THE ORIGINAL IMAGE OF DIVINE MERCY
The Untold Story of an Unknown Masterpiece

Discover the fascinating and mysterious history of the shrouded Original Image of Divine Mercy. Through interviews with key witnesses and those closest to the subject, this film carefully retraces the painting’s turbulent and unpredictable timeline, as well as the necessary role it plays in the devotion to Jesus' Divine Mercy.

A film by
The Original Divine Mercy Institute

Executive Producer
Gintaras Grušas, Archbishop od Vilnius (Lithuania)

Director
Daniel diSIlva

Endorsed by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization - “The Hallmark of the Holy Year of Mercy”

This groundbreaking documentary tells the previously-unknown and untold history of the original masterpiece commissioned by St. Faustina through a series of interviews with key witnesses and individuals intimately connected with the struggle to preserve the world’s greatest man made work of art. An extraordinary film that everyone who loves Divine Mercy must see.

Featuring Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire), John Paul II biographer George Weigel, Fr. Michael Gately MIC, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius (President of the Eropean Bishops Conference), life-long assistant to Pope JPII Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz of Krakow, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna (President of the Wold Divine Mercy Congress), as well as jazz recording artist Harry Connick Jr, comedian Jim Gaffigan, and many more!

About the Film

At the request of Jesus himself, Saint Faustina and her confessor, Fr. Michael Sopoćko, worked in secret with artist Eugeniusz Kazimirowski to render her mystical vision on canvas. After 6 month, the painting was complete, but only after many corrections were made at the pursistance of Saint Faustina. The ensuing World War and subsequent violent and anti-Catholic Soviet occupation of Vilnius (Lithuania) forced the painting into hiding for many years behind the Iron Curtain. The painting was finally rediscovered and installed in its permanent home in a beautiful sanctuary in Vilnius in accordance with the last will and testimony of Blessed Michal Sopoćko and instructions left by Saint Faustina. This film covers the entire journey made by Saint Faustina’s magnum opus, and theological insights about it’s unique significance found in the obscured writings of Fr. Michal Sopocko.

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