1. Divine MercyDivine Mercy
SundaySunday

2. Our Lord's MercyOur Lord's Mercy
grants forgivenessgrants forgiveness
of all sins andof all sins and
punishmentpunishment
on Divine Mercyon Divine Mercy
Sunday,Sunday,
mercy for evenmercy for even
TThe first Sunday afterhe first Sunday after
EasterEaster

3. It was Jesus, HimselfIt was Jesus, Himself
who asked for the Feast day to bewho asked for the Feast day to be
celebratedcelebrated
on this particular Sunday followingon this particular Sunday following
Easter.Easter.

4. Jesus left all the details in a diaryJesus left all the details in a diary
which He commanded Saint Faustina towhich He commanded Saint Faustina to
writewrite
in the 1930’s.in the 1930’s.
((““Divine Mercy In My SoulDivine Mercy In My Soul”)”)
When did Jesus make this promise?When did Jesus make this promise?
How do we receive it?How do we receive it?

5. Our Lord speaks strongly about this
to Saint Faustina:
”I demand from you deeds of mercy
which are to arise out of love for Me.
You are to show mercy to your neighbors
always and everywhere.
You must not shrink from this
or try to excuse yourself from it.”
(Diary, 742)

6. During the course of Jesus' revelations
to Saint Faustina
on the Divine Mercy
He asked on numerous occasions
that a feast day be dedicated
to the Divine Mercy
and that this feast be celebrated
the Sunday after Easter.

7. “I desire the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and
shelter
for all souls, especially for poor sinners.
On that day the very depths of My tender mercy
are open.

8. “The soul that will go to Confession
and receive Holy Communion
shall obtain complete forgiveness
of sins and punishment.”
(Diary, 699)

9. ““On that dayOn that day
all the divine floodgatesall the divine floodgates
through which grace flow arethrough which grace flow are
opened.opened.
Let no soul fear to draw nearLet no soul fear to draw near
to Me, even though its sins beto Me, even though its sins be
as scarletas scarlet.”.”
(Diary, 699)

10. This Feast, which had already been grantedThis Feast, which had already been granted
to the nation of Polandto the nation of Poland
and celebrated within Vatican City,and celebrated within Vatican City,
was granted to the Universal Churchwas granted to the Universal Church
by Pope John Paul IIby Pope John Paul II
on the occasion of canonization of Son the occasion of canonization of Stt. Faustina. Faustina
on 30 April 2000.on 30 April 2000.

11. In a decree dated 23 May 2000,
the Congregation for Divine Worship
and the Discipline of the Sacraments
stated that "throughout the world
the second Sunday of Easter
will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday,
a perennial invitation to the Christian world
to face, with confidence in divine benevolence,
the difficulties and trials that mankind will
experience in the years to come”.

12. These Papal acts represent
the highest endorsement
that the Church can give to a private
revelation, an act of Papal
infallibility
proclaiming the certain sanctity of the
mystic,
and the granting of a universal feast,
as requested by Our Lord to St.
Faustina.

13. Divine Mercy Novena
Jesus further asked that
this Feast of the Divine Mercy
be preceded by a Novena of Chaplets
to the Divine Mercy
which would begin on Good Friday.
Say one chaplet each day following
the novena intention.

14. The Hour of Great Mercy
Jesus asked Saint Faustina,
and through her … for us,
to celebrate
this Hour of Great Mercy,
promising tremendous graces
to those who would,
both for themselves
and on behalf of others
at 3 o'clock, implore My mercy, ...

15. especially for sinners;
and, if only for a brief moment,
immerse yourself in My Passion,
particularly in My abandonment
at the moment of agony.
This is the hour of great mercy ...
in this hour I will refuse nothing
to a soul that makes a request of Me
in virtue of My Passion.”
(Diary, 1320).

16. Jesus commissioned St. Faustina
to have a special image painted.
He wanted the world to know His mercy
through this image.
"In the evening, when I was in my cell,
I saw the Lord Jesus clothed in a white garment.
One hand raised in the gesture of blessing,
the other was touching the garment at the breast.
From beneath the garment, slightly drawn aside at the
breast,
there were emanating two large rays, one red, the other
pale.
In silence I kept my gaze fixed on the Lord;

17. “paint an image according to the pattern you see
with the signature: “Jesus, I trust in you”.
I desire that this image be venerated,
first in your chapel, and throughout the world.”
(Diary, 47)
"I am offering people a vessel
with which they are to keep coming for graces
to the fountain of mercy.
That vessel is this image with the signature;
'Jesus, I trust in You"
(Diary,327)

18. In the beginning of 1934, in Vilnius,
Father Sopocko, the principal spiritual director
and confessor of St. Faustina,
entrusted the painting of the image of Merciful Jesus
to artist painter Eugeniusz Kazimirowski
who resided in the same building.
Since then, Sister Faustina visited
the painter’s studio to give some instructions
and to instruct the artist about details of the image.

19. Father Sopocko did his best to make the image
painted precisely following her instructions.
He adjusted the canvas on which he asked the image
of Merciful Jesus to be painted,
to the size of the old frame donated earlier
by one of parishioners.
When the painting was ready to be displayed
(June 1934-see Memories),
he requested sister Faustina to ask Lord Jesus
about instructions to inscribe the image.

20. “The two rays denote Blood and Water.
The pale ray stands for the Water
which makes souls righteous.
The red ray stands for the Blood
which is the life of souls.
These two rays issued forth
from the depths of My tender mercy
when My agonized Heart
was opened by a lance on the Cross.”
(Diary, 299)

21. “I promise that the soul that will venerate
this image will not perish.
I also promise victory over [its] enemies
already here on earth,
especially at the hour of death.
I Myself will defend it as My own glory.
(Diary, 48)

22. Holy God,
Holy Mighty One,
Holy Immortal One,
have mercy on us
and on the whole world.
(3 times)