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Pythagoras
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In Jesus’ apparitions, does He always come with the stigmata?
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wild_thing
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Yes.
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PopePiusXIISupp
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Yes but not with the Divine Mercy. (I took a close look at the original painting and no stigmata)
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Jeannie52
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If Jesus were to appear without the stigmata that would mean His Passion on the Cross did not happen and that would be a massive LIE. The stigmata, His 5 wounds, are the Holy Marks, if you will, that were inflicted in His Holy Body from the nails and His wound on His Heart from the spear that the Centurion pierced Jesus with. His Holy Wounds will remain with Him throughout eternity. The stigmata are from Jesus’ Passion, they are in His RISEN Holy Body as He is.
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PopePiusXIISupp
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Normally I would put a response like that but brain is slow in the morning.
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oliver927
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I am confused by this statement. How can the answer be a Yes, this always is the case, if you found one instance where it not so?
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midori
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How about instances of Jesus appearing as the Child Jesus, ie, to St. Anthony, to St. Theresa of Avila, to St. Faustina? I think that those sorts of apparitions are lacking the stigmata.
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Antegin
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Remember that St. Faustina was displeased with that first rendering, she found it so inadequate that it reduced her to tears.
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Jeannie52
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I am looking at one of my Holy Cards of the Divine Mercy painting that I keep in my wallet (with the inscription “Jesus, I trust in you”. The back of this Holy card has Jesus Promises Great Graces Through This Image & These Prayers" and it states the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.)
This Divine Mercy Holy Card does show Jesus’ Holy Wounds --the stigmata-- on His Holy Hands and on His Holy Feet. He is wearing a full white robe so His Holy Wound by His Heart from the spear piercing Him is not visible in His image as He appeared to St. Faustina. Also His white robe is long down to His Holy Feet however, I can see the red stigmata on His Feet.
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Jeannie52
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Yes, St. Faustina was displeased to tears however, she wrote in her diary:
“When I was visiting the artist who was painting the image, and saw that it was not as Jesus is, I felt very saw “saw” maybe supposed to be “raw”, I do not know) about it, but I hid this deep in my heart. (…) Mother Superior stayed in town to attend to some matters while I returned home alone. I went immediately to the chapel and wept a good deal. I said to Our Lord: Who will paint You as beautiful as You are? Then I heard these words: Not in the beauty of the color, nor of the brush lies the greatness of this image, but in My grace” (Diary, 313).
From this conversation emanates the sincerity of a person gifted with a supernatural grace, who in her mystical experiences has seen the beauty of the Risen Savior. Our Lord Jesus often appeared to s. Faustina as He was shown in the image (Diary 473; 500; 851; 1046; 1565), and also requested many times that the painted image be available for veneration by the faithful. This suggests that Our Lord Jesus accepted the painted image - blessing it by His living presence.
Thanks to the efforts of Father Sopocko, the Image of Merciful Savior was put on display
in the window of the chapel of the Holy Mother of Mercy in Vilnius during the closing ceremonies of the Jubilee of the Redemption of the World, 26-28 April 1935. It was here that, for the first time, it provided inspiration for the prayers of a large number of the faithful. On the last day of the ceremonies - the first Sunday after Easter - Sister Faustina participated in the service. During the sermon on Divine Mercy, Father Sopocko said, “Yes, this is how the Lord Jesus wanted it”.
There was no other subsequent painting of the DM image to my knowledge but if someone finds documentation that St. Faustina had a second image of the DM painted please let me know and correct me. I really appreciate it!
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