Marian Helper • Summer 2022 • Marian.org 15 WEDDING GIFT Three generations of the McTiernan and Smith families from Massachusetts visited the Shrine for the first time. Kaylie McTiernan (second from left) is getting married this summer. “I thought it would be special to gather my grandmothers, my mother, and my sister to have this prayerful and meaningful weekend together before the big day,” she said. WELCOME BACK Rory traveled all the way from Chicago, Illinois, because she’s only recently come back to church. She heard about Divine Mercy Sunday from her brother and her sisters. “In my heart, I am with Jesus, so I’m going back to give myself to Him,” she shared. To her, Divine Mercy Sunday means “Divine Mercy is with me.” OUR LADY’S GAZE Brother Timothy Childers, MIC, and volunteer Michael Hermann stand ready to assist pilgrims at the replica of the Lourdes Grotto. DIVINE MERCY BINGO Bishop William Byrne of the Diocese of Springfield holds up his copy of the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska while delivering the homily at Divine Mercy Sunday Mass at the National Shrine, broadcast on EWTN. “I call it Divine Mercy Bingo,” he explained. “It’s a little spiritual thing I do every once and a while where I take my Diary, and I just put my finger and see, ‘Okay, how about this one?’ And that’s what I’m going to read and meditate today.” A FLICKER OF GOODWILL “In the Diary, Jesus talks about just a flicker of good will, and Divine Mercy takes care of the rest [1486],” Fr. Gabriel Cillo, MIC, said in his homily for the Vigil Mass on Saturday. “Do you have the trust to believe that just a flicker of your good will is sufficient? Do you want the confidence of Jesus? Absolutely!” Bishop’s homily
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