Jesus Promises

 Jesus’ Promise:

The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall  obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. (Diary of St Faustina 699)

Read below how to meet the requirements.

1. Separate from these extraordinary Graces the Church offers a plenary Indulgence which is explained below. See below.

2. From the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy official promoters of the Divine Mercy Message: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/celebrate/prepareself

To receive these graces, the only condition is to receive Holy Communion worthily on Divine Mercy Sunday (or the Vigil celebration) by making a good confession beforehand and staying in the state of grace and trusting in His Divine Mercy. 

By these conditions, our Lord is emphasizing the value of confession and Holy Communion as miracles of mercy. The Eucharist is Jesus, Himself, the Living God, longing to pour Himself as Mercy into our hearts. 

In addition, our Lord says through St. Faustina that we are to perform acts of mercy:

"Yes, the first Sunday after Easter is the Feast of Mercy, but there must also be acts of mercy" (742). 

"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" (1578).

The worthy reception of the Eucharist on Divine Mercy Sunday is sufficient to obtain the extraordinary graces promised by Jesus.  A plenary indulgence, obtained by fulfilling the usual conditions, also is available. 

Thus, to fittingly observe the Feast of Mercy, we should:

1. Celebrate the Feast on the Sunday after Easter; April 7 - Divine Mercy Sunday
2. Sincerely repent of all our sins;
3. Place our complete trust in Jesus;
4. Go to Confession, preferably before that Sunday; (anytime during Lent thru Divine Mercy Sunday will meet this requirement) * see below
5. Receive Holy Communion on the day of the Feast; *See below
6. Venerate the Image of The Divine Mercy; 

7. Be merciful to others, through our actions, words, and prayers. 

We have at the St Faustina Shrine at St Ann Bartlett, 

Confessions: 
1. Good Friday 3-4pm ST Faustina Shrine 

2. Every Wed 3-4pm Confession Msgr Al Kirk

3. March 13 Thursday 3-4 pm Confession          

4. Divine Mercy Sunday 3-4:30pm Priests available  
5. Every First Friday 3-4pm 

6. Every Saturday 3-4pm in the Main Church

How to receive the Indulgence for Divine Mercy Sunday'

1. Prayers for the Church’s Indulgence we at St Faustina Shrine/Society will do this Divine Mercy Sunday in the main Church at 3pm Holy Hour of Mercy:

For the intentions of the Holy Father Pope Francis

“Our Father” - “Hail Mary” “Apostles Creed”

All say: “Merciful Jesus I trust in You”

An added prayer we usually say on Divine Mercy Sunday for the intercession of St John Paul II:

Prayer for the intercession of St John Paul II

O, St. John Paul, from the window of heaven, grant us your blessing! Bless the church that you loved and served and guided, courageously leading it along the paths of the world in order to bring Jesus to everyone and everyone to Jesus. Bless the young, who were your great passion. Help them dream again, help them look up high again to find the light that illuminates the paths of life here on earth.   

May you bless families, bless each family! You warned of Satan’s assault against this precious and indispensable divine spark that God lit on earth. St. John Paul, with your prayer, may you protect the family and every life that blossoms from the family. 

Pray for the whole world, which is still marked by tensions, wars and injustice. You tackled war by invoking dialogue and planting the seeds of love: pray for us so that we may be tireless sowers of peace. O St. John Paul, from heaven’s window, where we see you next to Mary, send God’s blessing down upon us all. Amen.

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Plenary Indulgence offered by the Catholic Church:

  The extraordinary graces promised to the faithful by our Lord Himself through St. Faustina should not be confused with the plenary indulgence granted by Pope John Paul II for the devout observance of the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday). 

The Decree of the Holy See offers: "A plenary indulgence, granted under the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer for the intentions of Supreme Pontiff) to the faithful who, on the Second Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday, in any church or chapel, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honour of Divine Mercy, or who, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or reserved in the tabernacle, recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in You!)... 

Indulgences can always be applied either to oneself or to the souls of the deceased, but they cannot be applied to other persons living on earth. 

"An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints". 

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Indulgences can always be applied either to oneself or to the souls of the deceased, but they cannot be applied to other persons living on earth. 

Info provided by the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy. www.thedivinemercy.org