Pillars of Fire In My Soul

Endnotes for Divine Mercy... We Trust in You! 1. Not only are Images of The Divine Mercy appearing in ever more churches in Poland, but at least one of the new churches in almost every diocese in Poland today bears the patronal title of “The Divine Mercy.” 2. In the Church of St. Florian in Warsaw, for example, ever since concelebration was restored in the Latin Rite, a large number of priests concelebrate at the monthly Divine Mercy celebrations held there, usually with a bishop as the principal celebrant, and quite often with several bishops participating. The same happens at a number of other centers of the Devotion. 3. Since 1980 these devotions are held at Jozefow on the third Friday of each month for the following reason: Upon his first visit to his homeland, Pope John Paul II requested of his countrymen that they, particularly, back his pontificate with their prayers. In response, special services for his intentions are held in most churches throughout Poland on the day closest to the 16th of the month — the date in October, 1978, on which the first Pole ever was elected to become the Pope of Rome. In many places, apart from the Holy Eucharist, it is prayers to The Divine Mercy that are specially offered up for him; in the first place the Chaplet. After 1980, when it was approved for use in Poland, the Votive mass of The Mercy of God is also widely celebrated on this occasion whenever the liturgical rubrics allow it. 4. On November 25, 1966, during the Process of Information in preparation for her beatification, the remains of the Servant of God Sister Faustina were exhumed and laid to rest within the Sisters’ chapel in + agiewniki in a separate tomb located beneath the floor near the wall to the right of the main entrance. Later, her remains were transferred to a tomb on a side altar, beneath an Image of The Divine Mercy.