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Divine Mercy Sunday is a name for the second Sunday in the Easter season.
For many centuries, the Second Sunday of Easter was nicknamed Low Sunday, in contrast to the High Sunday of Easter.Additionally, the newly baptized would wear their baptismal gowns during the eight days of the Easter Octave. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the Second Sunday of Easter “was consequently known as dominica in albis(deponendis), the Sunday of the (laying aside of the) white garments.”
However, in recent years this same Sunday has been given another celebration: Divine Mercy Sunday.
Continued below
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For many centuries, the Second Sunday of Easter was nicknamed Low Sunday, in contrast to the High Sunday of Easter.Additionally, the newly baptized would wear their baptismal gowns during the eight days of the Easter Octave. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the Second Sunday of Easter “was consequently known as dominica in albis(deponendis), the Sunday of the (laying aside of the) white garments.”
However, in recent years this same Sunday has been given another celebration: Divine Mercy Sunday.
Renamed in the year 2000
In 2000, St. John Paul II canonized the Polish religious mystic Faustina Kowalska, and during his homily officially designated the Second Sunday of Easter “Divine Mercy Sunday.”Continued below
What is Divine Mercy Sunday?
Divine Mercy Sunday is a name for the second Sunday in the Easter season, based on private revelations from a Polish nun. St. John Paul II renamed it.
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