“God
wants us to know that all the graces of His mercy
can
only be received by our trust.
The
more we open the door of our hearts and lives to Him with trust,
the
more we can receive”.
The
Divine Mercy Message and Devotion
The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that
God loves us – all of us. And, He wants us to recognize that His mercy is
greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His
mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His
joy.
The Divine Mercy message is one we can call to mind simply by remembering
ABC:
A - Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer
constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us
and upon the whole world.
B - Be merciful. God wants us to receive
His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and
forgiveness to others just as He does to us.
C - Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that all the
graces of His mercy can only be received by our trust. The more we open the
door of our hearts and lives to Him with trust, the more we can receive.
This message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy
is based on the writings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish nun
who, in obedience to her spiritual director, wrote a diary of about
600 pages recording the revelations she received about God's mercy. Even
before her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to
spread.
The message and devotional practices proposed in
the Diary of Saint Faustina and set forth in this web site and
other publications of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception are completely
in accordance with the teachings of the Church and are firmly rooted in the
Gospel message of our Merciful Savior. Properly understood and implemented,
they will help us grow as genuine followers of Christ.
….
Jesus told St. Faustina, “Mankind will not have
peace until it turns with trust to My mercy” (Diary of Saint Maria
Faustina Kowalska, 300; see also 699).
The five elements of the devotion (represented
by the acronym F.I.N.C.H., for Feast, Image, Novena, Chaplet, Hour) have
attached to them some of the most powerful and extraordinary promises of any
devotion.
Spend time to learn more about the mercy of God, learn
to trust in Jesus, and live your life as merciful to others, as Christ is
merciful to you.
For a full understanding of Divine Mercy, we
recommend Divine Mercy Message and Devotion, by
Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC.
The
Divine Mercy Message | The Divine Mercy
