Divine Mercy Sunday too late?

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I just received this book, Diary of St. Faustina. The bold is what Jesus had said to her. I just received this msg and I cant help but to think that I messed up during last Sunday of Divine Mercy, in which I just found out that there was a novena and such. I participated in Mass at home, but that’s all I really did. I did not do what Jesus says to do according to what is written, I had no idea! I am a New catholic and want to know if I can still do what He says on any given day to kind of make up for divine mercy sunday???

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You do not have to do anything in the diary. You do not have to “believe” in any of the private revelations. It is absolutely no sin to direct or divert your spirituality in other directions.

One must carefully discern which devotions they adopt, as the Fatima apparitions in particular, seem to be leading many to a state of anxiety.

Does our Mother want that?
 
  1. Po18guy is right, you are not required to believe in the Divine Mercy revelations to St. Faustina (in other words, the highlighted material from her diary). Some Catholics indeed do not believe in it. However, many Catholics do believe in it, because it has been approved by the Vatican, which is the highest level of approval for a private revelation, and in addition the Church has chosen to officially commemorate Jesus’ Divine Mercy on Divine Mercy Sunday and has done many things to encourage Catholics to participate in Divine Mercy devotions on that day. Note I said “encourage” not “require”.
  2. You did not make Jesus upset by not doing the Divine Mercy devotions. He does not demand that people participate in Divine Mercy devotions. His demands were directed to St. Faustina, her confessor, the Church etc who needed to make the arrangements for a Divine Mercy image and for solemn celebrations (like the feast being placed on the liturgical calendar etc). If someone chose to honor Jesus in a different way, for example through Adoration, or through contemplation while repeating the Jesus Prayer, or through devotion to his Sacred Heart, or by prayerfully reading Scripture, Jesus would be fine with that.
  3. If you decide after reading the above that you would like to honor Jesus’ Divine Mercy, then you can venerate the Divine Mercy image and say the prayers associated with the Divine Mercy (such as the Divine Mercy Chaplet, the novena, and “Jesus I Trust in You”) any time you like. It’s never too late. And then next year if you wish, you can participate in devotions on Divine Mercy Sunday. Many churches have a special devotional service (Separate from Mass) on that day.
 
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God lives outside of time in the eternal now. I think the concept of his Divine mercy is so unfathomable that it would extend to many things beyond our comprehension. Why not just make an act of contrition, veneration and spiritual communion and merely entrust them to God’s mercy? When you read the diary you will know that souls trusting in God’s mercy receive all they ask for.
There are some love videos on YouTube you may enjoy all under the titles of ‘Evenings with the merciful Jesus’. Talks by nuns from St Faustinas congregation and a few priests.
God bless you
 
I do the novena but also recite the chaplet every Friday of the year.

I try to do it on 3:00 PM every Friday but sometimes I forget. So I do it at 5:00 PM Friday when I forget.

Been doing it for nine years.

This year is the first time, I didn’t go to confession the Saturday before Mercy Sunday due to the pandemic.
 
I don’t think it is ever loo late. I believe that Dod exists outside of time, and because of that, earnest prayer is received, even after death when someone prays for your soul. Why else would St. Paul write (paraphasing) “:It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed of their sins”.
It would also explain the concept of :personal judgment" and “final judgment”.
Does anyone else agree?
 
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