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.

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

This message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of St. Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish nun who, in obedience to her spiritual director, wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the revelations she received about God's mercy. Even before her death in 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to spread.

Spend time to learn more about the mercy of God, learn to trust in Jesus, and live your life as merciful to others, as Christ is merciful to you. Visit www.thedivinemercy.org.

David J. Conrad

Donned in my new imported, tailored, Italian threads from this year’s pilgrimage, I set out to serve at all of the Triduum liturgies. While I have served at every one of these before, I can’t recall ever serving at each consecutively, in a year. I have to say, it helped me jump start into the Easter Season. So much richness was there in those days, seeing it up front and attentively made up for the lackluster Lenten experience I felt this year.

While we had decent crowds, there was room for more at these liturgies. I know next Easter is a year away, but it is also a year closer to our time with Jesus, hopefully in heaven. Make a commitment this Easter to participate in as much of the 2020 Easter liturgies as possible. And, make a commitment to participate in Mass every weekend until then. Remember, St. Aidan has a 7pm Tuesday Mass that fits into working family’s schedules if you make room for it.

Paul Pyrkosz