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In its positive sense it is used to describe mutual benevolence, mercy or pity between people, devotional piety of people towards God, as well as the grace, favour or mercy of God towards people. [3] It occurs 248 times in the Hebrew Bible.
There are seven main forms of this devotion: The Divine Mercy image with the specific inscription Jesus, I trust in You; [6] The commemoration of the Feast of the Divine Mercy Sunday [10] The recitation of the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy; The recitation of the Divine Mercy novena; The designation of the Hour of Mercy at 3:00 a.m. or p.m.
The words used in the Bible in Hebrew to designate mercy, including divine mercy, are rakham (Exodus 34:6; Isaiah 55:7), khanan (Deut. 4:31) and khesed (Nehemiah 9:32). [2]In the Greek of the New Testament and of the Septuagint, the word most commonly used to designate mercy, including divine mercy, is eleos.
Grace teaches (Titus 2:11); can be preached (Ephesians 3:8). Grace calls mankind (2 Timothy 1:9; Galatians 1:15). Grace is brought by revelation (1 Peter 1:13). Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ (John 1:17) Grace is sufficient for mankind (2 Corinthians 12:9)
In 1937, on the Sunday after Easter, later instituted as Divine Mercy Sunday by Pope John Paul II, the painting was put on display beside the main altar in St. Michael's Church in Vilnius. [26] The image, including small reproductions of it on various devotional materials, was used by Sopoćko in promoting devotion to the Divine Mercy. [25] [27]
The motif is rooted in Psalm 85:10, 'Mercy and Truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other'. The use in Christian thought seems to have been inspired an eleventh-century Jewish Midrash, in which Truth, Justice, Mercy and Peace were the four standards of the Throne of God. [3] [1]: 290