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Why Pray the Daily ? ……………………………………...... 3

Why Pray the Chaplet of Every Day? ...... 3

Our Lady of Fatima on Praying the Rosary …...... …………...... 4

A Further Explanation of the 20 Mysteries of the Rosary……...... 5

Jesus Christ on Praying the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy……..…...... 7

Our Lady of Warns the World Of Coming Chastisement ...... 8

Pope John Paul II: His Thoughts on Divine Mercy Just Before His Death ...... 10

The Second Coming of Christ: It’s Near Say Jesus and Mary ...... 11

2 Why Pray the Daily Rosary?

First of all, the Blessed Virgin Mary gave the rosary, and how to say it, to the entire world, including you. It’s a great personal prayer when we pray for ourselves and others. It’s a great family prayer, with family members taking turns in leading a decade of prayers to God and to Mary. The family that prays together, stays together. The rosary is the weapon with which to defeat the devil and obtain all graces.

The rosary should be said, silently or aloud, while meditating on the great mysteries in the lives of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is the hope of the world for peace, revered by Catholics, the Orthodox and Muslims everywhere. For more information on Our Lady warning the world of a coming chastisement, unless we repent and change now for the good, click here to read the article on her appearances in Japan, the only country in the world where the atom bomb was used to destroy two cities and almost 200,000 lives. Our Lady of Akita’s words have been totally approved by the as worthy of belief. Read more on page 8.

Why Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Every Day?

First of all, Jesus Christ asks us to pray the chaplet, which only takes five minutes, on the rosary beads! Second, Jesus Christ Himself gave the prayers to be said, and how it should be said. Third, He promises His mercy to those who pray the chaplet. He even promises Divine Mercy for a dying person if you intervene by praying the chaplet for Jesus’ mercy for that person. We are living in the time of the Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ. Soon, it will become the time of His Justice and His Second Coming, as promised in the Bible. For more information, taken from the book “Divine Mercy in My Soul,” turn to page 11 for a longer, detailed article using the words of Jesus and Mary. These words have been totally approved by the Catholic Church as worthy of belief. The Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed every day at 3 p.m. U.S.A. Eastern time on EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) whose website is www.EWTN.com.

3 Our Lady of Fatima Asks You To Pray the Rosary Daily ysteries for Praying it Properly (It only takes 15 minutes) Praying the Rosary

JOYFUL MYSTERIES 1. Make the Sign of the Cross (Monday and Saturday) 6 and say the “Apostles Creed.” Annunciation; Visitation; Nativity; 2. Say the “Our Father.” Presentation; Finding in the Temple 9 3. Say three “’s.” 4. Say the “Glory.” LUMINOUS MYSTERIES 7 5 5. Announce the First Mystery; (Thursday) 8 4 then say the “Our Father.” Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan; 6. Say ten “Hail Mary’s” while Manifestation of Jesus at the Wedding 3 meditating on the Mystery. at Cana; Proclamation of the Kingdom 7. Say the “Glory,” then say of God; Transfiguration of Jesus; the Fatima Prayer.” Institution of the Eucharist 2 8. Announce the Second Mystery; then say the “Our Father.” SORROWFUL MYSTERIES Repeat 6 and 7 and continue (Tuesday and Friday) with Third, Fourth and Fifth Agony in the Garden; Scourging at 1 Mysteries in the same manner. the Pillar; Crowning with Thorns; Carrying 9. Say the “Hail Holy Queen.” of the Cross; Crucifixion

GLORIOUS MYSTERIES (Wednesday and Sunday) Resurrection; Ascension; Descent of Holy the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Spirit; Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; may both imitate what they contain and obtain Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary what they promise, through the same Christ our Click here for more details on the mysteries Lord. Amen. of the rosary

The Rosary is for All Faiths

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us the Holy Spirit. Amen. sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

“Apostles Creed” I believe in God the Father “Glory” Glory to the Father, and to the Son and to almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and the Holy Spirit, as it was in the Beginning, is now, in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who and will be forever. Amen. was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was “Fatima Prayer” O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, crucified, died and was buried. He descended save us from the fires of hell and lead all souls to into hell; the third day He arose from the dead. heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from “Hail Holy Queen” Hail Holy Queen, Mother of thence He shall come to judge the living and mercy! our life, our sweetness and our hope! To you the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; the Holy do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to you Catholic Church; the Communion of Saints; the do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; in this valley of tears! Turn then, most gracious and life everlasting. Amen. advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us; and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of “Our Father” Our Father, who art in heaven your womb, Jesus. hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us O clement,O Loving,O sweet Virgin Mary! this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tres- Pray for us, Holy Mother of God. passes as we forgive those who trespass against R: That we may be made worthy of the us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver promises of Christ. us from evil. Amen Let us pray, O God whose only begotten Son, by “Hail Mary” Hail Mary, full of grace, the His Life, Death and Resurrection, has purchased

Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Photography courtesy of Robert Cheng women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, you, that we who meditate on these mysteries of Our Lady of Fatima 4 A Further Explanation of the 20 Mysteries of the Rosary

Joyful Mysteries:

Th e An n u n c i at i o n The Archangel Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary and announces that she will become Mother of the Son of God. She accepts.

Th e Vi s i tat i o n Mary leaves home to visit her cousin, much older Elizabeth who is in her sixth month of pregnancy, carrying John the Baptist. Elizabeth calls Mary the Mother of our Lord.

Th e Nat i v i t y Jesus is born in a cave shared with cattle. Shepherds come after hearing the voices of angels from on high.

Th e Pr e s e n tat i o n Jesus is presented in the temple for the ritual required by law.

Th e Fi n d i n g i n t h e Te m p l e Jesus, 12, is lost for three days and his Mother and foster father Joseph find Him in the temple, showing his wisdom and knowledge to the teachers.

Sorrowful Mysteries:

Ag o n y i n t h e Ga r d e n Jesus sweats blood in His agony in the garden. Jesus is arrested, after a kiss on the cheek from Judas, the betrayer.

Sc o u r g i n g at t h e Pi l l a r Jesus is scourged viciously by the Romans.

Cr o w n i n g o f Th o r n s Jesus, the King of all kings, man and God, receives a crown of thorns piercing His head without relief.

Ca r r y i n g o f t h e Cr o s s Jesus carries the cross, falling three times on His way to His crucifixion.

Th e Cr u c i f i x i o n Jesus is crucified with nails piercing His hands and feet. After he dies, a sword pierces His heart, bringing forth blood and water.

5 Luminous Mysteries:

Th e Bapt i s m o f Je s u s Jesus is baptized in the river Jordan by St. John the Baptist.

Th e We d d i n g Fe a s t at Ca n a Jesus, at His Mother’s request, works his first , changing water into wine at the wedding party in Cana.

Th e Pr o c l a m at i o n o f t h e Ki n g d o m Jesus proclaims the Kingdom of God to the masses gathered before Him.

Th e Tr a n s f i g u r at i o n Jesus, in prayer, is transfigured with very bright light and is joined from Heaven by Elijah and Moses.

In s t i t u t i o n o f t h e Eu c h a r i s t Jesus offers His Body and Blood in the form of bread and wine to His Apostles at the Last Supper, the night before His crucifixion.

Glorious Mysteries:

Th e Re s u r r e c t i o n On the third day, Jesus is raised from the dead, and appears to several of His followers.

Th e As c e n s i o n 40 days after His Resurrection, Jesus ascends from earth into Heaven with His Apostles, disciples and His Mother looking on.

Th e De s c e n t o f t h e Ho l y Sp i r i t The Holy Spirit descends upon and dwells with Jesus’ Apostles and His Mother.

Th e As s u m pt i o n After dying, Jesus’ Mother is assumed into Heaven, body and soul.

Th e Co r o n at i o n The Blessed Virgin Mary is crowned in Heaven by God as Queen of Heaven and earth.

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Courtesy of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, www.marian.org. © Archdiocese of Vilnius, Lithuania. depth of your heart the thought of the Our Lady of Akita blood of Mary. The blood shed by Mary Warns the World Of Coming Chastisement has a profound meaning. This precious blood was shed to ask your conversion, By Daniel P. McGivern to ask for peace, in reparation for the in- gratitude and the outrages towards the One of the most im- follow me. Is the infirmity of your Lord. As with devotion to the Sacred portant appearances of the ears painful? Your deafness will Heart, apply yourself to devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary took be healed, for sure. Be patient. It Most Precious Blood. Pray in repara- place in 1973 to Sister Ag- is the last trial. Does the wound tion for all men. Say to your superior nes Sasagawa in a convent of your hand cause you to suffer? that the blood is shed today for the last in Akita, Japan. Pray in reparation for the sins of time. Your pain also ends today. Tell Historically, dozens of Christians men. Each person in this com- them what happened today. He will were martyred, burned at the stake like munity is my irreplaceable daugh- understand all immediately. And you, St. Joan of Arc, at Akita in a Christian ter. Do you say well the prayer of observe his directions.” persecution in 1624. the Handmaids of the Eucharist? On the First Friday of August, Sister Agnes, although she was Then, let us pray it together.” 1973, August 3rd, the Virgin Mary totally deaf, received a letter in May, Then Our Lady instructed that made the second of her three appear- 1973 from the Handmaids of the Eu- the daily prayer of the Handmaids of ances to Sister Agnes and said, “Many charist, asking her to join their order the Eucharist be changed to add one men in this world afflict the Lord. I and live at the convent. word “truly”. Then Sister Agnes, her desire souls to console Him to soften That year of 1973 was miraculous guardian angel and the Blessed Vir- the anger of the Heavenly Father. I indeed! A month after joining, sister gin Mary prayed this new version of wish, with my Son, for souls who will saw brilliant lights coming from the the prayer. repair by their suffering and their chapel’s tabernacle. She prayed pros- “Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, poverty for the sinners and ingrates. trate, lying on the floor, before the Lord truly present in Holy Eucharist, I “In order that the world might in the tabernacle. Then she saw angels consecrate my body and soul to be know His anger, the Heavenly Fa- in the mysterious brilliant light. entirely one with Your Heart, be- ther is preparing to inflict a great Her guardian angel then appeared ing sacrificed at every instant on chastisement on all mankind. With to her, the first of many visits, on June all the altars of the world and giv- my Son, I have intervened so many 29, Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. ing praise to the Father pleading times to appease the wrath of the Fa- A day later, on the Feast of the Immac- for the coming of His Kingdom. ther. I have prevented the coming of ulate Heart of Mary, Sister Agnes was “Please receive this humble calamities by offering Him the suf- supernaturally given two red scratches offering of myself. Use me as You ferings of the Son on the Cross, His in the palm of her hand, in the form of will for the glory of the Father and Precious Blood, and beloved souls a cross. The wound was very painful, the salvation of souls. who console Him forming a cohort particularly on Thursday nights and on “Most Holy Mother of God, of victim souls. Prayer, penance and Fridays. As we all know, Our Lord’s never let me be separated from courageous sacrifices can soften the agony began on Thursday night, and he your Divine Son. Please defend Father’s anger. I desire this also was scourged and crucified on Friday. and protect me as your special from your community…that it love On July 5, 1973, Sister Agnes’ child. Amen.” poverty, that it sanctify itself and guardian angel appeared to her and On the same day, sister’s guard- pray in reparation for the ingrati- beckoned her toward the chapel and ian angel actually said to her what all tude and outrages of so many men.” then disappeared. After bowing toward of our guardian angels really do. “I Later, Sister Agnes experienced the altar, she turned toward the statue of am the one who is with you and who physical attacks of the devil, seizing Mary, made from hard, dry wood. The watches over you.” her by the shoulders as she tried to go wooden statue came to life and Mary Bishop John Ito spoke to Sister into the chapel at the convent. spoke to her. Sister Agnes prostrated Agnes on July 24 when she related Then, the wooden statue in the herself. The voice of Our Lady was all she saw and heard. He inspected chapel began to perspire. Five of the a voice of indescribable beauty which the wound in her hand. Later, the sisters, with great care and devotion, struck Sister Agnes’ totally deaf ears. same wound appeared in the hand of sponged the perspiration with cottons, Our Lady’s first words were: the statue and bled from it as well. which then had a most subtle, delightful “My daughter, my novice, you have Her guardian angel told her on fragrance. On the feast of the Guardian obeyed me well in abandoning all to July 26, “Carefully engrave in the Angels, October 2, 1973, Sister Agnes 8 saw the guardian angels of all of her accomplish works of reparation.” the Feast of , Sep- sisters and Bishop Ito in the convent “Pray very much the prayers of tember 15, 1981, Sister’s guardian an- chapel. All guardian angels knelt in the Rosary. I alone am able still to gel spoke to her about the 101 weepings prayer around the altar. They were save you from the calamities which which came to an end on this date. all enveloped in a sort of white light. approach. Those who place their “There is a meaning to the fig- Bishop Ito was saying Mass for the confidence in me will be saved.” ure one hundred and one. This signi- nuns. Exactly one year later, October fies that sin came into the world by a The third message, the final appear- 13, 1974, as told to her by her guard- woman and it is also by a woman that ance of Our Lady, took place on Octo- ian angel, Sister Agnes’ deafness was salvation came to the world. The zero ber 13, 1973—the 56th anniversary of cured—for a time, as was also told between the two signifies the Eternal Our Lady’s last appearance in Fatima, to her. This first healing lasted only God Who is from all eternity until eter- Portugal, the anniversary of the great five months and then sister was deaf nity. The first one represents Eve and miracle of the sun witnessed by 70,000 again in both ears. the last the Virgin Mary.” at Fatima that day. The next miracle was the weeping The angel also said, “People ask This message is of great importance of the statue, so that everyone could a miracle greater than the tears; there to the world. Our Lady said, “As I told see it weep. This lasted from January will be no more.” you, if men do not repent and better 4, 1975, until September 15 (Feast of Then, her guardian angel told her themselves, the Father will inflict a Our Lady of Sorrows) 1981—a total the moment of the permanent cure of terrible punishment on all humanity. of 101 occasions on which the statue her total deafness had arrived, as prom- It will be a punishment greater than wept during these years. ised. the deluge, such as one will never Tears were collected and scien- “Your ears will be definitely cured have seen before. Fire will fall from tifically examined, along with the during this month consecrated to the the sky and will wipe out a great blood collected earlier from the stat- Immaculate Heart of Mary. They will part of humanity, the good as well ue’s hand. The report--human tears, be cured as the last time by Him Who is as the bad, sparing neither priests human blood. The sculptor of the really present in the Eucharist. Those nor faithful. The survivors will find statue was called in and he explained who will believe in this sign will re- themselves so desolate that they will that the statue was made from dry, ceive many graces. There will be those envy the dead. The only arms which hard wood. The tears were a mystery who oppose, but you will have nothing will remain for you will be the Rosa- to him. He also pointed out that the to fear.” ry and the Sign left by my Son. Each expression of the Blessed Mother’s On Pentecost Sunday, May 30, day recite the prayers of the Rosary. face was different from the one he 1982, her ears were healed permanent- With the Rosary, pray for the , carved. ly. May 30 was also the vigil of the the bishops and the priests.” Regarding the weeping of the Feast of the Visitation of Mary. “The work of the devil will infil- Blessed Virgin’s statue, Sister Ag- In his pastoral letter dated April trate even into the Church in such a nes’ guardian angel said, “Do not be 22, 1984, Bishop John Ito, the ordi- way that one will see cardinals oppos- so surprised to see the Blessed Vir- nary of the diocese, wrote: “I autho- ing cardinals, bishops against other gin weeping. She weeps because she rize throughout the entire diocese of bishops. The priests who venerate wishes the conversion of the great- which I am charged, the veneration of me will be scorned and opposed by est number; she desires that souls be the Holy Mother of Akita,” their confreres…churches and altars consecrated to Jesus and to the Fa- Four years later, in 1988, he met sacked. The Church will be full of ther by her intercession.” with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in those who accept compromises and On May 1, 1976, the Feast of St. Rome. Many have called Our Lady the demon will press many priests Joseph, sister’s guardian angel said, of Akita’s messages a continuation of and consecrated souls to leave the “You must not forget these words. Our Lady of Fatima, pointing out that service of the Lord.” The Blessed Virgin prays continu- she chose October 13 for her last mes- “The demon will be especially ally for the conversion of the greatest sage in both Akita, Japan and Fatima, implacable against souls consecrated number and weeps, hoping to lead to Portugal. to God. The thought of the loss of so Jesus and to the Father souls offered many souls is the cause of my sad- to Them by her intercession. For ness. If sins increase in number and this intention, and to overcome exte- gravity, there will be no longer par- rior obstacles, achieve interior unity, don for them.” form a single heart. Let believers “With courage, speak to your su- lead a life more worthy of believers. perior. He will know how to encour- Pray with a new heart.” age each one of you to pray and to On the last day the statue wept, 9 “How much need the world has to understand and accept Divine Mercy!”

— Pope John Paul II His last message for the world, written to be read, Sunday, April 3, 2005. He died the day before, on the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday.

10 will be seen in the sky, and from the The Second Coming of Christ openings where the hands and the It’s Near Say Jesus and Mary feet of the Savior were nailed will By Daniel P. McGivern come forth great lights which will light up the earth for a period of time. This will take place shortly be- What did Mary and ter Faustina about His Divine Mercy fore the last day.” (83) Jesus tell St. Faustina about in connection with His Second Com- “Oh, what great graces I will the Second Coming of our ing? Yes, His return to earth, as grant to souls who say this chaplet; Lord? What did they tell promised in the Scriptures. the very depths of My tender mer- her about our Lord’s Divine The direct quotes below are from cy are stirred for the sake of those Mercy being followed by Divine Mercy in My Soul, followed who say the chaplet. Write down His justice? by the specific number of the pas- these words, My daughter. Speak St. M. Faustina Kowalska was a sage in the diary. This will enable to the world about My mercy; let all Polish nun who received hundreds of the reader to look them up and read mankind recognize My unfathom- messages and visions, from our Di- surrounding passages as well. able mercy. It is a sign for the end vine Lord and our Blessed Mother in In the evening when Sister Faus- times; after it will come the day of the 1930s. Her diary, Divine Mercy in tina was praying, the Mother of God justice. While there is still time, let My Soul, is now available throughout told her: “Your lives must be like them have recourse to the fount of the world. For years after her death in mine: quiet and hidden, in unceas- My mercy; let them profit from the 1938, the diary was not allowed to be ing union with God, pleading for Blood and Water which gushed forth promulgated. humanity and preparing the world for them” (848) Pope John Paul II, while he was for the second coming of God.” The chaplet is easy to say and takes still archbishop of Cracow, played the (625) about five minutes. pivotal role in resurrecting the mes- During meditation on the morn- Jesus said, “This prayer will sages which finally were recognized by ing of March 25, the feast of the An- serve to appease My wrath. You will the Church. He had petitioned Rome nunciation, God’s presence envel- recite it for nine days, on the beads to review the diary in its entirety. This oped her in a special way. She then of the rosary, in the following man- eventually led to lifting the censures saw the Mother of God who said to ner: First of all, you will say one and reservations imposed earlier. The her: “Oh how pleasing to God is the Our Father and Hail Mary and the Catholic Church declared that all the soul that follows faithfully the in- I Believe in God. Then on the Our nun reported she saw and heard was spirations of His grace! I gave the Father beads you will say the follow- worthy of human belief. Savior to the world; as for you, you ing words: “Eternal Father, I offer Pope John Paul II believed whole- have to speak to the world about you the Body and Blood, Soul and heartedly in our Lord’s messages of His great mercy and prepare the Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Divine Mercy, given through this beau- world for the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement tiful, humble nun who died at the age Him Who will come, not as a mer- for our sins and those of the whole of 33 from tuberculosis. The Holy Fa- ciful Savior, but as a just Judge. world.” On the Hail Mary beads you ther beatified Sister Faustina on Mercy Oh, how terrible is that day! De- will say the following words: “For Sunday, 1993. This was after one mir- termined is the day of justice, the the sake of His sorrowful Passion acle was confirmed of a woman cured day of divine wrath. The angels have mercy on us and on the whole after praying at Sister Faustina’s tomb tremble before it. Speak to souls world.” In conclusion, three times for her intercession. A second con- about this great mercy while it is you will recite these words: “Holy firmed miracle, the cure of a priest’s still the time for mercy.” (635) God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Im- heart, led to her canonization as a saint Jesus said to Sister Faustina, mortal One, have mercy on us and on April 30, 2000. Since 2001, Divine “Write this: Before I come as the on the whole world.” (476) Mercy Sunday has been observed in just Judge, I am coming first as the Jesus looked at her and said, the Catholic Church throughout the King of Mercy. Before the day of “Souls perish in spite of My bitter world, observed on the Sunday after justice arrives, there will be given Passion. I am giving them the last Easter Sunday. to people a sign in the heavens of hope of salvation; that is, the Feast of Millions pray daily the Chaplet of this sort: All light in the heavens My Mercy. If they will not adore My Divine Mercy requested by Jesus, as will be extinguished, and there will mercy, they will perish for all eterni- dictated to His secretary, St. Faustina. be great darkness over the whole ty. Secretary of My mercy, write, tell What did Mary and Jesus tell Sis- earth. Then the sign of the cross souls about this great mercy of Mine, 11 because the awful day, the day of My cy, with great trust, so that I may the time of Jesus’ Divine Mercy, which justice, is near.” (965) pour the bounty of My grace upon will be followed, when He determines, Jesus said, “(Let) the greatest sin- your soul. When you approach by His Divine Justice. Now is the time ners place their trust in My mercy. the confessional, know this, that I for all to beseech Christ for His mercy, They have the right before others to myself am waiting there for you. I love and forgiveness. We will not then trust in the abyss of My mercy. My am only hidden by the priest, but fear Jesus’ Second Coming. Instead, daughter, write about My mercy to- I myself act in your soul. Here we will welcome it. We help to usher wards tormented souls. Souls that the misery of the soul meets the it in by spreading His words, and His make an appeal to My mercy de- God of mercy. Tell souls from this Mother’s words, in this time of His Di- light me. To such souls I grant even fount of mercy souls draw graces vine Mercy. And that time for Divine more graces than they ask. I cannot solely with the vessel of trust. If Mercy for the entire world is now! punish even the greatest sinner if he their trust is great, there is no lim- makes an appeal to My compassion, it to My generosity. The torrents but on the contrary, I justify him in of grace inundate humble souls. My unfathomable and inscrutable The proud remain always in pov- mercy. Write: before I come as a erty and misery, because My grace just Judge, I first open wide the door turns away from them to humble of My mercy. He who refuses to pass souls.” (1602) through the door of My mercy must On the feast of the Ascension, pass through the door of My justice.” May 26, 1938, a few months before (1146) her death (October 5), Sister Faustina “I remind you, My daughter, that was instructed by the Blessed Virgin as often as you hear the clock strike Mary concerning her interior life. the third hour (3 p.m.) immerse your- The Mother of God, because she self completely in My mercy, adoring is the Mother of Jesus, said, “The and glorifying it; invoke its omnipo- soul’s true greatness is in loving tence for the whole world, and par- God and in humbling oneself in ticularly for poor sinners; for at that His presence, completely forget- moment mercy was opened wide for ting oneself and believing oneself every soul. In this hour you can ob- to be nothing; because the Lord is tain everything for yourself and for great, but He is well-pleased only others for the asking; it was the hour with the humble; He always op- of grace for the whole world—mercy poses the proud.” (1711) triumphed over justice.” (1572) Jesus said, “These words are “In the Old Covenant, I sent for you. Do all you possibly can prophets wielding thunderbolts to for this work of My mercy. I de- My people. Today I am sending you sire that My mercy be worshipped, with My mercy to the people of the and I am giving mankind the last whole world. I do not want to punish hope of salvation; that is, recourse aching mankind, but I desire to heal to My mercy. My Heart rejoices in it, pressing it to My Merciful Heart. this feast.” (998) I use punishment when they them- Jesus asked that the Feast of selves force Me to do so; My hand is Mercy be observed on the first Sun- reluctant to take hold of the sword day after Easter. All who go to con- of justice. Before the Day of Justice, fession and receive Holy Commu- I am sending the Day of Mercy.” nion on this day are promised total (1588) remission of all sin, including tem- The Lord said to Sister Faustina, poral punishment due to sin, which “Daughter, when you go to confes- (otherwise) could lead to purgatory sion, to this fountain of My mercy, at death, except for this great grace. the Blood and Water which came Some compare the promise to a “sec- forth from My Heart always flows ond baptism”. St. Faustina herself down upon your soul and ennobles went to confession on the Saturday it. Every time you go to confession, before the Feast of Mercy. Courtesy of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, www.marian.org. © Archdiocese of Vilnius, Lithuania. Archdiocese of Vilnius, © Courtesy of the Marians Immaculate Conception, www.marian.org. immerse yourself entirely in My mer- It is certain; we are now living in 12