When we hear the Word proclaimed, we can look to Mary and learn to ponder it in our hearts as she did. She welcomed the Word even when she didn't fully understand it.
Saint Faustina is one of the saints to whom Our Lord incredibly revealed His total vulnerability. We can begin to understand through her experiences with the Christ Child, God's purpose in making Himself so small.
Christ has fashioned for us in this Image of The Divine Mercy an ecumenical synthesis of Christian iconography. A brief review of the history of Christian art will enable us to appreciate why this is so.
When I saw the deacon again a couple weeks later, I asked him about the lady we were praying for. His first remarks were that she died and she had a peaceful death.
Mother of Mercy Messengers, a lay outreach of the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception, now has the ability to greatly lighten its load and take flight. That is to say, MOMM can now take its show overseas.
My Christian beliefs tell me it's not proper to fly my own "flag" higher than God's. By my own "flag," what I mean is my own will, my own priorities. Yet, how many times do I fly my flag higher than God's?
When I first read the Diary of St. Faustina about 16 years ago, it was like cracking open a bag of potato chips: I couldn't put it down! And so began my journey into the message of Divine Mercy.