. . . mercy is the particular mode of love that leads to action . . . when this mode of action encounters suffering, it seeks to alleviate suffering . . . we can live mercy by doing something as great as physically going to the disaster area to assist, or we can live mercy by doing something as simple as just praying a short prayer.

—Fr. Chris Alar, MIC

from his book, Understanding Divine Mercy

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A Message of mercy

What exactly is Divine Mercy and who is St. Faustina? How could a merciful God allow so much suffering in the world?” In this first volume of his Explaining the Faith series, Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, shares, in his engaging style, the elements of the Divine Mercy message and devotion and explains why Jesus told St. Faustina that Divine Mercy is “mankind’s last hope of salvation.

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