SRSUSAN (guest): After the Resurrection, Jesus’ glorified body could have been in any condition that God wanted. Why do you think God chose to keep the scars of Jesus? Why were none of the other wounds left? When the other disciples told Saint Thomas about the resurrection he had criteria for belief. He said: “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe.” (John 20:25). Why do you suppose Saint Thomas assumed that Je

SRSUSAN (guest): Why do you suppose Saint Thomas assumed that Jesus would have scars? In other words, would it not have made more sense for Thomas to assume that Jesus’ body would be “perfect” with no wounds? What made Thomas so certain that Jesus would still have these marks?The scars of Jesus are a reminder of how God brings good out of evil, of how God can redeem anything. They also remind us that God is willing to endure anything in order to redeem us. How can we allow our past sins and failures to serve as such a remi

SRSUSAN (guest): How can we allow our past sins and failures to serve as such a reminder?
In the apparitions of Jesus to Saint Faustina, our Lord specifically requested the first Sunday after Easter to be the day for celebrating His Divine Mercy by the veneration of the Divine Mercy image. How might the veneration of the Divine Mercy image and the Gospel story of Saint Thomas (John 20:24-29) correlate?

SrSusan (guest): We had a beautiful Divine Mercy Sunday- with the sung chaplet and readings from Pope Francis’s new document on the Year of Mercy. How did you all spend this day?

Apr 12 2015, 7:19 PM

Lisa C: Thank you

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Lisa C: Thank you

Apr 12 2015, 7:20 PM

Lisa C: Mass at Fort Knox and reading

Apr 12 2015, 7:20 PM

Anne M: Mine was beautiful too. The Pastor did a great liturgy service.

Apr 12 2015, 7:20 PM

Carol Ann: Our parish had a bilingual celebration with Mass, Benediction & chaplet as part of the Mass

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Anne M: Beautiful. PLENARY INDULGENCE! Yay.

Apr 12 2015, 7:21 PM

Dawn L: I look forward to hearing Pope Francis doc. I went to small Mass, beautiful

Apr 12 2015, 7:21 PM

SrSusan (guest): Hello Guest 31

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SrSusan (guest): The document had some interesting pouints- the Door of Mercy will not only be in Rome but in any Cathedral or Parish that sets it up with the Bishop. Might encourage people to seek out God’s Mercy3 PM

SrSusan (guest): He also talked about Missionaries of Mercy- priests specially assigned to forgive sins that usually only the Holy See can do. Never knew that actually, 7:23 PM

Carol Ann: I haven’t had a chance to read the whole doc yet. I pray all bishops will place the door in every parish

Apr 12 2015, 7:23 PM

SrSusan (guest): Yes and encourage all to pass throu and pray for mercy and grace

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Dawn L: I pray with you on this

Apr 12 2015, 7:23 PM

Guest31 (guest): Hi Everyone! It’s Judy. I’ve been locked out using my password, so I signed in as a guest. I had a beautiful Divine Mercy Sunday at the Marian Shrine. Fr. Andre Patenaude was the celebrant. What a magnificent voice he has. It was an all day celebration with Mass, worship, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet and Benediction. It was just wonderful!

Apr 12 2015, 7:23 PM

Lisa C: Mother, is that different from Confession?

Apr 12 2015, 7:24 PM

Anne M: Hi Judy

Apr 12 2015, 7:24 PM

SrSusan (guest): I don;t know- thio Iwould noty think so

Guest31 (guest): Isn’t the Lord wonderful! He arranged for us to have a feast to celebrate at the close of the Octave.

Apr 12 2015, 7:30 PM

Lisa C: Had to read a lot

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Dawn L: Thought provoking questions

Apr 12 2015, 7:31 PM

Lisa C: I like that they are not easy

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Carol Ann: The questions were hard, but give me lots to think about. It never occured to me that Thomas expected to see a wounded Christ, not Christ without scars. 7:32 PM

Dawn L: me too ( Karen) why did Thomas assume this? good question

Apr 12 2015, 7:33 PM

SrSusan (guest): I wonder if Thomas even meant that- I mean-a corpse would have the wounds but if he diod not believe in the Resurrection- was he looking for a living Jesus?

Apr 12 2015, 7:33 PM

SrSusan (guest): OK

Apr 12 2015, 7:33 PM

Karen P: Good questions to cause us to think more deeply. I think Thomas expected to see wounds because he did not anticipate that Jesus would truly resurrect in a new body. All the previous people who had been brought back to life came back in their own body.

Apr 12 2015, 7:33 PM

Lisa C: I was watching a documentary on National Geographic on the Shroud of Turin where they used the image on the shroud to reconstruct a 3d image of Jesus, and it showed not just the 5 wounds, but all of them and there were so many.

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Guest31 (guest): No, at the Marian Shrine here in Stony Point, NY,

Guest31 (guest): Maybe a little bit easier after looking at them for a while. The first one was was challenging. I would not have thought about whether Jesus would or not have had scars. I think that I would have expected Him to have scars. First of all, the scars made Him recognizable. Without the scars, His followers might have thought He was anyone.

Lisa C: The wounds are in the Sacred Heart too 5, 7:35 PM

Lisa C: wound

Apr 12 2015, 7:35 PM

Dawn L: maybe remembering things Jesus said?

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Karen P: I also think the scars that were visible were the scars that fit previous scripture that described what would happen.

Apr 12 2015, 7:35 PM

Lisa C: They are evidence of what Jesus did for us

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Carol Ann: Did Thomas draw on his knowledge of what we call OT? That those resurreded have their own bodies back, not a glorified one? 6 PM

Karen P: And when Lazarus was raised and the little girl who died (I think it was a girl) they were not changed. So I don’t think Thomas ever thought beyond what he had seen.

Apr 12 2015, 7:37 PM

SrSusan (guest): Suppose he imagined he was being tricked. The only way as you said to be sure it was not a substitute person would be the wounds.

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Lisa C: Isaiah 52 The Suffering and Glory of the Servant
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See, my servant will act wisely[b];
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
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Just as there were many who were appalled at him[c]—
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness—
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so he will sprinkle many nations,[d]
and kings will shut their mouths because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,

Lisa C: and what they have not heard, they will understand.

Apr 12 2015, 7:37 PM

Guest31 (guest): I think that it would be a normal assumption. It was how He was when anyone last saw Him. I don’t imagine that there was any concept of a glorified risen before until Jesus rose.

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SrSusan (guest): So the question remains Why do you think God chose to keep the scars of Jesus?

Apr 12 2015, 7:38 PM

Carol Ann: We usually picture only five wounds, but it sounds like, from the description of the Shroud, that there were dozens. What would the apostles have seen?

Apr 12 2015, 7:38 PM

Karen P: I don’t think the disciples really understood what Jesus was speaking of prior to His death. I think it became clear to them after they encountered Him and then put together the scripture references, His own words to the them, and of course, the bread of life discourse.

Apr 12 2015, 7:38 PM

Anne M: The wounds in his hands, feet, and side were where the Lord’s life blood poured out providing mercy for the world. They are glorious and life giving.

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Lisa C: Isaiah says so we will see 9 PM

Karen P: Isn’t there a verse in Isaiah that describes the wounds?

Apr 12 2015, 7:39 PM

SrSusan (guest): Its that hindsight like the disciples on the road to Emmaus experienced

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SrSusan (guest): Or that Jesus Himself had to reveal tio them by speaking of the Scriptures

Apr 12 2015, 7:40 PM

Dawn L: Perhaps so they would recognize Him and ….never forget what he suffered for us

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Lisa C: Or maybe to show the power of God to bring back Jesus from such horror

Apr 12 2015, 7:40 PM

Guest1237 (guest): Hi ! Thomas is a reminder to us of what obstacles can get in the way of recognizing our Lord Jesus who is always with us we allow other things to obstruct our view ! God Love You All!

Apr 12 2015, 7:40 PM

Karen P: Lisa, do you remember the verse that describes the wounds? I think it talks about piercing his side and the water and blood flowing.

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Guest31 (guest): I don’t remember if it is in Isaiah or elsewhere, but there is a verse that says “and they will look upon him whom they have peirced.”

Apr 12 2015, 7:41 PM

Dawn L: thank you 1237

Apr 12 2015, 7:41 PM

SrSusan (guest): BY His wounds we are healed. Welcome also Guest 4757

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Carol Ann: Yes, I remember, but not the exact verses

Apr 12 2015, 7:41 PM

Karen P: Thomas was not the first to want to be sure he was seeing Jesus. Peter also double checked that it was the lord who was walking on the water previously.

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Guest31 (guest): Welcome 1237 and 4757!

Apr 12 2015, 7:41 PM

Lisa C: Karen, I would have to look

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Dawn L: BY His wounds we are healed. ! this is why they appear

Anne M: I wonder why Mary Magdalene could not recognize Jesus until he spoke her name?

Apr 12 2015, 7:43 PM

Dawn L: then , and still.

Apr 12 2015, 7:43 PM

SrSusan (guest): We are continually healed by His wounds. We mentally place ourselves within them, at least many saints did so

Apr 12 2015, 7:43 PM

Karen P: I always think of the lesson in what Jesus says to Thomas with this encounter. Many people need to have some kind of proof to believe, and Jesus says that those who believe without seeing are blessed. We take this on faith, but Thomas needed proof to confirm what he wanted to believe and was afraid to.

Lisa C: Sr. Susan I think the Divine Mercy Image shows that we live in His Heart, as the white rays represent us

Apr 12 2015, 7:43 PM

SrSusan (guest): Good point Karen.

Apr 12 2015, 7:44 PM

SrSusan (guest): True Lisa!!

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Carol Ann: Anne, Me too! Did she see him in his glorified body? she certainly would have recognized the wounds! 5, 7:44 PM

Lisa C: I think the image shows the entire church and all of its sacraments , 7:44 PM

Anne M: The apostles too, when they were fishing, and the Lord made them breakfast on a charcoal fire. They did not recognize his voice when He spoke to them. M

Karen P: Good question, Anne. I just think that although he told that he would rise, they simply didn’t get that he was talking literally and not at some point in the hereafter would they meet. They were probably still pretty stunned and shocked and not really thinking about all that He said until He was in front of them. 5, 7:45 PM

Amy Cochran: and of course on the way to Emmaus (sp)

Apr 12 2015, 7:45 PM

Dawn L: thank you Mother Susan….that is the answer you wrote, BY his wounds. :-

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SrSusan (guest): Remember Moses and the bronze serpent story- it is related to this as well

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Amy Cochran: placing ourselves within His wounds, can you expand upon that, Sister? I am hearing that a lot lately

Apr 12 2015, 7:46 PM

SrSusan (guest): But it’s a good question- what did His glorified body look like- it must have been different somehow

Apr 12 2015, 7:47 PM

Guest31 (guest): I think that the fact that so many did nor recognize Him at first indicates that His appearance was altered. Certainly the fact that He entered the room even though the door was locked indicates a real difference. Also, the fact that the disciples thought He was a ghost.

Apr 12 2015, 7:47 PM

Amy Cochran: placing ourselves WITHIN His wounds is much more graphic and visual than just saying to meditate on the wounds, much more intense

Apr 12 2015, 7:47 PM

SrSusan (guest): The Heart wound- when He was pierced by a lance- if we are heartbroken, we mentally enter His Heart and His Love consoles us, mystically enter it if so drawn

Apr 12 2015, 7:48 PM

Lisa C: Mary Magdalen stayed at the cross and saw Him torn apart, maybe she did not expect to see Him looking so glorified

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Karen P: I know that I have always imagined that he had glow that would emanate from him. I don’t think he was translucent or transparent, but the idea that He could just enter a room through a locked door and that He could eat real food really causes me to think. 49 PM

Amy Cochran: Thank you, Sister. And of course, Jesus told them He would die, but also that He would rise again, I guess they either didn’t remember or didn’t believe 0 PM

SrSusan (guest): To bring it closer to home, the other question says: How can we allow our past sins and failures to serve as such a reminder?

Apr 12 2015, 7:50 PM

Guest1237 (guest): I don’t think that we can truly understand the immense grief that Jesus’s friends felt when he died on the cross ! The period of time before they recognized Him after His resurrection was a time of immense trauma that closed their ability to recognize Jesus ! We all can struggle seeing Jesus when we experience grief ! We all need help from our communities !

Apr 12 2015, 7:50 PM

SrSusan (guest): Our past sins are wounds

Apr 12 2015, 7:50 PM

Karen P: Lisa makes a good point – the last that they saw would not be recognizable as Jesus that they knew so they would not be prepared to see Him up and walking with minimal wounds. The wounds that He did have would serve to help them know it really was Him.

Apr 12 2015, 7:51 PM

Anne M: Well, John says that if all the things done/said by the Lord were written the books would be numerous. A very active 3 year ministry, to say the least.

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Lisa C: Our wounds cannot overcome us if we unite them to Jesus’

Apr 12 2015, 7:52 PM

Karen P: We often continue to bear our wounds – our past sins- and they do often color how we act and live even while we try to move past them. It can be hard to let them be healed without Jesus help to do so.

Apr 12 2015, 7:52 PM

SrSusan (guest): I am wondering if that question implies that even when we reach eternity with God, will our wounds still be with us in our resurrected bodies? Jesus is our model

Apr 12 2015, 7:53 PM

Guest31 (guest): And also that He asked them if had anything to eat and He ate a piece of fish in their presence. He told them to touch Him and see that a ghost does not have flesh and bones.

Anne M: My head often spins reading scripture. What must they have felt, and then to witness the Lord’s execution.

Apr 12 2015, 7:53 PM

Carol Ann: You are so right, Karen

Apr 12 2015, 7:53 PM

Lisa C: I think we will have perfect bodies when we are risen

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Carol Ann: You are so right, Karen

Apr 12 2015, 7:53 PM

Lisa C: I think we will have perfect bodies when we are risen

Apr 12 2015, 7:53 PM

Lisa C: The bible says all creation will be healed and restored

Apr 12 2015, 7:54 PM

Karen P: St. Paul also bore a thorn (as he referred to it) in spite of constant prayer. Maybe it helps to recognize that we are not perfect and will always need our Father’s love no matter what.

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Lisa C: Our wounds can be united with His to work for God

Carol Ann: Sister, I thought Paul says our bodies will be glorified

Apr 12 2015, 7:54 PM

Anne M: All this and the Lord makes breakfast for His apostles!

Apr 12 2015, 7:54 PM

Lisa C: I think our wounds can give us compassion to understand the suffering of others

Apr 12 2015, 7:55 PM

SrSusan (guest): Yes but Jesus’ Body is glorified and His wounds are still there- tho mystics say they shine with great light. I never thought about all this before actually

Apr 12 2015, 7:55 PM

Karen P: I think that there is some scripture that talks about us being given new bodies at the resurrection. So maybe we will brought to perfection at that time.

Apr 12 2015, 7:55 PM

Lisa C: Sr. Susan Jesus is not done working

Anne M: I imagine His Sacred Heart shining like the sun. and warm.

Apr 12 2015, 7:55 PM

SrSusan (guest): Ah yes that is true Lisa!

Apr 12 2015, 7:55 PM

Karen P: Even if our risen bodies bear scars – they would be the wounds that had been healed and not pain us any longer.

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Anne M: Scripture says we will shine like stars, So the Lord must shine brighter still.

Apr 12 2015, 7:56 PM

Lisa C: I love how the Sacred Heart and the Divine Mercy Jesus are so much the same

Guest31 (guest): Regarding our pasts. we can look at the past with its faults and sins, and then at the present–if we are working at growing in relationship with the Lord and how far we have come, we should marvel at the fact that He first invited us to start over and then at the fact that we are growing in His grace. Or we can look at from the opposite angle. Where might I be today if He had not reached out and called me back.

Apr 12 2015, 7:56 PM

Lisa C: Like people did not get it yet

Apr 12 2015, 7:56 PM

SrSusan (guest): Two sides of the same coin

Apr 12 2015, 7:56 PM

Lisa C: It is upsetting

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Lisa C: That people do not get what HE did 58 PM

Karen P: Father Gaitley came and talked to us at St. Judes not long ago, and he said that the Sacred Heart and the Divine Mercy were related. One was more personal to us as individuals and one was more focused on helping heal the sins of the world. (I think I remember that correctly – He wrote the 33 Days to Morning Glory book focused on Marian Consecration and the Divine Mercy.

Apr 12 2015, 7:58 PM

SrSusan (guest): Lack of faith- or doubts- like Thomas

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Carol Ann: They/we do not understand yet we must unite our own wounds to His in order that they will have meaning

 

Apr 12 2015, 7:58 PM

Lisa C: Confusing that St. Margaret Mary had such a difficult time with so much suffering in her union with Jesus to send us this message and St. Faustina had to just ask

Guest31 (guest): If those who lived and walked with Him did not get it, why should we, who are eons away from Him get it any more easily. They saw the miracles and heard him preach. Yet many still did not believe.

Apr 12 2015, 7:59 PM

Anne M: Lisa, it makes me think of the parable of the sower. Some are choked by the cares of the world…

Apr 12 2015, 7:59 PM

Carol Ann: Hi Sr Mary Roberta

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Lisa C: I think that is why we have to pray more

Apr 12 2015, 7:59 PM

Karen P: Hi Sr. Mary Roberta!

Apr 12 2015, 7:59 PM

Guest4757 (guest): In a homily the priest reminded us that our suffering, wounds , suffered in union with Jesus will be transformed into something glorious

Apr 12 2015, 8:00 PM

Anne M: Hi Sister Mary Roberta

Apr 12 2015, 8:00 PM

Karen P: Some people see the miracles and that is what they think faith is about. Others see the things that are told about as signs and the signs point to Jesus.

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Mary Roberta Viano: In a letter to Holy Mother SJFdC, SFdS wrote: “The one who bears the heaviest cross is the most fortunate. May God then give us greater crosses, but may it please Him to give us greater strength to bear them.” 8:01 PM

Guest1237 (guest): I heard a story about Mother Theresa and how she would pick out the worst shoes so that others would benefit ! Her feet were in very bad shape because of her sacrifice for others ! I think in heaven we will see the beauty of her scared feet ! And the deep Love that she had for others ! 1 PM

SrSusan (guest): That;s agreat example

Apr 12 2015, 8:01 PM

Anne M: Then the Holy Spirit came and transformed these uneducated men. Then they knew.

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Lisa C: I do not mean to diminish the sacrifices of the Saints

Apr 12 2015, 8:02 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: I like the idea of not being picky about anything: clothing, food, use of time for others, etc.

Apr 12 2015, 8:02 PM

SrSusan (guest): Divine Mercy yes seems more personal and the Sacred Heart devotion encouraged reparation for sins of others, and our own

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Karen P: Jesus talked about the people wanting to see miracles and signs and not understanding what He had truly come for. Still, we have been given the grace to walk in faith. No matter what sin we have committed. Jesus constantly reaches out to us, and the Father truly come running to welcome us with open arms. All this in love, and the wounds remind me that I was not and will never be worthy on my own merit.

Apr 12 2015, 8:03 PM

Lisa C: Yes, St MM had such a hard time

Apr 12 2015, 8:03 PM

Guest31 (guest): That is why Jesus said “Blessed are they who have not seen yet have believed.” And so we are blessed. For we have not seen yet have believed. Oh the greatness and love of the Lord!

Apr 12 2015, 8:03 PM

SrSusan (guest): One builds on another just like apparitions of the Blessed Mother may build on previous ones

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Anne M: Yes Karen. I thank Him for not giving up on me.

SrSusan (guest): How else can we look at the Sacred heart message and the Divine Mercy message?

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Lisa C: LOVE

Apr 12 2015, 8:04 PM

Karen P: I wonder why there have been more apparitions of the Virgin Mary and that we have not had apparitions of the risen Christ along with them?

Apr 12 2015, 8:04 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: In another letter to Holy Mother SFdS writes: “We ought to make a practice once a week of kindling a more vigorous, tender and amorous love of God in our hearts beyond all other love; and this not only in bearable occurrences bu in the most unbearable.”

Apr 12 2015, 8:04 PM

Lisa C: GOD LOVES US

Apr 12 2015, 8:05 PM

Lisa C: We have everything we need

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SrSusan (guest): Hi Ruth

Apr 12 2015, 8:05 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: So true, Lisa! So let’s make use of what we have!

Apr 12 2015, 8:05 PM

Karen P: We truly do have all we need when we know we have God!

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Anne M: Amen

Apr 12 2015, 8:05 PM

Lisa C: Both SH and DM show us God’s love

Apr 12 2015, 8:06 PM

Ruth (guest): Hello Everyone. Was having internet connectivity problems. Glad to join you.

Apr 12 2015, 8:06 PM

Guest31 (guest): The Sacred Heart was crying out for our love–“Behold this heart that has so loved man but is so little loved by him in return.”

Apr 12 2015, 8:06 PM

Carol Ann: Karen, I think He does come to people, but not all the apparitions are publicized; there was a second sister who had visions at the same time as Faustina, but we only know hers

Apr 12 2015, 8:06 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: I keep thinking about the Kenyan students at Garissa U., who stood up for their faith, identifying themselves as Christians, even at the cost of dying!

Apr 12 2015, 8:06 PM

Karen P: Glad you are here!

Apr 12 2015, 8:06 PM

Guest4757 (guest): Yes Anne ! Thank you for reminding us of the Holy Spirit!

Apr 12 2015, 8:06 PM

Anne M: And His Sacred Heart is beating somewhere!!!

Mary Roberta Viano: We want our hearts to be beating in His Sacred Heart!

Apr 12 2015, 8:07 PM

Karen P: That could be, Carol Ann. Only some may make requests that are to be shared more broadly.

Apr 12 2015, 8:07 PM

Anne M: God is awesome!

Apr 12 2015, 8:07 PM

SrSusan (guest): There are what some term primary and secondary apparitions; our Visitation Sister Marie Therese Desandais is a case in point;

Apr 12 2015, 8:07 PM

Karen P: Those are new terms to me, Mother.

Apr 12 2015, 8:08 PM

Guest4757 (guest): His Sacred Heart sustains the world

Apr 12 2015, 8:08 PM

SrSusan (guest): she had revelations of merciful love during the same time as St Faustina but God chose Faustina to be more evident

Apr 12 2015, 8:08 PM

Lisa C: What are primary and secondary

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Lisa C: What are primary and secondary

Apr 12 2015, 8:08 PM

Guest31 (guest): In Divine Mercy, He cries out for men to recognize that His mercy is without end and not wanting to anyone. And His mercy and His love are one. They depend on each other. There would no mercy without love and and mercy is a sign of the presence of love.

Apr 12 2015, 8:09 PM

SrSusan (guest): God uses many messengers- primary has a more public mission

Karen P: I see. Secondary would support the primary or at least would not contradict but may not be for sharing so publicly.

Apr 12 2015, 8:09 PM

Ruth (guest): Are there tertiary and quartinary?

Apr 12 2015, 8:10 PM

SrSusan (guest): Possibly but I have not heard those terms used

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Ruth (guest): Basically private revelation, or revelations for a particular prayer group or community?

Apr 12 2015, 8:10 PM

Karen P: So would people who feel they have seen Christ and that he spoke to them personally also fall into the apparition category or would that be mnore of a personal revelation?

Apr 12 2015, 8:12 PM

Anne M: Locutionists or visionaries?

Apr 12 2015, 8:12 PM

SrSusan (guest): I think if its not approved by the Church its more personal

Apr 12 2015, 8:12 PM

Ruth (guest): Quite frankly, I’m not even sure that I know exactly what an apparition is.

Apr 12 2015, 8:12 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: probably personal revelation, but then they would live inspiring lives that would witness to Christ’s love for all people

Apr 12 2015, 8:12 PM

SrSusan (guest): Re Divine Mercy: “For the measure in which our heart dilates itself, or rather lets itself be dilated and enlarged, and does not deny the void of its consent to the Divine Mercy, in the same measure the Divine Mercy always pour into it, sheds over it, and increasing and ever increasing inspiration under which we also increase, growing more and more in divine love”

St. Francis de Sales

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Guest31 (guest): You ask about the correlation between the story of Thomas and the Divine Mercy. In both cases, we must acknowledge Him, recognize Him and give Him worship> In Thomas, it was his pronouncement :”MY Lord and my God.” For us it is venerating the image of Divine Mercy and reciting the chaplet. PM

Mary Roberta Viano: Our Lord is constantly urging us to “love one another with sincere love.”

Apr 12 2015, 8:13 PM

SrSusan (guest): Great answer Judy

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Mary Roberta Viano: meaning wanting the BEST for one another – always – even when we’re tired and upset!

Apr 12 2015, 8:14 PM

Karen P: I think it is also taking that love out into the world and sharing it especially when the sharing is difficult due to it needing to be shared with people. (They can make it a challenge to be loving!)

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Mary Roberta Viano: so true, Karen, but the sharing of love (even without any acknowledgment or return) is what Divine Mercy is all about. 8:15 PM

SrSusan (guest): St. Francis de Sales also remarks that the greater the knowledge of ourselves and our weaknesses the “more profound will be our confidence in the goodness and mercy of God; for between mercy and misery there is so close connection that the one cannot be exercised without the other. If God had not created us He would still have been perfect in goodness, but He would not have been actually merciful, since mercy can only be exercised” towards us who need it! 015, 8:15 PM

Guest31 (guest): It must be especially difficult in the Middle East where you face the very real possibility of being killed if you express your love as a Christian.

Apr 12 2015, 8:15 PM

Ruth (guest): I can and do venerate the image of Divine Mercy and very especially the CROSS of Jesus Christ, but some of the images are distasteful to me — especially those making Jesus look effinate.

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Karen P: I know I am particularly challenged in that department, Sr. Mary Roberta. But at least today I know that I need help in loving others and pray that Christ will work though me or in spite of me. PM

Lisa C: I have a question about mercy. Why is God not going to be merciful to angels?

Apr 12 2015, 8:17 PM

Guest1237 (guest): Divine Mercy Sunday has become a beautiful transition for the church from Easter to the importance of us mission work daily and yearound to assist others in knowing our Lord Jesus !!!! Just like after a retreat we need to appy what we have learned to daily service for Jesus !!!

Apr 12 2015, 8:17 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: I never heard that, Lisa.

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Lisa C: Why does God not save fallen angels

Apr 12 2015, 8:18 PM

Karen P: Ruth, I find that I don’t always like the faces on some of the statues while others speak to me and draw me closer. I can appreciate that there are images that don’t match the visual image we have when we think of Christ.

Apr 12 2015, 8:18 PM

Carol Ann: Do you mean that the fallen angels will never be forgiven? I’ve heard that

Lisa C: Maybe because the fallen angels are trying to hurt us

Apr 12 2015, 8:19 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: It’s the APPLICATION of Christ’s teachings that’s always the hardest!

Apr 12 2015, 8:19 PM

Karen P: I thought it was because they knew about heaven and chose to follow Satan in spite of what they had. But I am not sure why I think that.

Apr 12 2015, 8:19 PM

Carol Ann: I think it may have been in Catherine o Siena, that they had the perfect vision of God, which we do not have, and turned away anyway

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Mary Roberta Viano: It’s the APPLICATION of Christ’s teachings that’s always the hardest!

Apr 12 2015, 8:19 PM

Karen P: I thought it was because they knew about heaven and chose to follow Satan in spite of what they had. But I am not sure why I think that.

Apr 12 2015, 8:19 PM

Carol Ann: I think it may have been in Catherine o Siena, that they had the perfect vision of God, which we do not have, and turned away anyway

Apr 12 2015, 8:20 PM

Lisa C: Carol Ann Adam and Eve had the perfect vision of God

Apr 12 2015, 8:20 PM

Anne M: We are told to venerate His Divine Mercy image. To remember always and to trust without fail. When troubles come the trust part does not always readily jump to mind.

Apr 12 2015, 8:20 PM

Guest31 (guest): I love the fact that Jesus told St. Faustina that the greater the sinner, the greater he had the right to call upon His mercy.

Apr 12 2015, 8:20 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: I like Holy Father on our need to “carry Our Lord on our shoulders, enduring all the He pleases, abandoning ourselves entirely to His eternal Providence, allowing ourselves to be governed and let according to His holy will.” (sermon on Our Lady)

Apr 12 2015, 8:20 PM

Karen P: Agreed. Sr. Mary Roberta. But I try and I am remembering that Jesus doesn’t expect me to do it perfectly, just to try and to repent and accept His loving graces when I fall short.

Apr 12 2015, 8:21 PM

Carol Ann: They did? Angels are higher than men, so how could Adam and Eve know as much as they do?

Apr 12 2015, 8:21 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: led not let according to His holy will

Apr 12 2015, 8:21 PM

Lisa C: Carol Ann in the Garden of Eden they saw God and talked to Him

Apr 12 2015, 8:21 PM

Karen P: Good point, Guest 31!

2 PM

Carol Ann: yes, they did, but were they created lower than the angels?

Apr 12 2015, 8:22 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: right, Karen! As Blessed Teresa of Calcutta said, “We’re not called to be successful, just faithful.”

8:22 PM

Carol Ann: That gives me much comfor, Sr Mary Roberta PM

Karen P: Thank goodness! I can be faithful with the help of the Holy Spirit. I will let the outcome rest in God’s hands.

Apr 12 2015, 8:23 PM

Guest31 (guest): Ithink that in one of the psalms, it says that He had created man a little less than the angels.

Apr 12 2015, 8:23 PM

Lisa C: I love that God looks at our intention rather than our outcome

Apr 12 2015, 8:23 PM

Ruth (guest): Faithfulness IS success if our goal is to serve God faithfully, no matter what.

Apr 12 2015, 8:23 PM

Lisa C: Guest31 it is in Hebrews too

Apr 12 2015, 8:23 PM

Carol Ann: Amen to that Lisa! as recent events in my life show…

Apr 12 2015, 8:23 PM

Karen P: I think there is also a reference to the order of man, angels, and Christ in Thessalonians and/or Philippians also.

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Mary Roberta Viano: absolutely, Lisa, and that’s what I like best about religious life: trying to purify my intention every day.

Apr 12 2015, 8:24 PM

Ruth (guest): Mother Theresa was successful because she was faithful.

Apr 12 2015, 8:24 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: right, Ruth, it’s perseverance that counts

Apr 12 2015, 8:25 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: That’s what one of our sisters wrote on a sign she put in my room when I arrived 12 years ago!

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Mary Roberta Viano: PERSEVERE

Apr 12 2015, 8:25 PM

Karen P: Yes, and Mother Theresa definitely worked with difficult people and in difficult situations. That always motivates me to keep trying to do better when I know I have not done well. Some days I think I am in her shoes, and other days, I think I am in the shoes of those being difficult.

5 PM

Guest1237 (guest): God demonstrated His great Mercy by allowing the fallen angels to leave ! He did not force them to stay they were given a choice with full knowledge of what their decision would lead to ! Let’s encourage everyone to follow Jesus Christ ! He is Life ! 6 PM

Lisa C: I don’t understand how the fallen angels want to fight God

Apr 12 2015, 8:26 PM

Ruth (guest): Karen, probably both are true, and not necessarily on different days — from moment to moment.

Apr 12 2015, 8:26 PM

SrSusan (guest): “Your mercy is not exhausted since it is infinite. It has not stopped because there are no stopping points and that, furthermore, it would close heaven. It has not ceased because, just as a fire continues to burn as long as it has consumable material, so is your mercy, as long as there are sins to burn and debts to forgive.” (OEA, 26:413, St. Francis de Sales)

Apr 12 2015, 8:26 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: SFds says in a letter of direction: “Oh, how happy you will be eternally if you suffer for God this trifling evil (difficulty), which He sends you.”

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Mary Roberta Viano: wonderful image, Mother! There will always be sins for His mercy to consume!

Apr 12 2015, 8:27 PM

Guest31 (guest): How blessed are we for we have come to know, and to continue to pursue knowledge of such things. We acknowledge that we are poor in spirit, are striving for purity of heart, and are hungering and thirsting for righteousness.

Apr 12 2015, 8:27 PM

Karen P: God’s love is about giving us the choice to follow God or not. I know He wants us all to be with Him, but He will not make us to do. That was true of the angels as well. Not all left, just a few. And they had the knowledge of heaven – but I think I read that pride took them away.

8 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: Pride is always man’s downfall! PM

Mary Roberta Viano: That’s why SFdS wanted His daughters charism to be HUMILITY. PM

Anne M: Is the Chaplet from St. Bridget?

Apr 12 2015, 8:30 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: Our Tyringham sisters make and sell special chaplets to use to say the Holy Wounds chaplet.

Apr 12 2015, 8:31 PM

Anne M: Thank you for that. I’ve never seen this one before.

Apr 12 2015, 8:32 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: Let’s plunge ourselves into His Holy Wounds this week. That way we’ll be closer to His Sacred Heart.

Apr 12 2015, 8:32 PM

Ruth (guest): That’s why, her humility, St. Margaret Mary’s vision of the Sacred Heart became accepted, even though she and her vision were rejected initially – her humility — and the help of her Jesuite confessor.

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

Lisa C: Let Him fill our hearts

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: with His Mercy

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

Lisa C: and His peace

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

SrSusan (guest): Its Sr Mary Martha Chambon

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

Guest1237 (guest): Amen !!!

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

SrSusan (guest): I have to go deliver a message. Good nite!!

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

Ruth (guest): In some old stories and books beggars would request of people — “For the sake of the wounds of Jesus . . . For the head wounds . . . ”

Apr 12 2015, 8:34 PM

Lisa C: Good night Mother

Apr 12 2015, 8:34 PM

Karen P: I will recite this one this week. Good night Mother Susan!

Let Him fill our hearts

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

Mary Roberta Viano: with His Mercy

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

Lisa C: and His peace

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

SrSusan (guest): Its Sr Mary Martha Chambon

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

Guest1237 (guest): Amen !!!

Apr 12 2015, 8:33 PM

SrSusan (guest): I have to go deliver a message. Good nite!!

Mary Roberta Viano: Amen and g’night. Special prayers for each of you this week!

Apr 12 2015, 8:34 PM

Dawn L: Thank you very much Mother Susan and Sister Mary..a great help. Good nite Mother and to everyone.

Apr 12 2015, 8:34 PM

Lisa C: Good night Sr MR

Apr 12 2015, 8:34 PM

Ruth (guest): Thanks for the link Sr. Susan. Good night. God bless you, Sr. Susan.

Apr 12 2015, 8:34 PM

Guest31 (guest): Good night Mother, good night everyone. Have a blessed week. Have a safe trip, Mother.

Apr 12 2015, 8:34 PM

Anne M: Good nite everyone.

Apr 12 2015, 8:34 PM

Carol Ann: Thank you everyone…have a great week! And let’s pray for each other more

Apr 12 2015, 8:34 PM

Karen P: Thanks to everyone! I look forward to our chats. Prayers for all this week! Have a blessed week!

Apr 12 2015, 8:35 PM

Karen P: Good night! Same time next week!

Apr 12 2015, 8:37 PM

Ruth (guest): Yes Carol Ann, Ora pro invecem. Good night Sr. M Roberta. Good night everyone. I look forward to getting “caught up” by seeing in the archieves the part of this I missed.