“The glorious company of the apostles praise Thee. The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise Thee. The white-robed army of martyrs praise Thee. All Thy saints and elect with one voice do acknowledge Thee, O Blessed Trinity, one God!”

~ Antiphon at Lauds from the Te Deum

For Reflection:

Am I looking toward the Heavens on this day, hoping to be there with the saints at the end of my earthly days or do I just keep my nose to the grindstone waiting for the last minute to prepare for my journey’s end? Will I have that opportunity or be taken by an unforeseen death?

Divine Mercy in My Soul: Diary of St Faustina St. Faustina Kowalska Pb 730 pgs Click Here For More Information PREFACE ORIGINAL PREFACE TO THE POLISH EDITION, 1981 Secondly: The recent encyclical of Pope John Paul II, Dives In Misericordia, happily fixed the attention of the Church, and even of the secular world, on this most wonderful attribute of God and extraordinary aspect of the economy of salvation, which is the Divine Mercy. A comprehensive study in order to indicate the affinity of ideas found in the Diary of [Saint] Maria Faustina and this encyclical (not to mention their probable interdependence) would be most welcome. These salient points certainly are numerous, for they draw their inspiration from the same source; namely, from the revelation of God and the teaching of Christ.