St. Faustina & the Divine Mercy: A Message for Our Time (Fr. Chris Alar) | Ep. 521

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Matt Fradd

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

Father Chris Alar, MIC, is the Provincial Superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception in the United States and Argentina. He wrote and produced the popular "Divine Mercy 101" and "Explaining the Faith" YouTube series and is the author of the bestselling books After Suicide: There's Hope for Them and for You, as well as Understanding Divine Mercy. He is host of the EWTN show Living Divine Mercy, which airs on Thursdays, 10:00 p.m. EST. From 2014-2024, he served as "Fr. Joseph, MIC," the Director of the Association of Marian Helpers.

Fr. Chris's links:
https://www.thedivinemercy.org
https://shopmercy.org/
https://www.youtube.com/@DivineMercy_Official

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0:00.0	You know why Divine Mercy Sunday is even greater than a plenary indulgence?
0:03.4	We can still be broken and get this grace.
0:06.5	You mean attached to sin?
0:07.6	Yeah?
0:08.2	Do you know how happy that makes me?
0:09.5	Whenever somebody told me I can get a plenary indulgence if I'm not attached to sin,
0:13.1	I'm like, what does that mean?
0:14.1	Exactly.
0:14.6	That's like saying you can fly up there if you can fly up there.
0:17.0	Exactly.
0:17.9	Do you know Philip Neri was revealed to him in the cathedral? No.
0:21.6	That there were 1,200 people at the cathedral together doing an act of plenary indulgence.
0:26.6	It was revealed to him that two people got a plenary indulgence.
0:29.6	As Catholics, we're not bound to believe private revelation.
0:33.6	But why do you think it was in fact authentic?
0:36.6	Divine mercy didn't begin with St. Faustina.
0:40.0	When we say divine mercy, we have to recognize that it's not just a devotion.
0:46.0	Remember, nobody could be canonized who's a heretic.
0:58.5	So I heard of you because I was just, well, I've been seeing you on YouTube a lot.
0:59.6	Watching some of your lectures.
1:00.4	I think they're really great. Oh, thank you.
1:01.0	Yeah.
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