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From the Pastor

What is Devine Mercy Sunday?

4/11/2021

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Brothers and Sisters,

​ In a series of revelations to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s, our Lord called for a
special feast day to be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter.  Today, we know that feast
as Divine Mercy Sunday, named by Pope St. John Paul II at the canonization of
St. Faustina on April 30, 2000. 

The Lord expressed His will with regard to this feast in His very first revelation to
St. Faustina. The most comprehensive revelation can be found in her Diary entry 699:
My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the
Feast of Mercy be a refuge and a shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners.
On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of
graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go
to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of
sins and punishment. On that day are opened all the divine floodgates through which
graces flow. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet.
My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it
throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come from the very depths of My
most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate My love and
mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of
tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after
Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My mercy.

Nevertheless, Divine Mercy Sunday is NOT a feast based solely on St. Faustina’s
revelations. nor is it altogether a new feast. The Second Sunday of Easter was already a
solemnity as the Octave Day of Easter. The title “Divine Mercy Sunday” does, however,
highlight the meaning of the day. (Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception)

Happy Easter
Fr. Kevin & Fr. Trinidad


Hermanos y Hermanas,
​
            ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡Es verdaderamente Resucitado! La resurrección de Cristo de los muertos es un hecho histórico. Todo lo que celebramos durante nuestro tiempo en esta tierra: nacimiento, aniversarios, nuestras amistades, diferentes monumentos conmemorativos y varios hitos en la vida reciben su belleza, alegría y significado cuando se colocan a la luz de la resurrección.  Apaga esa luz y la oscuridad es abrumadora. Si la muerte es la conclusión de tu breve peregrinación por esta tierra, tu acto final en esta etapa llamas vida, en una   obra que continúa sin ti, todas tus acciones son en última instancia sin sentido. Tu vida, por emocionante o sosa que sea, no tiene valor. El sufrimiento, el dolor y la muerte son vuestros compañeros diarios en este viaje, recordándoles que la felicidad, la alegría y la paz son simplemente experiencias fugaces que marcan tu ardua existencia. 

Hoy celebramos que no es así. Dios creó el mundo, creó belleza, creó vida. Y Dios es amor. Por lo tanto, todo lo que existe, toda acción del Padre brota de Su amor y canta, proclama y anuncia Su amor interminable por nosotros. Dios es amor y aunque nos hemos burlado de él, lo hemos rechazado y lo hemos matado, regresa, buscándonos. Hoy la Iglesia anuncia que Cristo ha resucitado de entre los muertos, la tumba no es la última parada. Él nos creó para una eternidad de belleza y felicidad con Él, la tumba está vacía. Tu vida tiene un valor infinito y fue fundada directamente por Dios. Eres totalmente conocido y amado por el Alfa y el Omega. Hoy se anuncia la vida eterna, la victoria final sobre la muerte. Cristo está vivo. Hoy. ¡Es verdaderamente Resucitado!
​
¡Os deseo una feliz Pascua llena del amor de Dios!
P. Kevin y P. Trinidad
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