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The Divine Mercy is a Catholic devotion to the mercy of God associated with the reported apparitions of Jesus to Faustina Kowalska. [1]The Divine Mercy devotion is composed of several practices such as the Divine Mercy Sunday, the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy or the Divine Mercy image, which Kowalska describes in her diary as "God's loving mercy" towards all people, especially for sinners.
The Shrine of St. Faustina (Polish: Sanktuarium św. Faustyny ) is a Roman Catholic church located in Warsaw ; it is the center of the Divine Mercy and St. Faustina Parish . From 1863 to 1944 the building served as internal chapel within the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy monastery compound; destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising , it remained a ...
The first Mass during which the Divine Mercy image was displayed was on April 28, 1935 (the Feast of Divine Mercy), the second Sunday of Easter, and was attended by Kowalska. (Diary of St. Faustina, item 420). [14] April 28, 1935 was also the celebration of the end of the Jubilee of the Redemption by Pope Pius XI.
Pope Francis celebrating the Holy Mass in front of the Divine Mercy image at the World Youth Day 2016. Kowalska was a Polish nun who joined the convent of Our Lady of Mercy , in Warsaw , in 1925. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In her diary, which was later published as the book Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul , Kowalska wrote about a number of visions of Jesus and ...
Jesus himself promised to Faustina Kowalska: "When you say this prayer, with a contrite heart and with faith on behalf of some sinner, I will give him the grace of conversion" (Diary 186). This prayer is often said in the Hour of Mercy (3:00 p.m.), when someone has no time for a longer prayer, like the entire Chaplet, because of the duties (as ...
In 1968 Cardinal Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) designated the church as a shrine, thanks to the remains of Sister Faustina. In 1985, Pope John Paul II called Łagiewniki the "capital of the Divine Mercy devotion". Since the beatification of Saint Faustina in 1993, her remains rest on the altar, below the image of Divine Mercy.
On Divine Mercy Sunday, 18 April 2004 under the care of Cardinal Audrys Bačkis, the church was restored, blessed, and given the title Shrine of the Divine Mercy. The church was adapted for the display of the original Image of Merciful Jesus, painted according to the vision of Saint Faustina Kowalska by artist Eugeniusz Kazimirowski in 1934.
The first Mass during which the Divine Mercy image was displayed was on 28 April 1935, the Divine Mercy Sunday (the first after Easter). Sopoćko managed to obtain permission to place the painting within the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius as he celebrated the Mass that Sunday.