- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, P.Yaleru Parish, Diocese of Kurnool.
Dear Beloved Child of God,
I am delighted to be in touch with you through this Website called ”Why Mercy.org”.
The sole purpose of this blog is to spread the Unfathomable Mercy of God throughout the world and to strengthen our brethren in faith. “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you that he might sift like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren.”(Luke 22, 31-32).
I am sure that this would be a great help to strengthen our faith in our Merciful Lord Jesus Christ, who is going to come as just Judge.
Here I would like to share with you about my inspiration and encounter with the Diary of St. Faustina: Divine Mercy in my soul.
In 2017, I have appointed as a Parish priest of Sirvel on Feb 9th, 2017. In the beginning days of my ministry in this parish, I casually asked the Carmelite nuns to give one spiritual book for the reading. Later on, They told me that after praying for nine days, they decided to give me the first book what they see when they enter their library. As soon as they entered the library, the first book they saw was “St. Maria Faustina’s Diary: Divine Mercy in my soul and they gave it to me. After getting this book, I went to Blessed Sacrament, Knelt down and prayed to the Lord to enlighten me about my mission. After my Prayer I opened the Bible to know my mission and read this verse: “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying to the good news of God’s Grace”. [Acts 20, 24].
I never understood this verse on that Day, but today I believe that God has chosen me from my mother’s womb and also appointed me to share His Great Unfathomable Mercy to all people. Thanks be to God for His great Mercy on this poor soul. After a few days of reading, during my personal prayer I got Divine Inspiration to translate this Diary of St. Faustina into Telugu Language. By the grace of God and four years of constant hard work, I completed it with great attention and commitment.
I sincerely thank Dr. Anand kumar Narisetty (M.A;M.Philo;IDS;CIEFL;Ph.D.,) and Nirmala Velangani Rani (Pathareddypalem, Guntur)who helped me a lot to complete this divine work. Before publication, we have completed four stages of proof reading.
The first stage of proof reading was completed by Rev Fr. Pasam Arogyam (late) (Diocese of Guntur), Mr. Chittem Jaganath Kumar (M.E.O.Rtd, Guntur), Mr. Thera Prasad (Teacher, Eluru) and Mr. Marapatla Sharin (Techer, Bhimadole).
The second stage of proof reading was completed by Rev Fr. D. C. Raju (Diocese of Srikakulam), Rev Fr. L. Bala Yesu (Diocese of Kurnool) and Rev Fr. Y. Joji Babu (Diocese of Nalgonda).
The third stage of proof reading was completed by Rev Sr. Dr. Mariatta (M.Sc., MEd., Ph.D, Sisters of St. Ann’s of Providence), Rev Fr. Yugal Kumar (Diocese of Vishakapatnam), Rev Fr. Talari Balaraju (Diocese of Kadapa) and Mr. Yerabam Prabhakar Reddy (Bharatamitram-Former Editor).
The fourth stage of proof reading was completed by Most Rev. M.D Prakasam, Diocese of Nellore and issued Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur. I remain grateful to Bishop M.D.Prakasam, Bishop of Nellore, who supported me for publication of the Diary and obtaining the copyrights for Telugu from the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, Poland. I am very much privileged to contribute to our Telugu speaking people.
