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and Water” from Christ’s “pierced Heart” while on His Cross on Calvary and, although hidden,
He had many scars from the multiple “wounds” inflicted upon Him during His Passion and
Crucifixion (Diary, # 408, 414, xxii-xxiii).
There is also a link between the Divine Mercy Image and the Holy Eucharist. During the
procession on the Feast of the Corpus Christi, which Sr. Faustina attended on June 20, 1935, as
the Priest exposed the Blessed Sacrament, she saw in a vision that the rays from the exposed
Divine Mercy Image at the altar, “pierced the Sacred Host and spread out all over the world”
(Diary, # 441). She then heard Jesus tell her, “These rays of mercy will pass through you, just as
they have passed through this Host, and they will go out through all the world” (Diary, # 441).
On the great blessings of venerating the Divine Mercy Image, especially on the Feast of
Mercy, Jesus told Sr. Faustina:
I am the King of mercy. I desire that this Image be displayed in public on the first
Sunday after Easter…Through the Word Incarnate, I make known the bottomless
depth of My mercy (Diary, # 88)…
Already there are many souls who have been drawn to My love by this Image. My
mercy acts in souls through this work (Diary, # 1379)…
By means of this Image, I shall be granting many graces to souls; so let every soul
have access to it (Diary, # 570, 742)...
I promise that the soul that will venerate this Image will not perish. I also promise
victory over its enemies, already here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I
Myself will defend it as My own glory (Diary, # 48)…
(3.2) The Feast of the Divine Mercy (Divine Mercy Sunday) 344
The “Feast of Mercy” towers above all of the features and the forms of the Divine Mercy
devotions communicated to Sr. Faustina (Diary, # 49, xxiii). As Jesus told Sr. Faustina, “The
Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly
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Ibid., Faustina, Diary, 47-50, 420, 341, 300, 699, 742, xxiii-xxiv; EWTN Global Catholic Network. “St.
Faustina Kowalska: Feast of Mercy,” Internet, 1-2..
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