Sta. Teresa de Avila Quasi Parish- Capungagan

11/04/2021

WHY PRAY THE DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET AT 3:00 PM?

The hour of the Lord Jesus’ death, 3pm, is a privileged time as regards the devotion to the Divine Mercy. At that hour, in spirit we stand beneath Christ’s cross in order to entreat for mercy for us and the whole world for the sake of the merits of His passion.

The Lord Jesus said to Sister Faustina: “At three o’clock implore My mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, particularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy for the whole world” (Diary of St. Faustina 1320).

I remind you, My daughter, that as often as you hear the clock strike the third hour, immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it; invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners; for at that moment mercy was opened wide for every soul. In this hour you can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking; it was the hour of grace for the whole world-mercy triumphed over justice. (Diary of St. Faustina1572)

Immediately, it needs to be explained that what is meant here is not sixty minutes but the moment of Jesus’ agony on the cross, therefore – the 3 o clock prayer.

It is frequently written and said that the Chaplet to the Divine Mercy must be said at 3 pm and that the Chaplet said at that time has a special power. It is thought so due to lack of knowledge of the devotion to the Divine Mercy in the forms conveyed by Sister Faustina and maybe due to the need for a ready-made wording of the prayer.

Source: Pilgrim Info ( Retrieved on April 11, 2021)

10/04/2021

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐬 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐘

Our Lord wishes us to recognize that His Mercy is greater than our sins so that we call upon Him with trust, receive His Mercy and let it flow through us to others. The message of mercy can be broken down into three parts that are as simple to remember as A, B and C.

A — Ask for His mercy. We must first realize that God is merciful! He wishes us to ask for His Mercy — upon ourselves, our nation and the whole world! Today’s Gospel contains the institution of the sacrament of Penance whereby Jesus gave the power to forgive sins to the Apostles on that first Easter Sunday.

B — Be merciful to others. He wants us to receive His Mercy and let it flow through us to others. He wants us to extend love and forgiveness to others just as He does to us. Remember the beatitude, “Blessed are the Merciful for they shall obtain Mercy.” We set the limits of how much we want God to forgive us by how much we forgive others each day when we say the prayer Jesus Himself taught us: “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” We must, therefore, be merciful to others!

C — Confidence and completely trust in God. God wants us to trust in Him; to know and truly believe that He is God. He is in charge and is a loving God who is infinitely merciful. He does care for you! During Holy Week last week, we recalled just how much He cares for you. It is for this reason that on the image of Divine Mercy, Jesus had St. Faustina paint the words “Jesus I trust in Thee.”

So, we enter into that Great Feast of Mercy — Divine Mercy Sunday. We see how appropriate that it is this Sunday — one week after Holy Week with the image of Our Lord’s Passion and Death for love of us still fresh in our minds, so that we would contemplate His great Mercy.

Source: The ABCs of Mercy—Today's Catholic (Retrieved on April 10, 2021)

Credits to Hugot Seminarista

10/04/2021

April 11, 2021. Divine Mercy Sunday ❤️

10/04/2021

Act of Self-Oblation to the Divine Mercy (St. Faustina)

"O God. let every beat of my heart be a new hymn of thanksgiving to You. Let every drop of my blood circulate for You, Lord. My soul is one hymn in adoration of Your mercy. I love You, God, for Yourself alone.

O merciful God, You do not despise us, but lavish Your graces on us continuously. You make us fit to enter Your kingdom, and in Your goodness You grant that human beings may fill the places vacated by the ungrateful angels. O God of great mercy, who turned Your sacred gaze away from the rebellious angels and turned it upon contrite man, praise and glory be to Your unfathomable mercy.

O Jesus, stretched out upon the cross, I implore You, give me the grace of doing faithfully the most holy will of Your Father, in all things always and everywhere. And when this will of God will seem to me very harsh and difficult to fulfill, it is then I beg You, Jesus, may power and strength flow upon me from Your wounds, and may my lips keep repeating - Your will be done, O Lord.

O most compassionate Jesus, grant me the grace to forget myself that I may live totally for souls, helping You in the work of salvation, according to the most holy will of Your Father..." (Diary 1794, 1339, 1265).

06/04/2021

Various versions of the Divine Mercy Image as painted by Kazimirowski, Hyla, Weber and Skemp.

Sr. Faustina was once worried that the first image (Kazmirowski) was not "enough" for her standards, since she saw the Merciful Lord himself. Jesus immediately reassured her, saying: 'not in the beauty of the color, nor of the brush is the greatness of this image, but in my grace.'

Whatever version we prefer, let us venerate this image of Jesus' infinite mercy, which is our guarantee for healing and forgiveness, and a pledge of eternal salvation.

(Photo by Ken Rufin)

Credits to Seminarians Musings

04/04/2021

𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒 & 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑

𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓—Jesus is coming
𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐒—Jesus is born
𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄— Jesus teaches
𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓—Jesus will die & rise
𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐔𝐔𝐌—Jesus suffered & died
𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑—Jesus rises

The Catechism of the Catholic Church…speaks of the calendar as a long teaching moment. “The cycle of the liturgical year and its great feasts are… basic rhythms of the Christian’s life of prayer” (CCC, n. 2698). The great feasts “commemorate” and “communicate” the mystery of Christ (n. 1171).

The Church marked off not only the days of his life, but of our life today. For Jesus is the… “firstborn of many brethren” (Rom 8:29). Those terms imply that others, many others, are to follow; and so the Church proved this claim by celebrating the feasts of the saints, beginning with the Blessed Virgin Mary, but including the apostles, martyrs and many others.

The year, as it has developed, is, like a microscope or telescope, a finely tuned instrument for keeping its object always in focus, always near; and its object is Jesus Christ.

In the course of the liturgical year, Christians receive repeated exposure to the major events of salvation history. The cycle brings times of fasting and times of feasting, times of sorrow and times of joy, times of penance and times of reconciliation. All creation tells the story. All history tells the story. All our lives, yours and mine, tell the story.

It is a story of hope.

Source: The liturgical year—St. Hugh Catholic Church & School (Retrieved on April 4, 2021)

credits to Hugot Seminarista

03/04/2021

What is Salubong?

Salubong or Tagalog for "Welcome", is a traditional Filipino devotion that reenacts the encounter of the risen Christ with his Mother. In Philippine communities, on Easter Sunday (Dawn), the faithful carry the statues of the risen Christ and the Blessed Mother through town in two separate processions.The men of the community, in a procession of joyful celebration, accompany the statue of Christ; the women of the community, in a somber procession of mourning, accompany the image of the sorrowful mother, shrouded in a black mourning veil. They arrive at a designated meeting place, usually in front of a church, where a little girl dressed as an angel removes the black mourning veil from the statue of Mary. This devotion is celebrated in many parishes in the United States that serve the Filipino community.
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Source: Salubong Easter Sunday page (Retrieved on April 3, 2021)
Photo Credits to Mr. Fritz Rinaldi De Asis Bernardo, MD (Flickr)

03/04/2021

Prayer on Easter Sunday

03/04/2021

02/04/2021

1 CROSS + 3 NAILS = 4GIVEN

One way to understand the meaning of the death of Jesus is to imagine a courtroom scene in which we are on trial for our sins and God is the judge. Our sins against God are capital crimes. God Himself is our judge, and according to divine law our crimes deserve the death penalty. Death, in a spiritual sense, means eternal separation from God in unending torment. That’s a very serious judgment.

By shedding His blood on the cross, Jesus took the punishment we deserve and offered us His righteousness. When we trust Christ for our salvation, essentially we are making a trade. By faith, we trade our sin and its accompanying death penalty for His righteousness and life.




Credits to Hugot Seminarista