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Divine Mercy Sunday

by CNA Staff Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 15, 2022 / 07:26 am Pope Francis has called God’s mercy “an abyss beyond our comprehension.” “God’s mercy can make even the driest land become a garden, can restore life to dry bones ( Ez 37:1-14),” the pope said in his very first …

11:00 a.m. Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains, Cincinnati Ohio 11:00 a.m. St. Helen & Immaculate Conception Parish, Dayton Ohio 11:45 p.m. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. 2:15 p.m. Misa del Domingo de Pascua , Basilica of the National Shrine of …

CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2020 / 02:45 pm MT (CNA).- On April 30, 2000, the Church officially declared the Sunday after Easter to be “Divine Mercy Sunday,” an annual celebration of the mercy of God. The celebration usually centers around the image of Divine Mercy painted by St. Faustina Kowalska, …

by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Apr 8, 2021 / 08:00 am America/Denver (CNA). On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis will offer Mass in a church containing the relics of both St. Faustina Kowalska and St. John Paul II. This will be the second year that the pope has chosen to …

CNA Staff, Apr 1, 2021 / 12:00 am MT (CNA).- The Divine Mercy Novena begins tomorrow, Good Friday. Our Blessed Lord gave Sr. Faustina (for herself only initially) a Novena to His Mercy. She was to start it on Good Friday, that wonderful day when Christ first revealed how merciful …

Eucharistic procession on Divine Mercy Sunday from Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Catholic Church on Capitol Hill. Credit: Robin Fennelly
by Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Apr 20, 2020 / 03:10 pm MT (CNA).- Catholics around the world marked Divine Mercy Sunday at home, as public liturgies remain cancelled in many dioceses due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But one parish in Washington, D.C., found a way to bring the Lord …

A side chapel dedicated to Divine Mercy in the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia. Credit: ACI Stampa.
by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Apr 17, 2020 / 10:00 am (CNA).- On Divine Mercy Sunday Pope Francis will offer Mass in a church containing the relics of both St. Faustina Kowalska and St. John Paul II. This Sunday will mark the 20th liturgical anniversary of St. Faustina’s canonization and …

CNA Staff, Apr 16, 2020 / 02:45 pm (CNA).- On April 30, 2000, the Church officially declared the Sunday after Easter to be “Divine Mercy Sunday,” an annual celebration of the mercy of God. The celebration usually centers around the image of Divine Mercy painted by St. Faustina Kowalska, which …

For the past few weeks, Jesus has repeatedly placed His Divine Mercy into my path: Initially through a close friend, then in my Bible study, and still again through a priest’s homily. When devotions show up over and over, it’s time to say, “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” Christ’s …

This Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday. Divine Mercy Sunday is a very special Sunday when the Divine Floodgates from Heaven are wide-opened and Jesus offers us the total forgiveness of all sins and punishment to any soul, who goes to Confession and receives Him in Holy Communion, on that day …