A-B-C’s of Mercy

A = Ask for mercy

“Souls that make an appeal to My mercy

delight Me. To such souls I grant even more

graces than they ask. I cannot punish even the

greatest sinner if he makes an appeal to My

compassion. Beg for mercy for the whole

world. No soul that has called upon My mercy

has been disappointed.”

B = Be merciful in deed, word, and prayer.

From Heart to Arms Heart = Compassion Arms = Movement to alleviate suffering.

C = Completely Trust

“Encourage the souls with whom you

come in contact to trust in My infinite mercy.

Oh, how I love those souls who have complete

confidence in Me - I will do everything for

them.”

May the binding promise of the Lord

Jesus be fulfilled: from here there must

go forth “the spark

which will prepare the world for his final

return.”

St. John Paul II

THE SPARK

Prepare for the Lord’s Final Coming

1) The spark is the message of Divine Mercy

2) This message helps us to trust completely in Jesus

3) Allows him to work in and through us, and powerfully brings about our transformation in him

4) Our transformation is our “going to him”

5) This going to him is part of the mystery of his final coming insofar as it hastens it, prepares for it, and may even be a kind of cause of it.

The Three Points of Communion

1) Communion with the Trinity - I am created in the image of God, the Most Holy Trinity. My heart is restless until I enjoy eternal communion with God, which is my final end.

2) Transforming Communion with Christ - became man, suffered, died, resurrected, and ascended into heaven to bring me back into communion with God.

3) Mission of Communion - as a member of Christ’s body, I should desire with Christ, the Head of the Body, that all may be one” in communion of love of the Most Holy Trinity. This desire should spur me on to action, to a mission of communion, a mission of bringing others and all creation back to God through, with, and in Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

WISDOM &

WORKS

F-I-N-C-H

F = Feast The Feast of Divine Mercy

(Divine Mercy Sunday) - Second Sunday of Easter. The climax of the Octave of Easter.

“On that day, the very depths of My tender mercy are

opened. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon

those souls who approach the fount of My mercy …

On that day, all the divine floodgates through which

graces flow are opened.”

“ The soul that will go to Confession and receive

Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness

of sins and punishment”

I = Image

“I am offering people a vessel with which they are to

keep coming for graces …. By means of this image,

I shall be granting many graces to souls”

N = Novena to Divine Mercy 9 Days starting on Good Friday (can

be recited at any other time as well).

C = Chaplet of Divine Mercy Prayed on rosary beads. An

extension of the “supercharged” moment of the Mass when Jesus is giving himself Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity into our hands.

“Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.”

“For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.”

“ The souls that will say this chaplet will be

embraced by My mercy during their lifetime

and especially at the hour of their death.”

“When this chaplet is said by the bedside of

a dying person…. Unfathomable mercy

envelops the soul …”

“ By this novena, I will grant

every possible grace to souls.” H = Hour of Great Mercy

Because Jesus died on the cross for us at 3 p.m.

“This is the hour of great mercy for the whole

world … I will refuse nothing to the soul that

makes a request of Me in virtue of My

Passion.”

During this hour Jesus asked St Faustina to pray the stations of the cross, or adore the Blessed Sacrament or immerse herself in His Passion.

“ How much the world needs to understand and accept Divine Mercy! Lord, who reveal the Father’s love by your death and Resurrection, we believe in you and confidently repeat to you today: Jesus, I trust in you, have mercy upon us and upon the whole world.”

St. John Paul II