Icon: Divine Mercy/Crombie 8” x 16”

The original icon was the fruit of more than one year of prayer – from the commissioning by Catherine Lanni, (the Foundress and Spiritual Moderator of The Servants of Jesus The Divine Mercy) to the final stroke of the brush. The iconographer, Kathleen Bordo Crombie, prayed. Catherine Lanni prayed. And The Servants of Jesus of The Divine Mercy prayed as well. It is apparent God heard and received those prayers, because we know clearly that this icon is the fruit of those prayers – it is touching the hearts of many and bringing them closer to The Divine Mercy. Thanks be to God. Standing 80” high by 38” wide, the icon was solemnly blessed for public veneration, and is now installed in the sanctuary of The Shrine of Jesus The Divine Mercy in Clinton Township, Michigan.

Everything you see in this icon is meant to convey a message to the viewer.

·       Red = blood in which there is life, or in the case of a martyr or Jesus means death; everything of earth, humanity, blood, passion, fire

·       Gold = living in eternal light; uncreated light of God’s presence; divinity

·       Brown = poverty, monastic and ascetic life

·       Blue = a reminder of Heaven for all people; transcendence, mystery, all that is of God

·       Black = the color of darkness and separation from God’s glory; sin, death, solitude ignorance

·       White = the light, glory, transfiguration

The cruciform halo indicates the divine image is Jesus Christ.

The color of Christ’s flesh is not any one particular color. Jesus is The Divine Mercy for all people.

Jesus wears the white robe of the High Priest because He is the eternal High Priest. He also is girded in the sash/belt.

Jesus’ eyes meet ours directly because we are always the focus of His love and Divine Mercy.

The background on this icon is not black, but rather a combination of blue and black. The meaning is that Jesus, who is the light, is stepping out of the darkness of our sin and towards us to make the great mystery of His unfathomable Divine Mercy available to us.

Jesus’ knee is slightly bent suggesting He is moving toward us always. If we only go out to meet Him, He will shower us in His Divine Mercy.

Jesus’ blessing hand is raised in authority of the high priest. His right hand showing two fingers touching His thumb with two other fingers raised, symbolizes a blessing. Two fingers raised symbolize the two natures of Christ.

The gushing rays symbolize Christ’s Divine Mercy as a result of His death on the cross when the Church was born from His pierced side. "O blood and water which 'gushed' forth from the heart of Jesus..." The ten (10) rays represent the Ten Commandments. They also symbolize the decades of the Rosary in which we pray The Divine Mercy Chaplet. The rays are symmetrical. Aesthetically symmetry means beauty and perfection. The rays do not extend off the board, symbolizing that now is the time of His great unfathomable mercy - one day it will be the time of justice.

The blood from the wounds in his hands and feet acknowledge that Christ’s mercy is in all His precious wounds, and that God blesses the world through Jesus’ wounds on the Cross.

The sandals on his feet symbolize that He is ready to walk the path with us no matter how long it takes or how rocky the road.

"Jesus, I Trust In You" was requested by Jesus through Sr. Faustina.

May The Divine Mercy draw us ever closer to Himself, and shower us abundantly with His unfathomable Divine Mercy.  Jesus, I trust in you!

8” x 16” Nelson Gifts