Have a Blessed
2019 Holy Week!

"I was a witness to what happened there. However, I was most deeply moved when, before the Consecration, Jesus raised His eyes to heaven and entered into a mysterious conversation with His Father. It is only in eternity that we shall really understand that moment. His eyes were like two flames; His face was radiant, white as snow; His whole personage full of majesty, His soul full of longing. At the moment of Consecration, love rested satiated – the sacrifice fully consummated. Now only the external ceremony of death will be carried out – external destruction; the essence [of it] is in the Cenacle" 
(Diary, 684).

How privileged to look at the Last Supper in this way. St Faustina was truly blessed to be taken to the actual hour of Consecration, the very night of the Institution of the Holy Eucharist. How much our perception of Holy Mass will change!



In our part of the world, hot cross buns went on sale as soon as the Christmas decorations were taken off the shelves. My little 5-year-old son asked, "Mommy, why is this bun called "Hot Cross Bun"?

Today, in 2019, in the last few days, we witnessed the devastation of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The Cross literally became 'hot'. I have gathered a few points from Social Media for our reflection.



First, what survived from the fire? The cross, the altar, the Crown of Thorns. Consider this for your own life - when our lives will be burned up and everything turned to ash, what will survive? Will it be the Crosses that made you holy, the altar where you offered yourself to God as a living sacrifice, the Crown of Thorns in humility you wore, that you may be worthy to wear a glorious crown of gold?

Second, the outside of the church looked completely destroyed, while the inside remained intact, though damaged. A fitting metaphor for the universal Church. To the rest of the world, it looks as if the Church will be completely destroyed. But to those on the inside, we know that, while damaged, it can never be destroyed!

Finally, the fire at Notre Dame is a powerful symbol of what is happening to Christianity in Europe - and soon to be in the world. The flames of secularism seem intent on destroying it. Will a new generation rise up to save, not their cultural heritage, but their very Faith itself?

--::    Our Mission    ::-

To continue the work JESUS entrusted to St Faustina: “You will prepare the world for My return” by spreading “JESUS’ Message of unfathomable DIVINE MERCY” throughout the whole world.

Copyright: Quotes from the Diary of St. Faustina are copyrighted by the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. United States of America.

This website was edited on 19 April 2019