which is to be celebrated on the First Sunday after Easter. Jesus told St Faustina that on that day, (that is the Feast of Mercy), “the floodgates of my mercy are opened, and I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the font of My mercy.”

A special feature of this year’s Feast will be the presence of the first class relics of the three great instruments of God’s mercy: Saint Faustina, her spiritual director Blessed Sopocko and the great Saint John Paul II. These will be made available for your personal veneration and prayers on Divine Mercy Sunday.

In preparation for the Feast of Mercy Jesus gave Saint Faustina an extraordinary Novena commencing on Good Friday running for nine consecutive days. He gave her specific instructions on how to conduct the novena and even the intentions for those nine days. It is a very powerful Novena. Jesus declared “by this novena I will grant every possible grace to souls”. (Diary 796) Saint Faustina writes, “Jesus is commanding me to make a novena before the Feast of Mercy, and today I am to begin it for the conversion of the whole world and for the recognition of The Divine Mercy” (Diary 1059)

Jesus, regarding the Novena explained:

On each day you will bring to My Heart a different group of souls, and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy, and I will bring all these souls into the house of My Father.”  (Diary 1209)  By this Novena we can be instruments in saving souls for Jesus.

What a wonderful way to prepare for the great Feast of Mercy and to learn more about this powerful devotion at a time when the world seems to be at the crossroads and so much in need of God’s mercy.

You are encouraged to be with us and be part of these blessed days of prayer. It is so important that we take advantage of the wonderful opportunities  that God gives us.