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X-WR-CALDESC:As part of Divine Mercy Sunday\, which is celebrated in the Ca
 tholic Church\, on the Second Sunday of Easter\, which this year is April 
 16\, a special Novena for those participating\, should be started on Good 
 Friday.  Click here for information about the Novena. https://www.ewtn.com
 /catholicism/devotions/novena-13366\n\nDivine Mercy Sunday also includes t
 he opportunity for the faithful to receive a Plenary Indulgence\, a remiss
 ion of the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven in the Sacrame
 nt of Reconciliation. The “usual” conditions for seeking a Plenary Indulge
 nce are Sacramental Confession\, Reception of the Holy Communion and Praye
 r for the Pope’s intentions. Additionally related to Divine Mercy Sunday i
 s that one must receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation within 20 days bef
 ore or after Divine Mercy Sunday\, receive Holy Communion on or near the d
 ay\, and pray the Divine Mercy chaplet https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/de
 votions/chaplet-13364 or other suitable Divine Mercy prayers http://www.us
 ccb.org/about/pro-life-activities/prayers/divine-mercy-sunday.cfm as speci
 fied by the Church.\n\nYou may find services by contacting parishes direct
 ly. Please use our online Parish Directory to assist you in finding a pari
 sh closest to you. https://www.diocesepb.org/parishes/\n\n\n\nAbout Divine
  Mercy Sunday\n\nDivine Mercy Sunday is celebrated in the Catholic Church 
 on the Second Sunday of Easter which this year is April16. Divine Mercy Su
 nday is based on the private revelations of St. Faustina Kowalska\, a poli
 sh nun which the faithful believe that in the 1930s Jesus appeared to her 
 and commanded her to write down the message of His mercy. She wrote about 
 the experiences with the Lord in a 600-page diary\, now sold around the wo
 rld. In 2000\, St. John Paul II designated that Divine Mercy Sunday to be 
 celebrated each year on the Sunday after Easter.\n\nPart of the observance
  of Divine Mercy Sunday includes the Chaplet of Divine Mercy\, https://www
 .ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/chaplet-13364 a set of prayers used as par
 t of the Divine Mercy devotion. Additionally\, the observance includes the
  opportunity for the faithful to receive a Plenary Indulgence\, a remissio
 n of the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven in the Sacrament
  of Reconciliation. The “usual” conditions for seeking a plenary indulgenc
 e are Sacramental Confession\, Reception of the Holy Communion and Prayer 
 for the Pope’s intentions. Additionally related to Divine Mercy Sunday is 
 that one must receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation within 20 days befor
 e or after Divine Mercy Sunday\, receive Holy Communion on or near the day
 \, and pray the Divine Mercy chaplet or other suitable Divine Mercy prayer
  as specified by the Church. For more information\, please visit the Unite
 d States Conference of Catholic Bishops website at http://www.usccb.org/ab
 out/pro-life-activities/prayers/divine-mercy-sunday.cfm\n\n\n\nFrom the di
 ocese Office of Liturgy:\n\nThree Conditions for the Plenary Indulgence\n
 \nSt. John Paul II\, motivated by an ardent desire to foster in Christians
  this devotion to Divine Mercy as much as possible in the hope of offering
  great spiritual fruit to the faithful. On June 13\, 2002\, the Pontiff gr
 anted the following Indulgences:\na plenary indulgence\, granted under the
  usual conditions (sacramental confession\, Eucharistic communion and pray
 er for the intentions of Supreme Pontiff) to the faithful who\, on the Sec
 ond Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday\, in any church or chapel\, in
  a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin\, even 
 a venial sin\, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honor of Div
 ine Mercy\, or who\, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or r
 eserved in the tabernacle\, recite the Our Father and the Creed\, adding a
  devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus\, I trust i
 n you!')\;\n\n\nA partial indulgence\, granted to the faithful who\, at le
 ast with a contrite heart\, pray to the merciful Lord Jesus a legitimately
  approved invocation.\n\nFor those who cannot go to church or the seriousl
 y ill\n\nIn addition\, sailors working on the vast expanse of the sea\; th
 e countless brothers and sisters\, whom the disasters of war\, political e
 vents\, local violence and other such causes have been driven out of their
  homeland\; the sick and those who nurse them\, and all who for a just cau
 se cannot leave their homes or who carry out an activity for the community
  which cannot be postponed\, may obtain a plenary indulgence on Divine Mer
 cy Sunday\, if totally detesting any sin\, as has been said before\, and w
 ith the intention of fulfilling as soon as possible the three usual condit
 ions\, will recite the Our Father and the Creed before a devout image of O
 ur Merciful Lord Jesus and\, in addition\, pray a devout invocation to the
  Merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus\, I trust in you).\n\n[The above
  excerpt is from the decree from the Apostolic Penitentiary]
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DESCRIPTION:As part of Divine Mercy Sunday\, which is celebrated in the Cat
 holic Church\, on the Second Sunday of Easter\, which this year is April 1
 6\, a special Novena for those participating\, should be started on Good F
 riday.  Click here for information about the Novena. https://www.ewtn.com/
 catholicism/devotions/novena-13366\n\nDivine Mercy Sunday also includes th
 e opportunity for the faithful to receive a Plenary Indulgence\, a remissi
 on of the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven in the Sacramen
 t of Reconciliation. The “usual” conditions for seeking a Plenary Indulgen
 ce are Sacramental Confession\, Reception of the Holy Communion and Prayer
  for the Pope’s intentions. Additionally related to Divine Mercy Sunday is
  that one must receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation within 20 days befo
 re or after Divine Mercy Sunday\, receive Holy Communion on or near the da
 y\, and pray the Divine Mercy chaplet https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/dev
 otions/chaplet-13364 or other suitable Divine Mercy prayers http://www.usc
 cb.org/about/pro-life-activities/prayers/divine-mercy-sunday.cfm as specif
 ied by the Church.\n\nYou may find services by contacting parishes directl
 y. Please use our online Parish Directory to assist you in finding a paris
 h closest to you. https://www.diocesepb.org/parishes/\n\n\n\nAbout Divine 
 Mercy Sunday\n\nDivine Mercy Sunday is celebrated in the Catholic Church o
 n the Second Sunday of Easter which this year is April16. Divine Mercy Sun
 day is based on the private revelations of St. Faustina Kowalska\, a polis
 h nun which the faithful believe that in the 1930s Jesus appeared to her a
 nd commanded her to write down the message of His mercy. She wrote about t
 he experiences with the Lord in a 600-page diary\, now sold around the wor
 ld. In 2000\, St. John Paul II designated that Divine Mercy Sunday to be c
 elebrated each year on the Sunday after Easter.\n\nPart of the observance 
 of Divine Mercy Sunday includes the Chaplet of Divine Mercy\, https://www.
 ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/chaplet-13364 a set of prayers used as part
  of the Divine Mercy devotion. Additionally\, the observance includes the 
 opportunity for the faithful to receive a Plenary Indulgence\, a remission
  of the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven in the Sacrament 
 of Reconciliation. The “usual” conditions for seeking a plenary indulgence
  are Sacramental Confession\, Reception of the Holy Communion and Prayer f
 or the Pope’s intentions. Additionally related to Divine Mercy Sunday is t
 hat one must receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation within 20 days before
  or after Divine Mercy Sunday\, receive Holy Communion on or near the day\
 , and pray the Divine Mercy chaplet or other suitable Divine Mercy prayer 
 as specified by the Church. For more information\, please visit the United
  States Conference of Catholic Bishops website at http://www.usccb.org/abo
 ut/pro-life-activities/prayers/divine-mercy-sunday.cfm\n\n\n\nFrom the dio
 cese Office of Liturgy:\n\nThree Conditions for the Plenary Indulgence\n\n
 St. John Paul II\, motivated by an ardent desire to foster in Christians t
 his devotion to Divine Mercy as much as possible in the hope of offering g
 reat spiritual fruit to the faithful. On June 13\, 2002\, the Pontiff gran
 ted the following Indulgences:\na plenary indulgence\, granted under the u
 sual conditions (sacramental confession\, Eucharistic communion and prayer
  for the intentions of Supreme Pontiff) to the faithful who\, on the Secon
 d Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday\, in any church or chapel\, in a
  spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin\, even a 
 venial sin\, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honor of Divin
 e Mercy\, or who\, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or res
 erved in the tabernacle\, recite the Our Father and the Creed\, adding a d
 evout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus\, I trust in 
 you!')\;\n\n\nA partial indulgence\, granted to the faithful who\, at leas
 t with a contrite heart\, pray to the merciful Lord Jesus a legitimately a
 pproved invocation.\n\nFor those who cannot go to church or the seriously 
 ill\n\nIn addition\, sailors working on the vast expanse of the sea\; the 
 countless brothers and sisters\, whom the disasters of war\, political eve
 nts\, local violence and other such causes have been driven out of their h
 omeland\; the sick and those who nurse them\, and all who for a just cause
  cannot leave their homes or who carry out an activity for the community w
 hich cannot be postponed\, may obtain a plenary indulgence on Divine Mercy
  Sunday\, if totally detesting any sin\, as has been said before\, and wit
 h the intention of fulfilling as soon as possible the three usual conditio
 ns\, will recite the Our Father and the Creed before a devout image of Our
  Merciful Lord Jesus and\, in addition\, pray a devout invocation to the M
 erciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus\, I trust in you).\n\n[The above e
 xcerpt is from the decree from the Apostolic Penitentiary]
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