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DEEP THOUGHTS

Rejoice, experience the Easter Season

"What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind;…So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown corruptible; it is raised incorruptible. (1 Cor 15:36-37, 42)

Divine Mercy Sunday - The Ascension - Pentecost

3 Additional Ways We  Celebrate the Promises of Easter Day 

USCCB: The word "Easter" comes from Old English, meaning simply the "East." The sun which rises in the East, bringing light, warmth, and hope, is a symbol for the Christian of the rising Christ, who is the true Light of the world. The Paschal Candle used during the Easter Vigil is a central symbol of this divine light, which is Christ. It is kept near the ambo throughout Easter Time and lit for all liturgical celebrations. There are 50 days of Easter from the first Sunday to Pentecost. The season is the most important of all liturgical times, which Catholics celebrate as the Lord's resurrection from the dead, culminating in his Ascension to the Father and sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church. It is characterized, above all, by the joy of glorified life and the victory over death expressed most fully in the great resounding cry of the Christian:  Alleluia!  All faith flows from faith in the resurrection: "If Christ has not been raised, then empty is our preaching; empty, too, is your faith." (1 Cor 15:14). 

Divine  Mercy  Sunday

USCCB: Mankind’s need for the message of Divine Mercy took on dire urgency in the twentieth century, when civilization began to experience an “eclipse of the sense of God,” and therefore, to lose the understanding of the sanctity and inherent dignity of human life. In 1931, Jesus appeared to Sr. Faustina in Poland and expressed his desire for a feast celebrating his mercy. The Feast of Mercy was to be on the Sunday after Easter and was to include a public blessing and liturgical veneration of His image with the inscription “Jesus, I trust in You.” 

The message of God's  Divine Mercy is simple.

It is that God loves us – all of us.

He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others.

Thus, all will come to share His joy.

Website to answer all your questions about Divine Mercy

TheDivineMercy.org

Tried  Praying  the

Rosary ?

Like "pondering" a great piece of Art in a museum, the Rosary invites you to "stare deeply" and "dwell in" moments of the life of Jesus and

His Mother

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The Divine Mercy

Prayer  Ministry

Do you desire closeness to Jesus?

Join Us on the 1st Tuesday of the month , in the church at 7pm

*with  Adoration  of  The Blessed  Sacrament*

For more information, about this devotion or our prayer group, contact parish office  OR  email

pmanerchia@verizon.net

Spiritual Links

St. Ignatius Loyola's Examen is an opportunity for peaceful daily reflective prayer. It invites us to find the movement of God in all the people and events of our day. It is simply a set of introspective prompts for you to follow or adapt to your own character and spirit. Learn how...

Examen Prayer Card
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