Divine Mercy Sunday
The Divine Mercy is a devotion to Jesus Christ associated with the apparitions of Jesus to Saint Faustina. The venerated Image under this Christological titlerefers to what Saint Faustina diary describes as "God's loving mercy" towards all people, especially for sinners Saint Faustina was granted the title "Secretary of Mercy" by the Holy See in the Jubilee Year of 2000. Saint Faustina reported a number of apparitions during religious ecstasy which she wrote in her 1934-1938 diary, later published as the book Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul two main themes of the devotion are to trust in Christ's endless goodness, and to show mercy to others acting as a conduit for God's love towards them.
Pope John Paul II, had great affinity towards this devotion and authorized it in the Liturgical Calendar of the Church The liturgical Feast of the Divine Mercy is celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Worshippers of the Divine Mercy commemorate the Hour of Mercy (3 p.m.), which according to h diary is the time of the death of Jesus. Another very popular form of the devotion is the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.
The primary focus of the Divine Mercy devotion is the merciful love of God and the desire to let that love and mercy flow through one's own heart towards those in need of it. [6] As he dedicated the Shrine of the Divine Mercy, Pope John Paul II referred to this when he said: "Apart from the mercy of God there is no other source of hope for mankind".
