A Word on Evangelization

Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, 2025

Deacon Mike Meyer

“On Divine Mercy Sunday a Few Passages from Saint Faustina Kowalska’s Diary”

The greatest prayer we can make is the “prayer of offering.” A prayer of offering is a sacrifice made to the Father in union with the One Sacrificial Offering of Christ on the Cross. We do not offer ourselves by ourselves; we offer ourselves in union with Christ Jesus. Specifically, we must offer our prayers, fasting, mortification, and daily work to God. Pray every day. Mortify your fleshly desires regularly through fasting and other forms of self-denial. And do all your daily work as a gift to God, as a result of His daily Will. Offer all of these to the Father with the Son, and God will accept your offering as a pure and holy sacrifice (see Diary #531).

The devil will tempt us in many ways. One common way the devil likes to attack us is by reminding us of our sins, including those we have confessed. He loves to try to convince us that we are on the wrong path, that we are not pleasing to God, that we are liars and sinners. While it’s true that we are sinners, the evil one always fails to see our sin through the lens of God’s Mercy. To overcome his deceptive temptations, when he reminds us of our sins, we need only remind ourselves of the Mercy of the Heart of Jesus. As we gaze upon His Heart, we will have no fear about admitting our sin. This act of honesty will not produce anxiety, despair, or doubt, as the evil one desires. Instead, facing our sin in the light of the Mercy of God will refresh us and lift our spirits, filling them with an abundance of hope (see Diary #520).

When you love God and rejoice in that love, your desire for God will increase. The more you know Him, the more you will want to know Him; and the more you want to know Him, the more you will know Him. Similarly, the more you love Him, the more you will want to love Him; and the more you want to love Him, the more you will love Him. Finally, the more you serve Him, the more you will want to serve Him; and the more you want to serve Him, the more you will serve Him. Knowledge, love, and service increase the desire for these, and the increase in desire for these three increases each one (see Diary #525).