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 “Tell aching mankind to snuggle close to my merciful Heart, and I will fill them with my peace.”

–Jesus to Saint Faustina

In 1931, Our Lord Jesus appeared to Sister Maria Faustina in Poland, with two rays radiating from His heart. The pale ray stands for the Water which makes our souls righteous and the red ray for the Blood which is the life of our souls. These two rays issued forth from the very depths of Christ’s tender mercy when His agonized heart was opened by a lance on the Cross.

Jesus told Sister Faustina to paint the image with the words, “Jesus I trust in You.” He asked her to pray the chaplet of Divine Mercy from Good Friday until the Sunday after Easter; however, it can be prayed at any time.

Jesus said, “Say unceasingly this chaplet I have taught you. Anyone who says it will receive great Mercy at the hour of death. Even the most hardened sinner, if he recites this Chaplet even once, will receive grace from My Infinite Mercy. I want the whole world to know My Infinite Mercy, and to give unimaginable graces to those who trust in My Mercy.”

The message of mercy is that God loves all of us no matter how great our sins.

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 the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive.

On April 30, 2000 (Divine Mercy Sunday of that year), Pope John Paul II canonized Saint Faustina and declared the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday.

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