(PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN)
Initiated by Saint John Paul II on April 30, 2000 during the canonization of Polish nun Saint Faustina Kowalska, the Apostle of Divine Mercy, devotees habitually recite the Novena and Chaplet of the Divine Mercy every day at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
The world’s tallest statue of the Divine Mercy at 100 feet may be found at the National Shrine of Divine Mercy in Marilao, Bulacan. It was blessed and dedicated during the 4th World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM) which was held in the country in 2017.
Divine Mercy Sunday focuses on the diary of St. Faustina, who wrote in the 1930s for mankind to know about Jesus’ great mercy and His promise of complete forgiveness of sins on this day.