Fifteenth Southern California Congress of Divine Mercy
The Year of the Family “Amoris Laetitia”
Family Saves the World
Saint Joseph - Defender of the Family
October 23 - 24, 2021
The Divine Mercy Congress will take place at Christ the King Parish, 617 N. Arden Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90004 on October 23 and 24, 2021. This year’s Congress’ theme will be: The Year of the Family “Amoris Laetitia”. Family Saves the World.
On March 19, 2021, the Church celebrated the fifth anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, on the beauty and joy of love in the family. On this same day, Pope Francis launched the year “Amoris Laetitia Family,” which will conclude on June 26, 2022, during the X Meeting of Families in Rome with the Holy Father.
Pope Francis announced the year of “Amoris Laetitia Family during his Angelus Message on the Feast of the Holy Family on December 27, 2020. He ended his address invoking the Blessed Mother, “May the Virgin Mary grant that families throughout the world be increasingly fascinated by the evangelical ideal of the Holy Family, so as to become a leaven of [a] new humanity and of a genuine and universal solidarity.”
On behalf of the organizers of the congress I am pleased to invite you to be part of this event.
We invite you to register early; Also, please extend this invitation to your friends, neighbors, family and anyone who is interested to attend and encourage them to register by mail, online or on the phone. If you have the ability to coordinate with your parish office, you are authorized to ask your parish to post it in the Parish Bulletin; we can provide you with posters and hard copy registrations as well.
Enclosed you will find the Program, Registration, please register and encourage your friends to register. Registration can also be done on-line at www.timeofmercy.com
Your participation will be a sign of your devotion to Divine Mercy. Please pray for the Congress and become the Witness of Divine Marcy. Many of you are far away and cannot join us in person, we ask you to please keep the Divine Mercy Congress at Christ the King in your prayers.
Program of our Congress is attached.
If you have any questions, please contact us at (323) 393-4144 or (323) 449-9014.
Thank you very much,
May Merciful Jesus bless you always,
Lelis Cruzata - Congress Coordinator
A short reflection from Fr. George
“While they were all amazed at his every deed, Jesus said to his disciples, “Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.” (Lk 9:43b-45)
When everything is going very well in our lives, we generally don't allow the thought that it might be bad. And it can't just be only good. There must be suffering and other adversities. They are indispensable in this world. The suffering was necessary in Jesus' life for the redemption of our sins. In our lives, the suffering is essential that our love be cleansed of selfishness and that we do not take root in this world.
May the meaning of suffering cease to be hidden from us, and if it is hidden, let us not be afraid to ask God about it.