Jesus, I Trust In You

You and I—we didn’t stand at the foot of the cross 2,000 years ago at Calvary. We didn’t see Jesus’s tortured flesh with our own eyes. We didn’t watch His lifeless body taken down from the cross. We didn’t stand before the tomb that held His corpse…And none of us have placed our finger into His pierced side.

And yet, today, on Divine Mercy Sunday, we are all asked to have the words Jesus, I trust in you on our lips. His mercy is perhaps the greatest evidence of the Resurrection—perhaps as convincing as examining the wound in His side.

To see a life transformed by the mercy of God is to catch a glimpse of the resurrected Lord. The Gospel is exclaimed every time a sinner falls to His knees before the majesty of his Savior overcome by the gift of forgiveness. Through His mercy, we see death defeated, life resurrected, and a sinner redeemed.

If you struggle to believe like Thomas consider making an appointment for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Ask a priest to lead you through an examination of conscience then make a good and honest confession. Unbelief will fade away as your life becomes transformed by His mercy.

In the 1930's Jesus shared a powerful message of His Divine Mercy with a nun named Sr. Faustina. Jesus asked Sr. Faustina to meditate on His sorrowful passion for the mercy of the world. Praying for and sharing Christ’s Divine Mercy bears witness to the dignity of the human person and God’s perfect, merciful love for each of us. We are invited to pray this special prayer every day at 3 PM, the hour of Christ's death.

April 16th is Divine Mercy Sunday. Use our “Learning about Divine Mercy” graphic to have a conversation with your child about God’s loving mercy.

Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet together!