some of you must be more familiar with it than I am

It's already Easter Downunder (for those who have been to the vigil)!

Today is Holy Thursday and is also the start of the Triduum. Tomorrow is Good Friday. It is the day that Christ died for our sins. It is also the first day for the Divine Mercy Novena.

Saint (Sister) Faustina (Helen) Kowalska, through her diary, gave the world Jesus’ words on Divine Mercy, His Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and a very powerful Novena that He asked be prayed especially during the nine days immediately preceding Divine Mercy Sunday. Good Friday (today) marks the beginning of the Novena. In her diary, St. Faustina wrote what Christ told her about the Novena:
“I desire that during these nine days you bring souls to the fountain of My mercy, that they may draw there from strength and refreshment and whatever grace they have need of in the hardships of life, and especially at the hour of death.
“On each day of the novena you will bring to My heart a different group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy … On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls.”
Completing the Novena involves praying the Divine Mercy chaplet daily for that day’s intention.

Here are some resources:

http://thedivinemercy.org/
http://thedivinemercy.org/extras.php - wallpaper, screen savers, and other freebies


More information about St. Faustina: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library...mercy-5458
Divine Mercy Novena: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/novena-13366

The info below was taken from https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/divine-mercy-12705. Please consider praying the novena (from Good Friday to Divine Mercy Sunday).

Have a blessed Triduum and a Joy-filled Easter!
Larry

Background
From the diary of a young Polish nun, a special devotion began spreading throughout the world in the 1930s. The message is nothing new, but is a reminder of what the Church has always taught through scripture and tradition: that God is merciful and forgiving and that we, too, must show mercy and forgiveness. But in the Divine Mercy devotion, the message takes on a powerful new focus, calling people to a deeper understanding that God’s love is unlimited and available to everyone — especially the greatest sinners.

The message of mercy is that God loves us — all of us —no matter how great our sins. He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy. It is a message we can call to mind simply by remembering ABC.
A — Ask for His Mercy. God wants us to approach Him in prayer constantly, repenting of our sins and asking Him to pour His mercy out upon us and upon the whole world.
B — Be merciful. God 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.
C — Completely trust in Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of His mercy are dependent upon our trust. The more we trust in Jesus, the more we will receive.

I hope everyone has a fruitful Holy Week and Easter Season for 2025

Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter vigil
Easter sunday

I used to love the easter vigil but too late now even though
it starts at 9 pm

......one of our tenors sings the passion on Good Friday which is fabulous....
we sing Good Friday and Easter morning

my family expects turkey
[judging by the amount of canberrry sauce at the supermarket]
I ASSUME.................
they are in the majority in north america.......

I am making ham as it is so much easier

what do you think?

Cardinal George Pell possible miracle

I am waiting six more days to read a message
[the first one of this year was removed by admin. the day I read the message]

hard to see much going on

I think the younger folks have more messages....

Here's an article about how to approach the Lenten season and about suffering. A Hidden Life, which is about a Catholic martyr from Austria during WWII, seems to fit the Lenten theme, so I will plan on watching it.

https://catholicexchange.com/beyond-the-...zed-cross/

Movie trailer:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qJXmdY4lVR0

Note: Feel free to only share what you are comfortable sharing on this topic.

Do you plan to do some reading this year for Lent? For me I will be reading He Leadeth Me by Father Walter Cizeck