“Discouragement is part of life” said Rev. Fr Martin Arlando at the begining of his homily on the Mass for Men at the Church of Divine Mercy, Penang (CDM) held on the 18th June. He continued to say that discouragement and life go hand-in-hand. This often happens when we work
Continue reading“Have you ever been in love?” asked Fr Martin Arlando, parish priest of the Church of Divine Mercy (CDM), Penang, at the beginning of his homily during the Women’s Mass on the 8th May, 2015. He admitted he had fallen in love himself. He relates that when one is in
Continue readingIt was decided that this year’s celebrations at the Church of Divine Mercy, Penang (CDM) leading up to the feast of the Divine Mercy Sunday had to be especially auspicious. This was because we had been blessed with obtaining the First Class relics of St. Faustina (a piece of a
Continue readingIt began at the beginning of the year when Fr. Martin Arlando, parish priest of the Church of Divine Mercy (CDM) here in Penang decided to start preparations for the dual celebrations of Easter and the Divine Mercy Sunday which was a week after Easter. In deciding on a theme,
Continue readingAfter the Church of Divine Mercy (CDM) was established at Sungai Ara, Penang in 2013, the parish priest Fr. Martin Arlando decided that steps should be taken to obtain the relics of St Faustina and St John Paul II. Letters were written to Poland and Rome to request for the
Continue readingPerhaps it was Divine providence…or just a beautiful coincidence as 20 pilgrims from the parish of Divine Mercy In Penang, accompanied by their parish Priest Fr. Martin Arlando set out for Poland on a mission to collect the 1st-class relic of St Faustina on February 22nd; the day their much-
Continue readingValentine’s Day this year was also the World Day of the Sick. The theme of the Mass was taken from Job (29:15): I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. At the Church of Divine Mercy (CDM) in Penang, 23 seriously sick people registered for the anointing
Continue reading
