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The Franciscan Handmaids of the Immaculate seek daily to draw closer to Our Lord.  Adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament is fundamental to Our spiritual life as we seek to conform our hearts unto His.  Additionally, praying the Liturgy of the Hours, the rosary, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Sorrows, we place ourselves in the Immaculate Heart of Mary, asking Her to bring us closer to Her Son.

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DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY AT ST. BRENDAN'S, BELLINGHAM, MA

4/15/2021

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PRAISE BE TO JESUS CHRIST - WHO IS DIVINE MERCY! 
We were blessed to be able to have a parish celebration this year for Divine Mercy at St. Brendan's.  What a grace to receive the Plenary Indulgence given with this Feast Day.  A most special day for all of us. 
On the day of Sister Faustina’s canonization, 30th April 2000, the Pope, St. John Paul II, instituted the feast of Divine Mercy for the whole Church.

The Lord Jesus told St. Faustina: I desire that the first Sunday after Easter be the Feast of Mercy (Diary 299). I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender Mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the Fount of My Mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened (Diary 699).

The Lord Jesus said to Sister Faustina: The Feast of My Mercy has issued forth from My very depths for the consolation of the whole world (Diary 1517).

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ADDITIONAL NOTES FROM CARDINAL WYSZYNSKI - DO NOT BE AFRAID!

4/6/2021

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CARDINAL WYSZYNSKI SAID, “THE GREATEST SHORTCOMING OF AN APOSTLE IS FEAR, BECAUSE IT INSPIRES DOUBT IN THE POWER OF THE MASTER, CRAMPS THE HEARTS, AND STRANGLES THE VOICE.  THE APOSTLE NO LONGER PROFESSES. IS HE STILL AN APOSTLE?  THE DISCIPLE WHO ABANDONS THE MASTER NO LONGER PROFESSES FAITH IN HIM. THEY ENCOURAGED THE EXECUTIONERS.  ANYONE WHO REMAINS SILENT BEFORE HIS ENEMIES EMBOLDENS THEM.  AN APOSTLE'S FEAR IS THE PRIMARY ALLY OF AN ENEMY'S CAUSE.  IN A STRATEGY TOWARD GODLESSNESS, THE TERROR THAT IS PRACTICED BY ALL DICTATORSHIPS DRAWS ITS EFFECTIVENESS FROM THE TIMIDITY OF THE APOSTLES.  THE FIRST GOAL IS TO FORCE ONE INTO SILENCE THROUGH FEAR.  SILENCE HAS ITS APOSTOLIC SIGNIFICANCE ONLY WHEN I DO NOT SHRINK FROM MY OPPRESSORS.   THIS IS WHAT THE SILENT CHRIST DID, AND BY THIS SIGN HE REVEALED HIS COURAGE.  CHRIST DID NOT ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE TERRORIZED.  WHEN HE WENT FORTH TO MEET THE RABBLE, HE SAID OPENLY, “IT IS I".
     HE CONTINUED: “THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST HAS BROUGHT FORTH GOOD FRUIT THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES, AND IT IS STILL DOING SO TODAY BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE THE TRUTH... WE MUST BE AFRAID OF ONLY ONE THING IN OUR LIFE -- BETRAYING JESUS FOR THE FEW SILVER COINS OF BARREN QUIETUDE."
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Polish Cardinal Wysynszki's Words of Wisdom during Communism control-  Do NOT keep your thoughts on evil.  Lift them up to Heaven.

4/6/2021

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Cardinal Wysynszki was imprisoned  by the communists in Poland in 1953 for his outspoken and staunch defense of the Catholic Church and the faithful during the time of the Communist persecution in Poland.  While in prison, he exhorted the people to turn to Our Lady.  In his notes he wrote, “Why do you prefer to wander in thought to those who tyrannize you rather than to me, who am your Immaculate Mother, your Refuge, your Consolation and Protector, or to my only Son Who redeemed you with His Blood, drawn from my Heart?  Or to the Father of Mercy, who loved you so much that He gave my Son for you?  Will your suffering be assuaged by thoughts of the wickedness of your enemies?  Is not love, brought to earth by my Son and mediated by my service to you - the only medicine? Turn away from your thoughts and turn toward mine. Cast your worries into my arms.  They bore the suffering of the Savior of the world;  they will manage to bear your suffering.  It is a waste to devote your thoughts to the wicked.  Do NOT reverse the order of the world;  God is your Savior - not the people."  The Cardinal brought a new strategy to the war against Communism - “To overcome evil with Good."  The Cardinal is now a Servant of God - hopefully on his way to canonization!
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