Also connected with the Feast of Divine Mercy (Diary, no. 699) is complete remission of sin to those who, before the feast, go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on this day.

When Divine Mercy Sunday rolls around again this year, the faithful have the opportunity to take refuge in the depths of Christ’s mercy by receiving either a plenary or partial indulgence.

This leads us to ask what today's readings tell us about divine mercy. Sunday of Divine Mercy. April 16, 2023. Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 118 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31.

Pope John Paul II called Saint Faustina the “great apostle of Divine Mercy in our time.” Born in Poland on Aug. 25, 1905, Saint Faustina was baptized as Helen Kowalska.

Original painting of the Divine Mercy (by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski in 1934). This is the only painting which was done under the indications of Sister Faustina when she was still alive, unlike the ...

The Divine Mercy novena prayers were given to St. Faustina through an apparition of our Lord Jesus. Each day has a new petition that seeks God’s mercy for different purposes.

The Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well brings Divine Mercy to its fullest light. Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890), “Christ and the Woman at the Well” (photo: Public Domain) Peter Laffin Blogs ...

Divine Mercy Sunday is the first Sunday after Easter, and it celebrates the unfathomable mercy of Jesus Christ, a D.C.-based religious sister told Fox News Digital.

Richard, a retired Duke Divinity School professor of New Testament, is author of the 1996 book The Moral Vision of the New Testament, which has been cited extensively in arguments against queer ...

On this day in history, September 4, 2016, Mother Teresa is canonized: 'Generous dispenser of divine mercy' The canonization occurred a day before the 19th anniversary of her death.