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The Roman Catholic devotion and venerated image under this Christological title refers to the unlimited merciful love of God towards all people. [32] [33] There are a number of elements of this devotion, among which are: the devotional Divine Mercy image, the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, and the observance of Divine Mercy Sunday.
A broader devotion to the Holy Face is based on the image used on the Shroud of Turin which some believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus, though radiocarbon dating disputes this belief. It is different from the likeness of Jesus on the Veil of Veronica, although the veil image had earlier been used in devotions.
The devotion was first approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1885, [27] and further promoted by Maria Pierina de Micheli based on the image from Secondo Pia's photograph of the Shroud of Turin. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] In 1958, Pope Pius XII approved of the devotion and the Holy Face medal and granted that the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus may be celebrated on ...
A devotional statue of Virgin Mary under the title of Rosa Mystica. A devotional image enshrined at the Maria Rosenberg Church in Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany, holds an 1138 painting of Mary, featuring roses. John Henry Newman said, Mary is the most beautiful flower ever seen in the spiritual world.
The Devotion of the Nine First Fridays is based on revelations from Jesus Christ reportedly received by Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation nun, between 1673 and 1675 in Paray-Le-Monial, France. This devotion was revealed to Margaret Mary in the form of a promise of final penance granted to those who accomplish this practice, also known as the ...
In Roman Catholic teachings, the veneration of Mary is a natural consequence of Christology: Jesus and Mary are son and mother, redeemer and redeemed. [9] This sentiment was expressed by Pope John Paul II in his encyclical Redemptoris mater: "At the centre of this mystery, in the midst of this wonderment of faith, stands Mary.
Saint Michael fighting the dragon (miniature from the Book of Hours of the Knight Étienne) The threat to the church at the time was the Italian government's campaign against the Papal States. [1]
The Señor Santo Niño de Cebú is a Catholic title of the Child Jesus associated with a religious image of the Christ Child [1] widely venerated as miraculous by Filipino Catholics.