The Message
John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy
Divine Mercy Q&A
- What's Church Belief on Homosexuality, and Why?
- The Image? The Graces? Confession?
- Mercy Sunday's Special Graces, Plenary Indulgence: Are They the Same?
- Like Poland in the 1930s, Are We Due for Chastisement?
- What If I Took a Major Wrong Turn in Life?
- Part 2: What's Church Belief on Homosexuality, and Why?
- What's the Most Disturbing Words Jesus Spoke?
- Promises, Promises: How Far Do They Go?
- Does God Expect Me to Be Loving to All My Relatives?
- What is 'Sanctity'? And How Does One Achieve It?
- What's the Case for the Immaculate Conception?
- Wasn't the Sacred Heart Devotion to Be the Last Opportunity?
- What Was St. Faustina's Big, Mysterious Secret?
- Can you Shed Light on God's Mercy in Hell, Purgatory?
- Why Did St. Faustina Need a Spiritual Guide?
- Is Asking St. Faustina to Pray for Us a 'Pagan' Practice?
- Why Do Some Doctrines Seem to Lack Biblical Support?
- Is St. Faustina too Liberal or too Conservative?
- The Case for the Assumption of Mary
- The Sins of Our Ancestors
- Why So Many Images? Which One is 'Best'?
- Divine Mercy Sunday: What's This Feast All About, Anyway?
- In the Chaplet, What Do We 'Offer' to God?
- What Does Christ Mean by 'Simplicity'?
- Which is He: A God of Wrath or of Mercy?
- Can We Really Console the Heart of Jesus?
- Do the Forms of Devotion Really Foster Conversion of Heart?
- The 'D' Word: A Divine Mercy Perspective
- Do Catholics Trust the Bible More Than Science?
- The Child Jesus
- Why Doesn't God Use the Famous?
- How to Give Thanks as St. Faustina Would
- Does Catholicism 'Revel In Suffering'?
- Is Divine Mercy Devotion Just Based on Private Revelations?
- What Does 'Divine Mercy' Actually Mean?
- What is the Meaning of the Rays?
- Why Does God Let His Best Friends Get 'Beaten Up' So Often?
- How One Divine Mercy Critic Misses the Mark
- Why Doesn't the Chaplet Always 'Work'?
- Is the Chaplet Only for the Living and Dying?
- Part 3: St. Faustina and the Secret of the Holy Trinity
- Part 2: St. Faustina and the Secret of the Holy Trinity
- Part 1: St. Faustina and the Secret of the Holy Trinity
- What's the Problem With This Passage?
- Was St. Faustina 'Miserable' Most of the Time?
- What Did the Apostolic Letters Seek to Achieve?
- Can You Hear That? It's Push-Back from My Contraception Series.
- Have I Committed the 'Unforgivable Sin'?
- Can Divine Mercy Save Those Outside The Church?
- A Convent Conundrum?
- Part 4: Indefensible or Indispensable?
- Part 3: Indefensible or Indispensable?
- Part Two: Indefensible or Indispensable?
- Contraception Part 1: Indefensible or Indispensable?
- The Chaplet: Can We Make Our Own Version?
- Extraordinary Graces: What Does Christ's Promise Really Mean?
- Was St. Faustina a Sinner?
- If God is so Merciful, Why Is There a Hell? (Part Two)
- Intercessory Prayer: Do Timing and Teamwork Matter?
- If God is so Merciful, Why is There a Hell?
- Do Some Church Teachings Make Us Doubt Divine Mercy?
- Is God's Will Always Done?
- Does His Mercy Extend Even to Satan Worshippers?
- Part 4: What's So Painful About Purgatory?
- Part 3: Are the Fires of Purgatory Really Fires?
- Part 2: The Mystery of Purgatory
- Part 1: Proof of Purgatory? Look No Further.
- Is There a Doctor in the House?
- Is the Chaplet an Ecumenical Prayer?
- How Are We 'Saved' by God's Merciful Love?
- How to Serve Our Lord in Tough Financial Times
- What's There to Debate?
- How Can We Practice the Corporal Works of Mercy Today?
- Equipped with Special Graces: Now What?
- 'Special Graces' and 'Plenary Indulgence': Are They the Same Thing?
- How Should We Celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday?
- The Holy Angels: Servants and Messengers of Mercy
- How Can the Saints Hear and Answer Our Prayers?
- So You Want to Change the World?
- How Can We Learn to Forgive Ourselves?
- Are the End Times Upon Us?
- Holier Than Thou?
- Through the Eucharist We Actually Become What We Eat!
- More on the Mysteries of Divine Mercy in the Mass
- On Keeping the 'Christ' and the 'Mass' in 'Christmas'
- What God Has Offered Us Throughout the Ages
- On The God Who Never Quits
- Saved! But Why to Evangelical Protestantism?
- Mary, Merciful Queen of Heaven
- Mary, the Morning Star Who Lights Our Way
- Mary, Mother of Mercy: 'Her Unequalled Role in God's Plan'
- Why Do We Call Mary 'Mother Of Mercy'
- What Do You Want Me to Do, Lord?
- Is the Devil Out To Get Our Divine Mercy Apostolate?
- The Quandary for Catholics: Part Three
- Election Quandary for Catholics: Part Two
- The Quandary for Catholics
- How Can I Make It Through 'The Dark Night of the Soul'?
- The Chaplet: A Devotion 'From the Dark Ages'?
- Knowing What a "Human Being" is Makes a Big Difference!
- We Really Are 'Soul Brothers'
- More on Reading Your Bible in the School of the Saints
- Reading the Bible the Way St. Faustina and the Saints Did
- Step Right Up: All Imperfections Welcomed!
- The Five-Loaves, Two-Fish Philosophy
- Should Works Of Mercy Always Be Done For Free?
- How to Practice the Works of Mercy Today?
- If We Serve God For a Heavenly Reward, Is That Selfish?
- Is the Chaplet Equal to the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick?
- What's the Best Way to Talk with Jesus?
- How Confession Brings Joy to the Heart of Jesus
- Confession: Where 'the Greatest Miracles' Happen
- The Sacrament of Mercy and Healing
- Extraordinary Graces: What are the 'Requirements'?
- Praying the Chaplet: When? How? And for Whom?
- Trust! ... OK, but How?
- Saint Faustina vs. the New Age Movement
- Songs of Praise to the Merciful Creator!
- A Walk Through the Words of the Chaplet, Part II
- A Walk Through the Words of the Chaplet
- What About the Diary's 'Strange' Passages?
- The Only Image He Commanded?
- Where Can We Find God's Mercy?
- What Does Devotion to 'The Divine Mercy' Signify?
- Is Divine Mercy 'Just Another Devotion'?
- How Could He Appear to St. Faustina?
- What Does the Church Say About It All?
- Two More Mysterious Diary Passages
- Accounting for Debts, but No Calculator Required
- Mary and Her Role in God's Merciful Plan
- If God is So Merciful, Why is There a Purgatory?
- Is There a 'One Last Chance' to be Saved?
- On the Mystery of Offering Up Our Sufferings
- He's Back, with Answers
- What Does Trust Mean?
- The Fate of 'Talkative Souls,' the Value of Silence
- On Going to Confession Before Mercy Sunday
- Divine Mercy and People of Other Faiths
- The Difference Between the Chaplet and Novena
- Praying the Chaplet as an Act of Reparation?
- Why Do Some Pastors Ignore Divine Mercy Sunday?
- Why Does St. Faustina Call Jesus,'my Mother?'
- More on the Chaplet: Can We Change it?
- Further Dialogue on the Chaplet — and on Innocent Suffering
- Can we be 'Certain' about Divine Mercy Sunday?
- If God is so Merciful, Why do the Innocent Suffer so Much?
- Yes, We All Get Too Busy Sometimes