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You are to be My living reflection, through love and mercy. be always merciful toward other people, and especially toward sinners.

 

What is Divine Mercy?

The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us – all of us. And, he wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy.

Jesus told St. Faustina: I have opened My Heart as a living fountain of mercy. Let all souls draw life from it. Let them approach this sea of mercy with great trust. Sinners will attain justification, and the just will be confirmed in good. Whoever places his trust in My mercy will be filled with My divine peace at the hour of death.

There are three main themes to the Divine Mercy devotion: To ask for and obtain the mercy of God, to trust in Christ's abundant mercy, and finally to show mercy to others and act as a conduit for God's mercy towards them

The ABC's of Divine Mercy

The Divine Mercy message is one we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC: 

Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon the whole world.

Be merciful. God wants us to receive His mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us.

Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive.

Reason for Divine Mercy Now:

Jesus told St. Faustina: If they will not adore My mercy, they will perish for all eternity. Secretary of My mercy, write, tell souls about this great mercy of Mine, because the awful day, the day of My justice, is near.

 Jesus told St. Faustina:  Speak to the world about My mercy; let all mankind recognize My unfathomable mercy. It is a sign for the end times; after it will come (230) the day of justice. While there is still time, let them have recourse to the fount of My mercy; let them profit from the Blood and Water which gushed forth for them.

 

Trust.

Jesus told St. Faustina: The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is — trust. The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive. Souls that trust boundlessly are a great comfort to Me, because I pour all the treasures of My graces into them. I rejoice that they ask for much, because it is My desire to give much, very much. On the other hand, I am sad when souls ask for little, when they narrow their hearts.

Sooner would heaven and earth turn into nothingness than would My mercy not embrace a trusting soul.



Jesus told St. Faustina: I have opened My Heart as a living fountain of mercy. Let all souls draw life from it. Let them approach this sea of mercy with great trust. On the cross, the fountain of My mercy was opened wide by the lance for all souls — no one have I excluded!. I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy. That vessel is this image with the signature: "Jesus, I trust in You". The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is — trust. The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive (1578).

 

Spreading the honor of The Divine Mercy.

St. Faustina Said: " That beautiful soul who is spreading this work of Divine Mercy throughout the world is, by his deep humility, very pleasing to God.

Jesus told St. Faustina: “Souls who spread the honor of My mercy I shield through their entire life as a tender mother her infant, and at the hour of death I will not be a Judge for them, but the Merciful Savior” (Diary, 1075).

Jesus told St. Faustina: My daughter, do not tire of proclaiming My mercy. In this way you will refresh this Heart of Mine, which burns with a flame of pity for sinners. Tell My priests that hardened sinners will repent on hearing their words when they speak about My unfathomable mercy, about the compassion I have for them in My Heart. To priests who proclaim and extol My mercy, I will give wondrous power; I will anoint their words and touch the hearts of those to whom they will speak.

Mercy

Be Merciful as Your Father is Merciful

We are not only to receive the mercy of God, but to use it by being merciful to others through our actions, our words, and our prayers; in other words, we are to practice the Corporal and Spiritual Works (Acts) of Mercy. The Lord wants us to do these works of mercy, because even the strongest faith is of no use without works.

Jesus told St. Faustina: My Heart overflows with great mercy for souls, and especially for poor sinners. … It is for them that the Blood and Water flowed from My Heart as from a fount overflowing with mercy. For them I dwell in the tabernacle as King of Mercy (Diary, 367).

I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor: 

The First —      by deed

The Second — by word

The Third —     by prayer

In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies Me and pays reverence to My mercy.

Veneration of the Image

The Image of Jesus, The Divine Mercy, is to have a special place of honor on the Feast of Mercy, a visual reminder of all that Jesus did for us through His Passion, Death, and Resurrection … and a reminder, too, of what He asks of us in return — to trust Him and be merciful to others.

Three Ways to Keep the Three O’clock Hour:

1. We can immerse ourselves in the Lord’s Passion, especially in his abandonment on the Cross. 

We can do this briefly (even “for an instant”) or for a longer period of time. 

For example, we can simply look at a crucifix, think of Jesus in his Passion, 

or pray the Three O’clock Prayer: 

You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. 

O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.

O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You

If we have more time, we can pray the sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary or make the Stations of the Cross.

2. We can present our petitions to the Father by virtue of his Son’s Passion. 

Our petitions should be made with bold confidence because of the indescribable power of Jesus’ Passion 

and the great promises attached to the Hour of Great Mercy. 

I recommend presenting one’s petitions in the context of praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet. 

(Don’t forget to pray for unrepentant sinners and the dying, especially for unrepentant sinners who are dying.) 

3. The three o’clock hour is a great time to visit Jesus, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament