Divine Mercy Sunday

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Roman Catholic feast liturgical celebration

Divine Mercy Sunday is a Roman Catholic feast celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, emphasizing trust in God's mercy and the message revealed to Saint Faustina Kowalska.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Divine Mercy Sunday canonical	5
Divine Mercy Feast	1
Divine Mercy Sunday in the Roman Catholic Church	1
Divine Mercy Sunday liturgical feast	1
Feast of the Divine Mercy	1
Misericordia Sunday	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T430781 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Divine Mercy Sunday
Context triple: [Eastertide, containsFeast, Divine Mercy Sunday]

A. Gaudete Sunday
Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a joyful emphasis and the use of rose-colored vestments as a break from the season’s penitential tone.
B. Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, commonly known as Corpus Christi, is a major Catholic feast celebrating the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
C. Resurrection Sunday
Resurrection Sunday is a Christian holy day celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed each year on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
D. Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
E. Pentecostarion
The Pentecostarion is an Eastern Christian liturgical book used in the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the period from Easter (Pascha) through the Sunday after Pentecost.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Divine Mercy Sunday
Target entity description: Divine Mercy Sunday is a Roman Catholic feast celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, emphasizing trust in God's mercy and the message revealed to Saint Faustina Kowalska.

A. Gaudete Sunday
Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a joyful emphasis and the use of rose-colored vestments as a break from the season’s penitential tone.
B. Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, commonly known as Corpus Christi, is a major Catholic feast celebrating the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
C. Resurrection Sunday
Resurrection Sunday is a Christian holy day celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed each year on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
D. Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
E. Pentecostarion
The Pentecostarion is an Eastern Christian liturgical book used in the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the period from Easter (Pascha) through the Sunday after Pentecost.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic feast ⓘ liturgical celebration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Divine Mercy Feast ⓘ linked to: Divine Mercy Sunday Feast of the Divine Mercy ⓘ linked to: Divine Mercy Sunday
approvedBy	Holy See ⓘ
associatedWithDevotion	Divine Mercy devotion ⓘ linked to: Divine Mercy
associatedWithImage	Divine Mercy image of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Divine Mercy
associatedWithPractice	Holy Communion ⓘ linked to: Holy Eucharist acts of mercy ⓘ confession ⓘ prayer of the Divine Mercy Chaplet ⓘ linked to: Divine Mercy trust in Jesus ⓘ veneration of the Divine Mercy image ⓘ
associatedWithPrayer	Chaplet of Divine Mercy ⓘ linked to: Divine Mercy
basedOnRevelationsTo	Saint Faustina Kowalska ⓘ
celebratedBy	Catholics worldwide ⓘ
celebratedOn	First Sunday after Easter ⓘ Second Sunday of Easter ⓘ
coincidesWithEvent	Octave Day of Easter ⓘ linked to: Easter Monday Second Sunday of Easter ⓘ
connectedWithPhrase	Jesus, I trust in You ⓘ
countryOfEarlyPromotion	Poland ⓘ
dateOfUniversalInstitution	30 April 2000 ⓘ
emphasizes	Divine Mercy of God ⓘ linked to: Divine Mercy trust in God’s mercy ⓘ
encouragesDevotion	Divine Mercy Novena ⓘ linked to: Divine Mercy
hasLiturgicalRank	solemnity ⓘ
hasOriginIn	private revelations recorded in the Diary of Saint Faustina ⓘ
hasPatronFigure	Pope John Paul II ⓘ Saint Faustina Kowalska ⓘ
hasSpecialIndulgence	plenary indulgence under usual conditions ⓘ
institutedBy	Pope John Paul II ⓘ
institutedFor	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
linkedToPope	Pope John Paul II ⓘ
linkedToSaint	Saint Faustina Kowalska ⓘ
liturgicalColor	white ⓘ
liturgicalSeason	Easter Season ⓘ linked to: Eastertide
preparationBeginsOn	Good Friday (Divine Mercy Novena) ⓘ linked to: Good Friday
promulgatedBy	Pope John Paul II ⓘ
scripturalFocus	Gospel of John 20:19–31 ⓘ linked to: Gospel of John
theologicalTheme	God’s mercy ⓘ conversion ⓘ forgiveness of sins ⓘ hope ⓘ trust in Jesus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited