2016-07-29 10:00:00

Divine Mercy devotion "touches the heart" of Poland


(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday was scheduled to visit Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Kraków, Poland.

The Basilica is the resting place of Saint Faustina Kowalska, the founder of the Divine Mercy devotion.

Father Krzysztof Marcjanowicz is from Kraków and now works at the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization.

He told Vatican Radio the Devotion to Divine Mercy is important to the devotional life of the people of Poland.

Listen to the Vatican Viewpoint featuring the interview with Krzysztof Marcjanowicz:

“I think that devotion to the Divine Mercy in Poland is maybe the second largest religious idea immediately after the Madonna in Częstochowa,” – he said – “We feel the idea of Divine Mercy like our personal thoughts and personal thing that touches the heart of every one of us in Poland.”

“Speaking of Divine Mercy, and speaking of God’s Mercy like a general idea: The Mercy is the way God acts with us. If you think about original sin, the first thing that God’s made was to … show that even if you are a sinner, I will not leave you alone,” –he continued – “I will always leave you the way to paradise open; that’s the mercy, because we didn’t gain this, we didn’t even sometimes ask for this. But the Lord is always ready to forgive, and that’s the Divine’s character: the Mercy. It is the way he shows us his love.”








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