A Time of Divine Mercy, A Time of Urgency

It is all coming together. There have been many signs, but perhaps the most recent significant ones are those as given by Saint Faustina, and by the Blessed Virgin Mary's apparitions in Medjugorje, in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, bordering Croatia.

As a young and simple nun, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ appeared to Sister Faustina on February 22, 1931. His message was that of Divine Mercy, but also with a severe warning. His Divine Mercy is so amazing since He wants to give every person, all chances possible, to save their souls. His love is immense for all of us, and so great that it is unimaginable. Sister Faustina put together a Diary of all the messages given to her by Jesus. Some of the most significant messages are as follows:

You will prepare the world for My final coming. (Diary 429)

Speak to the world about My mercy ... It is a sign for the end times. After it will come the Day of Justice. While there is still time, let them have recourse to the fountain of My mercy. (Diary 848)

Tell souls about this great mercy of Mine, because the awful day, the day of My justice, is near. (Diary 965)

I am prolonging the time of mercy for the sake of sinners. But woe to them if they do not recognize this time of My visitation. (Diary 1160)

Before the Day of Justice, I am sending the Day of Mercy. (Diary 1588)

He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice. (Diary 1146)


In addition to these words of Our Lord, Sister Faustina gives us the Words of the Mother of Mercy, the Blessed Virgin Mary, as given to her:

You have to speak to the world about His great mercy and prepare the world for the Second Coming of Him who will come, not as a merciful Savior, but as a just Judge. Oh how terrible is that day! Determined is the day of justice, the day of divine wrath. The angels tremble before it. Speak to souls about this great mercy while it is still the time for granting mercy. (Diary 635)

Pope John Paul II, one of the holiest of all time, recognized the importance of these messages and the role of Sister Faustina in bringing them to us. She was hailed by Pope John Paul II as "the great apostle of Divine Mercy in our time." On April 30, 2000, the Pope canonized her as Saint Faustina, saying that the message of Divine Mercy she shared is urgently needed...

Medjugorje is also very significant and consistent with the messages given to Saint Faustina. The Blessed Virgin Mary has been appearing and giving messages to the world. She tells us that God has sent Her to our world and, these years she is spending with us are a time of Grace granted by God. In Her own words She tells us, "I have come to tell the world that God exists. He is the fullness of life, and to enjoy this fullness and peace, you must return to God".

Once Our Lady stops appearing there will be three warnings given to the world. After the first warning, the others will follow within a rather brief period of time. After the three warnings, the permanent visible sign will be left on the mountain where Our Lady first appeared in Medjugorje.

Those who are still alive will have little time for conversion. For that reason, the Blessed Virgin calls for urgent conversion and reconciliation. The permanent sign will lead to many healings and conversions before the messages become reality.

She has revealed secrets to 6 children, now adults, that she appeared to in Medjugorje. The ninth and tenth secrets are grave matters. They are a chastisement for the sins of the world. The punishment is inevitable because we cannot expect the conversion of the entire world. The chastisements can be lessened by prayers and penance, but they cannot be suppressed entirely. An evil which threatened the world according to the seventh secret, has been eliminated through prayer and fasting.

For that reason the Blessed Virgin continues to ask for prayer and fasting. The invitation to prayer and penance wards off evil and war, and above all, saves souls. Our Lady says: "You have forgotten that with prayer and fasting you can ward off wars, suspend natural laws."

With Both Saint Faustina and the Blessed Virgin Mary appearing in Medjugorje there is a common theme.

1) There is an urgency, a pleading for our conversion. To get our lives in order and to return to God. To pray regularly, go to Mass and to receive the Sacraments of the Church regularly. This also means to go to Confession. To stop doing things that we know are wrong and are displeasing to God and put our lives back on the right course.

2) This is a truly amazing example of immense love for us by Jesus; to give us every opportunity possible to save our souls. No matter what we have done, no matter how bad, He wants to offer His mercy and forgiveness to us. All we have to do is act, be sorry for what we have done wrong, to ask for forgiveness, and to get on the right track and stay on it, to focus on what is REALLY important in life.

3) There is this urgency since if we don't act to get our lives back on track, there will be a terrible judgement in store for us. Despite of what is purposely obscured today, there is a hell. The time is now, since when things do start to happen we have already been warned that it may be too late. It is as serious as you can get. It is urgent for us to act.

There is so much great love for us. We are in a period of grace, a period of Divine Mercy, a period given to us by God to give us every chance possible to save our souls. There is no greater love.