The Angelus

June 2010


Condemned by the Holy Office

There were two decrees from Rome on this question, both of the time of Pope John XXIII. The Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office, in a plenary meeting held on November 19, 1958, made the following decisions:

The supernatural nature of the revelations made to Sister Faustina is not evident.
No feast of Divine Mercy is to be instituted.
It is forbidden to divulge images and writings that propagate this devotion under the form received by Sister Faustina.

 

The second decree of the Holy Office was on March 6, 1959, in which the following was established:

The diffusion of images and writings promoting the devotion to Divine Mercy under the form proposed by the same Sister Faustina was forbidden.
The prudence of the bishops is to judge as to the removal of the aforesaid images that are already displayed for public honor.


What was it about this devotion that prevented the Holy Office from acknowledging its divine origin? The decrees do not say, but it seems that the reason lies in the fact that there is so much emphasis on God’s mercy as to exclude His justice. Our sins and the gravity of the offense that they inflict on God is pushed aside as being of little consequence. That is why the aspect of reparation for sin is omitted or obscured.

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After reading about the problems with the Divine Mercy devotion from numerous traditional Catholic sources, including the Dimonds and the SSPX (in an article I just searched for but could not find), I came to the conclusion that it would be best to stay away from the devotion. I even confessed praying the Divine Mercy devotion as a sin (at the same time I also confessed praying the Luminous Mysteries as a sin).

After reading about the problems with the Divine Mercy devotion from numerous traditional Catholic sources, including the Dimonds and the SSPX (in an article I just searched for but could not find), I came to the conclusion that it would be best to stay away from the devotion. I even confessed praying the Divine Mercy devotion as a sin (at the same time I also confessed praying the Luminous Mysteries as a sin).

Neither one is a sin. I don't pray either of them but it's not a sin. The Luminous Mysteries are fine as a private devotion and are optional, but they aren't part of the Rosary. The Divine Mercy devotion is also not a sin. The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Still River, MA pray that devotion.

I am very much in need of Divine Mercy. I pray for God's mercy every day.

Do a Google search for the following phrase:

most holy family divine mercy monastery

I can't link directly because Matthew purges links to their website.

And rightly so.

The devil and the Dimond brothers are two sources I would certainly NOT consult on my quest for the Truth !

Quote from: ascent

Quote from: Iuvenalis

I've never understood in detail what the 'issues'  are with Divine Mercy. [...]

From another forum to which I responded:

Quote from: John Doe

If Saint Faustyna, was truly from the devil as you believe it to be, then how stupid of the devil, because so many souls have been touched through this Saint and Act of Mercy. So many miracles and true conversions have come about, such as my own.

My response:

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Satan is the master war monger, tactician and deceiver. He will gladly lose many battles that, unbeknownst to people, ultimately yield him more souls being lost, effectively making him the victor of more battles than he would have won had he not employed such tactics, despite the fact that he has already lost the *war* because of Christ's Divine Sacrifice. "Divine Mercy" could be a lie mixed with many truths, using such lies to trick and deceive people into rejecting both the true teachings of Christ and the Catholicity of the Faith, ultimately leading their souls to perdition. Your personal testimony of conversion is an example of the Lord's goodness and grace, which He bestowed upon you in the event of such deception. We know God does not cause evil, but He will, at times, use evil to bring about His holy plan for His children who seek, love and serve Him, but the fact remains people's souls are still in danger if they remain in such deception.

There are disturbing events in Faustina's testimony, such as the "Host jumping out of the Tabernacle and landing in my (Faustyna's) hands (3 times)"; and her quoted as saying, "I heard these words from the host: 'I desired to rest in your hands, not only in your heart.' ” .... among many other disturbing events.

The "DM" also seems to imply that despite moral relativism, Christ's mercy will still save everyone. This is diametrically opposed to what Christ and the early Church fathers taught us, which is ONLY through being Baptized into Christ, and accepting Christ as Lord and Savior, and adhering to His teachings, can we be saved. "DM" was the prelude to Holy Communion being placed in the hands of faithful, which is very irreverent, sacrilegious and against the practices of the early Church, and it has led many to NOT believe in the real Divine presence of Christ in the Eucharist. This was Satan's plan.

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On another note, I question whether Satan can purposely lose battles due to his unfathomable pride. I base this on the Scriptural excerpt (Matt 12:24-26):

"But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out the devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate: and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand?"

Demons, at the behest of Satan, is only united in bringing as many souls as possible to hell, and attacking Christ and His Church, but they're not united in their means of attack. There is no other unity between demons, nor between the damned. Demons and the damned curse each other in hell, and they bring up each others’ past sins, to further antagonize one another, thus adding to the pain of their eternal separation from the Lord.

In the temporal realm, the Church is constantly being attacked by Jєωs – the ѕуηαgσgυє of Satan, and being assaulted by the descendants of false prophet Muhammad. Many times, it’s Jєωs manipulating the muslims to attack the Church, too, and to attack themselves, hence the division between Sunnis and Shias (look at the Middle East). However, despite the lack of unity in their means of attack, they still know the ultimate result is an attack on the Truth of Christ, and an assault on life breathed into man by Christ.