Divine Mercy Sunday Canonizations

APRIL 27, 2014   ST. PETER'S BASILICA, VATICAN CITY  

HOLY MASS AND CANONIZATIONS OF BLESSEDS JOHN XXIII AND JOHN PAUL II

Huge banners with portraits of the two former popes were displayed on the facade of the basilica.  St. Peter's square was adorned with more than 30,000 roses from Ecuador.

POPE FRANCIS

POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XV1, 87 -YEAR-OLD PREDECESSOR OF POPE FRANCIS, WAS DRESSED IN THE WHITE ROBES OF A CARDINAL

HOLY RELICS OF SAINT JOHN XX111 (SKIN)  AND  SAINT JOHN PAUL II (BLOOD)

HOLY COMMUNION TO MORE THAN 800,000 PILGRIMS BY HUNDREDS OF PRIEST AND 70 DEACONS.  THE CROWD BRAVED THE CHILL AND OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS.

THE EVENT THAT INVOLVED THE PARTICIPATION OF FOUR POPES WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CATHOLICS AND EVEN NON-CATHOLICS.  THE VATICAN SAID 150 CARDINALS, 700 BISHOPS, 24 HEADS OF STATE AND 93 OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS ALSO ATTENDED.  POLISH PRESIDENT BRONISLAW KOMOROWSKI SNAPPED SELFIES WITH THE PONTIFF.

QUEEN SOFIA OF SPAIN GREETED THE POPE WITH HER HUSBAND KING JUAN CARLOS. 

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SUNDAY APRIL 7, 2013  FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY

Pope John Paul II as a further sign of his attachment to the Divine Mercy devotion, has authorized the recognition of a plenary indulgence (indulgence that remits the full temporal punishment incurred by a sinner) to Catholics who participate fully in the devotion on the Sunday after Easter.

"To ensure that the faithful live this celebration with intense piety, the supreme pontiff has ordered that the Sunday be enriched with the plenary indulgence."  Vatican announcement on August 3,2002.

Saint Faustina of Poland  http://www.catholicity.com/prayer/divinemercy.html

Divine Mercy Novena  (March 29 - April 6, 2013)

 http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm

Divine Mercy Prayer Song  http://youtu.be/Eym833fy8Uc



Published  4/1/13  ust1611 blogspot


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