Divine Mercy Sunday 2018

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The OP asked me to post in this thread about the indulgences for DM Sunday so I will try to do that.

One should note that for Divine Mercy (DM) Sunday, there are actually TWO different spiritual benefits you can get:
  1. Special graces bestowed by Jesus in his promise to St. Faustina, which is private revelation, and comes directly from Jesus. He has promised to grant you a “complete pardon” from sin. To get this special grace, you just need to go to Confession within some reasonable time before DM Sunday (even during Holy Week) and then in a state of grace receive Communion on DM Sunday.
    Because this is coming straight from Jesus, it is similar to the promises attached to other devotions that have come to us through private revelation, such as Nine First Fridays and Five First Saturdays.
  2. Also, completely separate from Jesus’ promise, the Church through its authority has provided for a plenary indulgence for DM Sunday. Note that this is coming from the Church and operates like other plenary indulgences in that you can keep the plenary for yourself or assign it to a deceased soul in Purgatory, such as your loved one who has died.
To get this plenary indulgence, you need to fulfill the usual conditions for a plenary indulgence, which are
  • go to confession within 20 days of DM Sunday
  • be in a state of grace on DM Sunday
  • receive Holy Communion, either on DM Sunday or within a couple days of it
  • recite (out loud) prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father - no specific prayers are called out, but usually one says an Our Father, Hail Mary and a Glory Be, out loud
  • have no attachment to sin, even venial sin
AND do one of these two indulgenced works on Divine Mercy Sunday - either one will work, but you can only get one plenary indulgence so if you do both, you don’t get extra. Choose from:

Work #1: On Divine Mercy Sunday, in any church or chapel, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honour of Divine Mercy

OR

Work #2: On Divine Mercy Sunday, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or reserved in the tabernacle, recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you!"). If you cannot get to church because you are sick, you are caring for a sick person, you are in the middle of a war or disaster, or are a sailor at sea, then you can also get the indulgence by saying these prayers in front of a Divine Mercy Jesus image wherever you are.

Note that you can use the same Holy Communion and Confession to meet the requirements of Jesus’ promise and the requirements for the plenary indulgence.
And since you can get for yourself the benefit of Jesus’ promise, it is a nice thing to give the plenary indulgence to a poor soul in purgatory, such as a deceased relative, and just have the trust for yourself in the grace from Jesus.

I hope this is helpful and that everyone will take advantage of the opportunity to get all good gifts provided by both Jesus and the Church on DM Sunday.
 
I saw that you were trying to put up reminders for the Divine Mercy Sunday Feast, and it makes me so happy to see all the efforts you have been making. I bet you that you have warmed Our Lord’s heart and made Him smile. Thank you for reminding the rest of us!
 
I would also remind people that there is a wonderful Divine Mercy novena that begins on Good Friday. It was part of St. Faustina’s revelations–you can find it if you google it.
All good stuff!!
 
We don’t for sure know but we just do the best we can.
I usually say a little prayer before Communion that goes something like, “I reject sin, I don’t want to sin, I will myself not to sin, Lord, help me not sin!” and then an Act of Contrition.
That’s about the best I can do, along with trying to resist sins when tempted.
 
That’s why I love the DM promise of Jesus apart from the plenary indulgence. Such is the generosity of God. I have read that only very few have no attachment to even venial sin.
 
This is my favorite day of the year and one of the most important days of the year.
 
Kathleen18 said:
How does one know they have no attachment to venial sin?
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I think the key word is ‘attachment’. For example, someone who verbally cusses (not at others or taking the Lord’s name in vain), habitually, would be attached to a venial sin. I would presume any pious, devout Catholic would know if they are attached to any venial sin.
 
I do two things. First, I ask Jesus to allow me to make a plenary indulgence and to be completely free of attachment to sin, since I can’t do it myself but he can. I usually offer plenary indulgences for a soul in purgatory (am doing it everyday this Lent) and I tell him it is a great act of charity and he should thus help me do it 🙂 Second, I pray the Act of Contrition very carefully, dwelling on the phrase “but most of all because they offend thee my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love.” I incline my heart fully to embracing this truth.
 
I asked a question related to this last week if anyone is curious…
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Is Anyone Here Truly an Expert on the difference between the Divine Mercy Promise and D.M. Indulgence? Spirituality
The Graces of Divine Mercy Sunday, which is the Sunday after Easter truly are extraordinary, but I was wondering if someone is crystal clear on the difference between the Divine Mercy Indulgence that the Church has established for D.M. Sunday and Jesus’s Divine Mercy Promise that can be found in the diary. They are NOT the same. Firstly, the Divine Mercy Promise as it is laid out in the diary by Jesus is not officially approved by the church, though it is quite similar. Can someone very know…
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