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).

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."