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VOLUME XCI - NO. 12 | 115 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GOSPEL | APRIL 4-10, 2015
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Age of
O
n Easter Sunday millions of Catho-
lics gather with family and friends
to celebrate the day when Christ
conquered death and rose from the dead.
But that's not the end of the story.
The understanding of Christian life
reaches completion on Divine Mercy
Sunday, held a week after Easter Sunday,
when faithful are reminded of the mercy
a• orded to them by Christ's resurrection,
explained Father Marcus Marek, pastor
of St. Joseph Polish Parish.
"As Catholics, we stress that after
Good Friday there's Easter Sunday when
we recognize the resurrection," Father
Marek said. "With Divine Mercy, it is like
one complete message. Through Christ's
cross and resurrection we have mercy
coming into this world for us."
In a spiritually-rich convergence of
mercy, this year marks the 10-year anni-
versary of St. John Paul II's death—which
occurred on the vigil of Divine Mercy on
April 2, 2005—and without whom the
feast would not be recognized today. The
devotion of divine mercy was relayed
by a Polish nun the late pope canonized
before his death, St. Maria Faustina
Kowalska, who shared the message that
Christ's love and mercy are
stronger than sin.
BY NISSA LAPOINT
303-715-3138
nissa.lapoint@archden.org
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This Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12, marks a signifi cant day when the Church's teaching on mercy will reach a pinnacle. Faithful
across the world will remember St. John Paul II's death, which occurred on the vigil of Divine Mercy in 2005, and St. Maria Kowalska,
who shared Christ's message of mercy to the world. The late pope canonized the saint and established Divine Mercy Sunday, also
anticipated as the day Pope Francis will o… cially proclaim a Year of Mercy starting this December.
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