Divine Mercy in TLM and Sede circles?

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How are Saint Faustina and the Divine Mercy Chaplet/Devotion regarded by more traditional circles and, (separately) sedevacantists?
 
It was a pre Vat 11 devotion . Trads should be ok with it , I would imagine.

However…
 
Many sedes don’t like it. the group I was in didn’t. Said it seemed like the saint was too complimented. That people would replace the Rosary with the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
 
The weekly schedule for the local ICRSS parish says Sunday 8 April is Low Sunday and Divine Mercy Sunday. If they had anything against any aspect of the devotion, I imagine they would not have acknowledged Divine Mercy Sunday at all.

I can’t answer the second part of the question, as I don’t know any sedevacantists. In any case, no one I’m acquainted with has told me (s)he’s a sedevacantist… 🤔
 
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Although Pope Saint John Paul II officially promulgated it in the 2000s.

But the EF folks have no problem with it.
 
There have been 9 more Ecumenical Councils? Gosh, I’ve missed a lot
(i kid i kid)

I didnt know that it was pre V2
 
I’ve seen a couple of self-identified “Traditionalist” sites that reject the Divine Mercy observance. But one of these is also a site that criticizes Pius X for changing the Breviary and feels Pius XII was a modernist for changing the traditional Easter Triduum, though neither seems to be.a Sede site.
 
1931 St Faustina was talking with Jesus. She died in 1938. She was 33.

Divine Mercy has been around for some time.

St John Paul 11 extended this feast to the whole church in 2000 on canonising St Faustina. This feast was already granted to Poland, and celebrated there and in the Vatican.

The image of Jesus - the original painting was blessed in 1944 and placed in its Chapel, where St Faustina lies today.
 
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For the global chuch. It already existed in Poland.
It was a devotion that begun almost Immediately after her death, got banned, but the ban was reversed in the late 50s. I think St John Paul had a lot to do with the reversal, as a Cardinal.
 
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There are degrees. Some accept it and love it. The more extreme rad-trad types may go so far as to deny its validity. I myself like it and have never encountered someone who dislikes it nor denies it.
 
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I attend a very traditionalist parish. My priest have some reservations about St. Faustina book but said the prayers are ok.
 
There are a few things here that should be kept distinct:
  1. Revelations by Jesus and Mary to St. Faustina are private revelation, approved by the local bishop and the Vatican…but still private revelation. Take it or leave it.
  2. The Diary also contains many spiritual insights from St. Faustina herself. They are comparable to many other spiritual classics. You can accept these insights, regardless of whether you confirm the private revelations.
  3. Faustina is a canonized saint. This is a universal thing, for the Catholic Church.
  4. Her feast day, and also the Divine Mercy Feast, are on the calendar for the Latin Rite - regardless of what you think of the private revelations. I wonder how they handle this in TLM circles, that are not sede? For instance, the Church calendar was occasionally modified in the decades prior to V 2, with the addition of this or that newly canonized saint.
The Feast of Christ the King was added less than 100 years ago. I am guessing the SSPX, and TLM groups unified to the Church, all include this “recent” addition in their calendars. Do they then acknowledge still more recent saints and feast days, like Faustina?
 
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Her feast day, and also the Divine Mercy Feast, are on the calendar for the Latin Rite - regardless of what you think of the private revelations. I wonder how they handle this in TLM circles, that are not sede?
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As UpUpAndAway noted, last Sunday was Low Sunday in the EF calendar. Basically, Divine Mercy Sunday and Low Sunday were combined.
 
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Her feast day, and also the Divine Mercy Feast, are on the calendar for the Latin Rite - regardless of what you think of the private revelations. I wonder how they handle this in TLM circles, that are not sede? For instance, the Church calendar was occasionally modified in the decades prior to V 2, with the addition of this or that newly canonized saint.

The Feast of Christ the King was added less than 100 years ago. I am guessing the SSPX, and TLM groups unified to the Church, all include this “recent” addition in their calendars. Do they then acknowledge still more recent saints and feast days, like Faustina?
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As explained in one of the articles I shared earlier:
Consequently, every year on the Sunday following Easter, which is called Low Sunday - in Latin it is called Dominica in Albis, Sunday in White - I am asked this question, “Father, why don’t we celebrate the Divine Mercy Sunday?”

Now, the easy answer would be, “We don’t do it because it’s not in the traditional calendar.” But, then, the feast of Padre Pio also is not in the traditional calendar, but we celebrate it. We do it as prescribed in the Common of the Missal, which allows us to honor recently canonized saints.
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I guess it depends on who you ask. I’ve seen some Thomists claim Divine Mercy is heretical, so I’m guessing opinions are a mixed bag…
 
Most people I know who don’t like the Divine Mercy devotion see it as a Polish only thing.
 
Usually St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy devotion are reviled in rad trad circles. Personally, I believe it’s just a refusal to accept the authority of the Church again.
 
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