Divine Mercy Video
January 29, 1995
Brother John Raymond
A few years ago a young film-maker, Drew Mariani and his wife,
Cathy, visited our monastery in Englewood. We had a great day
together. We even made a three-hour video of my interviewing Drew.
We were honored to meet him as we had enjoyed a film he had made so
very much. It was "Marian Apparitions of the Twentieth Century." Now
Drew has done it again. In conjunction with the Marian Fathers in
Stockbridge, Massachusetts he has made an excellent film about
Divine Mercy called "Time for Mercy." This film is hosted by Joseph
Campanella who donated his talent. The film deals with the
revelations to St. Faustina. It's a great film made by a fine
young film-maker.
This recently-released film is a great aid to prayer and a great
reminder to pray. It teaches us about humanity's need for mercy and
about the merciful love of Jesus. We are brought through scenes of
the earlier part of this century, poverty, bread lines, World War
II, the atomic bomb mercilessly incinerating Japan. We are shown
nature destroyed, drug abuse and reminded that there have been
twenty-five-million abortions in America alone. We are given wise
words from Father Harold Cohen, S.J. who tells us that the problem
in our world is the rejection of God. Then we are reminded of Noah
by seeing excellent clips from the movie, "The Bible " We realized
that today it is "as in the days of Noah." Father George Kosiki and
author Michael Brown also share their insightful thoughts in this
film.
We are told the story of St. Faustina in a series of
excellently-acted scenes with Melenie Metcalf as the good sister. We
are taught the Divine Mercy devotion, the Chaplet, the Feast and the
Hour of Mercy at 3:00 pm each day. We are also encouraged to do
deeds of Mercy and are shown St. Faustina feeding a young beggar
only to have Him disapppear! Then she heard Jesus say how pleased He
was to hear the poor praise her mericful deed. A very interesting
part of the film is the story of Ted Handley of Galveston Texas, the
co-founder of "Our Daily Bread" a center which offers the poor and
suffering corporal works of mercy.
The film will help us pray. It also reminds us to pray for God's
mercy for ourselves and for others, especially for dying sinners.
Jesus told St. Faustina that anyone who has prayed the chaplet
of Mercy or anyone for whom the chaplet is prayed He will be
defended at the hour of death and the death will be a happy one.
Jesus also told this holy nun, "I cannot punish even the greatest
sinner if he has recourse to My mercy."
This is a wonderful film. I cannot think of a better Christmas
gift. This video, while being truly spiritual and teaching perfectly
the Divine Mercy devotion, is made in such a way that it will appeal
to people of all faiths or no faith. It is at the same time a
religious experience and an interesting documentary. It would be a
great gift for families, a parish library, a public library, or for
yourself.
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It's available from our monastery gift shop. It's VHS and 65 minutes
long. Each video is 19.95 plus 1.50 for postage. To order the video
write to:
The Cloister Shop
The Monks of Adoration
2241 Englewood
Englewood, FL 34223