SALEM Cardinal Seán P. O Malley visited the St. John Paul II Shrine of Divine Mercy for the celebration of Mass on April 11, Divine Mercy Sunday.
Formerly St. John the Baptist Polish Church, the St. John Paul II Shrine of Divine Mercy emphasizes the contributions of two Polish saints: St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, who received the commission of the Divine Mercy image in her visions of Christ, and St. Pope John Paul II, who instituted the Sunday after Easter as the feast of Divine Mercy.
Concelebrating the Mass with the cardinal were the shrine s rector, Father Robert Bedzinski, S.Chr., and Father Jacek Walkiewicz, provincial of the Society of Christ Fathers for Poles Living Abroad, which ministers to the Polish diaspora. The celebration concluded with the recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Short Story (Podcast) for Divine Mercy Sunday - Dostoevsky The Honest Thief
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An old soldier who has taken up the tailor s trade and rooms with an old woman, takes pity on a dissolute alcoholic. The drunkard steals from him, initially denies it; guilt-racked, the drunkard disappears for a long time, at the end, comes back to die after nearly starving himself and nearly freezing on the street, seeking redemption - The Honest Thief .
Divine Mercy. What is it? (After a life spent without developing a relationship with Jesus, He will come to a dying soul three times to offer His mercy.)
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As Greg Zannetti jogs the streets of Rome, it’s almost as if a Bernini sculpture or a Michelangelo masterpiece is breathing.
He’ll pass the Colosseum and seemingly a centuries-old church on every corner.
Sometimes he’ll practice wrestling moves on a grass field with the dome of St. Peter s Basilica draped in the background.
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New Jersey wrestling fans are familiar with the Zannetti name. Greg was nationally ranked at Rutgers and a state finalist for J.P. Stevens High School.
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The parishes in and around Great Bend will celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday with a solemn hour of prayer and benediction at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 11 at Saint Rose of Lima Church, 1412 Baker Ave in Great Bend.
The service will include adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the Divine Mercy Chaplet in song, as well as prayers, music and meditation. Confessions will be heard during the service.
Devotion for Divine Mercy began in the 1930s when Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish nun, received special communications with Jesus in which he asked her to have this image painted to spread the message of his mercy.