Eastern/Oriental Divine Mercy Sunday?

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There’s a thread in the TC forum entitled [thread=773943]Do All Priests/Deacons/Nuns Believe in the Divine Mercy?[/thread], and it prompts me to ask something here:

Yesterday was, of course, New Sunday (at least it was on the Syriac calendar). The question is, did any other of our Eastern and Oriental members experience an observance of “Divine Mercy Sunday” in its place? Along with it? If so, which took precedence? And again if so, how was it done?
 
malphono said:
There’s a thread in the TC forum entitled [thread=773943]Do All Priests/Deacons/Nuns Believe in the Divine Mercy?[/thread], and it prompts me to ask something here:

Yesterday was, of course, New Sunday (at least it was on the Syriac calendar). The question is, did any other of our Eastern and Oriental members experience an observance of “Divine Mercy Sunday” in its place? Along with it? If so, which took precedence? And again if so, how was it done?
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well we didn’t have Divine Liturgy this past Sunday but i do remember that last year we did and no it wasn’t about Divine Mercy. Everyone referred to it as Thomas Sunday.
 
Yeah, I know a lot of Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox consider the Second Sunday of Easter “Thomas Sunday”.
 
malphono said:
There’s a thread in the TC forum entitled [thread=773943]Do All Priests/Deacons/Nuns Believe in the Divine Mercy?[/thread], and it prompts me to ask something here:

Yesterday was, of course, New Sunday (at least it was on the Syriac calendar). The question is, did any other of our Eastern and Oriental members experience an observance of “Divine Mercy Sunday” in its place? Along with it? If so, which took precedence? And again if so, how was it done?
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We (Byzantine) celebrated **Second Sunday of Pascha: Thomas Sunday with readings **Acts 5:12-20, and John 20:19-31. At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy we had artos bread that was blessed. “By Thy might root out from us all sickness and infirmity, granting health unto all”.
 
malphono said:
There’s a thread in the TC forum entitled [thread=773943]Do All Priests/Deacons/Nuns Believe in the Divine Mercy?[/thread], and it prompts me to ask something here:

Yesterday was, of course, New Sunday (at least it was on the Syriac calendar). The question is, did any other of our Eastern and Oriental members experience an observance of “Divine Mercy Sunday” in its place? Along with it? If so, which took precedence? And again if so, how was it done?
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No Divine Mercy propers, but a Divine Mercy sermon.
 
No, we do not celebrate the Feast of the Divine Mercy because the Sunday following Pascha in the Eastern Church is always Thomas Sunday. That’s the day we hear the Gospel about “Doubting” (or “Dowting” as some of my ECF students spelled it on a pop quiz yesterday:D) Thomas.

Certainly any individual, Eastern or Western Catholic (or non-Catholic for that matter) may follow any private devotion they wish; but Tradition and the Liturgical Cycle take precedence for us. 👍
 
malphono said:
There’s a thread in the TC forum entitled [thread=773943]Do All Priests/Deacons/Nuns Believe in the Divine Mercy?[/thread], and it prompts me to ask something here:

Yesterday was, of course, New Sunday (at least it was on the Syriac calendar). The question is, did any other of our Eastern and Oriental members experience an observance of “Divine Mercy Sunday” in its place? Along with it? If so, which took precedence? And again if so, how was it done?
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The Polish National Catholic Church is pretty big on Divine Mercy Sunday … although that’s not entirely relevant since they’re not Orthodox or EC.

Anyhow, I happened to go to a UGCC parish this weekend, and I don’t remember Divine Mercy being mentioned. It was called New Sunday / Sunday of St Thomas.
 
We celebrated Third Sunday of Lent: the Veneration of the Holy Cross, Repose of St Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America.
Troparion:
Let the heavens rejoice!
Let the earth be glad!
For the Lord has shown strength with His arm.
He has trampled down death by death.
He has become the first born of the dead.
He has delivered us from the depths of hell,
and has granted to the world//
great mercy.

Before Your Cross, we bow down in worship, O Master,
and Your holy Resurrection, we glorify.
 
5Loaves said:
We celebrated Third Sunday of Lent: the Veneration of the Holy Cross, Repose of St Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America.
Troparion:
Let the heavens rejoice!
Let the earth be glad!
For the Lord has shown strength with His arm.
He has trampled down death by death.
He has become the first born of the dead.
He has delivered us from the depths of hell,
and has granted to the world//
great mercy.

Before Your Cross, we bow down in worship, O Master,
and Your holy Resurrection, we glorify.
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continued blessed Great Lent. We’ll be waiting for you, at the proverbial finish line!
 
At the Divine Liturgy we celebrate Divine Mercy every Sunday! I think that Sister Faustina may have even borrowed the prayer from the Divine Liturgy. Every Sunday we pray (sing) 3 times before the Prokeimenon:

Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. (3 times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
now and ever and forever, Amen
Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us

Sound familiar?
 
rciadan said:
At the Divine Liturgy we celebrate Divine Mercy every Sunday! I think that Sister Faustina may have even borrowed the prayer from the Divine Liturgy. Every Sunday we pray (sing) 3 times before the Prokeimenon:

Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us. (3 times)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
now and ever and forever, Amen
Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us

Sound familiar?
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She didn’t borrow it, it was given to her. And while it is not part of the ordinary of the Mass, she would have prayed that prayer at least every Good Friday in the Roman liturgy.
 
aemcpa said:
She didn’t borrow it, it was given to her. And while it is not part of the ordinary of the Mass, she would have prayed that prayer at least every Good Friday in the Roman liturgy.
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It was not part of the Roman liturgy of Good Friday pre Vatican II
 
rciadan said:
My point is that in the DL it is prayed* every *Sunday.
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My point is that we all know that already, so you don’t need to point it out to us as if it’s some new revelation that you are the first person to enlighten us with.
 
You don’t need to be so rude. How do you know who knows what, and what right do you have to speak for anyone but yourself? It is new to me, and I am excited to share it.
 
aemcpa said:
She didn’t borrow it, it was given to her.
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When you say “it was given to her”, what exactly do you mean? I’m not trying to be argumentative (no, really! 😃 ) but have always been curious - since this is a prayer that has been part of the Eastern Divine Liturgy for centuries, I would just assume she borrowed it - how could something that’s already publicly available be “given” to someone as a private revelation?

My feeling is that the Trisagion prayers were not part of the revelation, just something she added because, well, it is truly proper to do so. 😉
 
theistgal said:
When you say “it was given to her”, what exactly do you mean? I’m not trying to be argumentative (no, really! 😃 ) but have always been curious - since this is a prayer that has been part of the Eastern Divine Liturgy for centuries, I would just assume she borrowed it - how could something that’s already publicly available be “given” to someone as a private revelation?

My feeling is that the Trisagion prayers were not part of the revelation, just something she added because, well, it is truly proper to do so. 😉
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St. Faustina’s Diary, #476:

**"The next morning, when I entered chapel, I heard these words interiorly:
Every time you enter the chapel, immediately recite the prayer which I taught you yesterday.
When I had said the prayer, in my soul I heard these words:
This prayer will serve to appease My wrath. You will recite it for nine days, on the beads of the rosary, in the following manner: First of all, you will say one OUR FATHER and HAIL MARY and the I BELIEVE IN GOD. Then on the OUR FATHER beads you will say the following words: “Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.” On the HAIL MARY beads you will say the following words: “For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world.” In conclusion, three times you will recite these words: “Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.” **
 
aemcpa said:
My point is that we all know that already, so you don’t need to point it out to us as if it’s some new revelation that you are the first person to enlighten us with.
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Is there really any reason fort he rude tone of this post? 😦 Rciadan was just pointing a similarity in the Divine Mercy prayer and the Triasagon prayer used in every Divine Liturgy. If you already knew that then great, but not every Latin Catholic does.
 
rciadan said:
You don’t need to be so rude. How do you know who knows what, and what right do you have to speak for anyone but yourself? It is new to me, and I am excited to share it.
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I am sure there are posters here who didnt know that and didn`t mind being 'enlightened "in the least!👍
 
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