Divine Mercy Sunday -- Messages from Jesus, Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI


"From now on, the Second Sunday of Easter will be called Divine Mercy Sunday."
~Pope John Paul II, 2000


This is the Divine Image that appeared to Sister (now Saint) Faustina:
"In the evening in my cell, I saw Jesus clothed in white, one hand raised in blessing the other resting on His breast. From His garment came rays of light, one red and the other pale in colour. Jesus said to me", "Paint an image according to the vision you see, with the signature 'Jesus I trust in You'. I desire that this image be venerated first in your chapel and then throughout the world. The two beams of light shining forth from My Heart, are the symbols of blood and water that poured from My side on the day of my sacrifice on Calvary. The pale beam represents the water that purifies souls, the red, the blood that gives life to souls."


"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever."
~ Psalm 118

This feast emerged from the very depths of My mercy, and it is confirmed in the vast depths of My tender mercies. Every soul believing and trusting in my mercy will obtain it...All your miseries have been consumed in the flame of My love, like a little twig thrown into a roaring fire.
~Jesus to St. Faustina

The fullness of this love was revealed in the sacrifice of the Cross.
For "greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
(John 15:13)

"Here is the measure of God's love!
Here is the measure of God's mercy!
Once we recognize the truth, we become aware that Christ's call to love others even as He has loved all of us to that same measure. We feel in some sense impelled to make our lives a daily offering by showing mercy to our brothers and sisters, drawing upon the gifts of God's merciful love."
~ Pope John Paul II

"Holy Mary, Mother, you have given the world its true light,
Jesus, your Son -- the Son of God.
You abandoned yourself completely to God's call and thus became a wellspring of the goodness which flows forth from Him.
Show us Jesus. Lead us to Him.
Teach us to know and love Him,
so that we, too, can become capable of true love
and be fountains of living water in the midst of a thirsting world."
~ Deus Caritas Est
Pope Benedict XVI

I pray that each of you will receive the fullness of His mercy today on this glorious feast of the Divine Mercy.

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