Divine Mercy Sunday, 19 April 2020 ~ Second Sunday of Easter

JESUS King of Mercy

I TRUST in YOU.

Divine Mercy Sunday was instituted by Saint Pope John Paul II on 5 May, 2000. The feast of Divine Mercy always is on the Octave of Easter or Second Sunday of Easter. It is about mercy, trust and the forgiveness of sins. 

Our Lord promises that 

• "Whoever approaches the Fount of Life on this day will be granted complete remission of sins and punishment of sins and punishment." 
• "On this 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 open all the divine floodgates through which graces flow."

"The two rays, according to what Jesus Himself told her, denote blood and water. The blood recalls the sacrifice of Golgotha and the mystery of the Eucharist: the water makes us think of Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Spirit."

Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.

Receive the Holy Spirit.

Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,

and whose sins you retain are retained.

Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska was canonised by Saint John Paul II on 30 April, 2000. 

Apostle of Divine Mercy

Saint Faustina, pray for us.

Saint John Paul II, pray for us.

What to Do on Divine Mercy Sunday?

Watch Fr. Chris' video

Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, 

the director of the Association of Marian Helpers

What to Do on Divine Mercy Sunday?

O' Great Passion ~ Prayer

Sign of the Cross

O' great passion, 

O' deep wounds, 

 O' blood shed in abundance, 

O' meekness, 

O' God of meekness, 

O' cruel death, 

have mercy on me 

and grant me my request, 

 if it be for my salvation. 

Amen.

*** Say this prayer 9 times and make the sign of the cross each time.

Prayer for God to have mercy on us and the whole world during dark times, time of corona virus pandemic ~ Kindly pray and share this prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, son of the Living God 

have mercy on me and all the people of the world.

Forgive us our sins and the sins of the world. 

Through your precious blood cleanse us Lord. 

Save this world and the people praying. 

Believers and non believers I lift them to you. 

Heal the world Lord. Save us. 

Mercy Jesus I kneel down before you Lord 

for my sins and the sins incurred in my household 

and my family and the whole world.

Come to us Lord Jesus. I pray. 

Send the multitude of angels upon this earth. 

Mercy Lord. Give ears to our prayers. 

Have mercy on us all and save us and the entire world. 

We are yours Lord. We belong to you.

I declare

I am the child of God through 

the sonship of Jesus Christ. 

Through the stripes of Jesus 

the land I live is blessed healed and protected..

My family my children and loved ones, 

my neighbours are saved and protected. 

My nation is protected and saved. 

Love of Jesus is resurrecting us all 

we are made whole and new in the spirit of Christ.

Through the blood of Jesus, 

no virus can enter my body, 

my household, my family, my children, 

my land and my country.

Through the blood of Jesus 

all nations all over the world, 

all people are healed and saved.

The arms of Jesus is covering the world

The eyes of Jesus is forgiving the world

The hand of Jesus is blessing the world.

The power of God is saving the world.

In Jesus I trust. 

Blood of Jesus is flowing upon this world 

and healing the world, right now, 

right here from corona virus pestilence. 

We are saved. 

All people are saved. 

The breath of God is killing the corona virus.

Thank You Jesus.

Alleluia, Amen

Alleluia, Amen

Alleluia, Amen

Kindly pray and share this prayer, so that together we pray for each other.

John saw the empty tomb and believed

What was it like for the disciple who had stood at the cross of Jesus and then laid him in a tomb on Good Friday, to come back three days later and discover that the sealed tomb was now empty?

John, along with Peter, was the first apostle to reach the tomb of Jesus on Easter Sunday morning. Like Mary Magdalene and the other disciples, John was not ready to see an empty tomb and to hear the angel's message, Why do you seek the living among the dead (Luke 24:5)? 

What did John see in the tomb that led him to believe in the resurrection of Jesus? It was certainly not a dead body. The dead body of Jesus would have disproven the resurrection and made his death a tragic conclusion to a glorious career as a great teacher and miracle worker. When John saw the empty tomb he must have recalled Jesus' prophecy that he would rise again after three days. Through the gift of faith John realised that no tomb on earth could contain the Lord and giver of life. John saw and believed (John 20:8).

John had to first deal with the empty tomb before he could meet the risen Lord later that evening along with the other apostles who had locked themselves in the upper room out of fear of the Jewish authorities (John 20:19-23). John testified as an eye-witness to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ: What we have seen, heard, and touched we proclaim as the eternal word of life which existed from the beginning (1 John 1:1-4). John bears witness to what has existed from all eternity. This "word of life" is Jesus the word incarnate, but also Jesus as the word announced by the prophets and Jesus the word now preached throughout the Christian church for all ages to come.

One thing is certain, if Jesus had not risen from the dead and appeared to his disciples, we would never have heard of him. Nothing else could have changed sad and despairing men and women into people radiant with joy and courage. The reality of the resurrection is the central fact of the Christian faith. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit, the Lord gives us "eyes of faith" to know him and the power of his resurrection. The greatest joy we can have is to encounter the living Christ and to know him personally as our Lord and Savior. Do you accept the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection with skeptical doubt and disbelief or with trusting faith and joyful wonderment?

"Lord Jesus Christ, you have triumphed over the grave and you have won for us new life and resurrection power. Give me the eyes of faith to see you in your glory. Help me to draw near to you and to grow in the knowledge of your great love for us and your great victory over sin and death."

source: From the desk of Don Schwager, 

hosted by Kairos Europe and the Middle East

Blessed Easter 2020 to All

CHRIST has RISEN and ALIVE.

Alleluia.

Jesus Christ has defeat death 

and He has saved us from our sins. 

NEW LIFE!.

2 Corinthians 5:21

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

We are the righteousness of God in Christ. 

Have a Blessed Easter.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!