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The Divine Mercy Note Card (with envelope)
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Send a message to a loved one on a quality note card with an image of the Divine Mercy.
These 4.25″ x 5.5″ note cards come with envelopes and are available as single cards or in packs of 10.
Single cards come packaged in clear resealable polypropylene bags. A pack of ten cards comes with option of the clear resealable polypropylene bags or gift box (clear vinyl Lid fits over white rigid box base).
The art work is by Richard L George and the note cards are designed and handcrafted by the George family.
The Divine Mercy Print – artwork by artist Richard L George.
More about this version of the Divine Mercy Image
Over the years I have painted the Divine Mercy Image several times–on banners, canvases, and even directly on a chasuble. In the development of this particular painting I paid very close attention to the details. I read and re-read the description of Saint Faustina’s vision of Jesus.
In 1931, our Lord appeared to St. Faustina in a vision.
She saw Jesus clothed in a white garment with His right hand raised in blessing. His left hand was touching His garment in the area of the Heart, from where two large rays came forth, one red and the other pale. She gazed intently at the Lord in silence, her soul filled with awe, but also with great joy. Jesus said to her:
Paint an image according to the pattern you see, with the signature: Jesus, I trust in You. I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish. I also promise victory over [its] enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I Myself will defend it as My own glory (Diary, 47, 48). I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy. That vessel is this image with the signature: Jesus, I trust in You (327). I desire that this image be venerated, first in your chapel, and [then] throughout the world (47).
At the request of her spiritual director, St. Faustina asked the Lord about the meaning of the rays in the image. She heard these words in reply:
The two rays denote Blood and Water. The pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of souls. These two rays issued forth from the depths of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance on the Cross. Happy is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him (299). By means of this image I shall grant many graces to souls. It is to be a reminder of the demands of My mercy, because even the strongest faith is of no avail without works (742).
Original Divine Mercy Image
In 1934, in the city of Vilnius, Father Sopocko entrusted the painting of the Divine Mercy Image to artist Eugeniusz Kazimirowski. Saint Faustina visited the painter’s studio to relay to the artist the details of how the image should look. Father Sopocko also did his best to assist the artist in painting the image according to Saint Faustina’s description. Saint Faustina wept in utter disappointment when she saw the artist’s representation and cried out to the Lord,
“Who will paint You as beautiful as You are?” In reply, she heard the words, “Not in the beauty of the color nor of the brush lies the greatness of this image, but in My grace” (Diary note 313).
The Vilnius image illustrated here is the before, during, and after of the 2003 restoration. The numerous restorations and repainting carried out over time affected (negatively) the appearance of the image. In addition, the paraffin coat applied by conservators to protect the picture against humidity simultaneously changed the intensity of its original colours. In fact, what is widely propagated today as the “original image” doesn’t look exactly the way it did when it was first painted. One of the oldest photographs of the original image illustrates this.
The Hyla Divine Mercy Image
The Hyla Divine Mercy image is a rendition that was painted by Adolph Hyla. He made the painting as a votive offering to God for saving his family during the war in Poland. The Hyla image remains one of the most reproduced renderings.
The Miraculous Image on the Shroud of Turin
In addition, I examined extensive studies of the imprinted face of Jesus on the Shroud of Turin and kept it as a close reference for the development of the face. As my perception of what the face of Jesus would have looked like changed with a deeper understanding of the Shroud, so did each version I painted look different from the previous one. My work as a 3D modeler and animator for an engineering firm helped me further see the miraculous nature of the image on the Shroud.
As I did the texture and bump mapping for my 3D objects and characters, I learned that the face on the Shroud would be distorted if it was simply a stain from a corpse because the Shroud would have followed the curvature of the face. As a result of a natural imprint we would have seen a highly distorted image as you see illustrated here. The further you get from the center of the face the greater distortion–notice the placement of the ears (the image illustrated on the right).
Shroud of Turin Face Comparison
It has been said that the artist Eugeniusz Kazimirowski, who painted the Vilnius Divine Mercy Image, used the Shroud of Turin as a model for the face. Of course, we know that many artists have used it as a foundation for painting the face of Christ and he may have. In fact, I too, have used the Shroud as a foundation for my painting the face of Christ.
No matter which version of the image we prefer, we can be assured that it is a vehicle of God’s grace if it is revered with trust in His mercy.
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