BASIC ORIENTATION SEMINAR

ON MERCY (BOSOM-HEP)
I. INTRODUCTION
• NOTHING HAPPENS BY ACCIDENT !
• EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON….
• EVERYONE'S PRESENCE IS PLANNED BY GOD !
• SINCE THERE IS AN URGENCY OF THE WORK IN THE VINEYARD OF
THE LORD, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR IDLENESS! AMEN.

• PER SURVEY:
World's population - 7.3 Billion;
Christians - 2.1 Billion
Muslims -1.8 Billion
Catholics-1.2 Billion –
Source: Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly (New York Times
best selling author).
• Out of 10 Catholics only 1.5 goes to Church,
8.5 suko/dili ganahan sa pari due to clergy
scandal (the entire priesthood has been
tarnished by a small group of troubled
priests).

• The scandal cover-up and the number of

Catholics leaving the Church is higher than
ever before. are but a few reasons why the
Message These of the Devotion of the Divine
Mercy is URGENT!!! We may have the
grandeur in our faith which are shown through
construction of big and nice churches
especially in Europe but only a small number of
the faithful goes to church.
 II. TOPICS :

A.WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF MERCY?

B. WHAT IS THE DEVOTION TO THE DIVINE MERCY?

1. ITS HISTORY/ ORIGIN/PLACE AND DATE?

2.HOW/THROUGH WHOM/FOR WHOM?

3. WHEN DID IT ARRIVE IN THE PHILIPPINES?

IV. WHY THE URGENCY OF THE MESSAGE:
DISCUSSION:
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF MERCY?

• Message is nothing new, but a reminder of

what the Church has always taught us that
God is merciful and forgiving and that, we,
too, must also show mercy and forgiveness
to others.

• It is a special gift by Jesus to our times

reminding us of the depth of His mercy and
inviting us to put our complete trust in Him, a
message which is clear and understandable
for everyone.
• The whole Bible is a product of God’s mercy to all of
mankind, the whole history of salvation recorded in
the Bible unfolded from God’s mercy.

• Recall: Old Testament-

• In fact, the whole story of God’s chosen people,
Israel, shows how the Lord taught them more and
more of His faithfulness to His merciful love for them
and His compassion for their plight when they
continuously entrusted themselves both when
stricken with misfortune and when they became
aware of their sins, to the God of mercies.
• New Testament-(John 3:16)-GOSPEL
G - God so loved the world that He gave His
O - Only begotten
S - Son that those who believe in Him will not
P - Perish but will have
E - Everlasting
L - Life.

• Mercy is God’s greatest attribute (according to St.

Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John Paul II and
St. Faustina Kowalska).