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.  Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My 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.(699)  Do all you possibly can for this work of My mercy.  I desire that My mercy be worshipped, and I am giving mankind the last hope of salvation; that is, recourse to My Mercy.  My Heart rejoices in this feast (998).  Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you*…Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy (687)…Through the chaplet you will obtain everything, if what you ask for will be compatible with My will (1731).  I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy.  That vessel is the image with the signature:  “Jesus, I trust in You” (327).  I want the image to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it(341).” *(www.thedivinemercy.org)

For Reflection:

“Who can say he is free from sin and does not need God’s mercy?  As people of this restless time of ours, wavering between the emptiness of self-exaltation and the humiliation of despair, we have a greater need than ever for a regenerating experience of mercy.”-John Paul II in a homily on Divine Mercy Sunday in 1994.  With the above Holy Words of Love and Mercy how can we not, ourselves, show mercy to all sinners by following His directives?