As Promised . . . Here are the answers. First of all, below is shown how the puzzle breaks down by word and Phrase Every other Phrase (starting with the Second Phrase is in Blue) and every other word (starting with the first word) has the background highlighted in Light Green.
Those of who are Catholics (especially the Devout Catholics) are going to be kicking yourselves (figuratively speaking) after you see the answers:
O
UR
FAT
HERW
HOART
INHEAV
ENHALLO
WEDBETH
YNAMETHY
KINGDOMCO
METHYWILLB
EDONEONEART
HASITISINHEA
VENGIVEUSTHIS
DAYOURDAILYBRE
ADANDFORGIVEUSO
URTRESPASSESASWE
FORGIVETHOSEWHOT
RESPASSAGAINSTUSA
NDLEADUSNOTINTOTEM
PTATIONBUTDELIVERUS
FROMEVILAMENHAILMARY
FULLOFGRACETHELORDISW
ITHYOUBLESSEDAREYOUAMO
NGWOMENANDBLESSEDISTHEF
RUITOFYOURWOMBJESUSHOLYM
ARYMOTHEROFGODPRAYFORUSSI
NNERSNOWANDATTHEHOUROFOURD
EATHAMENIBELIEVEINGODTHEFAT
HERALMIGHTYCREATOROFHEAVENAN
DEARTHIBELIEVEINJESUSCHRISTHI
SONLYSONOURLORDHEWASCONCEIVEDB
YTHEPOWEROFTHEHOLYSPIRITANDBORN
OFTHEVIRGINMARYHESUFFEREDUNDERPO
NTIUSPILATEWASCRUCIFIEDDIEDANDWAS
BURIEDHEDESCENDEDTOTHEDEADONTHETHI
RDDAYHEROSEAGAINHEASCENDEDINTOHEAVE
NANDISSEATEDATTHERIGHTHANDOFTHEFATHE
RHEWILLCOMEAGAINTOJUDGETHELIVINGANDTH
EDEADIBELIEVEINTHEHOLYSPIRITTHEHOLYCAT
HOLICCHURCHTHECOMMUNIONOFSAINTSTHEFORGI
VENESSOFSINSTHERESURRECTIONOFTHEBODYANDT
HELIFEEVERLASTINGAMENETERNALFATHERIOFFERY
OUTHEBODYANDBLOODSOULANDDIVINITYOFYOURDEAR
LYBELOVEDSONOURLORDJESUSCHRISTINATONEMENTFO
ROURSINSANDTHOSEOFTHEWHOLEWORLDFORTHESAKEOFH
ISSORROWFULPASSIONHAVEMERCYONUSANDONTHEWHOLEW
ORLDHOLYGODHOLYMIGHTYONEHOLYIMMORTALONEHAVEMER
CYONUSANDONTHEWHOLEWORLDINTHENAMEOFTHEFATHERAND
OFTHESONANDOFTHEHOLYSPIRITAMENJESUSITRUSTINYOU!.
The entire puzzle above is made up of all the Prayers and Phrases used in the Divine
Mercy Chaplet, inspired by Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, a religious sister (also referred to as a Nun).
She was a member of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Cracow, Poland. The Caplet was a result of appearances of Jesus to Saint Faustina, which began on February 22, 1931.
According to EWTN and the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception in Stockbridge, MA, the following was said about the institution of Divine Mercy Sunday by Pope John Paul II on May 23, 2000:
In a decree dated 23 May 2000, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments stated that “throughout the world the Second Sunday of Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials that mankind will experience in the years to come.”
These papal acts represent the highest endorsement that the Church can give to a private revelation, an act of papal infallibility proclaiming the certain sanctity of the mystic, and the granting of a universal feast, as requested by Our Lord to St. Faustina.
You can Find out more about the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Saint Faustina, and Divine Mercy Sunday by clicking here.
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