About Us

In our desire to help you start your Divine Mercy Apostolate or become Apostles of Jesus, The Divine Mercy, we would like to share our journey with you. The purpose of this account is solely for the glory of God in the event that you will be inspired to spread Jesus' Work of Mercy. 

We did what we could based on our resources, allowing Our Lord to take us by the hand and lead us. We put our thoughts into action, not knowing where He would lead us. Our Lord made things happen for us - we met the people He wanted to visit; we took His Image to those He inspired us to take Him to, only to find out He had plans for them or that they were dying, and they died peacefully; our schedule for home visits could never be followed as He chose where He wanted to go and left the home when He was ready to; and He sent people to us who, in turn, have spread The Divine Mercy message and devotion in their own little way.

Our journey has been wonderful and rewarding as we allowed the Holy Spirit to guide us as instruments of His Love with no pressure on our family, work and social obligations. How do we know Our Lord did this? We do not make justifications but simply follow our inspirations and put these into action.

Jesus knocks at the door of our hearts and waits to be let in. Have you heard Him knocking? Will you open your heart and let Him in? 

How our Apostolate started

Though our devotion started years before, our Divine Mercy Apostolate in Australia began in early 1998. 

One evening, while I was preparing for bed I was inspired to organize a Feast of Mercy celebration, or Divine Mercy Sunday, as it is known today. This inspiration stayed with me all evening and as I wondered how I was going to do it, not knowing how and who to approach, this thought came in reply, "Ask your friend Annie (M). She can help you with the church and a priest." I then rang Annie and presented the idea. She gave me the name of a priest and suggested St Joseph's Church.

The following day, I rang the parish priest to make an appointment. My husband and I went to see him and expressed our desire to celebrate the Feast of Mercy that year. He approved the use of the church for the occasion. I then rang the priest Annie had recommended to invite him to celebrate our very first Feast and presented the plan to our prayer group to seek their support. I contacted key parish priests to ask permission to advertise the event in their parish bulletins, left flyers in their churches and posted notices on their boards.

A couple of years later, we presented the same idea to another parish priest, who asked us to help him organize his parish's Christ The King celebration focusing on Jesus, The Divine Mercy as well as their Feast of Mercy celebrations. We met with key parishioners, explained how we celebrate the Feast, provided them with Prayers and Songs and contacted various parish priests in the surrounding area to advertise the event on their parish bulletins. We helped them through two years of their celebrations and they continue to celebrate the Feast each year.

In addition to our Feast of Divine Mercy celebrations, we asked a friend to frame a few Divine Mercy images and brought them to our parish priest to be blessed. The next step was to select prayers found in Divine Mercy In My Soul and search for relevant songs to be sung during the prayers. I typed these prayers and songs, printed and compiled them in folders. We then organized Home Visits with various prayer groups, families and referrals from friends. When we picked up the Image on the ninth day or 'whenever', each one would recount 'little miracles' granted while Our Lord's Image was with them. We made sure we left a small blessed Image with them to keep Jesus in their hearts.

We also organized a video presentation in our parish and invited a speaker to introduce the Divine Mercy message to parishioners. We bought the Time for Mercy video, which we lent to those who wanted to learn more about Jesus, The Divine Mercy.

We even created our own Divine Mercy Kit which we give to the sick, to those visiting the sick and dying, or to anyone we know who is sick or dying. We continue to donate framed Divine Mercy images to retirement homes, parish priests, prayer groups, and individuals who want to spread The Divine Mercy message and devotion or start a Divine Mercy Apostolate. 

Every now and then we are approached by people asking about The Divine Mercy. After sharing the essence of the devotion, we give them a small image blessed from the previous Divine Mercy Sunday, some Divine Mercy leaflets or Three o'clock prayer cards. If they ask for prayers, we pray for them during our regular Divine Mercy prayers.

Our Divine Mercy Apostolate In Progress

Since 1998, we continue to pray with dear friends for the Elderly, the Sick and the Dying at 3:00pm each Saturday afternoon in the chapel of a palliative care hospital. This is one of our Divine Mercy Apostolates for the Sick and the Dying.

We also pray for the Elderly, the Sick and the Dying with a group of Divine Mercy devotees after a weekday parish Mass. We envisage multiplying prayer groups for the Elderly, the Sick and the Dying in different parishes and we pray Our Lord inspires you and many others to help us spread this special Apostolate. In St Faustina's Diary, Divine Mercy In My Soul, Jesus wants us to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for the Dying. He said:

"At the hour of their death, I defend as My own glory every soul that will say this Chaplet; or when others say it for a dying person, the indulgence is the same. When this Chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying person, God's anger is placated, unfathomable mercy envelops the soul, and the very depths of My tender mercy are moved for the sake of the sorrowful Passion of My Son." (Diary, 811)

Since 2006, we have helped some parish priests who offer one of their parish Masses to celebrate the Feast of Mercy on First Sunday after Easter, and individuals who planned to organize a celebration in their respective parishes. We pray that more and more parish priests realize the importance of this Feast and that more devotees encourage their parish priests to celebrate it each year.

In 2007, my husband and I were invited to an online marketing seminar, supposedly to start an online business. Little did I know Our Lord had other plans as I was inspired to create a worldwide website for Him. This was going to be a big challenge as I simply didn't know much about computers, more so about cyberspace! I found out later that the websites we bought were great for neophytes like me. The very first step was to get a domain name, so I looked at Jesus' Image and asked Him what name He wanted to call it - 'Love and Mercy' came to mind as did 'Trust and Mercy'. After days of deliberation, I opted for the latter since the essence of the Divine Mercy Devotion was absolute Trust in our dearest Lord's Divine Mercy. Thus, www.trustandmercy.com was born.

The next step was a huge hurdle as I honestly didn't know what content to use, so again, I asked Our Lord to help me build His website. Armed with St Faustina's Diary, I'd close my eyes, pray and randomly break it open - lo and behold, Jesus' Message would be on that page. Inspiration upon inspiration helped me create the content and pages. This exercise went on for weeks throughout the night till the wee hours of the morning surrounded by silence. I made sure I lifted Jesus' Messages directly from the Diary rather than summarizing in order to preserve the integrity of His holy Messages - likewise with St Faustina's. Right after it was first published, I sent it to the Executive Director of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception to make sure the website was in conformity with the Divine Mercy Message and Devotion. They provided me with the required Copyright wording, using it where Diary entries and Divine Mercy Images were included. At the First World Apostolic Congress on Mercy in 2008, we met Fr Seraphim Michalenko who said he'd seen the website and wished us well with our Apostolate. We pray the whole world benefits from TrustandMercy.com

In 2010, we received a request for help in spreading the Divine Mercy Devotion in Uganda and sent Divine Mercy Images and materials donated by family and friends who responded to our appeal. I also approached a Marian group while I was on vacation in Miami, Florida and they donated the Holy Rosaries. We continue to receive requests from devotees of other countries for help with their Divine Mercy Apostolate and we don't hesitate to ask for donations from family and friends - a great opportunity to share their blessings.

Whilst in Florida, I met Divine Mercy devotees and by sheer providence, was taken to a Catholic bookshop as I wanted to buy Divine Mercy Images to start the Divine Mercy Home Visits there. I bought three Divine Mercy Images (I believe they were the American version), framed these and prepared the folders for the Home Novena for each group that received the Images. In addition, a dear relative placed copies of Prayers for the Elderly, the Sick and the Dying during her parish's Eucharistic Adoration. With God's grace, we pray this will multiply further as there is so much pain and suffering in our world. No one can bring consolation the way Jesus can - it is up to us to pray for those in need.

We have achieved some milestones by the grace of God:

• My husband and I attended the First World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM) in Rome from 2-6 April 2008 - an awesome experience.
• In 2010, we registered Servants of God's Divine Mercy, a Divine Mercy Lay Apostolate for the Elderly, the Sick & the Dying. Its Charism is for the salvation of souls through The Divine Mercy, with Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of Mercy. It's open for FREE membership worldwide.
  
• 2011 marked the 14th Anniversary of our Feast of Mercy celebration which was really special - after 13 years of celebrating the Feast of Mercy, a Sacred Relic Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from Mexico City graced our Feast on the 1st of May.
• As part of our Apostolate, we launched Love and Mercy Mission in 2011 from April till 5 May and again in November. Sacred Relic Images of Our Lady of Guadalupe and replicas of The Divine Mercy Vilnius Image from Mexico City travelled around Australia, the Philippines and Oceania and were enthroned in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, the Philippines, Tonga and Samoa. The Director of Vida y Misericordia Internacional or Life and Mercy International brought these Blessed Images all the way from Mexico to bring a Message of Hope and Healing.
• Love and Mercy Mission in November included a visit to the Northern Territory. It was a life-changing experience taking The Divine Mercy Vilnius Replica and Our Lady of Guadalupe's Relic Image to Parish Communities from Darwin right down the Red Centre of Australia to Santa Teresa and Alice Springs in cool weather.

We pray Love and Mercy Mission will be able to reach you anywhere you are in the world. If you would like a Sacred Relic Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and a replica of The Divine Mercy Vilnius Image to be enthroned in your country, please contact us and we will show you how.

The purpose of this account of our journey is not to brag about what we've done (because everything we do is for the glory of God) but to simply show you how easy it is to help Jesus with His Work of Mercy and spread the Divine Mercy Devotion - just follow your inspirations. As Jesus told St Faustina:

"Only do as much as you can, and I will always arrange things so that you will easily be able to do what I ask of you." (Diary 1693)

"...do whatever is within your power to spread devotion to My mercy. I will make up for what you lack. Tell aching mankind to snuggle close to My merciful Heart, and I will fill it with peace." (Diary 1074) 

We encourage you to do what you can based on your resources to spread Jesus' Work of Mercy. You can send the email link on the left to your relatives, friends and colleagues as a start. Please contact us if you need any help whatsoever. God bless you!

Our Lord took us to Rome and we received Papal blessings from Pope Benedict XVI – twice on the Feast of Mercy (Divine Mercy Sunday), during the Papal Mass at St Peter's Square opening the World Congress and on the last day.

Attending the Congress was a great blessing for it was the First World Apostolic Congress on Divine Mercy under the direction of Pope Benedict XVI. The purpose of the Congress was to enrich our knowledge of God's infinite and immeasurable mercy to help us proclaim and spread the message of Divine Mercy when we returned to our own countries and parishes.

Attendees came from all parts of the world. It was awesome to be amongst Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops and priests  who concelebrated our daily Masses. It was also overwhelming to hear inspiring talks from Cardinals and testimonials from individuals about how Our Lord manifested His Divine Love in their lives. One compelling story in particular was from Immaculee who miraculously survived the atrocities in Rwanda. Each one seemed filled with conviction and inspiration as we gathered each day - the Holy Spirit would have enkindled the fire in each of our hearts, keeping it burning as we returned to our own homes.

At the end of the World Congress, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI issued a mandate to attendees of this World Congress in Rome: “…to all the participants I address my cordial greeting which now becomes a mandate: go forth and be witnesses of God’s mercy, a source of hope for every person and for the whole world.” 

Hence, we have ‘gone forth’ taking Our Lord's Blessed Mother with us as we spread the Message of Jesus, The Divine Mercy.

May the 'Blood and Water which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus' fill us with the graces we all need to carry on the mission He intended for each one of us and protect us as we strive to do His Will.

Find out what went on at the World Congress.