Laborers & Divine Mercy — Fr. Chris Alar, MIC
Homilies from the National Shrine
Father Chris Alar, MIC, discusses today's Gospel reading about the laborers in the field (MT 20:1-16) and explains how God's Divine Mercy is available to all who seek Him with the right heart. Join Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, (Mass 8/17), as he reads St. Pope John Paul II's prayer (see below) to our Merciful Father, The Divine Mercy. "God, merciful Father, in your Son, Jesus Christ, you have revealed your love and poured it out upon us in the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, We entrust to you today the destiny of the world and of every man and woman. Bend down to us sinners, heal our weakness, conquer all evil, and grant that all the peoples of the earth may experience your mercy. In You, the Triune God, may they ever find the source of hope. Eternal Father, by the Passion and Resurrection of your Son, have mercy on us and upon the whole world!" Twenty years ago today, on Aug. 17, 2002, Pope John Paul II entrusted the entire world to Divine Mercy during the 3 p.m. hour at the international Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki, Poland.