Divine Mercy Sunday Feast - 8th Day of Jesus' Resurrection

Divine Mercy Sunday is the culmination of the Resurrection Feast of our God.  It is the feast when all the Divine floodgates of Heaven are open, just like a New Pentecost (see Acts 2:17-21),  Pentecost - when the Merciful Love of our God, the Holy Spirit of Truth, rushes in upon Immaculate Hearts made pure by sorrowful confession of sin, who cling to God's merciful Love, during Holy Communion, during Mass.

It is a day which prepares us for our mini judgment as is revealed  by St. Faustina's personal experience of an Illumination of Conscience (a.k.a. The Warning). 

(Diary of St. Faustina #36 and #852).  

Jesus told St. Faustina that she, through this message, would prepare the world for His Final Coming.   

"Before the Day of Justice, I am sending the Day of Mercy!" (Diary #1588) 

"You will prepare the world for My Final Coming!" (Diary #429) 

"My Daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls and especially for poor sinners. On that 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 All the Divine Floodgates through which grace flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind be it of man or of angel will be able to fathom it. Throughout all eternity everything that exists has come forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout all eternity the Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that It be celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy. (Diary of St. Faustina #699) 

Everything that exists has come forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate my love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only and that is trust. The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive. Souls that trust boundlessly are a great comfort to Me because I pour all the treasures of My graces into them. I rejoice that they ask for much because it is My desire to give much, very much. (Diary #1578) 

Jesus told St. Faustina to write the following: "Before I come as the just Judge, I am coming first as the King of Mercy before the Day of Justice arrives there will be given to people a Sign in the heavens of this sort - All light in the heavens will be extinguished, and there will be great darkness over the whole earth. Then the Sign of the Cross will be seen in the sky and from the openings where the hands and the feet of the Savior were nailed will come forth great lights which will light up the earth for a period of time this will take place shortly before the Last Day.   O Blood and Water which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a Fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You!" (Diary of St. Faustina #83 and #84) 

We can see how this expounds on the revelation given in the Book of Matthew:

The Coming of the Son of Man

 Immediately, after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken and then The Sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven and all the tribes of the earth will mourn and they will see the Son of Man Coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory and He will send out His angels with a trumpet blast and they will gather His elect from the four winds from one end of the heavens to the other. (Matt 24:29-31) 

In the Book of Romans our God promises us grace upon grace!  Might we consider how the Feast of His Divine Merciful Love of Divine Mercy Sunday is the fulfillment of such grace!  Alleluia! 

"The law entered in so that transgression might increase but, where sin increased, grace overflowed all the more!"   Alleluia!  (Romans 5:20)

Please feel free to click on the Divine Mercy Image in order to go to the website where you can read the Diary of St. Faustina as a pdf.

(above stained glass image crafted by Roseanne Sokolowski)