A Complete Summary of St. Faustina and Divine Mercy
On this Feast of St. Faustina, Fr. Chris Alar offers a powerful reflection on the saint chosen by Christ to prepare the world for His final coming. In this complete summary, he reminds us that Divine Mercy is not just another devotion—it is the very heart of the Gospel, the nucleus of our faith, and mankind’s last hope of salvation.
Through St. Faustina, Jesus gave the Church both a message and a mission: to receive mercy, live mercy, and trust in mercy. The Marians, entrusted with spreading this message, continue her mission today. As Fr. Chris explains, the entire Gospel can be lived through the ABCs of Mercy: A – Ask for God’s mercy. B – Be merciful to others. C – Completely trust in His mercy.
These three steps summarize the Divine plan from the Garden of Eden to our own salvation. Without them, we cannot reach Heaven—for trust, as Jesus told St. Faustina, “is the vessel by which all grace is received.”
Fr. Chris also unpacks the five essential forms of the devotion—Feast, Image, Novena, Chaplet, and Hour of Mercy—which together help us live this message daily. And he shows how Divine Mercy Sunday, the eighth day of Easter, symbolizes eternity—the moment when Christ the Bridegroom comes for His spotless Bride, the Church.
St. Faustina was “a nobody from nowhere,” as St. John Paul II said, yet through her, God revealed the greatest message of our time. Let us follow her example and proclaim to the world: Jesus, I trust in You.
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