DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
Our Lord asked St. Faustina to pray and work towards establishing a Feast of the Divine Mercy on the Sunday after Easter. He told her: On this day, the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment (Diary, 699). This message of mercy was proclaimed by Blessed Pope John Paul II, in his encyclical, Rich in Mercy, as the message for our age.
…the Church must consider it one of her principle duties – at every stage of history and especially in our modern age – to proclaim and to introduce into life the mystery of mercy, supremely revealed in Jesus Christ.
The Divine Mercy Celebration – April 7
3 PM Exposition and The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Adoration and Sacrament of Reconciliation
6:45PM Benediction, 7PM Holy Mass
2ND ANNIVERSARY OF SMOLENSK
AIR TRAGEDY – April 10, 2010
The 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash occurred on 10 April 2010 when a Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed near the city of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board. These included president Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria, former president Ryszard Kaczorowski, the chief of the Polish General Staff and other senior Polish military officers, the president of the National Bank of Poland, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, Polish government officials, 15 members of the Polish parliament, senior members of the Polish clergy, and relatives of victims of the Katyn massacre. They were en route from Warsaw to attend an event marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre; the site is approximately 12 miles west of Smolensk.
POPE FRANCIS PRAYS AT TOMB OF BLESSED JOHN PAUL II
Pope Francis paid a private visit to the tomb of Blessed Pope John Paul II on Tuesday, April 2, the eighth anniversary of whose death was remembered. The Pope spent time kneeling in silent prayer at the tomb of Blessed John Paul II in the Chapel of St. Sebastian.
WELCOME FR. RICHARD PHILIPOSKI, SCH
Fr. Richard will substitute for Fr. Peter Sat.-Mon., April 13-15 during Fr. Peter’s pilgrimage with a group to the Holy Land. There will be no Masses on Tues., April 16 through Sat., April 20.