Archive for July 17th, 2008

IS DIVINE MERCY REALLY THE HOLY SPIRIT?

I noticed that in the Chaplet of Divine Mercy we address the Father and speak of the Son, for Whose sorrowful passion’s sake we ask God to have mercy on us. It seems not too far a stretch to conclude that the mercy would be bestowed by the Holy Spirit, Who is often identified with love, of which mercy is an expression. Otherwise, it seems that the Holy Spirit is not being acknowledged and included within the great and popular devotion. I wonder if St. Faustina’s writings address this question.  She told how an inner voice taught her in 1935 to say this prayer on
ordinary rosary beads: