Devotion to the Divine Mercy. According to Faustina Kowalska Cover Image

La devocion a la Divina Misericordia segun Santa Faustina Kowalska
Devotion to the Divine Mercy. According to Faustina Kowalska

Author(s): Jan Machniak
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: divine mercy; parish; Sister Faustina; Catholic Church;

Summary/Abstract: The devotion to Divine Mercy is one form of the cult of God with the proper object, which is God in the Mystery of the Holy Trinity. It is the part of the Christian piety directed to God Father, who revealed his Mercy in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The new forms of the devotion to Divine Mercy proposed by Saint Sister Faustina contains the Feast of Divine Merci, celebrated on Mercy Sunday, the veneration of the image of Merciful Jesus and the Chaplet to Divine Mercy. John Paul II in the canonization of Sister Faustina proposed this devotion to the entire Church.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 25-40
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Spanish