The Spirit of MDM 

            Jesus is the Eternal Mercy of the Father for struggling humanity.  His living Person must be always the center of MDM.

He calls us to follow His example of surrender to the Father’s loving will; to say with trust, “Thy will be done.”  This is the essence of our vocation. 

His Holy Spirit continues to act in our world today pouring out His gifts and charisms, especially upon the little and humble like St. Faustina.  With simple faith and discernment , we want to be open to these gifts of God’s Mercy.

 “As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you.  Live on in my Love.” (Jn 15:9)  We are called to a contemplative life; to intimacy with Him.  This is a real challenge in the agitated world in which we live, with all its daily demands.  Even though we struggle to be true to our vocation and are constantly falling short, we seek a spirit of continuous prayer throughout the day’s activities.  In particular, we want to live prayerfully the Mystery of the Holy Eucharist, in adoration of His Real Presence.  We want to help inspire a renewed faith in the Eucharist, so that His graces may flow out more abundantly upon the whole world.

 

Our Mission  

           We believe that intimacy with God is not reserved for an “elite.”   He calls all His beloved children to live on in His love. 

As sinners, we need first of all to receive His Mercy ourselves.  But we are called also to share it with others.  We want to take part in the new evangelization to which Pope John Paul called the Church because we believe that the greatest need of the world today is the need for its Savior Jesus Christ. 

Our mission is to respond to that need particularly through the spiritual works of mercy.  We do this first of all by prayer, interceding for the world.  (For many today it is not easy to sense the urgent need for prayer.  But if Our Blessed Mother has appeared so often to plead for authentic prayer, is there not a grave reason….)

Secondly, we have developed a number of apostolates to help draw adults and young people closer to the Person of Jesus.   (See Apostolates and Regular Activities).