Sister Faustina continued to keep her diary in Krakw, recording not only Jesus words and her extraordinary mystical experiences, but also deeply moving contemplation on the mystery of Divine Mercy. I opened up all my soul, as usual. On her way to Walendw she stopped at Warsaw, where she had the opportunity to discuss the matter with Mother General Michaela Moraczewska, in whom she had always been able to confide. When I recall she confessed that in a few days time I am to be made one with the Lord by my perpetual vows, my soul is inundated with such unimaginable joy that I just cant describe it at all (Diary 231).The ceremony for her perpetual vows was conducted by Bishop Stanisaw Rospond on 1 May 1933. 5 October. Mother Michaela Moraczewska, superior of the Warsaw house, who was present during the conversation, offered to speak to the candidate herself. From henceforth Sister Faustina knew that she was supported in the carrying out of the mission not only by the Blessed Virgin but also St. Joseph. After taking her first vows Sister Faustina stayed for a few months in Krakw. I shall complete all that is wanting in you (Diary 435). Her superiors sent her for treatment to a sanatorium in the municipal health institution in Krakw. One big prayer of thanksgiving sprang up from my heart (Diary 17). The sisters in the refectory got up from table and went upstairs, where Sister Faustina was lying in her room. That is how Sister Faustinas hospital ministry for the dying started. A Gift of God for Our Times After all, she lived in a convent and was only a simple nun performing prosaic duties; she had neither extensive relations with other people nor any opportunities to disseminate this message in the world at large. Father Sopoko requested Sister Faustina to ask Jesus about that, too. Shortly before she died she sat up in bed and asked Mother Superior to come up closer. The parish priest, Father Jzef Chodyski, made the following entry for 27 August 1905 in the parish register: On this day, 27 August 1905, at one oclock in the afternoon, Stanisaw Kowalski, farmer, aged 40 years, came accompanied by Franciszek Bednarek, aged 35 years, and Jzef Stasiak, aged 40 years, farmers of Gogowiec, presenting to us an infant of the female sex, born of his wife Marianna ne Babel, aged 30, at eight oclock in the morning of 25 August 1905 in the village of Gogowiec. Jesus paid no attention to this and did not withdraw His directive, but encouraged her, saying, Do not be afraid. On arriving in Krakw she met with Father Andrasz, who advised her to keep praying and exercising acts of self-mortification until the Feast of the Sacred Heart, when he would give her an answer to this question. Just as the astounding revelations on the Divine Mercy entrusted by Jesus to St. Faustina constitute God's final effort of salvation . Maria Faustyna Kowalska, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 - 5 October 1938 [1] ), also known as Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic. My superiors tell me that sometimes there are illusions and all sorts of spectres. What did Faustina see Saint Faustina saw visions of Heaven In . When she tried to curb her daughters enthusiasm saying, Youll go mad if you keep getting up in the middle of the night, Helenka told her, Mummy, it must be an angel that wakes me up for prayers. I woke Sister Amelia, put on my overall and bonnet and dashed to the infirmary. For Your Sons sake, You have to love me (Diary 240). Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: Francesco d'Assisi; c. 1181 - 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianity. On the Feast of Pentecost, 9 June 1935, in the evening, when she was in the garden, Jesus gave her a new task: You and your companions shall beg for mercy for yourselves and for the world (Diary 435). The sisters went down to the evening service. When he returned and opened the door to her room he found her levitating over the bed and absorbed in prayer. Not only did she notice them, but she would also think of ways to help them. She died on Oct. 5, 1938, after being chosen by Jesus and Mary to become the unlikely apostle of the Divine Mercy. Though seriously ill herself, often so ill that she had to leave Mass, she always noticed others, who needed help. But there was something that set her apart from the rest of the children in the village. Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska was born on August 25, 1905 in central Poland, the third of the ten children of Stanisaw Kowalski and Marianna Kowalska. This truth that God is in His very nature Love and Mercy Itself, is given to us by our Judeo-Christian faith and God's self-revelation. This is why Vilnius has become known as the City of Divine Mercy. It was where all of our Lords demands of St. Faustina in His message of Divine Mercy were finally realised. After examining by the Holy See the next miracle of healing Father Ronald Pytel of Baltimore, MD, from incurable disease of the heart, the Holy Father John Paul II numbered her to the group of saints of the Catholic Church. Helenka knew this meant going to the chapel. In a mystical experience after Holy Communion she received a blessing for the task from the Holy Trinity. Her father had already taught her to read, but at school she had the opportunity to learn more. But as she left the confessional Jesus explained, My image is in your soul. She was baptized with the name Helena in the parish church of Swinice Warckle. God came first, not only on Sundays and family occasions, but every day. After two miracles were investigated and confirmed, the pope made her Blessed Faustina in 1993 and St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in 2000, the first saint of the 21st century and New Millenium. That was the quiet, godly influence Sister Faustina had on sinful souls. The day of judgement has been determined, the day of Gods anger, the angels tremble at the thought of it. Jesus does not ask you to suffer beyond your capacity. We did not understand her. It was the first time she saw them since several years. In her soul she heard Jesus words: Say the Chaplet I have taught you (Diary 810). I agreed on condition that the painting be put up to decorate the window of the arcade. It was a picture with a new content, he recalled, and that is why I could not display it in a church without permission from the Archbishop, whom I was embarrassed to ask or, even more, to explain its origins. But Sister Faustina, urged on by Jesus, demanded it be put up in church. Anyone who says the Chaplet just once, even should he be the most hardened of sinners, shall receive grace from My infinite mercy (Diary 687). This is why Vilnius has become known as the "City of Divine Mercy." It was where all of our Lord's demands of St. Faustina in His message of Divine Mercy were finally realised. 30 on Parzczewska St. (now 1 Maja 7 St.) and they needed help with the housework and looking after their only son Zenek. Faustina was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church on 30 April 2000, [1] [2] having been considered a mystic and visionary. Eternal is His love for me. But already after three weeks she observed that there was little time in the convent for prayer, and wanted to move to a stricter order. At night, when she prayed prostrating herself on the floor, she saw the tortured face of Jesus and asked, Who has hurt You so much, Jesus? Jesus replied, You will cause Me such pain if your leave this Order. In the next visions Jesus made great promises to Sister Faustina in connection with the trustful reciting of the Chaplet. In reply she had a vision of purgatory, from which she learned that the greatest torment of the souls in this misty place, full of fire was longing for God. The priest told her to paint an image of Jesus in her soul. These and other promises Jesus made would be fulfilled only if the practices He had recommended were accompanied by an inner attitude of trust in God combined with an active love of ones neighbour. During the conversation she saw the candidate in a better light and wanted to admit her, so she advised the girl to ask the Master of the house whether he would accept her. For 18 years she directed the spiritual and apostolic life of the entire Congregation which, following Sister Faustinas visions, she entrusted to the care of Mary, Mother of Mercy, the Congregations heavenly Superior General. I feel compassion for you. (Diary 635). 6,379 Likes, 75 Comments - EWTN (@ewtnmedia) on Instagram: "Today is St. Faustina's feast day. Before He comes again as Judge, He wants souls to learn that He is the King of merc (Diary 378), Sister Faustina wrote in her diary. After a brief stay in Warsaw in the ytnia and at Grochw, she was again sent off to Pock, and from there for a short time to Biaa, an agricultural colony of the Pock house. Her relics are in the Shrine of the Divine Mercy at agiewniki, Krakw. Know that should you fail to have this picture painted and neglect all this work of mercy, on the Day of Judgement you shall be held to account for a great number of souls (Diary 154), He told her. Her feast day is Oct. 5. Two days later she was baptized with the name Helena in the parish church of winice Warckie. When she returned to the reception room she repeated these words to Mother Superior, who said, If the Lord has admitted you, then so do I (Diary 14). Some warned her of hallucinations, others declared she was hysterical and fantasising, and yet others acknowledged that she must be close to Jesus since she was bearing all this suffering with such calm. Suddenly someone woke me up. Sister Faustina fulfilled this mission not only by the witness of her own life and the writing of her diary, in which she revealed Gods extraordinary merciful love for each human being, but also through her everyday relations with her neighbours. I learned how much God loved me. Already in the first days, when she suffered much because for nearly three weeks she had no access to confession, This afternoon, Father Andrasz came into my isolation room and sat down to hear my Confession. Things turned out in such a way, Mother General Michaela Moraczewska explained Sister Faustinas frequent moves, that she had to be transferred fairly often to new places, so that she worked in almost all of the Congregations houses. Roman Catholic Saint-Maria Faustina Kowalska, known as Saint Faustina, born Helena Kowalska was a Polish Nun who is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a Saint. Writing about her experience viewing Heaven, the saint wrote: I saw how all creatures give ceaseless praise and glory to God. From that moment her union with God was closer than ever before. It is also the means to establish peace in human hearts and between nations: Mankind shall not find peace and contentment until it turns with trust unto My mercy (Diary 300). This message, Pope Benedict XVI has said, The message of Mercy as the Divine Power, as God putting a check on all the worlds evil, is indeed the chief message of our times. In August 1938 she wrote a letter to Mother General Michaela Moraczewska: Dearest Reverend Mother, I feel this is our last conversation on earth. In His next apparition He gave the details for this type of worship. Sister Faustina Kowalska is one of the Church's most popular and widely known saints and the greatest mystics in the history of . She instructed Sister Faustina to say the exclamatory prayers instead of long prayers which required a considerable amount of concentration, and thereby accept the will of God. Jesus made a big sign of the cross over me and I crossed myself. What most struck me about Sister Faustina, she wrote after her death, and still strikes me today as an extraordinary phenomenon, especially in the last months of her illness, was her absolute self-oblivion for the sake of the dissemination of the worship of Divine Mercy. An experienced confessor, Father Sopoko first tried to get to know his penitent, and not be misled by any delusions, hallucinations or fantasies deriving from human nature. God was working in a strange way in my soul. She went to Aleksandrw dzki, a town where Kazimierz Bryszewski and his wife Leokadia had a bakery and shop at No. I am suffering as much as I can bear. These words filled her soul with a terrible awe. Sister Faustinas mission continues and is bringing wondrous fruit. The achievement of this objective not only brought Sister Faustina the greatest amount of suffering, but also led her to full union with Jesus, to what is generally referred to as mystical betrothal and mystical marriage. I put all my trust in God and His holy will. This is why Vilnius has become known as the "City of Divine Mercy." It was where all of our Lord's demands of St. Faustina in His message of Divine Mercy were finally realised. In 1965, as the Bishop of Krakw, he initiated a diocesan process for raising of Sister Faustina to the glory of the altars. He stood by Sister Faustinas coffin and cried, so great was the impression she had made on him that apparently after the funeral he was converted. When a friend asked her why she was walking alone, not with the other girls, she said, Im not alone, Im walking with Jesus. Nevertheless, my confessor did not allow me to miss a single Holy Communion. Prayer for the intentions of Our Holy Father, the Pope. Biography. She told us children that when she grew up she would enter a convent, but we laughed. She wrote in her diary, Jesus reminded me, as He had told me the first time, that the words Jesus, I trust in You must be in the inscription(Diary 327). My second year in the novitiate was coming up. This religious fervor spread to Helena quickly, as she was known from an early age for her obedience, prayerfulness . During the ceremony she fainted twice. Indeed she gave the impression of a supernatural being. Ive absolutely nothing to hold against her, she was just so good. After less than two months of Sister Faustinas novitiate there was a change of novice mistress (20 June 1926). She told Sister Boenna Pniewska, who regretted that the agiewniki chapel was available only for the sisters and their charges, There will soon come a time when the convent gate will be wide open and people will come here to pray to the Divine Mercy. But when I went down to the kitchen, I didnt find anything for the poor, yet after a while, I found some soup, which I heated up, crumbled a bit of bread into it, and gave it to the poor young man. She saw clearly what she was taking upon herself. At this time Sister Faustina often spoke of Gods mercy, Sister Szymona Nalewajk recollects, while I would challenge her and stress His justice. At the young age of 20, she made the decision to join a convent in Warsaw. But Helenka felt her heart was so big that no human love would satisfy it. But Sister Faustina was not pleased, although the artist and Father Sopoko did all they could to render as faithful an image of Jesus as possible. She was an able pupil and a keen learner, but had to leave after just three years to make room for the younger children. So she did not turn down an invitation to a dance in the Wenecja Park. She was better at keeping the house than I was. He was strict with himself and his children and did not tolerate even the slightest misdemeanour. Is a gift from God for our times, great mystic, mistress of spiritual life, prophet, who reminded the biblical truth about merciful love of God for every human being and calls to proclaim it to the world through the testimony of life, deed, word and prayer. Mankind shall not find peace and contentment until it turns with trust unto My mercy (Diary 300), He told Sister Faustina. Join the "Apostle of Mercy" as you prepare for Christ's birth! Having listened to Sister Faustina, Mother General said that for the time being it was Gods will that she should stay in her Congregation, where she had made her perpetual vows, but she also expressed an opinion that the work of mercy which Jesus was entrusting to her must be very beautiful, since it was meeting with so much opposition from Satan. Speak to the world about My mercy; let all mankind recognize my unfathomable mercy. At first Mother General had not consented to her leaving the Congre- gation and had warned Sister Faustina to beware of delusions and imprudent moves, but now that she was travelling to Krakw for a visitation, on 4 May 1937, she said: Up to now, I have always held you back, but now I leave it entirely up to you; if you want to leave, you can do so; if you want to stay in the Congregation, you can stay(Diary 1115). I went to bed at the usual time, Sister Eufemia recollected, and was soon asleep. That is the hour of great mercy for the whole world (Diary 1320). With this priests help, Sister Faustina commissioned an artist to paint the first Divine Mercy image, based on her vision of Jesus. Sister Faustina was born on 25 August 1905 in Gogowiec, Poland to Marianna and Stanisaw Kowalski as the third of ten children. She apologised to Jesus and immediately revoked her decision. How marvellously her Divine Mercy service is making its way around the world and winning so many human hearts! St. Faustina offered her day in 1936 for Russia, as Jesus was in anguish over what was happening in the atheistic country. We continued to pray. Anthony was not the first ascetic or hermit, but he may properly be called the "Father of Monasticism" in Christianity, as he organized his disciples into a community and later, following the spread of Athanasius's hagiography, was the inspiration for similar communities throughout Egypt and elsewhere. For the spirit space does not exist. O Mother of God, Mary Most Holy, You, O Mother, are now my Mother in a very special way, because Your beloved Son is my Bridegroom, so we are both Your children. During her next confession she told her confessor about this incident. She commuted into Warsaw from Ostrwek looking for a convent which would take her but she was turned down wherever she knocked to the gate. It looked impressive there, and attracted peoples attention more than the image of Our Lady over the gate.. In the morning, during Meditation Sister Faustina recorded I was overwhelmed by the presence of God in a special way, seeing Gods immense greatness and, at the same time, His coming down to His creatures. Her kitchen help Sister Serafina Kukulska recalled was a girl with a very difficult character, a convert, whom no-one ever wanted to work with. Her first period of treatment lasted nearly four months from December 1936 (with a break for Christmas). At the age of nine, she made her first Holy Communion. They liked her and gathered around her during recreation, as her thoughts and words were focused on God and she was always cheerful. Not only the sisters but also their charges and even the farm hands came down to pray in the crypt where Sister Faustinas coffin stood. Other saints and angels, whose company and assistance she had often enjoyed, also lent a helping hand. Nonetheless, the suffering was becoming more and more intense. Any soul that makes its Confession and receives Holy Communion will have its sins and its punishment completely remitted. Her superiors sent her first to the Congregations house in nearby Walendw, where an eight-day annual retreat was just starting under the direction of the Jesuit Father Edmund Elter, a professor of ethics, homiletics and rhetoric at the Gregorianum University in Rome. You will prepare the world for My final coming. He was inspired to lead a life of poverty and itinerant preaching. With trustful prayer at three oclock in the afternoon, offered on the merit of His Passion, is connected a promise of all graces which would be granted to the petitioners and all for whom they prayed, naturally provided that the grace asked for was in agreement with the will of God, i.e. The Novice Mistress thorough training and personal experience gave her the confidence to lead the novices into the spiritual life, teaching them to know God more profoundly, to pray and practise the ascetic life, so that their piety should not be emotional and soft but thorough, and bring them to an ever deeper union with God through obedience, humility, a self-sacrificing love of their neighbours and a zeal for the salvation of the souls entrusted to the Congregations apostolic care. She also hoped that coming to that house would mean the final accomplishing of Gods plans concerning the foundation of a new congregation. My mission will not end at my death. He reminded Sister Faustina that He wanted it celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, for souls were still being lost despite His bitter Passion. She woke up during the night and realised that a soul was asking her for prayer. The Divine presence flooded my soul; I know I am under the glance of the Mighty One. This happened on several occasions, when a relative or one of the sisters, or even someone she had never known was dying. (Diary16). I felt wonderfully happy at having been able to confess everything. The doctor said it was very bad. First she stayed at the house of her uncle Micha Rapacki, at No. Sister Eufemia Traczyska, a young nun in her juniorate, had heard from Sister Amelia Socha that Sister Faustina was bound to become a saint. At Skolimw she asked Jesus whom she should pray for. Kowalska has such a blessed child! she used to say in the village. . She thanked me but did not take up my offer. Whenever I received the sacraments I thought I was offending Him even more. Go immediately to Warsaw, there you will enter a convent (Diary 10). For us on earth she left a promise: I shall not forget you, O poor Earth, though I feel I shall im[1]mediately sink completely in God, as in an ocean of bliss; but it will not prevent me from coming back to Earth and fortifying and encouraging souls to trust in Divine mercy. But it was to her that Jesus addressed these amazing words: Under the Old Covenant I sent prophets to My people with thunderbolts. He preached conferences on spiritual struggle, sacrifice, prayer, and mercy. Her soul was in special communion with the Holy Spirit, whose inspiration filled it with indescribable ecstasy, and her heart was flooded with thanksgiving for such vast graces. Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated the Second Sunday of Easter (which is the first Sunday after Easter). Born in the village of Gogowiec, near d, in Poland in 1905, and dying in Krakow in 1938, Saint Faustina spent her short life amongst the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, generously conforming herself to the vocation she received from God and developing an intense spiritual life, rich in spiritual gifts and in faithful harmony with them. When once instead of praying she started reading a religious book, she heard an inner voice, You shall prepare the world for My final coming(Diary 429). I also promise it victory over its enemies, already here on Earth, and especially in the hour of death. I could also clearly see the great holiness of God, I did not dare raise up my eyes to Him but cast myself into the dust at His feet, begging for mercy. She thanked Jesus for the unfathomed grace of being the bride of the Son of God and implored Our Lady for special care, reminding her of a new claim to her love. It has today become known as the most important place in the history of the Divine Mercy message and devotion. Sister Faustina was not good at drawing, so she asked Sister Boenna Pniewska for help. When all the opinions, including a psychiatric examination carried out by Dr. Helena Maciejewska, turned out in Sister Faustinas favour, Father Sopoko still deferred for some time. He asked people to kindle that spark of Gods grace and to transmit the fire of mercy to the world. Numerous new Divine Mercy shrines have sprung up to preach the truth of Gods merciful love for each human being. He asked for something hot to eat. Many of the great saints suffer like St. Faustina, who died of tuberculosis at age 33, suffering greatly in her final years. 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