Has anyone ever wished you a "Happy Easter Monday" or a "Happy Easter Tuesday" or the same for each day of this week. The "Octave" of Easter goes on for eight days beginning on Easter Sunday and ending on Divine Mercy Sunday. They are given the second highest rank on the calendar (the first being the Paschal Triduum) and the Masses of those days include the said or sung Gloria, the Sequence that is obligatory on Easter Sunday and optional on these days, the readings of the post-Resurrection appearances of the risen Lord, and the "double Alleluia" that is sung at the dismissal of Mass. These most important days "cry out" for us to participate in ALL these liturgies or at least some and CELEBRATE at Mass and at home the Resurrection of the Lord and what this means for us at the end of our eartly lives and what it should mean to our daily lives in the Lord!!
On Divine Mercy Sunday (the Second Sunday of Easter) after concluding the Divine Mercy Novena which began on Good Friday and ends on Easter Saturday, we have the opportunity to join with Catholics throughout the world in a Divine Mercy Holy Hour (3:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church) which will include songs, prayers and scripture readings of God's Mercy that was shown to us in the greatest way through his Son, Jesus Christ. I urge you, whether you are familiar with the Divine Mercy Devotion or not to log in to www.FORMED.ORG, sometime early this week, click on "for a parishioner" enter 71909 and when Sacred Heart appears, click that, then enter your name and e-mail address and the content of video offerings will apperar. Look for the title "Ocean of Mercy" that has images of St. Faustina, Saint, Pope John Paul II, and St. Maximillian Kolbe on it, and then click and watch this 75 minute documentary. It will hopefully inspire you to participate in this devotion not only on Divine Mercy Sunday but on a regular basis and the Chaplet being prayed by or for you as your loved ones or you are nearing death. I hope you will find out the blessings that will come when this is done!!!
While many of our prayer devotions have been around for centuries and have been passed down (hopefully) from family to family, the Divine Mercy Devotion is one that started in our time of history, and will grow and continue for generations to come ONLY IF we adopt it for our lives and pass it on to our family members and friends.
On Divine Mercy Sunday (the Second Sunday of Easter) after concluding the Divine Mercy Novena which began on Good Friday and ends on Easter Saturday, we have the opportunity to join with Catholics throughout the world in a Divine Mercy Holy Hour (3:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church) which will include songs, prayers and scripture readings of God's Mercy that was shown to us in the greatest way through his Son, Jesus Christ. I urge you, whether you are familiar with the Divine Mercy Devotion or not to log in to www.FORMED.ORG, sometime early this week, click on "for a parishioner" enter 71909 and when Sacred Heart appears, click that, then enter your name and e-mail address and the content of video offerings will apperar. Look for the title "Ocean of Mercy" that has images of St. Faustina, Saint, Pope John Paul II, and St. Maximillian Kolbe on it, and then click and watch this 75 minute documentary. It will hopefully inspire you to participate in this devotion not only on Divine Mercy Sunday but on a regular basis and the Chaplet being prayed by or for you as your loved ones or you are nearing death. I hope you will find out the blessings that will come when this is done!!!
While many of our prayer devotions have been around for centuries and have been passed down (hopefully) from family to family, the Divine Mercy Devotion is one that started in our time of history, and will grow and continue for generations to come ONLY IF we adopt it for our lives and pass it on to our family members and friends.