Divine Mercy Sunday: Jesus, I trust in You



“Jesus said… "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." …He breathed on them and said… "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."

What a beautiful reading for Divine Mercy Sunday. Jesus, who suffered and died to win forgiveness for our sins, gives His Apostles – the bishops and priests chosen to lead His Church - the authority to forgive sin. With the Holy Spirit to guide them, He sends them out to bring His Divine Mercy to the world.
Yet many Christians reject the authority of the Church to forgive sin, refusing to consider confessing their sins to a priest.  Even Catholics often fail to take advantage of this precious gift, neglecting the Sacrament of Reconciliation. But if we truly understood the gifts the Lord desires to pour out on the world through this Sacrament, the lines at the confessional would stretch out the door of every Catholic Church every Saturday afternoon.

Jesus’s heart must break when we reject the healing graces He longs to give us. In order to once again call us back to Him, Jesus gave St. Faustina a series of messages concerning His Divine Mercy. Jesus asked Faustina to have an image painted, showing rays of blood and water flowing from His pierced heart, with the caption “Jesus, I trust in You.” Through these messages, Jesus implored a sinful world to turn back to Him now, in this time of mercy. He promises to forgive all our sins, no matter how grave, if only we go to Him in confession and receive the Eucharist on Divine Mercy Sunday.

These messages, recorded in St. Faustina’s diary, “Divine Mercy in My Soul,” tell of the abundant mercy of Christ, but they also contain a warning. Jesus asks Faustina to “…tell souls about this great mercy of mine, because that awful day, the day of My justice, is near” (Diary 965). Jesus doesn’t want us to wait, but to turn to Him now.
 
Is there anything you have been fearful to confess? Don’t be afraid, but trust in Jesus. Don’t neglect to ask His forgiveness in this beautiful time of mercy.

 
 

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