{"id":429,"date":"2026-04-10T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=429"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:02:29","slug":"the-last-hope-of-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-last-hope-of-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Hope of Salvation?","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nT<\/span>he\u00a0second Sunday of Easter is\u00a0Divine Mercy Sunday<\/em>. It is a day that Jesus promised to pour out immeasurable graces to the degree that, for some, it is “the last hope of salvation.”<\/em> Still, many Catholics have no idea what this feast is or have never heard about it from the pulpit. As you’ll see, this is no ordinary day…<\/p>\n

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How Big a Deal?<\/h5>\n

According to Saint Faustina’s diary, Jesus said of Divine Mercy Sunday:<\/p>\n

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I am giving them the last hope of salvation; that is, the Feast of My Mercy.\u00a0 If they will not adore My mercy, they will perish for all eternity… tell souls about this great mercy of Mine, because the awful day, the day of My justice, is near.<\/strong><\/em> \u2014Divine Mercy in My Soul,<\/em> Diary of St. Faustina, n. 965\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The “last hope of salvation”? One might be tempted to dismiss this along with other dramatic private revelation\u2014except for the fact it was Pope St. John Paul II who inaugurated the Sunday after Easter to be Divine Mercy Sunday,\u00a0according to this prophetic\u00a0revelation. (See Part II<\/a><\/em> for a complete understanding of Diary entry 965, which does not, of course, restrict salvation to Divine Mercy Sunday.)<\/p>\n

Consider these other facts:<\/p>\n