Krakow-Łagiewniki. A cry for peace at the Hour of Mercy
Pilgrims from Poland and around the world gathered at the Hour of Mercy in the Łagiewniki sanctuary in Kraków-Łagiewniki during the Sunday celebration of the Feast of Mercy. They prayed for the gift of peace and reconciliation in the world, especially in Ukraine.
The service at the Hour of Mercy was presided over by the custodian of the sanctuary, Fr. Zbigniew Bielas.
He recalled that 20 years ago in the Łagiewniki sanctuary, John Paul II entrusted the world to God’s Mercy. – We wish today, if we were to experience Europe, and therefore, if he spoke, a successor in the world and in the world, and the escalation of any iniquity, to re-entrust to Your mercy, our family, Church, homeland and all humanity -.
During the pilgrimage prayer during his pilgrimage to his homeland. They prayed for hope for all who suffer from war, hope and all cataclysms.
The faithful entrusted Jesus with the Mercy of “people with imaginations” who work to help all those in need, for the rulers who want to go for peace in, as well as for the marriage of the family and people of age, for the marriage of the person and family of age, for the inclusion of the person and family aged. They also prayed for the whole Church and for Francis, and for the fruits of the ongoing synod of synodality.
After two years of the pandemic, sales celebration to a minimum, to the sanctuary again with the next purchases of the sanctuary again. There are also refugees from Ukraine among them. – Haven’t heard of this place before. I am amazed how many people are praying here. My heart cries out to God to protect my husband and brother who will provide in Ukraine. It is easy to believe that the march will end, that there will be no more bombs and no more deaths, says Irina, a native of one of the villages near Kijew, who, together with her host family, came to Łagiewnik from Wrocław, where she found refuge after escaping from the war of her homeland.
This year’s God of Mercy is held under the slogan “Mercy, Celebrate Hope”.
The Feast of Mercy is celebrated on Sunday after Easter, i.e. Easter Sunday, now with Divine Mercy Sunday. Was it written in the liturgical calendar first by Card. Franciszek MM for the Archdiocese of Krakow, and then the Polish bishops in their parishes. At the request of the Polish Episcopate, John Paul II in 1995 in France. On the day of the canonization of the Faustina sisters, April 30, 2000, the Holy Father is a feast for the whole Church.