Question: Divine Mercy preparation

[Loboto-Me]

I confuse easily, and this is no exception concerning Divine Mercy, so I’ve been trying to prepare myself in advance so that I don’t screw all of it up. I understand that even if I don’t do it perfectly, it would still be an indulgence anyway so I’m not really too stressed out about it.

Now to my question:

I want the image solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it. (Diary 341)

Am I understanding that I need to find a divine mercy image, and get it blessed, then to display it in my home for all to see? I’m wondering if this is a request for the Church to do it or if it’s a personal request.

I also just found out that I’m to start the Novena on Good friday! It’s a good thing I am preparing for this and re-reading because I was going to start the novena on Divine Mercy Sunday! You can never over prepare in my case it seems.

 

[BVM_1221]

I confuse easily, and this is no exception concerning Divine Mercy, so I’ve been trying to prepare myself in advance so that I don’t screw all of it up. I understand that even if I don’t do it perfectly, it would still be an indulgence anyway so I’m not really too stressed out about it.

Now to my question:

I want the image solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it. (Diary 341)

Am I understanding that I need to find a divine mercy image, and get it blessed, then to display it in my home for all to see? I’m wondering if this is a request for the Church to do it or if it’s a personal request.

I also just found out that I’m to start the Novena on Good friday! It’s a good thing I am preparing for this and re-reading because I was going to start the novena on Divine Mercy Sunday! You can never over prepare in my case it seems.

Actually, you can do the Novena any time of the year that you want to. The point of starting on Good Friday is that the Novena ends on the Saturday just before Divine Mercy Sunday. Neat.

But really, any nine days outside that period is quite OK,

 

[Loboto-Me]

Oh I know that the novena can be done at any time and I certainly will continue to dedicate myself to this this chaplet. Doing the novena before Divine Mercy Sunday is something that Jesus asked us to do.

**Jesus further asked that this Feast of the Divine Mercy be preceded by a Novena of Chaplets to the Divine Mercy which would begin on Good Friday. Say one chaplet each day following the novena intention. In her diary, St. Faustina wrote that Jesus told her: **
"On each day of the novena you will bring to My Heart a different group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy… On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls. By this novena I will grant every possible grace to souls." (Diary 1209, 796)

In order to complete the Novena one must go to Confession, Mass, and Holy Communion on this first Sunday after Easter. Ask a priest to hear your Confession before Mass and Holy Communion.
Jesus said…
Whoever receives the Source of Life (Holy Communion, and Confession) on this day will be granted complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. Let no soul be afraid to approach the Fount of my Mercy (Confession) even though its sins be as scarlet.

Who am I to deny Jesus? Especially now that I know what He wishes on this day?

The only problem I have (at the moment) is trying to decipher if His desire to have the image blessed and displayed is a personal thing or something for the Church proper.

 

[LilyM]

The only problem I have (at the moment) is trying to decipher if His desire to have the image blessed and displayed is a personal thing or something for the Church proper.

Well, the quote you’ve given answers the question itself more than adequately. It states ‘I want it (the image) to be venerated PUBLICLY so that EVERY soul may know about it’. (my emphases).

Now there’s not the slightest possibility of every soul knowing about it from you displaying and venerating the image in your home, is there? Or even a particularly large number of souls (unless your home gets as many visitors as Buckingham Palace or the White House, I suppose).

Clearly public display and veneration in this context means veneration in a setting where lots of people are involved and/or able to witness. Jesus here seems to mean things like having the image publicly displayed in a church, carried in a public procession or the like.

 

[Loboto-Me]

That makes much more sense. I was trying to figure out if He wanted me to put it in one of my “public” rooms such as the living room LOL

Thanks for the clarafication…

 

[puzzleannie]

Oh
Who am I to deny Jesus? Especially now that I know what He wishes on this day?

The only problem I have (at the moment) is trying to decipher if His desire to have the image blessed and displayed is a personal thing or something for the Church proper.

you do understand that even though this message has the approval of the Church it is still private revelation, and nothing in the message is binding on individual Catholics. Sr. Faustina did as Jesus and her spiritual director advised her, presented the messages to the Church for discernment through her bishop, and eventually the Church acted on the content of the message. It is for the lay faithful to adopt this devotion if they find it beneficial, but is binding on no one. If you personally benefit from this devotion, and would find it helpful to pray before the image you may obtain one from any religious gift store and have it blessed, but there is no command to do so.