Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, present--Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity--is God's love and mercy made manifest to us now and till the end of time.

On February 22, 1931, in Poland, Jesus appeared to Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, and gave her a message of love and mercy for the world.  While Sister Faustina was praying before the Most Blessed Sacrament Jesus appeared to her.  Emanating from the heart of Jesus were two rays of light, one red and one white.  He later revealed "These two rays issued forth from the very depths of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance on the Cross" (299).

Jesus asked Saint Faustina to tell the world of His great love and mercy by spreading the Mercy of God Devotion. "My Heart overflows with great mercy for souls, and especially for poor sinners.  If only they could understand that I am the best of Fathers to them and that it is for them that the Blood and Water flowed from My Heart . . .  For them I dwell in the tabernacle as King of Mercy.  I desire to bestow grace upon souls . . . They have time for everything, but they have no time to come to Me for graces" (367).

"Call upon my mercy on behalf of sinners;  I desire their salvation.  When you say this prayer, with a contrite heart and with faith on behalf of some sinner, I will give him the grace of conversion.  The prayer is this: O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You" (186).

Our Lord said to St. Faustina, "I am Love and Mercy itself.  When a soul approaches Me with trust, I fill it with such an abundance of graces that it cannot contain them within itself, but radiates them to other souls" (1074).  He asked her to have a picture of Him painted, one that would show His loving, merciful heart with rays of tenderness and healing flowing forth, with the words "Jesus I Trust in You." Jesus said: "By means of this image  I shall grant many graces to souls; it is to be a reminder of the demands of My mercy" (742). If our dear Lord will grant such phenomenal graces to us for looking upon a holy picture of Him, how much more will He bless and grace those who are devoted to spending time with Him in the Blessed Sacrament?

"When I was in church . . . I saw the same rays issuing from the monstrance and they spread throughout the church. This lasted all through the service. After the Benediction [the rays came forth] on both sides and returned again to the monstrance. Their appearance was bright and clear as crystal. I asked Jesus that He think fit to light the fire of His love in all souls that were cold. Beneath these rays a heart will be warmed even if it were like a block of ice; even if it were as hard as rock, it will crumble into dust" (St. Faustina, 370).

Jesus told St. Faustina: "Today I am sending My mercy to the people of the whole world.  I do not want to punish an aching mankind, but desire to heal it, pressing it to My Merciful Heart" (1588). "The greatest sinners would achieve great sanctity, if only they would trust in My mercy" (1784).  "The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy" (723).

Sister Faustina recorded these words as spoken to her by Our Lord: "I remind you, My daughter, that as often as you hear the clock strike the third hour (in the afternoon), immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it; invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners."  "Try your best to . . .  at least step into the chapel for a moment and adore in the Most Blessed Sacrament My Heart, which is full of mercy. I claim veneration for My mercy from every creature" (1572).

When St. Faustina was praying before Jesus in the Holy Eucharist He showed her a vision. Each time a person entered the chapel and visited Jesus exposed in a monstrance, she saw His Divine Rays of Love and Mercy burst forth and encircle the whole world and everyone in it with graces and blessings!  Through Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Jesus unleashes His rays of healing upon us, our families and the whole world! Jesus specifically requested that the Feast of Mercy be celebrated on the second Sunday of Easter. This glorious day illumines Gods great Mercy, which He manifests in the Holy Eucharist!

Jesus revealed the Chaplet of Divine Mercy to Saint Faustina and asked her to recite it daily at 3:00 p.m., the Hour of Great Mercy.  "Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you.  Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death.  Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation.  Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy.  I desire that the whole world know My infinite mercy.  I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy" (687).

Begin with: the Our Father...  Hail Mary... and Apostles Creed...
On the Our Father Beads say: 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.
On the Hail Mary Beads say: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Conclude with: Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world (three times) (476).
 

"The mercy of God, hidden in the Blessed Sacrament, the voice of the Lord who speaks to us from the throne of mercy: Come to Me, all of you . . .  Behold, for you I have established a throne of mercy on earth--the tabernacle--and from this throne I desire to enter into your heart. I am not surrounded by a retinue of guards. You can come to me at any moment, at any time; I want to speak to you and I desire to grant you grace" (Jesus, 1485).

Has there ever been a time in human history when we have needed God's Divine Mercy, love and guidance more?  Pope John Paul II said, "Anyone who prays to our Saviour [in the Blessed Sacrament] draws the whole world with him and raises it to God . . . . Through adoration, the Christian mysteriously contributes to the radical transformation of the world" (letter to the Bishop of Liege, 1996).  "Especially from the Eucharist, grace is poured forth upon us as from a fountain" (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, 10).

      "You left us Yourself in the Sacrament of the Altar, and You opened wide Your mercy to us.  There is no misery that could exhaust You; You have called us all to this fountain of love, to this spring of God's compassion.  Here is the tabernacle of Your mercy, here is the remedy for all our ills . . . .
      "Be adored, O God, in the work of Your mercy, Be blessed by all faithful hearts on whom Your gaze rests, In whom dwells Your immortal life . . . .   In Your inconceivable love, You allowed Your most holy side to be opened, and streams of Blood and Water gushed forth from Your Heart.  Here is the living fountain of Your mercy, Here souls receive consolation and refreshment.
      "In the Blessed Sacrament, You left us Your mercy; You love deigned to arrange it so, That, going through life, suffering and toil, I might never doubt of Your goodness and mercy.  For even if the whole worlds miseries weighed on my soul, We must not doubt for even a moment, But have trust in the power of Gods mercy" (St. Faustina, 1747 & 1748).

St. Faustina you told us that your mission would continue after your death and that you would not forget us (Diary, 281, 1582).  Our Lord also granted you a great privilege, telling you to "distribute graces as you will, to whom you will, and when you will" (31).  Relying on this, I ask your intercession for the graces I need, especially (mention your request).  Help me, above all, to trust Jesus as you did and thus to glorify His mercy every moment of my life. Amen.

St. Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament please pray that Perpetual Adoration of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist will take place in every parish throughout the world!