Does a Divine Mercy Statue fulfill the the promise of venerating the image of the Divine Mercy?

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I think an image or a statue can help, but in and if itself I don’t think it does. What really matters is not having an image or how many times you say the chaplet, but your love of and trust in God which should be manifested in your daily life. Just my opinion, because I think some people focus a lot on the externals, which can aide us in prayer and virtue, but are not the most important thing and should lead to deeper prayer and relationship with God
 
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Does a statue of the Divine Mercy count for the promise of venerating the image of the Divine Mercy? Here is a link to the promises: https://fathersofmercy.com/promises-attached-to-chaplet-of-divine-mercy/

I feel like it should count but then again maybe God may want me to follow his instructions exactly. A statue is like an image though especially if you take a picture of it.
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I don’t see why not. A statue IS an image, just a three-dimensional one. Did Sister Faustina specify that it had to be painted onto a surface and two-dimensional?

In any event, it is just a private devotion. You can do whatever you want with it.
 
I don’t think there are any specifications but the devotion started from a painting.
 
Yes but I’m not talking about the interior prayer life of the divine mercy but about a specific promise on venerating an image of the Divine Mercy.
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Just my opinion, because I think some people focus a lot on the externals,
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And St.John of the Cross would agree with you as he mentioned in his book Dark Night of the Soul.
 
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If you use it to pray the DMC then it probably counts. But the point of the veneration and the promises is to bring is closer to God. If you just carry out the externals, but you don’t try to live it out and take it to heart than it means nothing
 
You are probably right about taking it to heart and living it out; but I’m just going what the promise said. Maybe by the veneration of the image will lead them to that way of life at least in thought and small aspirations, not necessary in long prayers and chaplets.
 
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We’ll probably saying small aspirations like “Jesus I trust in You” while venerating the image is enough. God isn’t so legalistic. I think if you intend to venerate it and glorify his Mercy and do what you are able you are good
 
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