Chaplet Of Divine Mercy
The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, also called the Divine Mercy Chaplet, is a Christian devotion to the Divine Mercy, based on the Christological apparitions of Jesus reported by Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), known as "the Apostle of Mercy." She was a Polish religious sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and canonized as a Catholic saint in 2000. Kowalska stated that she received the prayer through visions and conversations with Jesus, who made specific promises regarding the recitation of the prayers. Her Vatican biography quotes some of these conversations.Vatican Biography of Faustina Kowalska
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Divine Mercy
The Divine Mercy is a form of God's compassion, an act of grace based on trust or forgiveness. In Catholicism, it refers specifically to a devotion which had its origin in the apparitions of Jesus Christ reported by Faustina Kowalska. Etymology The term and concept of divine mercy is from the Hebrew word ''chesed'' ( he, חֶסֶד), which in the Bible can be translated as "great mercy", "goodness", "loving-kindness", "steadfast love", "covenant "faithfulness", "favor", "grace" or "love and mercy", and which refers to God's love for the Children of Israel and for all of humankind. Belief Old Testament The Hebrew word ''rah'amim'' ( he, רחמים) denotes an act of grace based on trust, in a mutual relationship between two people who have obligations to fulfill resulting from their commitments. New Testament In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said of the merciful that they will receive mercy from God and gave examples in the parable of the Good Samaritan and the parable o ...
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