Mon, Mar 8 - Holy Mass from the National Shrine

so [Music] god make us holy god creator make us new god unchanging come and change god of goodness make us yours in the stillness speak your whisper in the darkness shine your light every malice [Music] in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the grace of our lord jesus christ the love of god and the communion of the holy spirit be with you all right with your spirit to welcome you each one of you to our celebration of this most holy eucharist here at the national shrine of the divine mercy in stockbridge today's monday of the third week of land and we'll hear the invitation by our lord to believe in him as the messiah as the one who is to come as the one who has come and this also has given us that privilege of life of glory [Applause] as we examine our consciences let us ask the lord for his pardon and for his peace for the times we have sinned i confess to almighty god and to you my brothers and sisters that i have greatly sinned in my thoughts in my words in what i have done and what i have failed to do through my fault through my fault through my most grievous fault therefore i ask the blessed mary ever virgin all the angels and saints and you my brothers and sisters to pray for me to the lord our god may almighty god have mercy on us forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life [Music] amen [Music] [Music] is stay lazy let us pray may your unfailing compassion o lord cleanse and protect your church and since without you she cannot stand secure may she be always governed by your grace through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in unity of the holy spirit one god forever and ever r amen a reading from the second book of kings name the army commander of the king of armen was highly esteemed and respected by his master for through him the lord had brought victory to aram but valiant as he was the man was a leper now the our means had captured in a raid on the land of israel a little girl who became the servant of name's wife if only my master would present himself to the prophet in samaria she said to her mysteries he would cure him of his leprosy name went and told his lord just what the slave girl had from the land of israel had said go said the king of aram i will send along a letter to the king of israel so namam set out taking along ten silver talents six thousand gold pieces and ten festival garments to the king of israel he brought the letter which read with this letter i am sending my servant name to you that you may cure him of his leprosy when he read the letter the king of israel tore his garments and exclaimed am i a god with power over the life and death that this man should send someone to me to be cured of leprosy take note you can see he is only looking at for a quarrel with me when elisha the man of god heard that the king of israel had torn his garments he sent word to the king why have he torn your garments let him come to me and find out that there is a prophet in israel named came with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of elisha's house the prophet sent him the message go and wash seven times in the jordan and your flesh will heal and you will be clean but naaman went away angry saying i thought that he would surely come out and stand there to invoke the lord his god and would move his hand over the spot and thus cure the leprosy are not the rivers of damascus the albana and the far par better than all the waters of israel could i not wash in them and be cleansed with this he turned about in anger and left but a servant came up and reasoned with him my father they said if the prophet had told you to do something extraordinary would you not have done it all the more now since he said to you wash and be clean should you do as he said sin amen went down and plunged into the jordan seven times and the word of the man of god his flesh became again like the flesh of a little child and he was clean he returned with his whole retune to the man of god on his arrival he stood before him and said now i know that there is no god in all the earth except in israel the word of the lord thanks be to god a thirst is my soul for the living god when shall i go and behold the face of god the thirst is my soul for the living god when shall i go and behold the face of god as the heinz longs for the running waters so my soul longs for you o god thirst is my soul for the living god when should i go and behold the face of god a thirst is my soul for god the living god when shall i go and behold the face of god thirst is my soul for the living god when shall i go and behold the face of god send forth your light and your fidelity they shall lead me on and bring me to your holy mountain to your dwelling place thirst is my soul for the living god when shall i go then i will go into the altar of god and the god of my gladness and joy then i will give you thanks upon the harp o god my god my thirst is my soul for the lord when shall i go holy the face of god praise to you lord jesus [Music] christ grace to your lord jesus christ i hope in the lord i trust in his word [Music] with him there is kindness and plenty of redemption praise to you lord jesus christ [Music] the lord be with you and with your spirit a reading from the holy gospel according to luke glory to you o lord jesus said to the people in the synagogue at nazareth amen i say to you no prophet is accepted in his own native place indeed i tell you there were many widows in israel in the days of elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land it was to none of these that elijah was sent but only to a widow in zaraphat in the land of sidon again there are many lepers in israel during the time of elisha the prophet yet not one of them was cleansed but only naaman the syrian when the people in the synagogue heard this they were all filled with fury they rose up drove him out of the town and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built to hurl him down along headlong but he passed through their midst and went away the gospel of the lord praise to you lord jesus christ in today's readings we have examples of those who have faith and those who do not believe faith is the gift is a gift from god to us but also faith is saying yes to our invitation by god to place confidence in his word to place confidence in his promises to place confidence in the fact that he will be there for us so faith on one level yes it is a gift from god but also on the other level is our participation and in our response to him if we were to look at today's readings especially the first one and then subsequently the gospel as well responsorial psalm what do we have we have kind of interesting combination of people who believe and people who seem to have the lack of faith okay we have naaman an army commander of the king of aram which is syria he was highly esteemed and respected by the king okay for through him the lord had brought victory to rama okay so first of all we have we have this name and you know description quick description of who he is he is a army commander but he's brought a lot of good to to the people of syria but with the problem though is the valiant as he was the man was a leper he's suffering from leprosy which is you know a terminal illness as you see the whole body disintegrates and then and the person passes away now there's an interesting story here so here we have this great commander valiant but you sick leprous now the um the the syrians or armenians as they're known captured in a raid on the land of israel little girl who became the servant of naaman's wife so now there's a servant she's a child now she is she's a slave servant who works for or he has to serve serve the his name and wife now the interesting thing here is this little girl as she was captured separated from her family separated from from the people of faith of god yet she has faith this servant girl who out of love for her master she shouldn't have many ways perhaps maybe this neyman was treating her in a really good wonderful way perhaps the wife treated his wife treated her in a way in a really beautiful way because she had she says to him yeah i hope that he goes and presents himself to to the prophet prophet in israel that he would prefer present himself because then he he would cure him of his leprosy so you have here a young girl who yes separated from the family and yet she believes she has faith she has such confidence that she's encouraging you know this this uh through his wife he's encouraging that this man will go to to the you know to another country to actually the a an enemy country and seek healing okay so here it is now naaman went to his lord so he goes to the king and and and and he asks he says he tells the king that i would need to go to the country enemy country and and and seek healing and so the king believes that there is such a thing as such thing as possible i mean this is very interesting that he says go and he gives them all kinds of gifts to present to the king as a as a gesture of of peace peaceful uh a peaceful journey for him you know to make sure that that he's treated well and that the king even the king would welcome him because of the gifts that he gives okay so we have here's the king who seems to have manifests not just a man it seems to but actually manifests faith that yes i really care for this commander and i want him to be healed and and so if he even if he has to go there now give all the gifts to him so that that it may remain it will be possible for him now he goes with all these gifts the king of israel and he reads with this letter i'm sending him my servant name unto you so that you may cure him of leprosy of course the king of israel sees him as a provocation what is he trying to do am i god how can i how can i bring forth bring forth healing he realizes that he's not capable but he's not thinking that yes there is a great prophet elisha in his kingdom he's not even thinking about that so so now he is an act of of of purifying himself because he feels that this is blasphemy or at least political maneuver to get him to trouble to pick pick a fight that he sent this person and you know so you see the machinations the thinking of people you know uh you know when when god is is touching touching it you know us just like the little girl reminds us of the king of syria who seems to be you know agreeing with with us with this whole with this whole journey for to find healing and yet on the human level we say okay well you know let's go what's going on here and then subsequently we have we have you know he tears his garment as a way of protesting that he doesn't want to be blaspheme god you know so he there he is and then alicia hears and people were saying yes the king made a public statement he tore us his garments something that was something has happened something happened that that you know that that he did that you know you know in a political way and and so alicia goes and why did you turn your garments and and you know and and he hears what the story was and so now naaman came with horses and chariots and stopped at the door of alicia's house because then you know the the elisha invites them to come and what we have here again is is a prophetic word elisha believes and trusts in god as he was the one who inherited the prophetic the prophetic gifts from elijah uh so there he is he says to him go and go to to jordan river and wash yourself seven times and your flesh will be healed now naaman is angry he thought that you have this extra extraordinary power you know and whatever it is he considers that to be like a uh like a cheap way of saying go go away so he gets angry why should i go and and wash myself seven times in the river of jordan again he re he he does not respond with faith as we can see it's a lack of faith in him and and and then ultimately his his people his antenna those servants who are with him he says why don't you do this you know it's the prophet who tells you and they so they convince name then to go and and and wash himself in the jordan river even though he his rational thinking says what does it do there are more better rivers in in in in syria you know and i've been watching myself and nothing happened and yet his servants who who place confidence faith in the prophetic word of elisha so they convinced him obviously goes to jordan responding in faith and and washes himself and he's cleansed what we see here is you know this little story here but we see faith and lack of faith faith and lack of faith we see faith of those who seemingly should not have faith you know it's like syrian king and you know and the servants of of of of naaman also the little girl who has faith and and those who should have faith like the king of israel seems to be lacking it he seems to say that this is a provocation you know when the grace of god is given sometimes we go through these types of things this is of god is it not of god you know we we we're trying to discern we're trying to discern what is god saying to me what is god saying to me through my own difficulties what is god saying to me through my own sufferings and pain and perhaps even says you know illness or even serious illness or terminal illness what is the lord saying to me and i think here i think we're invited to to to place confidence in the lord once again we have the gospel today jesus is the one who goes back to nazareth as you know the lord left nazareth and he went to capernaum and other cities and there he began to manifest his his divine powers on behalf of the people he manifested his divine powers working on our behalf so he goes back to nazareth and there they invite him in a synagogue local synagogue to to read the scripture and he chooses and reads the scripture which are messianic in nature that you know it is it is the lord who calls uh who calls us to accept in faith these messianic figures foretold by the prophet isaiah yes so there they listen to the god's word you know that god is sending to his to his people a person who would be able to as a messiah bring forth the lord's rule where people will be able to convert to turn back to god and to accept his word except by faith you know the the divine graces which the lord has prepared for us and so jesus is the one who proclaims the word but what happens as he explains and he says today this this prophecy of isaiah is fulfilled in your hearing i i have jesus gives the manifestation of who he is to the people local people you know i have i am the one this is the lord has is sending me to be to be the messiah and and people listen very nicely to his word but they lack faith isn't he joseph's son do we know his family members the relatives cousins you know you know and they they they found it difficult to to believe which means they they lack that faith and jesus responds to that lack of faith by saying you know uh you know i tell you no prophet will be accepted is accepted in his own native place and then he gives example of faith of people who are outside nope indeed i tell you there were many widows in israel in the days of elijah when the sky was closed for three heavy years and severe famine spread over but it was known to none of those elijah was sent elijah was sent to this woman who had almost no food and yet she shared her last truly last meal with with with elijah the prophet instead of saying yes we have enough food we may live for another three or four days she gives that food that they had and shares with elijah is as we see we see that faith of that woman that woman from who was was not probably people of god she was from sidon from zaraphat in sidon which was not not not people who shared their faith the same again you know there are many lappers in israel but elijah elisha during the time of elisha but it was naaman whose cleanse once again faith faith that sees and manifests the power of god that embraces god's god's will for them and so so what we have today is jesus who's inviting us to deeper faith to a deeper faith what does it mean to have to have faith deeper faith to rely on his word that we know that he's true to his promises even though god's ways are not our race we would wish to see things be done in a different way and yet we see the examples that if we say yes to him even even if sometimes we're troubled by the whole thing even if sometimes doesn't seem to be making sense and saying yes to god the god of providence god who loves us is true and he will always be there for us and that's the invitation and not only today do we hear that but but look at the you know the pope francis just came back from from iraq four days of of pilgrimage something that john paul the second wish to have you know to to do because in in iraq is the land of of of abraham it was in ore where it's historically where where he was iraqi uh that that that that the faith that god has called that man to to fidelity to love to love the god that he has not seen and and he was he was man of faith as we know the scripture and and that's on not only the jewish traditions because our the jewish traditions go back to to the faith of abraham isaac his son and jacob his grandson it all started there where god has revealed himself and abraham on faith accepted him and so pope francis went he went to to to assyria to to gather there at the very foundation of our faith and gather and honor abraham but also the people who are there and and so what we have here is is a beautiful example of something that happened yes example of pope francis manifesting faith to the people manifesting courage and strength to go even to the place where it was it was was was kind of difficult as you know even even um even there uh it was shelled during the time that pope francis was there but this is what pope francis said from this place where faith was born from the land of our father abraham let us affirm that god is merciful and that the greatest blasphemy is to profane his name by hating our brothers and sisters hostility extremism and violence are not born of a religious heart they are betrayals of religion and so they're standing right in the middle of a rubble where there were four churches right in the square where all four churches were were demolished by the the whole philosophy and of hate of hate the the the the isis who embraced this type of philosophy killing destroying and so right in that place he stands and you know and when what he says is this the message of god is clear we see how many people were destroyed how many people were killed there are many many witnesses which will be canonized and they will be raised to the honors of the altar because the people there the christians there they gave their life for their faith i mean what an incredible witness of the iraqi people the christian iraqis who gave their their their their lives for for for for their faith and and and pope francis said this if god is the god of life standing there there for so he is then it is wrong for us to kill our brothers and sisters in his name if god is the god of peace for so he is that it is wrong for us to wage war in his name if god is the god of love for so he is that it is wrong for us to to hate our brothers and sisters beautiful words which are spoken to us by pope francis in the middle of place where there was such a violence through such a such such hate which was so manifested and yet the holy father but speaking and inviting us like jesus himself he is his vicar he says embrace again we have to we cannot live a life of hate we have to live a life of love we have to even pray and embrace those who hated us who has caused us so much harm for to forgive to let go so that god's powerful grace of love may come and this is all based on faith if we believe god will do extraordinary things for us and then finally today you know we celebrated honor saint john of god someone who went through his own difficulties who had all kinds of anxieties and attacks and even even mental illness who was able to overcome overcome because he believed he trusted in god and god used him through the sufferings that he had to go through the sufferings that he endured in in the hospital at that time which was so deficient the lord called him to reform to introduce hospitals that would be that would provide greater care and so born out of his own sufferings he was able to do extraordinary things you know sometimes resentment it controls us hate controls us so we are not able to break out of that hold and yet for him as we see the example that he gave is you know the god gave gives us this example of saint john of god how much greater good and how much good can he bring you know yes out of suffering yet and yet beautiful gifts father for those who believe for those who love and then you know then he says you know in in in his in his commentary uh he says you must offer god give thanks for everything these are words from saint john of god both the good and the bad remember our lord jesus christ and his blessed passion and recall how he gave back good for the evil they did him you must do likewise so that when you come to the house of god you can recognize both good and evil i should like you to see i should like to see you go from good to better as a son and brother if you come here you must offer some fruit to god and leave the flesh and everything else behind remember saint bartholomew they skinned him alive and he carried his own skin on the shoulders if you were if you come here it is solely in order to work not to sit idle for the most beloved son is entrusted with the greatest task of neighbor and so the invitation that he gives is those who followed him and those who wish to serve the needs of those who were in hospitals and those who would offer their life like today you know we have so many doctors and nurses also offering their life and many of them suffer an account of that because they were so stretched they saw so much suffering and death and dying and they were not able to always address this issue especially those who were dying of coronavirus but here we are today and and our readings as well as the example of those who are given witness today we see how faith which is given to us by god but it is a faith that we embrace and collaborate with god see the greatness that he gives to us the great things that that god is able to do to uh through us when we believe yes it is also for us these gifts but also gifts for others maybe then to this eucharist as jesus offered himself on our behalf he is our lord and our god that we today unlike so many people in our world today that they they they kind of remove him or they don't accept him fully or they question him doubt him that we today will reaffirm our faith that we believe in the father whose love is beyond all telling who has prepared for us glorious heaven that we believe in jesus the son of god the incarnate word who died for us who rose for us that he offers and wishes to offer us everything that we need in order to attain true happiness and fulfillment of our life we believe in the holy spirit that that through the power that he manifests to us the father's love and the mercy and forgiveness of the son that he may touch our hearts so we may be allah that we may allow ourselves to be led by him that we may allow ourselves to be guided by him inspired by him and that we listen to his inspirations we may say yes to god at each moment of our life that we may place confidence in him no matter what the difficulties are no matter how much sufferings we have to sometimes endure injustices that ultimately that god of love the god who in whom we believe will bring forth the greatest good transform evil into good and he will give us the greatest reward of of you know that we can ever imagine and that is to be the sons and daughters of god living in eternal happiness of his presence [Applause] with humility and confidence in the lord's care for us let us bring before him our prayers and petitions for ourselves and the world for the church may the lord continue to lead us to a deeper conversion and faith let us pray to the lord r lord lord hear our prayer for the salvation of the world and an end to war and violence among nations let us pray to the lord r lord hear our prayer for those who experience prejudice and discrimination may the lord grant them justice and healing let us pray to the lord r lord lord hear our prayer for all who are in the final steps of the journey to the easter sacraments may the spirit enlighten their minds and purify their hearts let us pray to the lord r lord hear our prayer for all who have died may the lord grant them eternal joy let us pray to the lord r lord lord hear our prayer for all the members of association of the association of marine helpers and the confraternity of the immaculate conception both living and deceased and for all the intentions they have entrusted to us as well as all those who call or write to us may the lord favorably hear their prayers strengthen them in faith hope and of let us pray to the lord r lord hear our prayer we continue to pray for all those who afflicted the crown of ours but also for all those who are sick those who ask us to pray for them for the grace of healing for them we pray for the loved ones who worry and fear uh the the you know the the upcoming months and days we also pray for those who are dying and those who will pass away today that god in his mercy may welcome them home for this we pray to the lord lord hear our prayer and for those who around the world today is a celebrated woman's day that all those who in any way women who are the gift that god has given to us all of our mothers and sisters and and those who are our friends the lord may bless him in every way that the lord may help him to become more and more like like blessed mother and it is through her intercession that we pray for our mothers our sisters our friends that the lord may grant them the special graces today that they may come to know and appreciate more each day the beautiful gift that god has given to us life human life for this we pray to the lord our r loving and merciful god hear the prayers we bring before you with sincere and trusting hearts and answer them in accordance with your holy will in christ's name we pray amen [Music] so [Music] [Music] forever [Music] is [Music] is [Music] myself pray my brothers and my sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to god the almighty father may the lord accept the sacrifice the church with the praise and glory of his name for our good and good of all his holy church may what we offer you lord in token of our service be transformed by you into the sacrament of salvation through christ our lord amen the lord be with you and with your spirit lift up your hearts we lift them up to the lord let us give thanks to the lord our god it is right and just it is truly right and just our duty and our salvation always and everywhere to give you thanks lord holy father almighty and eternal god for you will that our self-denial should give you thanks humble our sinful pride contribute to the feeding of the poor and so help us imitate you in your kindness and so we glorify you with countless angels as with one voice in praise we acclaim holy holy holy lord god of hosts abner [Music] [Music] in the name of the lord you are indeed holy o lord the fount of all holiness make holy therefore these gifts we pray by sending down your spirit upon them like the dewfall so that they may become for us the body and blood of our lord jesus christ the time he was betrayed and entered willingly into his passion he took bread and giving thanks broke it and gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you and eat of it for this is my body which will be given up for you [Music] in a similar way when supper was ended he took the chalice and once more giving thanks he gave it to his disciples saying take this all of you and drink from it for this is the chalice of my blood the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins to this in memory of me the mystery of faith [Music] we proclaim your death o lord until you come again therefore as we celebrate the memorial of his death and resurrection we offer you lord the bread of life and the chalice of salvation giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you humbly we pray that partaking of the body and blood of christ we may be gathered into one by the holy spirit remember lord your church spread throughout the world and bring her to the fullness of charity together with francis our pope and william our bishop and all the clergy remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and all who have died in your mercy welcome them into the light of your face have mercy on us so we pray that with blessed virgin mary mother of god blessed joseph her spouse with the blessed apostles and all the saints who have pleased you throughout the ages we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life and may praise and glorify you through your son jesus christ through him and with him and in him o god almighty father in the unity of the holy spirit all glory and honor is yours forever [Music] at the savior's command and formed by divine teaching we dare to say our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us deliver us lord from every evil graciously grant peace in our days that by the help of your mercy we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our savior jesus christ for the kingdom the power and the glory are yours now and forever lord jesus christ you said to your apostles peace i leave you my peace i give you look not on our sins but on the faith of your church and graciously grant your peace and unity in accordance with your will who live and reign for ever and ever amen the peace of the lord be with you always and with your spirit you take away the sins of the world have mercy on [Music] take us the sins of the world of god you take away the sins of the world [Music] may the receiving of your body and blood lord jesus that ring bring us to judgment and condemnation but through loving mercy be for us protection in mind body and a healing remedy behold the lamb of god behold him who takes away the sins of the world blessed are those called to the supper of the lamb lord lord i am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only only say the word [Music] [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] an act of spiritual communion and thanksgiving my jesus i believe that you are present in the most blessed sacrament i love you above all things and i desire to receive you into my soul since i cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally come at me spiritually into my heart i embrace you as if you're already there and unite myself holy to you never permit me to be separated from you our reflection is from the diary of saint faustina number 631 oh my jesus your goodness surpasses all understanding and no one will exhaust your mercy damnation is for the soul who wants to be damned for for the one who desires salvation there is the inexhaustible ocean of the lord's mercy to draw from how can a vessel how can a small vessel contain the unfathomable ocean of mercy let us pray may communion in this your sacrament we pray o lord bring with it purification and unity that is your gift through christ our lord amen thank you for announcements as you know we continue to celebrate this eucharistic eucharistic offering sacrifices with you in the holy mass at nine o'clock each day we unite ourselves with you and we extend this gift that god has given to us special eucharist eucharist is the celebration day of the sacrificial offering and the atoning sacrifice that the lord jesus offers to us and our behalf so that we may be forgiven that we may be united with the father but also he nourishes us with himself the body and blood how beautiful the gift it is and again we continue to be to celebrate the the three o'clock hour hour of great mercy again the great promises jesus offers to those who even for a moment steeped themselves into his passion or to the stations of a cross or pray the chaplet all those things that the lord is giving to us our again the at five o'clock rosary uh you know praying the rosary a powerful tool that god gives us to meditate on his life life together with our lady the life of the incarnate son and and the the message the gospel of love and mercy that it manifests again the couple other things that we do here as you know for pilgrims we have special pilgrimage schedule for pilgrims who come we have one o'clock we have confessions drive through confessions at two o'clock we have the uh the holy eucharist celebrated saint faustina center and also the hour of great mercy which we celebrate with exposition of blessed sacrament and the prayers that are offered to god on our behalf also on may 7th and 8th for all of you who are health care professionals in any way or those who wish to participate health care professionals receive you know full accreditation continuing education credits and anyone who may wish it will be a a virtual conference which was already you know done in the fall but many of you who still have not been able to participate in it we're inviting you to to enjoy it it's really good it's a program that integrates medical science with ethics biomedical ethics as well as spirituality of divine mercy it's a beautiful integrated program and and part of the part of that conference is is the beautiful talk that father seraphim who just seriously passed away he'll also be there because as part of that virtual conference that took place in november and and so we invite you perhaps you would wish to hear and you know grow in your faith grow your new knowledge of both medical ethics as well as medicine which offers incredible insights to us so i invite all of you to participate in it and then finally appreciation for you once again we thank you for so many blessings that you are to us you know the blessings that you send our way especially through your prayer and through the various gifts or ordering things that you have ordered from us we deeply deeply appreciate all the things that you do may god reward you for generosity to us and finally as you as i mentioned briefly in the homily you know today many people around the world celebrate women's day we have to honor the dignity of women and especially from the perspective of christian christian life and the call and i call we pray for all those in any way are mistreated for all those in any way are being taken advantage the lord may help us to overcome overcome this this type of indifference or perhaps even worse evil and and we have to protect our sisters our mothers our our friends uh that we may always protect their dignity and then foreign ends to any form of of disregard to those who in any way have been wounded hurt the lord may heal them from those things that wounded them this is our prayer the lord be with you spirit r your heads and pray for god's blessing may your right hand we ask o lord protect this people that makes entreaty to you graciously purify them and give them instruction that finding solace in this life they may reach the good things to come through christ our lord amen may almighty god bless you the father and the son the holy spirit amen our mass has ended let us go in peace to love and serve the lord and one another thanks be to god saint michael the archangel defend us in battle be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil may god rebuke when we humbly pray and to thou prince of the heavenly host by the power of god cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits who proud about the world seeking the ruin of souls amen and during prayer during this epidemic from our sunday visitor lord jesus hear our pleas our good shepherd and divine physician we implore your mercy in the wake of an outbreak of serious illness and disease guide our efforts to prevent contagion and make preparations to care for those most vulnerable assist all professionals and volunteers who work to eradicate the epidemic now spreading where actions be marked by your status love and selfless service and never by panic or fear bestow your comfort in healing to the sick sustain and strengthen them by your grace may they know your closeness as they carry the cross of illness and may all you have called from this life come to worship you eternally with all the saints as you grant consolation peace to their mourners amen holy mary health of the sick pray for us saint joseph hope of the sick of those in mortal danger pray for us [Music] give us rest we are thirsty living water i will give you come and drink in the stillness your whisper in the darkness shine your light every malice our longing with your lord [Music] my name is father kashwalik i am a provincial superior of the marian fathers of the immaculate conception here at the national shrine of the divine mercy in stockbridge it gives me great honor to invite you to watch love and mercy faustina movie right in your own home this movie is truly inspiring it offers insights into the life of saint faustina her spiritual director and into the message of divine mercy itself may this inspiring message of god's absolute love and mercy refresh your faith and console your heart during this difficult time [Music] i want you to paint an image this face looked just like christ from the holy shroud of touring i am repeating the words of sister faustina we are to glorify the unimaginable mystery of divine mercy what is all that for for the world [Music] finally the entire divine mercy message and devotion is summarized in one easy to read book explaining the teachings of jesus christ as given to saint faustina understanding divine mercy by father chris aylar from the marians of the immaculate conception has it all written in his highly conversational and energetic style this first book in his explaining the faith series will deepen your love for god and help you understand why jesus called divine mercy mankind's last hope of salvation you

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Published: Mon Mar 08 2021