I've received several emails suggesting putting the image of the Divine Mercy on the door. What a good idea, I thought. So I pulled out my fat file of holy images and began leafing through its contents to see if I had a poster of the Divine Mercy image. I stopped short when I came to the sweet image of the Infant of Prague holding the world in his hand. Then and there I decided He would be the one to greet all who came to our door.The story of the devotion is very appropriate to this difficult time. Here's a short summary from that wonderful biographer of the saints, Ann Ball:
In 1556, Maria Manriquez de Lara brought a precious family heirloom, a statue of the child Jesus, with her to Bohemia when she married the Czech nobleman Vratislav of Pernstyn. The statue of the child is eighteen inches tall, carved of wood, and thinly coated with wax. The left foot is barely visible under a long white tunic. The statue stands on a broad pedestal, and there is a waist-high silver case which holds it upright. The left hand holds a miniature globe surmounted by a cross, signifying the worldwide kingship of Christ. The right hand is extended in blessing in a form usually used by the Supreme Pontiff; the first two fingers are upraised to symbolize the two natures in Christ, while the folded thumb and last two fingers touch each other to represent the mystery of the Holy Trinity....
