Divine Mercy
Our Lord appeared from 1931 to 1938 to the Polish nun Saint Faustina Kowalska, entrusting her with the spread of devotion to His Divine Mercy. These revelations were written by Saint Faustina in a diary, at the direction of her spiritual director.
Divine Mercy is a devotion centered on the teaching of God’s mercy and His infinite love for humanity. Jesus Christ places that mercy and that love at the disposal of all men, especially the most sinful.
Saint John Paul II canonized Saint Faustina Kowalska in the year 2000 and that same year he instituted the Solemnity of Divine Mercy Sunday, to be celebrated each year on the Sunday following Resurrection Sunday.
Given the importance of this feast, the Church offers a plenary indulgence to make the faithful live this celebration with intense piety. It was St. John Paul II who established that Divine Mercy Sunday be enriched with a plenary indulgence so that the faithful receive more abundantly the gift of consolation from the Holy Spirit and thus cultivate a growing charity towards God and towards their neighbor, and having obtained from God the forgiveness of their sins, they in turn generously forgive their brothers.
To earn that plenary indulgence, you must do the following:
- Confess
- Attend the Holy Mass of the Feast of Divine Mercy
- Commune
- Have the interior disposition of a total detachment from sin, even venial.
- Pray for the Pope’s intentions an Our Father and a Hail Mary, or other prayers
In the following sections, you will be able to deepen your knowledge of this devotion.
Origin of devotion
Novena of Divine Mercy
Promises of Jesus to Saint Faustina Kowalska
Consecration of families to Divine Mercy
Shrines of Divine Mercy in the World
Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Saint Faustina Kowalska
Other data of interest
Guestbook
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