Second Sunday of Easter in the Roman Catholic Church celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday. On April 19, 2020 in Corpus Christi Church in the front of altar who was dedicated to Divine Mercy, parishioners pray and offer prayers to end of pandemic. Saint Pope John Paul II instituted Divine Mercy Sunday on the occasion of the canonization of St. Faustina, April 30, 2000. Faustyna Kowalska (1905–1938), was a Polish Roman Catholic nun and mystic. Her apparitions of Jesus Christ inspired the Roman Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy and earned her the title of “Secretary of Divine Mercy”.
Divine Mercy Sunday
Photos: Fr. Michal Czyzewski visits St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy’s school
On Monday, April 29, 2019, day after Divine Mary Sunday, Fr. Michal Czyzewski (pastor of Corpus Christi Church in Buffalo), visited Saint Luke’s Mission of Mercy – School (325 Walden Ave, Buffalo). He prayed with the students and teachers. During the meeting with the students Fr. Czyzewski presented Divine Mercy Image and spoke about the Polish nun, saint Sister Faustina Kowalska (1905 – 1938) an apostle of Divine Mercy. When she was canonized in 2000 under the direction of fellow countryman Pope saint John Paul II, he proclaimed that the Second Sunday of Easter would henceforth be known as Divine Mercy Sunday.
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Divine Mercy Sunday at Corpus Christi Church
Divine Mercy Sunday, April 28th
- 9:30 a.m. Mass (English)
- 2:00 p.m. Mass (Polish and English)
- 3:00 p.m. Exposition Blessed Sacrament and Divine Mercy Chaplet
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