A Catholic Magazine on the Holy Angels Vol 7 • issue 1• 2016 £ 2,00 € 2,50 $ 5,00 ISSN 2081-5077 Year of Mercy St Faustina's fi rst job Healing powers interwiev with Fr James Manjackal God never gave up on me World Youth Day 2016 DEAR READERS CONTENTS Page 3 Jesus knows your weaknesses and World Youth my weaknesses. Looking at the Divine Day 2016 Mercy image you can experience Page 4 Give God God’s mercy and strength. He is risen. a chance interview He is standing in the centre of our heart. Page 5 WYD Pilgrim prayer ur heart is like a room where myself to you as a little child does to Page 6 St Martin de Porres the Apostles were gathered. In its mother’s love” (Diary 1491). “Give this room which is my heart, me strength that I may live a new life, Page 8 The power Othere is Thomas and his disbelief. the life of the spirit, over which death of God’s mercy Within me is Peter and his weakness. has no dominion. I am weakness itself, In my heart there are the Apostles though I do not doubt even for a mo- Page 10 Feast of Mercy and their fears. But despite all of these ment, that I will obtain the help of your Page 12 things, Jesus comes. He says: “Peace grace O God” (Diary 1344). In the footsteps be with you. I would like to forgive Together with many saints we re- of St Faustina you all your sins. I would like to pour peat after St Paul: “Glory be to him Page 13 Pilgrimage to Krakow my love into your heart by my Holy whose power is working in us, can and Warsaw Spirit. Peace be with you.” And I ask do infinitely more than we can ask or Jesus: “Lord, what are you saying? So imagine, glory be to him from gen- Page 14 Healing powers many times I have let you down, I have eration to generation in the Church interview with offended you, and I have sinned. And and in Jesus Christ, forever and ever” Fr Manjackal you are saying to me ‘Peace be with (Eph 3, 20-21). Page you’. How can I deserve such grace?” We pray through the intercession 17 Is justice enough? He answers: “It is for free. Justice needs of St Michael and the celestial choir By John Paul II to be deserved, but love is given freely. of Thrones that the Lord infuse into Page 18 God never gave up It is unconditional. I am Mercy. You our hearts a true and sincere spirit of on me – testimony by do not have to understand, it is a mys- humility. Bernard Ellis, part 1 tery. If you don’t believe my words, at I assure you of the constant daily least believe my wounds. Look at my prayer of the priests of the Congregation Page 21 Holy Rosary wounds, touch them. Look, your name of St Michael the Archangel for all our with the Angels is engraved on my hands. I love you.” readers and their families. Please let oth- St Faustina wrote: “Jesus, source of ers know about this magazine and help Page 24 The doctor of grace my life, sanctify me. O my strength, us to distribute it all over the world. –part 3 fortify me. My Commander, fight for God bless you. Page 26 Unto dust thou me. Only light of my soul, enlighten shalt return me. My master, guide me. I entrust Fr Peter Prusakiewicz CSMA Page 27 Scapulars, English translations: Agata Pawłowska, Isabel Brak, Joanna Jabłońska Knighthood booklet TheAngels Graphics & Layout: Jacek Kawa and CDs Messengers from a loving God Website: www.kjb24.pl • www.stmichaelthearchangel.us Editorial Office:The Angels Magazine A Catholic Quarterly Magazine on Holy Angels Page 28 ul. Piłsudskiego 248/252, 05-261 Marki. Poland Prayers Publisher: The Congregation Email: [email protected] Page 29 of Saint Michael the Archangel – Poland The editors reserve the right to modify and edit submitted Retreats Editor-In-Chief: Father Peter Prusakiewicz (CSMA) articles with a view to brevity, clarity and style. Page 30 Deputy Editor and Chief Co-ordinator: Noreen Bavister © 2016 CSMA – All rights reserved Distributors Editorial Staff:Agata Pawłowska, Karol Wojteczek, Imprimatur: General Superior of the Congregation of St Michael the Archangel and co-ordinators Magdalena Świerczewska, Magdalena Szczecina, Circulation: 5 700 Karolina Szydłowska, Rafał Świłło ISSN 2081-5077 Printed in Poland Page 32 Chaplet of St Michael 2 | The Angels | Vol 7 | issue 1 | 2016 Year OF Mercy WYD in a nutshell orld Youth Day is an event John Paul II at the end of the Year of for young people organ- Redemption in 1984. He said: “My ized by the Roman Catholic dear young people, at the conclusion WChurch, initiated by St John Paul II in of this Holy Year, I entrust to you the 1985. It is celebrated at the diocesan sign of this Jubilee Year: the Cross of level annually on Palm Sunday, and Christ! Carry it throughout the world at the international level every two to as a symbol of Christ’s love for human- three years at different locations. The ity, and announce to everyone that only first official WYD was held in 1986. in the death and resurrection of Christ There have been 12 International can we find salvation and redemption” World Youth Day celebrations, where (Rome, 22 April 1984). It has travelled the youth continue to answer the in- the world to Europe, the Americas, vitation of the Holy Father in stag- Asia, Africa and Australia. www.wyd.org.au gering numbers and carry home the Since 2003 the Cross does not travel Salus Populi Romanix Icon (Icon of Our Lady message received there to be Christ’s alone. Pope John Paul II gave another Protectress of the Roman People) light to the world. While these events symbol to the youth of the world. It are organised by the clergy and laity was the Icon Our Lady, Salus Populi into their lives” (Angelus, 18th World of the Catholic Church, youth of all Romanix (Protectress of the Roman Youth Day, 13 April 2003). faiths are invited to attend and en- People), a copy of a venerated icon Both symbols are carried togeth- counter Christ, making this gathering found in the Basilica of Santa Maria er throughout the world touching truly universal. Maggiore in Rome, Italy. St John Paul II hearts and inspiring holiness. There said: “From now on it will accompany are countless testimonies from people the World Youth Days, together with around the world who have encoun- Symbols of the WYD the Cross. Behold, your Mother! It will tered the pilgrim Cross and Icon. be a sign of Mary’s motherly presence The WYD Cross is a large wood- close to young people who are called, Taken from www.worldyouthday.com en cross given to the young by Pope like the Apostle John, to welcome her www.krakow2016.com www.krakow2016.com The Cross, a symbol of World Youth Day The Angels | Vol 7 | issue 1 | 2016 | 3 THroUGH LIFE WITH anGELS Give God a chance! St Faustina and St John Paul II were announced patron saints of the World Youth Day. It is a massive international Catholic event celebrated from 25-31 July 2016 in Krakow, Poland to be celebrated from 25-31 July 2016. An interview with Sister Gaudia Skass from the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, one of the organisers of the WYD 2016. What was the sisters’ reaction to the Faustyna 2016, English WYD getting swept away with illusions, en- news that St Faustina, a nun from Faustina 2016 and Spanish JMJ tertainment and emotions instead of your congregation, was going to be Faustina 2016. living a real life. Sooner or later those a patron saint of the WYD? emotions and illusions fade away and It was an explosion of great joy! What would St Faustina say to the then a clash with reality hits. But God is not going to do everything young people today? for us so we need to work really hard. “Trust in Jesus”. She lived accord- On your WYD blog you write about Of course, we need to pray and I am ing to these words and was extreme- “the now generation”. What do you pretty sure that St Faustina also prays ly happy. She invites us to know mean by that? for this event. We are aware that this Merciful Jesus, to live your life in a I also belong to that generation, kind of venue is beyond our human close relationship with Him. Living I’m terribly impatient (laughs). It is capabilities. But Jesus is a master of alone is sad and difficult. Living in the ill of our generation: we want to missions impossible. All we need to the presence of a loving Jesus makes try everything but we cannot wait. We do is entrust and work hard. our life meaningful. Each moment want to be everywhere but we cannot makes sense, even if sometimes it is enjoy the way. And such a pace of life How do you prepare yourself and monotonous or painful. brings nothing but stress, frustration young people to that venue? and anxiety. We are running and run- Once a month there are meetings Do young people not understand ning but we do not know the destina- for young people in the Divine Mercy a purpose-driven life? tion. St Faustina was also overworked Shrine in Lagiewniki, Krakow.