The week begins with Easter, the highest moment of celebration in the Christian year. Then comes the "octave"of days dedicated to the Divine Mercy prayers, a period in which priests can offer special confession opportunities for those seeking to return to the sacramental life of the church.
At the end of the week, there is Divine Mercy Sunday, which the Catholic Church now teaches is the day when, according to the vision of St. Faustina, forgiveness is uniquely available for all who repent and turn to God. The gates of heaven are wide open.
Could the feast day of St. John Paul the Great — the charismatic pope whose words will live on in every conceivable form of mass media — somehow become linked to this great week of celebration?
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