This Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the consecration of Russia to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In addition, the Blessed Mother requested that Mass be offered on the first Saturday of each month in reparation for the sins of humanity against the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Lord willing, we will continue to offer a first Saturday morning Mass here at St. Libory’s. Blessed Mary also requested that individuals pray a Rosary daily for this same purpose. This request was made in 1917. She warned that if this was left unheeded the “errors of Russia” would spread around the world. In the last century we have witnessed this tragic realization. As was predicted by Mary to the children of Fatima, a worst war followed WWII. Communism spread from Russia to Eastern Europe, China, Central America, Cuba and beyond. The Marxist ideas of Communism spread throughout Western Europe, Canada, and the United States and beyond. Nearly all the “crazy” social ideas we see circulating in our politics today, trace strait to God hating, family destroying, Marxism. So, what does this have to do with Divine Mercy Sunday? In 1930s Poland, a poorly educated nun by the name of Sr. Faustina, received revelations about the amazing Mercy of God. She was given a devotion called the Capulet of Divine Mercy. It is very simple and strait forward. It uses the Rosary to pray for God’s Mercy, primarily by repeating, “For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” Every decade of the Rosary ends with, “Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.” There are some additional prayers, but you get the gist of it, a prayer for God’s Mercy! I want to earnestly encourage you to learn and pray this Capulet. It’s about as easy of devotion there is to be learned. You can pray it anytime, anyplace. Our world desperately needs it, we need it, you need it, God’s Mercy! Yours in Christ our Lord, Fr. Sid.