King of Mercy"!  Let all men now approach the throne of My mercy with absolute confidence!  Some time before the last days of final justice arrive, there will be given to mankind a great sign in the heavens of this sort:  all the light of the heavens will be totally extinguished. There will be a great darkness over the whole earth.  Then a great sign of the cross will appear in the sky.  From the openings from where the hands and feet of the Savior were nailed will come forth great lights -  which will light up the earth for a period of time.  This will happen before the very final days.  It is the sign for the end of the world.  After it will come the days of justice!  Let souls have recourse to the fount of My mercy while there is still time!  Woe to him who does not recognize the time of My visitation."

Our Lord asks that we honor His Passion every day at 3 P.M. This was the hour when He gave up His spirit on Calvary, and this is the hour He refers to as "the hour of great mercy for the whole world". The recitation of the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy at 3pm joins us with all of the others throughout the world who are reciting it then. If you cannot go to an Adoration Chapel or Church where the Chaplet is said, you can participate in it with the Marians on EWTN or click the link above. 

The means by which God forgives sins after baptism is confession: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9). Minor or venial sins can be confessed directly to God, but for grave or mortal sins, which crush the spiritual life out of the soul, God has instituted a different means for obtaining forgiveness—the sacrament known popularly as confession, penance, or reconciliation.

This sacrament is rooted in the mission God gave to Christ in his capacity as the Son of man on earth to go and forgive sins (cf. Matt. 9:6). Thus, the crowds who witnessed this new power "glorified God, who had given such authority to men" (Matt. 9:8; note the plural "men"). After his resurrection, Jesus passed on his mission to forgive sins to his ministers, telling them, "As the Father has sent me, even so I send you. . . . Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained" (John 20:21–23).

Since it is not possible to confess all of our many daily faults, we know that sacramental reconciliation is required only for grave or mortal sins—but it is required, or Christ would not have commanded it.

Jesus tells is through Saint Faustina's Diary that we should not be concerned about the Priest-Confessor for it is He Himself Who is present hearing our confession. What a comfort this can be. GO TO CONFESSION. 

An unusually rare and compelling look into the soul of a Roman Catholic priest, this timely and timeless diary will rekindle hope in the ancient, but ever so new quest for union with God.

Against the backdrop of the high tech world of the Third Millennium, the looming threat of international and domestic terrorism, and a Church floundering to regain credibility in the wake of countless scandals, Fr. Anthony Buœ weaves a bold thread, through the intensely personal sharing of his own journey, to reconnect with the deeper meaning and purpose of life.

This provocative story of an inner-city Chicago priest will profoundly move the hearts of Christians and non-Christians alike to recognize the abiding mystery of a hidden presence that sustains and transforms the human person confronted with forces that undermine the dignity and nobility of life.

In the heart of Chicago, as in innumerable places throughout the world, heaven is reaching out to humanity in a gesture of mercy to kindle within the soul a desire for God. The Holy Mother of God -- the tabernacle that so long ago concealed the Holy of Holies -- continues her apostolic mission to make Jesus known, loved, and served. She gently and tenderly, gracefully and mercifully, reminds a wayward, wandering, and wondering people that they, too, are known, loved, and served by God.

Our Lady's request for a Sanctuary of The Divine Mercy is a mother's plea to her children to seek refuge in God. To this end, she prepares holy ground where sacred silence gives way to the sound of God's voice. She will not permit the cacophony of the world to interrupt or distort the voice of the living God. She will provide the means to draw the pilgrims to the Sanctuary of The Divine Mercy and into the silence of the adoration chapel where Jesus will give to drink from the fountain of mercy.

The Sanctuary of The Divine Mercy will be an encounter with the Living God in the silence of sacred space. There, away from the noise of the world, the soul will "contemplate the face of Christ in the school of Mary."

Click above picture of The Divine Mercy for greater insight into this devotion.