Divine Mercy - Revised Edition

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Divine Mercy: A Guide from Genesis to Benedict XVI

More than a Devotion...

Understand Divine Mercy and Its Importance Today. What exactly is God’s mercy? Where do we find it in Sacred Scripture? What is the basis for it in the life of the Church?

Dr. Robert Stackpole, STD, a university professor and expert on Divine Mercy, addresses these questions as he takes the reader on a tour of God’s mercy in Scripture and Church history. In Divine Mercy: A Guide from Genesis to Pope Benedict XVI, journey from the Garden of Eden to the Hill of Calvary. Discover God’s mercy in the writings of the Church’s great theologians, as well as in the life and teaching of many of its most preeminent saints. Learn of St. Faustina’s call to spread The Divine Mercy message in our time and Pope John Paul II’s legacy of mercy, which has influenced Pope Benedict XVI, his successor.

Groups of all kinds — in the Divine Mercy movement at large, in parishes, and at universities — will find this book an essential guide to a deeper understanding of God’ mercy. To enhance its use by groups, Dr. Stackpole has included study questions and a discussion starter at the end of each section in his chapters. Whether used by groups or individuals, this book belongs in the library of every Catholic.

This revised edition takes you on a tour of Divine Mercy throughout salvation history, through the Old and New Testaments, in the writings of the Church's great theologians, and in the lives and writings of the saints down through the ages. In this revised edition, Dr. Stackpole expands his chapter on the great theologian St. Augustine, includes a new chapter on the spiritual master St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and highlights the involvement of Pope Benedict XVI at the first World Apostolic Congress on Mercy in 2008.

* The John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy is an apostolate of the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception – a congregation that has promoted the authentic Divine Mercy message since 1941. The Institute provides “formation and research in The Divine Mercy message and devotion as it is revealed in Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and in the life and writings of St. Faustina Kowalska.”

* Dr. Robert Stackpole, STD, is Professor of Theology at Redeemer Pacific College and Director of the John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy. He is the author of numerous online and print articles on Divine Mercy, as well as the book Jesus, Mercy Incarnate and editor of Pillars of Fire in My Soul: The Spirituality of St. Faustina.

Wonderful study of Divine Mercy and how it has been revealed throughout history.

St. Maria Faustina

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 10/05 Patron Of: Dying, Poor Souls, Sinners Brief Biography Often called the "Apostle of Divine Mercy" Sr. Maria Faustina Kowalska was the third of ten children, she attended only three years of school. As a teenager, she worked as a domestic servant for other families. After being rejected by several religious orders, she became a nun in the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Warsaw, Poland on 1 August 1925; the order is devoted to care and education of troubled young women. She changed her name to Sister Maria Faustina of the Most Blessed Sacrament. During her 13 years in various houses, she was a cook, gardener, and porter. She had a special devotion to Mary Immaculate, to the Blessed Sacrament, and to Reconciliation, which led to a deep mystical interior life. She began to have visions, receive revelations, and experience hidden stigmata. She began recording these mystical experiences in a diary; being nearly illiterate, it was written phonetically, without quotation marks or punctuation, and runs to nearly 700 pages. A bad translation reached Rome in 1958, and was labelled heretical. However, when Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) became Archbishop of Krakow, he was beseiged by requests for a reconsideration. He ordered a better translation made, and Vatican authorities realized that instead of heresy, the work proclaimed God's love. It was published as "Divine Mercy in my Soul." In the 1930's, Sister Faustina received a message of mercy from Our Lord that she was told to spread throughout the world, a message of God's mercy to each person individually, and for humanity as a whole. Jesus asked that a picture be painted of him with the inscription: "Jesus, I Trust in You." She was asked to be a model of mercy to others, to live her entire life, in imitation of Christ's, as a sacrifice. She commissioned this painting in 1935, showing a red and a white light shining from Christ's Sacred Heart. The Apostles of Divine Mercy is a movement of priests, religious, and lay people inspired by Faustina's experiences; they spread knowledge of the mystery of Divine Mercy, and invoke God's mercy on sinners. Approved in 1996 by the Archdiocese of Krakow, it has spread to 29 countries. The Divine Mercy Devotion is now the second most popular Catholic devotion in the world, surpassed only by the Holy Rosary. Born 25 August 1905 at Glogowiec, Poland as Elena (Helena) Kowalska Died 5 October 1938 at Krakow, Poland of tuberculosis Venerated: 03/07/1992 Beatified: 04/18/1993 Canonized: 04/30/2000 All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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