This Internet page contains the text that is based on excerpts from the DIARY of Saint sister Faustina Kowalska
(the numbers in parenthesis indicate the specific paragraphs found in the DIARY). It also contains excerpts
from the book, GOD’S MERCY IN HIS WORKS, written by Dr. Frather Michael Sopocko. In such a way we would like
to spread, through Saint Faustina, the message of the Divine Mercy to the whole world, which is the source
of hope for all mankind.


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“MANKIND WILL NOT HAVE PEACE UNTIL IT TURNS WITH TRUST TO MY MERCY”
(Diary, 300)

(The words of Lord Jesus from Saint Faustina).


VATICAN, St. Peter's Square. The ceremony of canonization of saint Faustina Kowalska.

April 30, 2000. Pope JOHN PAUL II institutes the Feast of Divine Mercy for the whole Church and proclaims
sister Faustina Kowalska a Saint.


On 17th August 2002 in the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Cracow Lagiewniki (Poland), Pope JOHN PAUL II
solemnly entrusted the destiny of the world to the Divine Mercy.

Excerpts from the Holy Father's homily given during Mass:

"O incomprehensible and Limitless Mercy Divine,
Who can extol and adore You worthily?
Supreme attribute of Almighty God,
You are the sweet hope for sinful man" (Diary, 951).
"Dear Brothers and Sisters!
Today I repeat these simple and straightforward words of Saint Faustina, in order to join her
and all of you in adoring the inconceivable and unfathomable mystery of God’s mercy.
Like Saint Faustina, we wish to proclaim that apart from the mercy of God there is no other
source of hope for mankind. We desire to repeat with faith: Jesus, I trust in You.
This proclamation of trust in the all-powerful love of God, is especially neccessary in our
own times, when mankind is experiencing bewilderment in the face of many manifestations of evil.
The invocation of God’s mercy needs to rise up from the depth of hearts filled with suffering, apprehension and uncertainty, and at the same time yearning for an infallible source of hope (...). Today, therefore, in this Shrine, I wish to solemnly entrust the destiny of the world to the Divine Mercy. I do so with the burning desire that the message of God’s merciful love, proclaimed through sister Faustina, may be made known to all the peoples of the earth and fill their hearts with hope.
May this message radiate from this place through our beloved homeland and throughout
the world..."

ACT OF ENTRUSTMENT

O God, merciful Father,
Who have revealed your love
in your Son, Jesus Christ,
and have poured it out upon us
in the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
We entrust to You today the destiny of the world
and of every man and woman.
Bend down to us sinners,
heal our weaknesses,
conquer all evil,
and grant that all the inhabitants of the earth
may experience Your mercy.
May they always find the source of hope
In You, the Triune God.
Eternal Father,
for the sake of the sorrowful Passion,
and the Resurrection of Your Son,
have mercy on us
and on the whole world. Amen.

(Pope John Paul II)



"I bear a special love for Poland, and if she will be obedient to My will, I will exalt her
in might and holiness. From her will come forth the spark that will prepare the world
for My final coming" (Diary, 1732).

 

 

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