In fact, sometimes the Lord himself is so eager to bless us with sacred images that he doesn’t wait for a pious monk to begin his prayers and fasts. Sometimes, God himself “writes” sacred art, creating miraculous images. We see this, for example, with the Shroud of Turin, which is revered as the burial cloth of Christ or with the tilma of St. Juan Diego, which bears an image of Our Lady not made by human hands. Such God-given images are in many ways more sacred and Spirit-filled than even the world’s greatest icons. Now, while the Image of Divine Mercy is not miraculous in the sense of being written by God himself, it does have a supernatural origin, as we read about in the beginning of this booklet. Moreover, in the case of the Vilnius version of the image, St. Faustina herself explicitly and painstakingly directed the artist after she was commanded to do so by the merciful Christ, whom she saw with her own eyes. Thus, especially in the Vilnius version of the Image of Divine Mercy, we behold a particularly graced work of art that comes from God himself. In fact, one could even say that this grace-filled image serves as a kind of completion of the holiest image of all: the Shroud of Turin. One could say this because, whereas, the Shroud gives emphasis to the Passion and death of our Savior, the Divine Mercy Image emphasizes the other half of the Paschal mystery, the Resurrection. Excerpt from Divine Mercy Image Explained. Click here to order
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