Pillars of Fire In My Soul

upon the recipient the Divine Wrath. The spiritual good of the faithful demands that they know what graces they can obtain and under what conditions through the reception of Holy Communion on the Feast of Divine Mercy. Jesus did not limit His generosity on the Feast of Divine Mercy exclusively to this one, supreme grace. On the contrary, He declared that “on that day, the bowels of My Mercy are open: I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon souls who will approach the fount of My Mercy ...On that day are opened all the Divine floodgates through which graces flow” (Diary §699). For this reason, “let no soul fear to approach Me.” From these words of Christ, it is evident that He fervently desires the Feast of Divine Mercy to be an unusually effective refuge for all mankind, especially for sinners, incomparably more effec- tive than all other forms of Devotion to The Divine Mercy. The incomparable effectiveness of this refuge is manifested in three ways. First it is manifested through its universality. All people, even those who never had devotion to The Divine Mercy, even sinners who repented on the day of the Feast itself, can participate to the fullest extent in all the graces which Jesus prepared for this Feast. Secondly, on this day, Jesus wishes to shower people not only with saving graces, but also with tem- poral blessings, both to individuals and to communities of people, for He said: “Mankind will not know peace until it turns to the fount of My Mercy.” Thirdly, all graces and benefits, even in their highest degrees, are accessible on this day to everyone, as long as they are asked for with great trust. Christ did not attach such an extraordinary abundance of graces and benefits to any other form of this Devotion. THE CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCY Since the Lord Jesus devoted fourteen revelations to the Divine Mercy Chaplet, it indicates that its value is not far behind the Feast of the Divine Mercy. Essential Features of the Devotion to The Divine Mercy 115