Devotion to Divine Mercy: the message and promises of Jesus

Promises of Merciful Jesus

THE MESSAGE OF DIVINE MERCY

On February 22, 1931, Jesus appeared to Sister Faustina Kowalska in Poland and entrusted her with the message of Devotion to Divine Mercy. She herself described the apparition thus: I was in my cell when I saw the Lord dressed in a white robe. He had a hand raised in the act of blessing; with the other he touched the white tunic on his chest, from which two rays came out: one red and the other white. After a moment, Jesus said to me: Paint a picture according to the model you see, and write to us below: Jesus, I trust in You! I also want this image to be revered in your chapel and around the world. The rays represent the Blood and the Water that gushed out when my Heart was pierced by the spear, on the Cross. The white ray represents the water that purifies souls; the red one, the blood that is the life of souls. In another apparition Jesus asked her to institute the feast of Divine Mercy, expressing herself thus: I wish that the first Sunday after Easter be the feast of my Mercy. The soul, who on that day will confess and communicate himself, will obtain full remission of sins and penalties. I wish this feast to be celebrated solemnly throughout the Church.

PROMISES OF MERCIFUL JESUS.

The soul who will worship this image will not perish. - I, the Lord, will protect you with the rays of my heart. Blessed is he who lives in their shadow, since the hand of Divine Justice will not reach it! - I will protect the souls who will spread the cult to my Mercy, for all their life; in the hour of their death, then, I will not be Judge but Savior. - The greater the misery of men, the greater the right they have to my Mercy because I wish to save them all. - The source of this Mercy was opened by the spear blow on the Cross. - Humanity will find neither tranquility nor peace until it turns to Me with full confidence. - I will grant thanks without number to those who recite this crown. If recited next to a dying person, I will not be fair Judge, but Savior. - I give humanity a vase with which it will be able to draw graces from the source of Mercy. This vase is the image with the inscription: Jesus, I trust in You !. O blood and water that flow from the heart of Jesus, as a source of mercy for us, I trust in You! When, with faith and with a contrite heart, you will recite this prayer for some sinner I will give him the grace of conversion.