Divine Mercy Sunday
Holy Mass
Saturday, April 26
- 4:00 pm Vigil
Sunday, April 27
- 9:00 am
- 11:00 am
Confessions
Saturday, April 26
- 3:00 pm
Sunday, April 27
- 8:30 - 9:00 am
- 10:30 - 11:00 am
- 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Divine Mercy Chaplet - Sung
Sunday April 27
- 3:00 - 3:30 pm
Origin of Divine Mercy
Mankind’s need for the message of Divine Mercy took on dire urgency in the 20th Century, when civilization began to experience an “eclipse of the sense of God” and, therefore to lose the understanding of the sanctity and inherent dignity of human life. In the 1930s, Jesus chose a humble Polish nun, St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, to receive private revelations concerning Divine Mercy that were recorded in her Diary.
Divine Mercy Sunday: St. Faustina’s Diary records 14 occasions when Jesus requested that a Feast of Mercy (Divine Mercy Sunday) be observed.
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy: The Chaplet was also given to St. Faustina with this promise: “Encourage souls to say the chaplet which I have given you” (Diary, no. 1541). “Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. … Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy.
The Divine Mercy Novena: Jesus gave St. Faustina nine intentions for which to pray the Chaplet beginning on Good Friday and ending on the Saturday before Divine Mercy Sunday.
Click here to read more on Divine Mercy Sunday from the USCCB.
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