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series</a> on the</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Divine Mercy</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kazimirowski_Eugeniusz,_Divine_Mercy,_1934.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Kazimirowski_Eugeniusz%2C_Divine_Mercy%2C_1934.jpg/130px-Kazimirowski_Eugeniusz%2C_Divine_Mercy%2C_1934.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Kazimirowski_Eugeniusz%2C_Divine_Mercy%2C_1934.jpg/195px-Kazimirowski_Eugeniusz%2C_Divine_Mercy%2C_1934.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Kazimirowski_Eugeniusz%2C_Divine_Mercy%2C_1934.jpg/260px-Kazimirowski_Eugeniusz%2C_Divine_Mercy%2C_1934.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="1570" /></a></span><div class="sidebar-caption"><i>Divine Mercy</i> by <a href="/wiki/Eugeniusz_Kazimirowski" title="Eugeniusz Kazimirowski">Eugeniusz Kazimirowski</a>, 1934</div></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:gold"> Forms</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sunday" title="Divine Mercy Sunday">Divine Mercy Sunday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplet_of_the_Divine_Mercy" title="Chaplet of the Divine Mercy">Chaplet of the Divine Mercy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_image" title="Divine Mercy image">Divine Mercy image</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:gold"> People</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faustina_Kowalska" title="Faustina Kowalska">Faustina Kowalska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Sopo%C4%87ko" title="Michał Sopoćko">Michał Sopoćko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Andrasz" title="Józef Andrasz">Józef Andrasz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugeniusz_Kazimirowski" title="Eugeniusz Kazimirowski">Eugeniusz Kazimirowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hy%C5%82a" title="Adolf Hyła">Adolf Hyła</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">John Paul II</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:gold"> Places</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sanctuary,_Krak%C3%B3w" title="Divine Mercy Sanctuary, Kraków">Kraków</a>–<a href="/wiki/%C5%81agiewniki-Borek_Fa%C5%82%C4%99cki" title="Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki">Łagiewniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_of_the_Divine_Mercy,_Vilnius" title="Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy, Vilnius">Vilnius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sanctuary_(P%C5%82ock)" title="Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Płock)">Płock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C5%82ogowiec,_%C5%81%C4%99czyca_County" title="Głogowiec, Łęczyca County">Głogowiec</a>–<a href="/wiki/%C5%9Awinice_Warckie" title="Świnice Warckie">Świnice Warckie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sanctuary_(Bia%C5%82ystok)" title="Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Białystok)">Białystok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santo_Spirito_in_Sassia" title="Santo Spirito in Sassia">Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Shrine_of_The_Divine_Mercy_(Stockbridge,_Massachusetts)" title="National Shrine of The Divine Mercy (Stockbridge, Massachusetts)">Stockbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Shrine_of_the_Divine_Mercy_(Philippines)" title="National Shrine of the Divine Mercy (Philippines)">Manila–Marilao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Shrine_(Misamis_Oriental)" title="Divine Mercy Shrine (Misamis Oriental)">El Salvador</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:gold"> Other</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dives_in_misericordia" title="Dives in misericordia">Dives in misericordia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misericordiae_vultus" title="Misericordiae vultus">Misericordiae vultus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Apostolic_Congress_on_Mercy" title="World Apostolic Congress on Mercy">World Apostolic Congress on Mercy</a></li> <li><span class="wraplinks"><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Sisters_of_Our_Lady_of_Mercy" title="Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy">Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extraordinary_Jubilee_of_Mercy" title="Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy">Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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devotion)"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)" title="Template talk:Divine Mercy (Catholic devotion)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Divine Mercy (Catholic devotion)"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a>, the <b>Divine Mercy</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_devotion" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic devotion">devotion</a> to <a href="/wiki/Jesus_in_Christianity" title="Jesus in Christianity">Jesus Christ</a> associated with the reported <a href="/wiki/Visions_of_Jesus_and_Mary" title="Visions of Jesus and Mary">apparitions of Jesus</a> to <a href="/wiki/Faustina_Kowalska" title="Faustina Kowalska">Faustina Kowalska</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_image" title="Divine Mercy image">The venerated image</a> under this title refers to what Kowalska's diary describes as "<a href="/wiki/God_in_Christianity" title="God in Christianity">God</a>'s loving mercy" towards all people, especially for <a href="/wiki/Christian_views_on_sin" title="Christian views on sin">sinners</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ball175_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ball175-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kowalska was granted the title "Secretary of Mercy" by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Jubilee" title="Great Jubilee">Jubilee Year</a> of 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Drake85_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Drake85-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Butler_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butler-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Devotion">Devotion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Devotion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Catholic devotion</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Divinemercy1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Divinemercy1.jpg/220px-Divinemercy1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Divinemercy1.jpg/330px-Divinemercy1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Divinemercy1.jpg/440px-Divinemercy1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="852" /></a><figcaption>Painting depicting the apparition of the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_image" title="Divine Mercy image">Merciful Jesus</a> to <a href="/wiki/Faustina_Kowalska" title="Faustina Kowalska">Saint Faustina</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In February 1931, in <a href="/wiki/P%C5%82ock" title="Płock">Płock</a>, Faustina Kowalska had a vision of Jesus who tasked her with spreading the devotion to his Divine Mercy.<sup id="cite_ref-Ency_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ency-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kowalska reported a number of apparitions during <a href="/wiki/Religious_ecstasy" title="Religious ecstasy">religious ecstasy</a> which she described in her 1934–1938 diary, later published as the book <i><a href="/wiki/Diary:_Divine_Mercy_in_My_Soul" class="mw-redirect" title="Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul">Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Drake85_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Drake85-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Butler_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butler-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 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.<sup id="cite_ref-Drake85_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Drake85-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EWTNCDM_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EWTNCDM-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-Ball175_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ball175-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As he dedicated the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sanctuary_(Krakow)" class="mw-redirect" title="Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Krakow)">Shrine of the Divine Mercy</a>, Pope John Paul II referred to this when he said: "Apart from the mercy of God there is no other source of hope for humankind".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are seven main forms of this devotion: </p> <ol><li>The Divine Mercy image with the specific inscription <i>Jesus, I trust in You</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-Butler_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butler-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The commemoration of the Feast of the Divine Mercy Sunday<sup id="cite_ref-Torretto187_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torretto187-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The recitation of the <a href="/wiki/Chaplet_of_the_Divine_Mercy" title="Chaplet of the Divine Mercy">Chaplet of the Divine Mercy</a></li> <li>The recitation of the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_novena" class="mw-redirect" title="Divine Mercy novena">Divine Mercy novena</a></li> <li>The designation of the Hour of Mercy at 3:00 a.m. or p.m.</li> <li>Spreading mercy by word, deed, or prayer</li> <li>The spreading of <a href="/wiki/Works_of_mercy" title="Works of mercy">works of mercy</a> to the whole humanity, in preparation for the return of Jesus Christ to Earth</li></ol> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Proclaim that mercy is the greatest <a href="/wiki/Attributes_of_God_in_Christianity" title="Attributes of God in Christianity">attribute of God</a>.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Words attributed to Jesus by Kowalska in her diary.<sup id="cite_ref-Mauriello149_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mauriello149-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>As in the prayers that form the <a href="/wiki/Chaplet_of_Divine_Mercy" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaplet of Divine Mercy">Chaplet of Divine Mercy</a>, there are three main themes to the Divine Mercy devotion: to ask for and obtain the mercy of God, to trust in Christ's abundant mercy, and finally to show mercy to others and act as a conduit for God's mercy towards them.<sup id="cite_ref-Drake85_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Drake85-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EWTNCDM_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EWTNCDM-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first and second elements relate to the signature "Jesus I trust in You" on the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_image" title="Divine Mercy image">Divine Mercy image</a> and Kowalska stated that on 28 April 1935, the day the first <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sunday" title="Divine Mercy Sunday">Divine Mercy Sunday</a> was celebrated, Jesus told her: "Every soul believing and trusting in My Mercy will obtain it."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The third component is reflected in the statement "Call upon My mercy on behalf of sinners" attributed to Jesus in Kowalska's diary (Notebook I, items 186–187).<sup id="cite_ref-Torretto137_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torretto137-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This statement is followed in the diary by a specific short prayer: <a href="/wiki/O_Blood_and_Water" class="mw-redirect" title="O Blood and Water">"O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You.</a>" which Kowalska also recommended for the Hour of Divine Mercy.<sup id="cite_ref-Torretto137_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torretto137-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In her diary (Notebook II, item 742) Kowalska wrote that Jesus told her: "I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me." and that he explained that there are three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor: the first-by deed, the second-by word, the third-by prayer.<sup id="cite_ref-Mauriello149_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mauriello149-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kowalska's diary contain also a litany of Divine Mercy (<i>Diary</i> 949)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Divine Mercy devotion views mercy as the key element in the plan of God for salvation and emphasizes the belief that it was through mercy that God gave his only son for the redemption of humankind, after the fall of Adam.<sup id="cite_ref-Torretto58_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torretto58-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening prayer for Divine Mercy Sunday Mass refers to this and begins: "Heavenly Father and God of Mercy, We no longer look for Jesus among the dead, for He is alive and has become the Lord of Life".<sup id="cite_ref-Torretto58_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torretto58-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beatification_of_John_Paul_II_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Beatification_of_John_Paul_II_%281%29.jpg/220px-Beatification_of_John_Paul_II_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Beatification_of_John_Paul_II_%281%29.jpg/330px-Beatification_of_John_Paul_II_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Beatification_of_John_Paul_II_%281%29.jpg/440px-Beatification_of_John_Paul_II_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Feast_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast Day">Feast</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sunday" title="Divine Mercy Sunday">Divine Mercy Sunday</a></i> on 1 May 2011 in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Beatification_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Beatification of Pope John Paul II">Beatification of Pope John Paul II</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1959, the Vatican banned the image and devotion to it because of a number of factors. Some Polish bishops questioned Kowalska's claims and were uncomfortable with the image's similarity to the red-and-white <a href="/wiki/Polish_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish flag">Polish flag</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NCR_2011_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCR_2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Polish priests were reported to be interpreting the rays as a symbol of the flag.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ban on devotion was lifted on 15 April 1978, due to pressure from future Polish pope <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Karol Wojtyła</a>, who had great interest in Kowalska.<sup id="cite_ref-NCR_2011_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCR_2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1987, American filmmaker Hermann D. Tauchert co-wrote, produced, and directed the film <i><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy:_No_Escape" title="Divine Mercy: No Escape">Divine Mercy: No Escape</a></i>, which depicted the life of Kowalska.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Image">Image</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Image"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_image" title="Divine Mercy image">Divine Mercy image</a></div> <blockquote><p>Paint an image according to the pattern you see with the signature: Jesus, I trust in You... I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish.<sup id="cite_ref-The_One_True_Image_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_One_True_Image-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The chaplet is associated with the paintings of the image as in Kowalska's diary. The most widely used is an image painted by <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hyla" class="mw-redirect" title="Adolf Hyla">Adolf Hyla</a>. Hyla painted the image in thanksgiving for having survived <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p><p>In the image, Jesus stands with one hand outstretched in blessing, the other clutching the side wounded by the spear, from which proceed beams of falling light, coloured red and white. An explanation of these colors was given by Kowalska, which she attributed to Jesus in her diary: "The two rays represent blood and water".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These colors of the rays refer to the "blood and water'" of the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John%2019:34&version=nrsv">John 19:34</a>) which are also mentioned in the optional prayer of the Chaplet. The words "Jesus I Trust in Thee" usually accompany the image (<i>Jezu Ufam Tobie</i> in Polish). </p><p>The original Divine Mercy image was painted by <a href="/wiki/Eugeniusz_Kazimirowski" title="Eugeniusz Kazimirowski">Eugeniusz Kazimirowski</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vilnius" title="Vilnius">Vilnius</a> in 1934<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under Kowalska's direction. However, according to her diary, she cried upon seeing that the finished picture was not as beautiful as the vision she had received, but Jesus comforted her saying, "Not in the beauty of the colour, nor of the brush is the greatness of this image, but in My grace".<sup id="cite_ref-The_One_True_Image_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_One_True_Image-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The picture was widely used during the early years of the devotion, and is still in circulation within the movement, but the Hyla image remains one of the most reproduced renderings.<sup id="cite_ref-Butler_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butler-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday was granted to the Universal Church by Pope John Paul II on 30 April 2000<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> new versions of the image have emerged from a new generation of Catholic artists. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Feast_day">Feast day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Feast day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sunday" title="Divine Mercy Sunday">Divine Mercy Sunday</a></div> <p>The feast of Divine Mercy Sunday was instituted by <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> and is celebrated the Sunday after Easter on the <a href="/wiki/General_Roman_Calendar" title="General Roman Calendar">General Roman Calendar</a>, and is associated with specific <a href="/wiki/Indulgence" title="Indulgence">indulgences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Drake85_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Drake85-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Torretto187_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torretto187-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Decree_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decree-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an entry in her diary, Kowalska stated that anyone who participates in the <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a> and receives the <a href="/wiki/Sacrament" title="Sacrament">sacraments</a> of <a href="/wiki/Confession_(religion)" title="Confession (religion)">Confession</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharist</a> on this day is assured by Jesus of full remission of their sins and punishments.<sup id="cite_ref-Torretto187_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torretto187-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EWTNDMNV_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EWTNDMNV-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chaplet">Chaplet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Chaplet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chaplet_of_the_Divine_Mercy" title="Chaplet of the Divine Mercy">Chaplet of the Divine Mercy</a></div> <p>According to Kowalska writings (Diary 476), the Chaplet of Divine Mercy prayers and structure was dictated to her directly by Jesus on 14 September 1935, as she entered a chapel in <a href="/wiki/Vilnius" title="Vilnius">Vilnius</a>. The day before, she had a vision of an angel of divine wrath and the <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Holy Trinity</a> to show her the power of the prayers that make up the chaplet. (Diary 474-475)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Faustina wrote that Jesus promised that whoever prays this chaplet will receive great mercy during their lifetime, but especially at the hour of death. These graces can also be obtained by the dying by whose bedside others will say this prayer. Kowalska also stated that Jesus promised that anything can be obtained through this chaplet if it is compatible with his will.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The chaplet is prayed on an ordinary rosary, though according to the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Sisters_of_Our_Lady_of_Mercy" title="Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy">Congregation</a>, the chaplet should not be prayed the same way as the rosary and recited as Jesus dictated it without without interruption and change in the prayers.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Daily_devotions">Daily devotions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Daily devotions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In her diary Kowalska wrote that Jesus specified 3:00 p.m. each day as the hour at which mercy was best received, and asked her to pray the Chaplet of Mercy and venerate the Divine Mercy image at that hour.<sup id="cite_ref-odell137_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odell137-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cleary75_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleary75-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 October 1937, in her diary (Notebook V, item 1320) Kowalska attributed the following statement to Jesus: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>As often as you hear the clock strike the third hour immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it, invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners, for at that moment mercy was opened wide for every soul.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The time of 3:00 p.m. corresponds to the hour at which Jesus died on the cross.<sup id="cite_ref-Cleary75_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleary75-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This hour is called the "hour of Divine Mercy" or the "hour of great mercy".<sup id="cite_ref-odell137_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odell137-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orders_and_institutions">Orders and institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Orders and institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> orders and institutions are devoted to the Divine Mercy. The <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Institute_of_Divine_Mercy" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy">John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy</a> is managed by the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Marian_Fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation of Marian Fathers">Congregation of Marian Fathers</a>, which takes an active role in promoting the Divine Mercy message. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Sisters_of_Our_Lady_of_Mercy" title="Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy">Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy</a>, to which Kowalska belonged, and the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Sisters_of_Merciful_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation of Sisters of Merciful Jesus">Congregation of Sisters of Merciful Jesus</a>, established by <a href="/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Sopo%C4%87ko" title="Michał Sopoćko">Michał Sopoćko</a> on the request of Christ reported by Kowalska, also have a very important role in spreading the devotion. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/World_Apostolic_Congress_on_Mercy" title="World Apostolic Congress on Mercy">World Apostolic Congress on Mercy</a> takes place every third year in various cities of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Mauriello149_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mauriello149-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Continental congresses on Mercy also take place.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Compassion" title="Compassion">Compassion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart" title="Sacred Heart">Sacred Heart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atonement_in_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Atonement in Christianity">Atonement in Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/relations-jews-docs/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_20040708_declaration-buenos-aires_en.html">Vatican.Va: July 8, 2004 Catholic-Jewish Joint Declaration</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ball175-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ball175_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ball175_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ann Ball, 2003 <i>Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices</i> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87973-910-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-87973-910-X">0-87973-910-X</a> page 175</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141127205949/http://www.sedcontra.info/loving-mercy/">"Loving Mercy"</a>. <i>Sed Contra</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sedcontra.info/loving-mercy/">the original</a> on 27 November 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 November</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sed+Contra&rft.atitle=Loving+Mercy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sedcontra.info%2Floving-mercy%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADivine+Mercy+%28Catholic+devotion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(The Diaries of Saint Faustina Kowalska: <i>Diary</i> 965, 1160, 1605, 1693)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Drake85-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Drake85_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Drake85_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Drake85_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Drake85_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Drake85_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Saints of the Jubilee</i> by Tim Drake 2002 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4033-1009-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4033-1009-5">978-1-4033-1009-5</a> pages 85–95</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Butler-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Butler_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butler_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butler_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Butler_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Butler's lives of the saints: the third millennium</i> by Paul Burns, Alban Butler 2001 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-86012-383-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-86012-383-5">978-0-86012-383-5</a> page 252</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ency-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ency_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>New Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 8: Jud-Lyo</i>. <a href="/wiki/Gale_(publisher)" title="Gale (publisher)">Gale</a>. 2003. p. 245. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7876-4012-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7876-4012-3"><bdi>0-7876-4012-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Catholic+Encyclopedia%2C+Vol.+8%3A+Jud-Lyo&rft.pages=245&rft.pub=Gale&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-7876-4012-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADivine+Mercy+%28Catholic+devotion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EWTNCDM-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EWTNCDM_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EWTNCDM_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm">EWTN on the Chaplet of Divine Mercy</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20020817_shrine-divine-mercy_en.html">Vatican 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Mary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe" title="Our Lady of Guadalupe">Guadalupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Lourdes" title="Our Lady of Lourdes">Lourdes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima" title="Our Lady of Fátima">Fátima</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tuam_Cathedral_of_the_Assumption_Sacred_Heart_Detail_2009_09_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stained glass at Tuam Cathedral, depicting Marguerite Marie Alacoque when she receives a revelation of the Sacred Heart"><img alt="Stained glass at Tuam Cathedral, depicting Marguerite Marie Alacoque when she receives a revelation of the Sacred 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Mary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Akita" title="Our Lady of Akita">Akita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Banneux" title="Our Lady of Banneux">Banneux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Beauraing" title="Our Lady of Beauraing">Beauraing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Tears" title="Our Lady of Tears">Campinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Shrine_of_Our_Lady_of_Champion" title="National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion">Champion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Coromoto" title="Our Lady of Coromoto">Coromoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Cuapa" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Lady of Cuapa">Cuapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Gietrzwa%C5%82d" 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