“Let our judgment of souls cease, for God’s mercy upon them is extraordinary.” (St. Faustina, Diary # 1684)
Charles Johnston is a father and husband in Phoenix, Arizona. His conversion journey has taken years, as he felt God pulling him toward His Church but he resisted until he couldn’t take it anymore. He gave in and fell in love with His Church. He blogs for ‘Now that I’m catholic.wordpress.com’. In this episode, I talk to Charles, about the Apostle Peter, his ministry and transformation from a fisherman to fisher of men.
In this episode, I talk to Charles about St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy of Jesus
He explains:
-How St. Faustina Kowalska was directed by Jesus to spread the Divine Mercy
-What the Divine Mercy of Jesus is all about?
-The lessons we learn from Poland and the meaning of adversity
-The breadth and width of God’s mercy for us!
I have to admit we recorded this with me having a severe cough. I tried my best to cut out all those parts where I’m hacking away, but there’s some bits I couldn’t get to. I apologize for that and hope to return to our regular podcast schedule soon.
The Divine Mercy Chaplet
The Divine Mercy Prayer is usually said at the hour of mercy which is 3 o’clock. You can say it anytime though and anywhere as described in the podcast. It can be sung like this, a beautiful version by Kassie and Mack. It’s such a blessing to see young people spreading this devotion.You can see how simple it is.
You can pray along to this video as it has the words all written out, just to get you started. There have been numerous miracles from reciting the Divine Mercy prayer but most of all it immerses you in God’s mercy. Here’s the novena prayer.
Have you taken the time to reflect on God’s mercy this Lent? There’s a lot of focus on repentance, but Jesus thought of all us in those cruel, difficult moments out of love for us. His mercy is bigger than our past and even bigger than our sins!
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. they are new every morning! Lamentations 3: 22-23.