Divine Mercy Sunday

Today, the 2nd Sunday of Easter is also the Divine Mercy Sunday. My parents and I followed our church trip to the Divine Mercy Church in Shah Alam. We left at about 6am to our church but only left for Shah Alam at 7am as there were some late comers.

Divine Mercy - Jesus I trust in You

There were many pilgrims in the church and we had to rush in to get a seat just as the BM mass ended. The English mass was suppose to starts at 11.15am but they had a slight change where they invited YB Teresa Kok to share with us her testimony on how she became a politician till she is what she is today by God's grace. While she was sharing with us her testimony, a lady suddenly shouted at her to ask her to stop. We all got a shocked but YB remain calm and told us that this kind of situation is expected whenever she gives a talk. She continued speaking after church members manage to calm the lady.

Mass then started at 12pm. The service By Fr. Paulino Miranda, the parish priest of the Church of Divine Mercy was wonderful. The atmosphere created by the different ministries of the church was superb. I felt in love the the service there. The choir sang joyfully and the solo singer for the responsarial psalm was just soooooooooo wonderfully superb!! For me, the service was so lively as the priest himself join in in all the singing and I have to admit that Fr. Paulino have a beautiful voice. During his sermon, he told us that he was detained by Malaysian police when they were having a peaceful gathering held for the abolition of ISA. I was shocked but nevertheless admire his strong belief in God who is the judge of all justice.

The grotto at Divine Mercy Church

Lunch was served after mass and they were giving out holy pictures of Divine Mercy and bottle for holy water all on the house. According to one of the commitee member of the church, the priest gave strict orders not to sell anything to parisheners but to give it to them FOC. Even the church stall was closed today. There were bars of cadbury chocolates given to children as well.

We left the church about 2.30pm and head for Puchong to visit another church - Church of Our Lady Of Guadalude. ( I hope I got it right ) We were the only group there and so we spend some time saying rosary prayers as a group before we left for Ipoh.

Grotto at the Church Of Our Lady Of Guadalude

Till this very moment, I am still thinking bout the wonderful service I attended this morning. I will surely return to the church again someday. Many many praises to Fr. Paulino and his team!!