Jesus, I Trust in You

The Universal Church celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday today, a feast extended to the whole Church by Blessed Pope John Paul II in 2,000 when he canonized St. Maria Faustina Kawalski, the nun whose visions and diary have led to this popular devotion to Jesus as the provider of mercy to all.  Masses, holy hours and pilgrimages attracting thousands, if not millions, world-wide will take place today as people reach out for the mercy so needed my us all.
This year, for example, the feast coincides with the 19th anniversary of the start of the Genocide in Rwanda.  As this country recalls the horror of those three months when a million of more Rwandans were killed, thousands from Rwanda and surrounding countries will pour into a spirituality center in Ruhango, a small town in the middle of Rwanda,  for Mass and the Divine Mercy Chaplet.  Last year there were 45,000.00 in attendance.  This year, even more are anticipated. A remarkable reversal of the events of 1994 and evidence of God's mercy.
The Mercy of Jesus Christ will be poured out at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH, where 12 students will be received into full communion with the Church or be confirmed.  Several Central Catholic students will come of an evening with the Marist Brothers seeking Divine Mercy while giving careful thought to answering the call to become Marist Brothers. In Wheeling, WV, a group of students is on a TEC retreat (Teens Encounter Christ)...encountering the mercy of Jesus.  In Portsmouth, NH, a memorial is being held for the victims of the submarine Thresher disaster of 50 years ago, when all crew members perished when the sub sank to the ocean floor, crushed by the enormous pressure at the dept of 8,000 feet.  We commend their souls to the mercy of God.
 And, just looking at our world today with the situations in Syria, Iran and North Korea, where else can we turn except to the mercy of Jesus?  In all these situations the simple prayer, Jesus I trust in you, seems to make the most sense.
Bro. Rene





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