Dear Parishioners:
Divine Mercy Sunday is a day of
great graces in the Church. This is a
moment where Heaven and Earth collaborate to allow the greatest of God’s
attributes, His Mercy, to flow. All that
is required is the heart open to receive what is offered and a willingness to
do simple things that express that inner disposition.
You are invited to collaborate with
the Parishes of the Northwest Columbus Deanery to ask for this Mercy by participating in the Divine Mercy
Devotion to be held this Sunday at St. Brigid of Kildare Church Dublin 3 p.m. It will be preceded by an hour
with confessions available from priests of various parishes of the
Deanery. This is our common effort as a
Deanery, that is, as a region of the Diocese of Columbus
In our own parish this weekend, we
experience Mercy by way of our communal celebration of the Sacrament of the
Anointing of the Sick. The reality of
illness and our experience of the fragility of human life unite us in our
recognition of human weakness. We see
clearly our need for God’s touch of Mercy.
Mercy is the one quality of God that
all the world religions that believe in God seem to agree on. While there are many differences in our
overall understanding of Who God IS, the simple fact is that we can all
acknowledge that the God Who created the universe shows Mercy to His
creatures. In this Extraordinary Jubilee
Year of Mercy, we are invited to tap into God’s Mercy and to do all we can to
ensure that it flows through us outward to those most in need of Mercy.
Prayer in common is powerful. Let us join together today on this Divine
Mercy Sunday to pray that God may have mercy on us and on the whole world.
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