We need Divine Mercy!

     My heart was saddened because of the empty Church, my Parish Church, that no one came to at 3:00 on Divine Mercy Sunday. What's going on? Does everyone think we are not in need of so much prayer, that we forget what is important about this day? Then comes the boohoo tears from Catholics everywhere on the despairing situations our Faith is in. There are a lack of priests. Scandal sits on the doorsteps. For God's sake, the Pope just died and we are in need of a Conclave that will be True and Holy to the election of a new Shepherd. 

     God's Divine Mercy is in need no more than ever and everyone is acting like there is so much time to waste. I really don't get it. Our Lord gives us so many opportunities and we just blow them all. Laziness, selfishness and stupidity make a perfect combination for Doom. 

     I can only imagine how sad our Lord is. Waiting, waiting, waiting. The world is in turmoil and all I see is wringing hands and weepy faces, acting like there is no knowledge of what the cure is. It's prayer people! It's penance and true retribution for the evil that exists all around us. Some part of our doing, some of just plain evil that's just lying around, waiting for the perfect victim. How many warnings do we need? How much do our eyes need to see? All the warnings are in clear sight! I need to take a breath. But I'm angry. We need each other! But I look around and I see no one. Sitting in that empty Church today allowed me to feel what Jesus felt in the Garden of Gethsemane. It was sad. I lifted up my prayers but drifted often to the silence that should have been roaring with unison at the people's voices praying together. 

     We need Divine Mercy. I asked our Lord for forgiveness of a neglectful people and pray that in the coming days God's Mercy we will be upon us all with illumination of consciences and greater awareness of our destiny.