Fr. Jim's Jots - Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday - April 16, 2023

Second Sunday of Easter

Divine Mercy Sunday

April 16, 2923

FR. JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!

Happy Second Sunday of Easter to everyone.  Today is also known as Divine Mercy Sunday.  Did you know?

In a series of revelations to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in the 1930's, Our Lord called for a special feast day to be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter.  Today, we know that feast as Divine Mercy Sunday, named by Pope St. John Paul II at the canonization of St. Faustina on April 30, 2000.

In all, St. Faustina recorded 14 revelations from Jesus concerning His desire for this feast.  Nevertheless, Divine Mercy Sunday is not a feast based solely on St. Faustina's revelations.  Indeed, it is not primarily about St. Faustina - nor is it altogether a new feast.  The Second Sunday of Easter was already a Solemnity as the Octave Day of Easter.  The title "Divine Mercy Sunday" does, however, highlight the meaning of the day.

Click here for a guide on how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet.  The Chaplet can be said anytime, but for each of the nine days of the novena, Our Lord gave Saint Faustina a different intention.

You, too, can make a prayer for these intentions and others, especially by praying the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.

Easter Blessings,

Fr. Jim Arsenault, Pastor

Information from thedivinemercy.org

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