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Living in God’s Mercy: Bro. Stanley Villavicencio’s unwavering faith and devotion
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A message of repentance, faith and mercy

"Ang Diyos hindi Niya tinitignan kung gaano kalaki ang kasalanan mo, kung gaano karami or kung gaano kaitim ang budhi mo. Lahat napapatawad ng Diyos."

Bro. Stanley said in an interview with the Asian Journal.

Such is the message given to Bro. Stanley by the Lord. Today, he is on a mission to go around the world to spread God’s unfathomable mercy not only to Catholics but also to other denominations. "God’s mercy is for everybody, regardless of faith or religion," Bro. Stanley said.

Bro. Stanley has been traveling around the world for 15 years now, evangelizing the God’s word. "I have given 6,478 talks all over the world," he said, "I am there to share what happened to me. That is the work of the Holy Spirit."

But of course, he knows – and has encountered – non-believers and skeptics.

"Hindi naman maiiwasan yan.

Persecution makes us mature," he said and explained, "If it’s for the Lord, maraming mag-oppose."

Still, there are many who embrace their faith and accept God’s mercy. Bro. Stanley relates one story about being touched by the Lord’s grace, "There was one woman who attended my talk and approached me. She told me, ‘I’m a Baptist, and I was suppose to have an abortion. But after hearing your talked, I changed my mind – because I do not want the Lord to show me the film of my life showing that I killed my own child.’"

The film the woman was referring to was the same as what the Lord showed Bro. Stanley in 1993. "Pinakita sa akin ang pelikula ng aking buhay, from childhood to the present – may review and rewind pa, three times," Bro. Stanley said and added, "Seeing the film of my life, ngayon, kahit nakapikit, I’m so afraid to commit a sin."

What is the Divine Mercy?

The story of the Divine Mercy devotion started with God’s call of Sr. Faustina Kowalska, a simple nun, front eh convent of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Poland. Living a holy and difficult life, Sr. Faustina offered all of these in union with the sufferings of Jesus. She then received from Jesus the mission to proclaim to the world that the devotion to the Divince Mercy is a sign for End Times, the Second Coming, and that people must approach Him as a merciful Savior if they want to avoid meeting him as a Judge.

This is the same message that Jesus has given Bro. Stanley. "Before I come as a just judge, I will open wide the doors of mercy. He who refuses to pass the doors of mercy, will have to pass through the doors of My justice."

In closing, Bro. Stanley sent out one of the most timely messages given to him by Jesus, "Now is the time of mercy. Now is the time for us to reconcile with the Lord. Now is the time to reconcile with our family. Now is the time to reconcile with everybody. Not tomorrow, because tomorrow never comes because when tomorrow comes, that is today. So why wait for tomorrow? We have to be ready now." (www.asianjournal.com)

 

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