God Im Mercy Wey Plenty Pass Measure!

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Sunday of Divine Mercy
The Eighth Day for the Octave of Easter

Jesus, na You I trust.

See as today full with grace! Na di eighth and last day of di Octave of Easter. For dis eighth day of Easter, we dey celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. Na day wey di floodgates of mercy open wide, and God dey pour give us pass wetin we fit ever hope for.

For many years, people don dey celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday as private devotion. But for di year 2000, Pope Saint John Paul II, wey God use in special way to show His mercy, put dis feast for di Church official calendar as e declare Sister Faustina saint.

Saint Faustina na member of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy for Krakow, Poland. She die for 1938. She come from one simple, poor family of farmers, go school for only three years for basic education, and do the lowest kind of work for her convent. But she also be mystic wey get the privilege to receive plenty private revelations from our Lord, and she write dem down for her diary of Divine Mercy.

She write about wetin she experience for February 22, 1931:

For evening, when I dey my room, I notice di Lord Jesus wey wear white robe. E raise one hand to bless, and di other hand dey touch di robe for chest. From di opening of di robe for chest, two big rays of light come out: one red, and di other one colour faint. I no talk as I fix my eyes on di Lord; fear full my soul, but great joy full am too. After some time, Jesus tell me, ‘paint one image according to di pattern wey you dey see, and write dis words for am: Jesus, na You I trust.’

Later, Jesus explain to her for another vision:

“Di ray wey colour faint stand for di Water wey dey make souls righteous; di red ray stand for di Blood wey be di life of souls. Dis two rays come out from di depth of My Mercy wey full with tender love, for dat time wey spear open My Heart wey dey suffer terrible pain for di Cross….Blessing dey for di person wey go live under their shelter, because God hand of justice no go catch am.”

Jesus talk to her again about how E want make dem establish di Solemnity of Divine Mercy:

“For dat day (di 8th day of Easter every year), di very depth of My mercy wey full with tender love dey open. I dey pour one whole ocean of graces upon di souls wey come near di fountain of My mercy. Di soul wey go go Confession and receive Holy Communion go receive complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. For dat day, all di divine floodgates wey grace dey flow through dey open. Make no soul fear to come near Me, even if im sins red like scarlet. My mercy so great sotey no mind, whether na human being own or angel own, go fit understand di full depth of am for all eternity.”

As we dey celebrate Sunday of Divine Mercy, think deeply about how this gift wey God want pour on us plenty reach. The love wey our God of perfect mercy get for us no get limit. And today, for this eighth day of Easter, we suppose especially know say Heaven floodgates don open for us reach level wey we no fit imagine. Turn your eyes towards our merciful Lord and open your heart to receive everything wey He want give.

Lord of Mercy, help me today make I begin understand wetin mercy really mean. First, help me open my heart to di mercy wey You want give me. As I receive Your own Divine Mercy, help me too make I be person wey You go use to show dat mercy for everybody to see. Jesus, na You I trust.