Lenten Day of Renewal

Lenten Day of Renewal

March 24, 2018

Christ the King Church

FAUSTINUM - Divine Mercy Apostolate

617 N. Arden Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004

Divine Mercy - Our Only Refuge.

In Anticipation of the Divine Mercy Sunday

“Say, My daughter, that the Feast of My Mercy has issued forth from

 My very depths for the consolation of the whole world.” (Diary 1517)

8:00 AM -         Registration and morning coffee
8:45 AM -          Gathering Song – Come Holy Spirit
                          Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.
9:15 AM -          CONFERENCE: Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life

“Divine mercy is not cheap, sentimental or easy. Neither is divine mercy limited, exhausted or made exclusive…Mercy is the externally visible and effectively active aspect of the essence of God, which graciously attends to and devotes itself to the world and to humanity in ever new ways in history. In short, mercy expresses God's own goodness and love.”  Cardinal Walter Kasper

10:15 AM -           Mercy in Deeds and Free Will Offering              
                                 “I demand from you deeds of mercy which are to arise out of love for me. You are to show mercy to   your                                    neighbors always and   everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse yourself from it “. (Diary,742).

10:30 AM -        Break Time

11:00 AM -        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Meditation  Holy Rosary

11:30 AM -        CONFERENCE: Divine Floodgates are wide-open on Divine Mercy Sunday. 
                         The “Extraordinary   Graces of divine Mercy Sunday”

On one occasion, I heard these words: My daughter, tell the whole world about My Inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which grace flow are opened. (Diary 699)

 12:30 PM -        Lunch Time.

    1:30 PM -         CONFERENCE: “My daughter, help me save Sinners” (Diary 1645).
                          Helping Jesus  to  save  Soul Spread the divine Mercy devotion.

 “All at once I saw a large book which stands before the throne [of God], and it was given to me to read. The book was written in blood. Still, I could not read anything but the name, Jesus. Then I heard a voice, which said to me, Your hour has not yet come. Then the book was taken away from me, and I heard these words: You will bear witness to My infinite mercy. In this book are written the names of the souls that have glorified My mercy. I was overwhelmed with joy at the sight of such great goodness of God.” (Diary 689)

2:45 PM            Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
3:00 PM -          Holy Hour of Mercy
3:30 PM -         The Sacrament of Reconciliation: Celebrating God’s Forgiveness and  Mercy                      Individual  Confessions

In the sacrament of reconciliation, Jesus invites us penitents, like he did Lazarus, to come out of the place of darkness and decay.  And He says to his priestly confessors the same thing he said to the people standing around Lazarus’s tomb: “unbind him, and let him go free!” Jesus promised "I want to grant a complete pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of My Mercy." (Diary 1109)

5:30 PM -          Holy Mass. Benediction and Dismissal