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Offline Miseremini

Re: Divine Mercy devotion no good
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2026, 06:44:02 PM »
Quote from: AnthonyPadua on April 23, 2026, 05:25:01 PM
This refers to how the pagans had to do such and such ceremonies and prayers on certain days and times in order to gain blessings from their false gods, and if not even incur their wraith.
How do you connect the quote to pagans and their ceremonies?  And why?
Catholics do the same thing and if not they commit a mortal sin....no meat on Fridays, Mass on Sundays... or else. 
She concocted her devotion taking bits and pieces from St. Margaret Mary's Sacred Heart Devotion, Holy Week devotions and the Jesus prayer.
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Offline Persto

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Offline Persto

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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2026, 12:35:29 PM »
https://realdivinemercy.org/2026/04/24/devotions-true-or-false/
DEVOTIONS – TRUE OR FALSE
By Fr. Peter Scott, FSSPX

FALSE DEVOTIONS

This brings us to the consideration of which devotions we must exclude from our spiritual life. They are most commonly described as sentimental devotions, for they play on our feelings, but do not bring about a profound change of life. Many are based on private revelations not approved by the Church or at least highly doubtful as to their supernatural origin. Since sanctity consists in submission to God through the Church, it is clear that devotions based upon apparitions not approved by the Church do not sanctify. However, there are also many devotions based upon an apparition, approved by a bishop here or there, but still far from certain. Such an approval is not proof of the divine origin of such an apparition, nor does it give us proof that this devotion will sanctify us.  Let us take a couple of examples. The devotion to the Precious Blood is a beautiful and sanctifying one, approved by Tradition. However, the so-called apparitions to a certain Barnabas, to which a bishop gave approval, are manifestly false, filled with strange conspiracy and end of world theories. The literature produced is highly emotional and sentimental and must be rejected. Another example is the false apparition of Mother of Salvation, also with similar conspiracy theories. They do not sanctify and are to be rejected, amongst many others, such as the highly disputed and false apparitions of Medjugorje.
DIVINE MERCY
Devotion to Divine Mercy also falls under the same category, for although it was condemned by the Holy Office as being without certain supernatural origin, it was given approval in 1978 without a true investigation.  The focus on unconditional mercy, is accompanied by the absence of the need for penance, sacrifice, humility, amendment of life and expiation for sins. But we saw the teaching of Pope Pius XII that these are a part of every true devotion. This means that it does not bring about a true conversion of soul. The facility of the Mercy Sunday communion, supposedly wiping away all the punishment due to sin without any effort or penance, likewise does not help the sinner to seek God, but rather promotes presumption. Why make the effort to mortify oneself to grow in the love of God in such circuмstances? It is consequently a false devotion and not only to be avoided, but to be regarded as a diabolical deception to turn souls away from those devotions that truly sanctify.
In addition, we must remember that Pope Pius XII taught that there can be “no real opposition between the sacred Liturgy and other religious practices” (Ib. §173) and that consequently all such devotions are to strengthen the soul “so as to be able to derive from the sacred Liturgy more efficacious and abundant benefits” (Ib. §178). Here lies another problem with the Divine Mercy devotion, which proposes that the novena to Divine Mercy must start on Good Friday. But Good Friday is the day of the Passion, in which we remember all that Our Divine Saviour suffered for us, and how He died for love of us. No private devotion should distract from that. Likewise, Easter Sunday and its octave are the most solemn in the Church’s year, in which we celebrate Our Divine Saviour’s victory over sin and death, the perfect proof of the incredible work of love of our Redemption. Divine Mercy devotion proposes to substitute for this work of our Redemption, the simple memory of mercy. How sad to empty out this solemn Octave, and to take away from the wonderful mystery of the Redemption, which sanctifies and transforms souls. And this for a celebration of mercy without justice, of love without sacrifice, of Christ without His Cross. Truly this devotion is not a providential and sanctifying one in the life of the Church, for it is not united to Christ’s one sacrifice on the Cross and at the Mass.

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