Divine Mercy Sunday
Divine Mercy Sunday
Find information about Divine Mercy Sunday (a week after Easter Sunday) and a prayer to say after Communion that day.
About Divine Mercy Sunday
About the Divine Mercy Devotion
Divine Mercy Sunday
On Divine Mercy Sunday, there may be a special celebration at your local parish. If not, you can attend Mass and stay longer to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and spend time praying in front of the tabernacle or in Adoration.
Prayer After Communion
How to Obtain an Indulgence
On Divine Mercy Sunday (the Sunday after Easter), there is a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions (Confession, Communion, prayer for the Pope’s intentions). There is a partial indulgence when some of these conditions are met.
- Celebrate the Feast on the Sunday after Easter;
- Sincerely repent of all our sins;
- Place our complete trust in Jesus;
- Go to Confession, preferably before that Sunday;
- Receive Holy Communion on the day of the Feast;
- Venerate the Image of The Divine Mercy (To venerate a sacred image or statue simply means to perform some act or make some gesture of deep religious respect toward it because of the person whom it represents, in this case, our Most Merciful Saviour.);
- Be merciful to others, through our actions, words, and prayers on their behalf.
Click to read the Vatican Decree on the indulgences attached to devotions of Divine Mercy.
The Chaplet
The Novena
Divine Mercy Novena Prayers
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CREDITS
The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere in 2009. We have the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.
A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.
Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.
The depiction of Divine Mercy (with the ribbon label) by Vilinius was painted on 22 February 1931 under the direction of St. Faustina Kowalska.
The close-up of Jesus was painted in 1934 by Eugenius Kazimirowski based on the request of Saint Faustina and her confessor Michael Sopocko.
Saracrl shared the close-up of the feet of our Lord from the Divine Mercy painting on Cathopic.
The painting of St. Faustina is by an unknown artist and is considered public domain by Wikipedia.
Our information is from general knowledge, experience, and shared internet resources. We’d like you to use it as a starting point for your research to verify facts and build a reference list.
IN REVIEW
The Divine Mercy devotion originated with St. Faustina Kowalska OLM in 1931. On June 13, 2002, St. (Pope) John Paul II granted it indulgences. Meditating on the suffering of our Lord, we can pray daily during the 3:00 to 4:00 hour. Once a year, we can pray for nine days in preparation for the Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday, beginning on Good Friday.
Father Chris Alar MIC of the Divine Mercy Shrine (Stockbridge, MA) shared a prayer to say after Communion on Divine Mercy Sunday:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me, a poor sinner. Jesus, you promised St. Faustina that the soul who has been to Confession (I have) and the soul that receives Holy Communion (I just did) will receive the complete forgiveness of all sin and punishment. Please give me this grace. (Option to add: Jesus, I trust in You.) Amen
There is a plenary indulgence under usual conditions. Also, venerate the image of Divine Mercy and be merciful to others through our actions, words, and prayers on their behalf.
There is a partial indulgence when some of the conditions are met.