Divine Mercy Sunday

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In case anyone hasn’t posted this, Sunday (this coming Sunday) is Divine Mercy Sunday!

Pope John Paul II attached a plenary indulgence to this Sunday, under certain circumstances.

Here are the instructions for obtaining a plenary indulgence:

divinemercysunday.com/plenary_indulgence.htm

The website is also full of information on the Divine Mercy.

divinemercysunday.com
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This is wonderful. Thank you for this reminder “so that the faithful might receive in great abundance the gift of the consolation of the Holy Spirit”
 
For those with anxiety, like myself, Divine Mercy is a most healing devotion. I got my family to pray it, and my worries about their souls have been a little healed as such.

I fully, fully, fully encourage people to spread the message of Divine Mercy. We must cling to Christ’s wonderful, loving mercy, it is our only hope.

Also, I encourage people to visit hospitals, and pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, as Christ said to St. Faustina, He will come to dying sinners not as the Just Judge, but as the Merciful Savior. What a powerful prayer.
 
I have gone to divine mercy services in the past.
It is a beautiful devotion.
 
With humility in my heart, I’d like to offer my testimony as to the power of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy

It was easily 14 years ago. I had a special radio in my car that enabled me to receive shortwave radio broadcasts. This meant that I could listen to stations like the BBC World Service, Vatican Radio, etc as I drove to work in the morning. And as this was before EWTN was available on many AM and FM stations, I could listen to its shortwave station WEWN. And so it was that everyday at 3, I’d be driving home and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy would be broadcast. And everyday, I would turn off my radio saying, “If protestants ever wanted a repetitive prayer to point at in criticism of Catholics, this is it! Its the same thing over and over and over and over again! This prayer is a stinker!”

Things in my life were a bit messy at the time as I had just gotten a divorce and was climbing out of a dark night of the soul. I wrote to EWTN and Mother Angelica and sent in a prayer request as well as a donation. Lo and behold, what do they send back … a prayer card of that darn Chaplet of Divine Mercy!

So I says to myself, “Self, this must mean something. Okay, Jesus, I’ll pray your silly prayer.” Every day, I’d be driving home, rosaries in hand, saying the Chaplet. And you know what – things changed! I My life took a sudden turn around that was great. I was filled with the Holy Spirit and my dark night was lifted.

Now years later – as I have done for almost 8 years now, as cantor at my parish, I will be leading the faithful in singing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy on this, Divine Mercy Sunday.

The Chaplet has gone from being a prayer that I despised, to being one so very close to my heart

God bless

Tony
 
agp2176 said:
With humility in my heart, I’d like to offer my testimony as to the power of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy

It was easily 14 years ago. I had a special radio in my car that enabled me to receive shortwave radio broadcasts. This meant that I could listen to stations like the BBC World Service, Vatican Radio, etc as I drove to work in the morning. And as this was before EWTN was available on many AM and FM stations, I could listen to its shortwave station WEWN. And so it was that everyday at 3, I’d be driving home and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy would be broadcast. And everyday, I would turn off my radio saying, “If protestants ever wanted a repetitive prayer to point at in criticism of Catholics, this is it! Its the same thing over and over and over and over again! This prayer is a stinker!”

Things in my life were a bit messy at the time as I had just gotten a divorce and was climbing out of a dark night of the soul. I wrote to EWTN and Mother Angelica and sent in a prayer request as well as a donation. Lo and behold, what do they send back … a prayer card of that darn Chaplet of Divine Mercy!

So I says to myself, “Self, this must mean something. Okay, Jesus, I’ll pray your silly prayer.” Every day, I’d be driving home, rosaries in hand, saying the Chaplet. And you know what – things changed! I My life took a sudden turn around that was great. I was filled with the Holy Spirit and my dark night was lifted.

Now years later – as I have done for almost 8 years now, as cantor at my parish, I will be leading the faithful in singing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy on this, Divine Mercy Sunday.

The Chaplet has gone from being a prayer that I despised, to being one so very close to my heart

God bless

Tony
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Tony, God does, indeed, work in strange and mysterious ways, eh? LOL
 
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