Saint Sister Faustina

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Apostle of the Divine Mercy

Sister Mary Faustina, an apostle of the Divine Mercy, belongs today to the group of the most popular and well-known saints of the Church. Through her the Lord Jesus communicates to the world the great message of God's mercy and reveals the pattern of Christian perfection based on trust in God and on the attitude of mercy toward one's neighbors.

Born on August 25, 1905 in Glogowiec in Poland,  she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy on August 1, 1925; she took the name Sister Mary Faustina.

Although her life was apparently insignificant, monotonous and dull, she hid within herself an extraordinary union with God. Sister Faustina was a faithful daughter of the Church which she loved like a Mother and a Mystic Body of Jesus Christ. Conscious of her role in the Church, she cooperated with God's mercy in the task of saving lost souls. At the specific request of and following the example of the Lord Jesus, she made a sacrifice of her own life for this very goal. In her spiritual life she also distinguished herself with a love of the Eucharist and a deep devotion to the Mother of Mercy. The Lord Jesus chose Sr. Mary Faustina as the Apostle and "Secretary" of His Mercy, so that she could tell the world about His great message.

The mission of the Blessed Sr. Mary Faustina was recorded in her Diary which she kept at the specific request of the Lord Jesus and her confessors.

Faustina was beatified on April 18, 1993 and canonized on April 30, 2000

Source: MARY FAUSTINA KOWALSKA
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The Greater the Sinner, the Greater is God's Mercy 

We have forgotten...

Jesus laments that humanity has forgotten the great mercy God showed us in his incarnation, teaching, passion and death.

We must TRUST IN JESUS, TRUST IN HIS MERCY.

Jesus is no longer bound by time, his Mercy is forever. He 'humbled himself and took the form of a slave' in order to redeem us to the Ever-Living-God. His mercy is infinite, eternal, and for everyone.

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Divine Mercy and John Paul II: The Great 

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The mission of Sister Mary Faustina 

The mission of Sister Mary Faustina consists in 3 tasks:
- reminding the world of the truth of our faith revealed in the Holy Scripture about the merciful love of God toward every human being.
- entreating God's mercy for the whole world and particularly for sinners, among others through the practice of new forms of devotion to the Divine Mercy presented by the Lord Jesus, such as: the veneration of the image of the Divine Mercy with the inscription: Jesus, I Trust in You, the feast of the Divine Mercy celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, chaplet to the Divine Mercy and prayer at the Hour of Mercy (3 p.m.). The Lord Jesus attached great promises to the above forms of devotion, provided one entrusted one's life to God and practiced active love of one's neighbor.
- initiating the apostolic movement of the Divine Mercy which undertakes the task of proclaiming and entreating God's mercy for the world and strives for Christian perfection, following the precepts laid down by the Blessed Sr. Mary Faustina. The precepts in question require the faithful to display an attitude of child-like trust in God which expresses itself in fulfilling His will, as well as in the attitude of mercy toward one's neighbors.

Today, this movement within the Church involves millions of people throughout the world; it comprises religious congregations, lay institutes, religious, brotherhoods, associations, various communities of apostles of the Divine Mercy, as well as individual people who take up the tasks which the Lord Jesus communicated to them through Saint Faustina.

The Living Creed of St. Faustina 

Her own 'little way.'

How does a person get from the normal wreck that we all are to a holy saint? This is how Sr. Faustina did it. From the -St. Faustina, Diary of Divine Mercy, 1934 A.D., n. 226-227
  • THE DUTY OF THE MOMENT THAT I MOST OFTEN FAIL TO OBEY, I WILL DO MY VERY BEST TO IMPROVE.
  • I WILL KEEP SILENT BEFORE OTHERS WHO GRUMBLE.
  • I MUST TAKE NO HEED OF THE OPINION OF OTHERS.
  • I MUST DO EVERYTHING AND ACT IN ALL MATTERS NOW AS I WOULD LIKE TO DO AND ACT AT THE HOUR OF MY DEATH.
  • IN EVERY ACTION I MUST BE MINDFUL OF GOD.
  • I MUST BE FAITHFUL IN MY SPIRITUAL EXERCISES.
  • I MUST HAVE GREAT APPRECIATION FOR EVEN THE MOST MINUTE TASK.
  • I MUST NOT LET MYSELF BECOME ABSORBED IN THE WHIRL OF WORK, BUT TAKE A BREAK TO LOOK UP TO HEAVEN.
  • I MUST SPEAK LITTLE WITH PEOPLE, BUT A GOOD DEAL WITH GOD.
  • I MUST PAY LITTLE ATTENTION AS TO WHO IS FOR ME AND WHO IS AGAINST ME.
  • I MUST NOT TELL OTHERS ABOUT THOSE THINGS I HAVE HAD TO PUT UP WITH.
  • I MUST MAINTAIN PEACE AND EQUANIMITY DURING TIMES OF SUFFERING.
  • IN DIFFICULT MOMENTS I MUST TAKE REFUGE IN THE WOUNDS OF JESUS; I MUST SEEK CONSOLATION, COMFORT, LIGHT AND
    AFFIRMATION IN THEM.
  • IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS I WILL TRY TO SEE THE LOVING HAND OF GOD.
  • O JESUS, I WILL LET NO ONE SURPASS ME IN LOVING YOU!

Divine Mercy Resources 

So inspiring, so healing

Many souls have experienced great healing of their illnesses, their sorrows, their relationships by praying to the Divine Mercy of Jesus, who died for us on the Cross. If you need help of any kind, there is hardly anything more important for our day to help you!

The Life of Faustina Kowalska: The Authorized Biography

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Thematic Concordance of the Diary of St. M. Faustina Kowalska

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Special Urgency of Mercy: Why Sister Faustina?

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The Young Life of Sister Faustina

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Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her Life and Mission

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Wonderful Divine Mercy Videos 

St Faustina has a powerful message for our times

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