FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
The Feast of the Divine Mercy or Divine Mercy Sunday is the second Sunday of Easter (formerly designated Low Sunday), and dedicated to the devotion to the Divine Mercy promoted by St. Faustyna Kowalska. It was celebrated unofficially in many places for some years before being made a feast of the entire Roman Catholic Church in 2000. Also known as White Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday, Alb Sunday, and Antipascha Sunday, Low Sunday is the Sunday after Easter. ... The Divine Mercy is a Christian devotion focused on the mercy of God and its power, particularly as a form of thanksgiving and entrusting of oneself to Gods mercy. ... Saint Faustina Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Most Blessed Sacrament (born Helena Kowalska) (August 25, 1905, Głogowiec, Poland - October 5, 1938, Kraków, Poland) - a Polish Catholic saint and mystic. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
It is revealed in the diary of St. Faustyna Kowalska that the Lord Jesus Himself assured that whoever will participate in Holy Mass and sacraments of confession and The Holy Eucharist on that day is sure to obtain full remission of sins. Saint Faustina Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Most Blessed Sacrament (born Helena Kowalska) (August 25, 1905, Głogowiec, Poland - October 5, 1938, Kraków, Poland) - a Polish Catholic saint and mystic. ... Jesus (8-2 BC/BCE– 29-36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) presiding at the 2005 Easter Vigil Mass in place of the dying Pope John Paul II. Mass is the term used of the celebration of the Eucharist in the Latin rites of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Confession of sins is an integral part of the Christian faith and practice. ... The Eucharist is either the Christian sacrament of consecrated bread and wine or the ritual surrounding it. ...
During the course of Jesus' revelations to Saint Faustina on the DivineMercy He asked on numerous occasions that a feast day be dedicated to the DivineMercy and that this feast be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter.
I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners.
The Cardinal of Krakow, Cardinal Macharski, whose diocese is the center of the spread of the devotion and the sponsor of the Cause of Sr.
Saint Faustina's Diary (DivineMercy in My Soul), contains at least 14 passages in which Our Lord is quoted as requesting that a "Feast of Mercy" be officially established in the Church.
There is a very close link between the meaning of the DivineMercy image and the liturgy of the first Sunday after Easter (DivineMercySunday).
The preparation for the Feast is to be a novena consisting of the recitation of the DivineMercy chaplet for 9 days, beginning on Good Friday.
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