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Citations in the booklet Q&A about the Divine Mercy Devotion

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Citations in the Booklet

  1. Pawel Socha, “Development of the Worship of Divine Mercy in Poland and Abroad,” Peregrinus Cracoviensis 11, 2001: 111-42. English. Polish.
  2. Robert Alvis, “The Tenacity of Popular Devotions in the Age of Vatican II: Learning From the Divine Mercy.” Religions 12, no. 1 (2021): 76, https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12010065. English.
  3. 123. Faustina Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, (Stockbridge: Marian Press, 2005), 60. English. Polish.
  4. 165. Kowalska, 73.
  5. Tomasz Jaklewicz, “Po prostu Kowalska,” Instytut Gość Media, April 29, 2019. https://www.gosc.pl/doc/1507267.Poprostu-Kowalska. English, Polish.
  6. Andrzej Witko, “Święta Faustyna,” Folia Historica Cracoviensia 15 (2010): 146, https://doi.org/10.15633/fhc.1168. English.
  7. Jaklewicz, “Po Prostu Kowalska.”
  8. 42. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 35.
  9. 43. Kowalska, 35.
  10. Michael Moraczewska, “Memoirs of Mother Michael Moraczewska,” 1948, https://www.saint-faustina.org/superior-general-mother-michaela-moraczewska. English.
  11. Jaklewicz. “Po prostu Kowalska.”
  12. Placyda Putyra, “Ze Wspomnień o Św. Siostrze Faustynie,” Orędzie Miłosierdzia. no. 86 (2013): 18. English.
  13. Antonina Grejwul, “Ze Wspomnień o Św. Siostrze Faustynie,” Orędzie Miłosierdzia. no. 89 (2014): 18. English.
  14. 24. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 30.
  15. Elizabeth Siepak, introduction to Divine Mercy in My Soul, 7.
  16. Irena Krzyżanowska, “The Memoirs of Mother Irene Krzyżanowska,” https://www.saint-faustina.org/superior-mother-irena-krzyzanowska. English.
  17. 128. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 61.
  18. Placyda Putyra, “Ze Wspomnień o Św. Siostrze Faustynie,” Orędzie Miłosierdzia. no. 92 (2014): 18. English.
  19. Jaklewicz, “Po prostu Kowalska.”
  20. Jaklewicz.
  21. Damiana Ziolek, “Ze Wspomnień o Św. Siostrze Faustynie,” Orędzie Miłosierdzia. no. 83 (2012): 18. English.
  22. Justina Golophit, “Ze Wspomnień o Św. Siostrze Faustynie,” Orędzie Miłosierdzia. no. 74 (2010): 18. English.
  23. Golophit.
  24. Susanna Tokarska, “Ze Wspomnień o Św. Siostrze Faustynie,” Orędzie Miłosierdzia. no. 87 (2013): 18. English.
  25. Jaklewicz, “Po prostu Kowalska.”
  26. Michael Sopocko, “My Memoirs of the Late Sister Faustina,” 1948,
    https://www.saint-faustina.org/blessed-fr-michal-sopocko. English. Polish.
  27. Sopocko.
  28. Maria Tarnawska, Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her Life and Mission (London, England: Veritas Foundation Press, 1989), 102. English.
  29. Ludwina Gadzina, “Ze Wspomnień o Św. Siostrze Faustynie,” Orędzie Miłosierdzia. no. 81 (2012): 18. English.
  30. 128. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 60-61.
  31. Antonina Grejwul, “Ze Wspomnień o Św. Siostrze Faustynie,” Orędzie Miłosierdzia. no. 89 (2014): 18. English.
  32. 125. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 60.
  33. Moraczewska, “Memoirs of Mother Michael Moraczewska.”
  34. Jaklewicz. “Po prostu Kowalska.”
  35. Sopocko. “My Memoirs of the Late Sister Faustina.”
  36. Benedict XIV, Heroic Virtue, vol. 3 (London: Thomas Richardson and Son, 1852), 24. English.
  37. Jerzy Mrowczynski, introduction to Divine Mercy in My Soul, by Faustina Kowalski (Stockbridge, Massachusetts: Marian Press, 1987). English.
  38. Alvis, “The Tenacity of Popular Devotions in the Age of Vatican II: Learning From the Divine Mercy,” 74.
  39. Alwida Bajor. “Czarny Bór na skrzyżowaniu ludzkich losów.” Magazyn Wileński, n.d., https://jozefmackiewicz.com/bajor-alwida-antonina-czarny-bor-na-skrzyzowaniu-ludzkich-losow. English. Polish.
  40. Ewa Czaczkowska. “Jan Paweł II I Miłosierdzie Boże.” Fundacja Opoka, March 3, 2016, https://opoka.org.pl/biblioteka/P/PR/echo201607-jp2. English. Polish.
  41. Ewa Czaczkowska. 2018. “Kłopoty Z Kultem Bożego Miłosierdzia W Korespondencji Marii Winowskiej W Latach 1958–1975.” Polonia Sacra 22, no. 3, 5, https://doi.org/10.15633/ps.2518. English. Polish.
  42. Ignacy Rozycki, Essential Features of the Devotion to the Divine Mercy, trans. Katherine Stackpole (Stockbridge: Marian Press, 2000), 23. English.
  43. 1109. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 258.
  44. 374. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 116.
  45. Czaczkowska, “Kłopoty Z Kultem Bożego Miłosierdzia W Korespondencji Marii Winowskiej W Latach 1958–1975,” 18.
  46. 128. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 61.
  47. D. Dunford, ed., Roman Documents and Decrees (New York: Benziger Brothers, 1907), 131-32. English. Latin.
  48. Stephen A. Kent, “Religious Justifications for Child Sexual Abuse in Cults and Alternative Religions,” International Journal of Cultic Studies 3 (2012): 49, https://skent.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Religious-Justifications-for-Child-Sexual-Abuse-in-Cults-and-Alternative-Religions.pdf. English.
  49. Léon Cristiani, Evidence of Satan in the Modern World (Rockford: TAN Books and Publishers, 1974), 185. English.
  50. Google Maps. “Directions for Walking from the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy to the Temple of Mercy and Charity in Plock, Poland.” Accessed July 29, 2024. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Congregation+of+the+Sisters+of+Our+Lady+of+Mercy,+Stary+Rynek,+Płock,+Poland/Temple+of+Mercy+and+Charity+(Mariavite),+Kazimierza+Wielkiego+27,+09-402+Płock,+Poland/@52.5459796,19.6779798,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x471c7a750dd005eb:0xd850833e476b32b3!2m2!1d19.6857125!2d52.5441146!1m5!1m1!1s0x471c7a73e6ed58c5:0x10076679b8aadfc5!2m2!1d19.6805728!2d52.5478537?entry=ttu. Image.
  51. Cristiani, Evidence of Satan in the Modern World, 187.
  52. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 15.
  53. Kirk Hansen, “The Same Thing. Faustina’s Diary and Mariavite Heresy,” YouTube, July 20, 2024, educational video, 0:10 to 20:47, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXuyN2ABzno.
  54. Jan Pawel Skupinski, “Mariawityzm — rzymski katolicyzm. To, co łączy — to, co dzieli. Rozmowa z ks. prof. Konradem M. Rudnickim,” Ekumenizm, November 6, 2004, https://www.ekumenizm.pl/spoleczenstwo/kobiety-w-kosciele/mariawityzm-rzymski-katolicyzm-to-co-laczy-to-co-dzieli-rozmowa-z-ks-prof-konradem-m-rudnickim/. English. Polish.
  55. Skupinski.
  56. Faustina Kowalska, The Letters of Saint Faustina, trans. Piotr Mizia (Cracow: “Misericordia” Publications, 2007), 101. English.
  57. Encyclopedia.com, s.v. “Vintras, Eugene (1807-1875),” accessed July 29, 2024, https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/vintras-eugene-1807-1875. The papal condemnation Ubi Novam was issued November 8, 1843 by Pope Gregory XVI. English.
  58. Cristiani, Evidence of Satan in the Modern World, 187.
  59. Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologica, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province (London: Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1920-1922), IIa-IIae, q. 30, art 4. Pending.
  60. James Fox, “Divine Attributes,” in The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 2 (New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907), http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02062e.htm. English.
  61. Sopocko. “My Memoirs of the Late Sister Faustina.”
  62. Kowalska, The Letters of Saint Faustina, 61-62.
  63. 122. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 59.
  64. Krzyżanowska, “The Memoirs of Mother Irene Krzyżanowska,” 
  65. 121. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 59.
  66. Moraczewska, “Memoirs of Mother Michael Moraczewska.”
  67. 131. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 436.
  68. Sopocko. “My Memoirs of the Late Sister Faustina.”
  69. Moraczewska, “Memoirs of Mother Michael Moraczewska.”
  70. 14. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 27.
  71. Krzyżanowska, “The Memoirs of Mother Irene Krzyżanowska,”
  72. Jaklewicz. “Po prostu Kowalska.”
  73. Moraczewska, “Memoirs of Mother Michael Moraczewska.”
  74. Siepak, introduction to Divine Mercy in My Soul, 7.
  75. Tokarska, “Ze Wspomnień o Św. Siostrze Faustynie.”
  76. Sopocko. “My Memoirs of the Late Sister Faustina.”
  77. 29. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 31-32. This is one several examples: “In one of my morning talks with Him I said, ‘Jesus, are You not an illusion?’ Jesus answered me, My love deceives no one.”
  78. 393. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 121. Of the dozens of examples in the diary, this is one: “During one conference, Jesus said to me, You are a sweet grape in a chosen cluster; I want others to have a share in the juice that is flowing within you.”
  79. Pope Pius XI, Decree on the Introduction of New Forms of Worship Iam olim Sacrosancta (26 May 1937), sec. 1, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 24 (1937), 304, Vatican.va. English. Latin.
  80. Czaczkowska, “Kłopoty Z Kultem Bożego Miłosierdzia W Korespondencji Marii Winowskiej W Latach 1958–1975.”
  81. Czaczkowska.
  82. Czaczkowska.
  83. Grzegorz Górny, “Oszust? Błogosławiony Michał Sopoćko” Miesięcznik Egzorcysta no. 5 (January 2013): 30-33, http://swfaustyna.blogspot.com/2013/01/grzegorz-gorny-oszust-bogosawiony-micha.html. English. Polish.
  84. Górny.
  85. Górny.
  86. Górny.
  87. Bajor, “Czarny Bór na skrzyżowaniu ludzkich losów.”
  88. “Siostra Faustyna podkreślała, że pierwszeństwo do Bożego miłosierdzia mają grzesznicy,” interview by Anna Rasińska, eKAI, April 30, 2020, https://www.ekai.pl/siostra-faustyna-podkreslala-ze-pierwszenstwo-do-bozego-milosierdzia-maja-grzesznicy. English. Polish.
  89. Ursula Grzegorczyk, Jesus, I Trust in You. Love and Mercy (Lodz: Gift of Mercy, 2019), 35, http://www.faustina-message.com/files/LoveandMercy-freepdf6.pdf. English.
  90. 1320. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 296.
  91. Council of Trent, Session 25, On the Invocation, Veneration, and Relics, of Saints, and on Sacred Images (4 December 1548), in The canons and decrees of the sacred and œcumenical Council of Trent, ed. and trans. J. Waterworth (London: Dolman, 1848), 234-35. Pending.
  92. “Divine Mercy Image Introduction,” Divine Mercy Apostolate, Maryville, Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland, accessed July 31, 2024, https://www.divinemercy.org/elements-of-divine-mercy/image.html. English.
  93. “The First Image of Merciful Jesus – Vilnius (Lithuania)” Faustina – The Message of Divine Mercy, accessed July 31, 2024, https://www.merciful-jesus.com. Image. Detail.
  94. 13. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 101.
  95. Pope Pius XI, Iam olim Sacrosancta, sec. 1.
  96. Wincenty Granat, Ewangelia miłosierdzia (Poznan: Pallottinum, 1970), 405. English. Polish.
  97. Darius Jozef Olewinski, “Czy interpretacja x. Różyckiego rozwiązuje problem koronki s. Faustyny? (z post scriptum),” Teolog katolicki odpowiada, April 16, 2023, https://teologkatolicki.blogspot.com/2018/08/czy-interpretacja-x-rozyckiego.html. English. Polish.
  98. 1320. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 296.
  99. 1572. Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul, 345-46.
  100. Granat, Ewangelia miłosierdzia, 404.
  101. Alvis, “The Tenacity of Popular Devotions in the Age of Vatican II: Learning From the Divine Mercy,” 81.
  102. Ewa Czaczkowska, “To moje szczególne zadanie. Wyznaczyła mi je Opatrzność”. Misja św. Jana Pawła II,” Aleteia, October 5, 2016, https://pl.aleteia.org/2016/10/05/to-moje-szczegolne-zadanie-wyznaczyla-mi-je-opatrznosc-jaka-byla-misja-sw-jana-pawla-ii. English. Polish.
  103. Ewa Czaczkowska, Papież, który uwierzył (Krakow: Wydawnictwo Znak, 2016), 119. The letter from Cardinal Karol Wojtyla to the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith is published as a facsimile. English, Italian.
  104. Socha, “Development of the Worship of Divine Mercy in Poland and Abroad,” 121.
  105. Francis Seper, Norms Regarding the Manner of Proceeding in the Discernment of Presumed Apparitions or Revelations, accessed August 13, 2024, Vatican.va. Webpage. English.
  106. Alvis, “The Tenacity of Popular Devotions in the Age of Vatican II: Learning From the Divine Mercy,” 76.
  107. John Paul Institute of Divine Mercy, Understanding Divine Mercy Sunday (Stockbridge: John Paul Institute of Divine Mercy, 2003), 21, https://www.thedivinemercy.org/assets/pdf/jpii/UnderstandDM.pdf. English.
  108. “Tradition: Pronouncements,” The Divine Mercy, accessed August 13, 2024, https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/tradition/pronouncements. English.
  109. Luigi De Magistris, Indulgences attached to devotions in honour of Divine Mercy, June 29, 2002, Vatican.va. Webpage. English.
  110. John Paul II. Redemptor hominis, encyclical letter, March 4, 1979, sec. 13, Vatican.va. Webpage. English.
  111. Siepak, introduction to Divine Mercy in My Soul, 12.
  112. Andrew Deskur, preface to Divine Mercy in My Soul, by Faustina Kowalski (Stockbridge, Massachusetts: Marian Press, 1987), xi. English.
  113. De Magistris, Indulgences attached to devotions in honour of Divine Mercy.
  114. Czaczkowska, Papież, który uwierzył, 45.
  115. Ewa Czaczkowska, “Papież, który uwierzył,” interview with Jolanta Krasnowska-Dynka, Opoka, March 3, 2016, https://opoka.org.pl/biblioteka/P/PR/echo201607-jp2. English. Polish.
  116. Czaczkowska, Papież, który uwierzył, 39.
  117. Socha, “Development of the Worship of Divine Mercy in Poland and Abroad,” 115.
  118. Socha.
  119. Czaczkowska, Papież, który uwierzył, 48.

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Sources of information contained in the infographic

  1. Non-conformity with Church teaching.
    • Theology Controversies, collected sources here.
    • Ewangelia milosierdzia, Fr. Wincenty Granat here. Polish.
    • Low Sunday comments, Dom Gueranger here.
    • “Divine Attributes” excerpt, The Catholic Encyclopedia here.
    • “Divine Mercy – What Is It?,” Fr. Peter Scott here.
    • “Summary of Kirk Hansen’s Commentary on Divine Mercy Devotion by Comparison with The Ascent of Mount Carmel by St. John of the Cross” here.
    • On Heroic Virtue excerpt, Pope Benedict XIV pending.
  2. Opinions of local bishops, 1958 opinion of Holy Office.
    • Description of the 1958 decree, Alwida Bajor and Robert Alvis here.
    • Description of the 1958 decree, Bp. Hienryk Ciereszko here.
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis notifications of 1959 and 1978 here.
    • Problems with the Cult of the Divine Mercy in the Correspondence of Maria Winowska between 1958–1975 excerpts, Ewa Czaczkowska here.
  3. Church law.
    • New Forms of Worship or Devotion Not to Be Introduced, AAS 1937 here. Latin.
    • On images, Code of Canon Law 1917 here.
    • On new cults, Code of Canon Law 1917 here.
    • On books on new apparitions, Code of Canon Law 1917 here.
  4. Contrary to established devotions.
    • On the last remedies for mankind, Sr. Lucia of Fatima here.
    • On the last hope of salvation, Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska 2005 here.
    • On the cult of the Sacred Heart, interview, Ewa Czaczkowska here.
  5. Lack of humility, presence of pride.
    • On discretion, Second Conference of Abbott Moses, St. John Cassian here.
    • “Aridity, Consolations and the Presence of Mary,” Fr. William Most here.
    • Excerpt of The Way of Perfection, St. Teresa of Avila here.
    • Excerpt of On Heroic Virtue, Pope Benedict XIV here.
    • “Of Visions and Apparitions” and “Of Discerning Visions and Apparitions,” Pope Benedict XIV here.
    • On pride, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, St. John Climacus here.
    • Excerpts of Rules for the Discerning of Spirits, Byard Bennett here.
    • On apprehensions, The Ascent of Mount Carmel, St. John of the Cross here.
  6. Impatience and discouragement.
    • Private Revelations, The Catholic Encyclopedia here.
    • The Memoirs of Mother Irene Krzyzanowska here.
  7. Temperament and health in question.
    • On poor health, introduction to Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska 2005 here.
    • The Memoirs of Mother Irene Krzyzanowska here.
    • Memoirs of Mother Michael Moraczewska here.
    • On bodily dispositions, “Of Virtues and Apparitions,” “Of Discerning Visions and Apparitions,” On Heroic Virtue, Pope Benedict XIV here.
    • Sister fiksum-dyrdum (silly, obsessive, mentally disordered), Joanna Bator here.
    • Memories of Mother M. Borgia Tichy, Sr. Faustina’s superior in Vilnius pending.
    • Excerpts from Memories and Recollections of Saint Faustina pending.
  8. Spiritual direction was lacking.
    • On spiritual direction, The Ascent of Mount Carmel, St. John of the Cross here.
    • On confessors, The Interior Castle, St. Teresa of Avila here.
    • My Memories of the Late Sister Faustina, Fr. Michael Sopocko here.
  9. Credibility of the diary.
    • The footnotes of Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska 2005 here.
    • Introduction to Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Croatian edition here.
    • My Memories of the Late Sister Faustina, Fr. Michael Sopocko here.
  10. Lack of discussion.
    • Private Revelations, The Catholic Encyclopedia here.

Citations

  1. Did a “bad translation” lead to the Church ban?
    Divine Mercy in My Soul: The Diary of the Servant of God Sister M. Faustina Kowalska, 2nd Edition. Introduction to the Polish Edition, 1981 here.
  2. Flattery from “Jesus”
    Collected list of quotes from Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska 2005 here.
  3. The Catholic Encyclopedia, criteria on “an authentic account” here.
  4. The Catholic Encyclopedia, criteria on “time and discussion” here.

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