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Low Sunday & Divine Mercy - 4/12/26

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In 1931, Jesus appeared to St. Faustina with rays of mercy and commanded her to paint an image with 'Jesus, I trust in you.'
The episode begins by explaining why the Church institutes new feasts, using historical examples like Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart. It then delves into Divine Mercy Sunday, tracing its origins to St. Faustina's visions in 1931, where Jesus instructed her to paint an image with rays symbolizing water and blood. The diary of St. Faustina is mentioned, along with the temporary ban on the devotion due to translation errors. The significance of the feast on the first Sunday after Easter is linked to early Church traditions and St. Augustine's teachings. Our Lord's messages to St. Faustina emphasize mercy as a preparation for judgment. The special grace of the feast is described as greater than a plenary indulgence, offering complete forgiveness of sins and punishment when receiving Holy Communion worthily. Requirements include confession, acts of mercy, and trust. The episode then shifts to a narrative about Sister Caterina Capitani, a nun miraculously healed by Pope St. John XXIII in 1966 after a severe illness, which serves as proof of his sainthood. The second sermon discusses restitution, citing St. Thomas and St. Augustine on the necessity of restoring what was taken unjustly for salvation. It connects this to Christ's resurrection and examples like Peter and Thomas making reparations. The third sermon focuses on the sacrament of penance as a means of mercy, referencing Gospel accounts of Jesus appearing to the apostles and Thomas's profession of faith. It encourages living faith through daily actions and using the sacrament regularly. The episode concludes with prayers and a call to grow in faith.

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A feast-day sermon ties Divine Mercy to Church history, Sister Katerina's crisis, and a vivid bedside testimony.

Divine Mercy Sunday is framed here as part of a wider pattern in Church life, where feasts draw the faithful back toward doctrine, devotion, and hope.

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