MARCH 18, 2013
CHURCH TODAY
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Outdoor Easter Sunrise Mass March 31, Easter Sunday 7 a.m. Sunrise Mass Bring your own lawn chair Holy Rosary Chapel Emmanuel, LA
Weather permitting To find out the latest on whether or not there will be an Easter Sunrise Mass at Holy Rosary Chapel, go to www.diocesealex.org, where the most up-to-date information will be available.
Divine Mercy devotion Continued from pg. 6
for Divine Mercy Sunday, and Pope John Paul II received one droplet of the Precious Blood. “Less than an hour later … John Paul II went to his eternal reward,” Father Gaitley said. “As Pope Benedict XVI himself puts it, he went to the Lord in the arms of mercy.” Father Gaitley said that two messages were integral to Pope John Paul II’s papacy: “Be not afraid,” and “Jesus, I trust in You.” “We’ve got the two sides of the same coin right here,” Father Gaitley said. “‘Be not afraid.’ Why? Because we trust in Jesus, who has revealed himself as infinite love and mercy.” Father Gaitley, author of the Marian consecration book, 33 Days to Morning Glory, said that it is the Blessed Mother who brings us into Divine Mercy by drawing us to its fount, the pierced side of Christ. He emphasized the devotion of Marian consecration, which gives Mary permission to make one’s life into something beautiful for God. “Mary’s whole being is to bring us to the mercy of God,” Father Gaitley said. “I believe the triumph of her Immaculate Heart is the triumph of Divine Mercy, because that’s the spark that will prepare the world for the Lord’s final coming.” This year, the feast of Divine Mercy will be celebrated on Sunday, April 7.
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