The Second Sunday after Easter is the feast of the Divine Mercy. The establishment of this feast was desired by Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself through St. Maria Faustina Kowalska on February 22, 1931. According to St. Faustina’s diary, the desire was made known on the same day on which the Lord, in a vision, revealed Himself to her in a form that has been preserved and is presented to us as an image of the Divine Mercy that we venerate.. Also, the Lord declared his desire that priests of the Church proclaim Jesus’ mercy towards sinners. Furthermore, it is the desire of Jesus that sinners be not afraid of approaching him (Nos. 47 - 50).

  The mystery of the incarnation of our Lord Je sus Christ reveals the mercy of God. St. Paul speaks to us about the “God who is rich in mercy;” (Eph. 2:4) and St. John Paul II adds that Je sus Christ reveals God as the Father, he mani fests the Father and makes him known to us (Dives in Misericordia # 1). He draws us to and into the Father so that we may experience and be healed by Jesus' burning flames of mercy. All are welcome to this fountain of mercy, sinners, and saints alike.