Divine mercy
In my twenty-third week of pregnancy, I discovered I had preeclampsia, one of the most serious forms of toxemia occurring in the later stages of pregnancy. The condition is very dangerous for both the mother and the child. When fluid retention reaches a certain point, the person is past help. The condition develops very quickly, usually in a matter of days.
On 17 August 2002, Pope John Paul II declared the Shrine at Cracow-Lagiewniki the world center of Divine Mercy devotion.
Once at church I heard a sermon on morning and evening prayer. What I took from it was that when it came to prayer I could no longer plead lack of time or ignorance, since I was always able to say the words, Jesus, I trust in You!
In the early decades of the last century Jesus appeared to a simple nun, whom we now honor by the name of St. Faustina. He invited her to be the bearer of His message about the merciful love of God.
The message of Divine Mercy as conveyed to us by St. Faustina is inextricably linked with the mystery of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
2000 years ago, as mankind gazed longingly up to heaven, awaiting a Messiah who would raise it from its wretched condition, God, in His unfathomable mercy, gave the world His only-begotten Son.
