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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, GODS 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 proclaims sister Faustina Kowalska
a Saint and institutes the Feast of Divine Mercy for the whole Church.
On 17th August 2002 in Cracow Lagiewniki (Poland), Pope solemnly entrusts
the world to
the Divine Mercy and on the same day consecrates the Shrine of Divine
Mercy.
Excerpts from the Holy Father's homily given during Mass in Cracow
Lagiewniki:
"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 Gods
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 Gods 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 world to the Divine Mercy. I do so with the burning desire that the
message of Gods 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 OF THE WORLD TO THE DIVINE MERCY
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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. |
"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).
THE MESSAGE
OF DIVINE MERCY
The Lord Jesus entrusted a great mission
to this Polish nun from the Congregation of Our Lady
of Mercy, Saint sister Faustina, who had complete trust in God -
to proclaim His message of mercy
to the whole world. Her mission was to introduce new prayers
and forms of devotion to the Divine Mercy, which are to remind us
of the forgotten truth of our faith - of Gods merciful love
for every person. In the message, Merciful God reveals Jesus Christ
the Savior, as the Father of love and Divine mercy, espescially
to the most unfortunate, faulted and sinfull.
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Saint sister Maria Faustina Kowalska
(1905-1938)
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"You
are the secretary of My mercy..." (Diary, 1605).
"Your
task is to write down everything that
I
make known to you about My mercy,
for the benefit of those who by reading these things will
be comforted
in their souls and
will have the courage to approach Me"
(Diary, 1693).
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"Today I am sending you with My mercy to the
people of the whole world. I do not want to punish aching mankind,
but I desire to heal it, pressing it to My Merciful Heart (...) before
the Day of Justice I am sending the Day of Mercy" (Diary, 1588).
The Savior desires, that the new forms of devotion
to the Divine Mercy and His promises will
be known by whole world. His promises will be fulfilled under the condition
of our trust in Gods goodness and our mercy towards our neighbors.
"I have
opened My Heart as a living fountain of mercy. Let all souls draw
life from it.
Let them approach this sea of mercy with great trust. Sinners will
attain justification,
and the just will be strengthened in goodness" (Diary, 1520).
"...Both
the sinner and the righteous person have need of My mercy. Conversion,
as well as perseverance, is a grace of My mercy" (Diary, 1577).
"The graces of My mercy are drawn by
means of one vessel only, and that is - trust.
The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive" (Diary, 1578).
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