Only during a discussion with her spiritual director Father Sopoko did she disclose that God wants a congregation to preach Divine mercy to the world and to pray for Divine mercy for the world (Diary 436). Helena Kowalska, known as Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, was born on August 25, 1905, in Glogowiec, Leczyca County, north-west of Ldz, Poland, as the daughter of a farmer. She died on Oct. 5, 1938, after being chosen by Jesus and Mary to become the unlikely apostle of the Divine Mercy. Quotations of St. The continual calling of grace was a great torment for me, nonetheless I tried to stifle my calling with various entertainments (Diary 8). The joy brought by the accomplishment of Jesus requests, the painting of the picture and its display for public veneration on the first Sunday after Easter, the envisaged Feast of Divine Mercy, did not last long because already in May 1935 Sister Faustina felt intuitively that there would be new tasks which she was very anxious about. 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. It has today become known as the most important place in the history of the Divine Mercy message and devotion. 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. Sister, if you want to be by Sister Faustina when she dies, get up now. In fact, being submerged in God will give me unlimited scope for action(Diary 1582). She also brought in food for employees who were provided with meals by my parents. What can you do about it?, 'Well, said Sister Faustina, 'if you have a yard then what with walking across it all week itll get dirty, but come Saturday you sweep it and clean it up and its spotless. During the 1930s, a Polish nun named Faustina Kowalska reportedly had . As I was a senior novice I had to act as her guide (angel). Any soul that makes its Confession and receives Holy Communion will have its sins and its punishment completely remitted. But she wasnt sure she had understood His words correctly, that she was to found a new congregation, neither had she been told explicitly to inform her confessor of this, so for the next twenty days she remained silent. Mrs. Lipszyc tried to get her to marry. Divine Mercy Sunday is the perfect day to start listening to what Jesus himself tells us: (1) "I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor . In a mystical experience after Holy Communion she received a blessing for the task from the Holy Trinity. The tension regarding the accomplishing of the work of Mercy entrusted her by the Lord had gone. She didn't plan to become a nun. In her heart of hearts she heard the words, My Mercy does not want that, but justice commands it (Diary 20). Now only a very thin veil of faith separated her from the union with God to which the saints accede in heaven. 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. I want priests to preach My great mercy to sinful souls (Diary 49-50). Her mind, will, memory, emotions and all her senses were submitting to God more and more harmoniously and preparing her soul for full union with Him. One of the people who came to worship before this image was Karol Wojtya, a young labourer from the Solvay quarry which neighboured on the convent, who had already become familiar with the devotion to Divine Mercy in the forms of worship prescribed by Sister Faustina. Your email address will not be published. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. I stood next to the bedside cabinet on which there was a little altar set up and was overwhelmed with terror, but a moment later she came round and said, 'Ah, Sister, youve come, Im glad, do come in'. She firmly believed all He said would happen, though sometimes she had no idea as to how it would come about. The suffering lasted a minute and then God again filled her soul with great comfort. She was magnanimous and devoted her entire life to the saving of souls. Helenka knew this meant going to the chapel. In her everyday contacts Sister Faustina was able to interpret lifes troubles in a spirit of living faith and see Gods goodness in everything. He called her Diary a Gospel of Mercy written from a 20th-century perspective, which has helped people to survive the extremely painful experiences of these times. 2. Faustina was beatified on April 18, 1993 and canonized on April 30, 2000. At this time Sister Faustina often spoke of Gods mercy, Sister Szymona Nalewajk recollects, while I would challenge her and stress His justice. St. Faustina is best known for her devotion to the Divine Mercy. He was strict with himself and his children and did not tolerate even the slightest misdemeanour. Every day He gave her a subject for contemplation and points for meditation. Sister Faustina was not good at drawing, so she asked Sister Boenna Pniewska for help. Two days later she was baptized with the name Helena in the parish church of winice Warckie. Why is St Faustina important? Blessed art Thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. On Friday, 13 September 1935, Sister Faustina had a vision in her cell of an Angel who was sent down by God to punish the earth. I woke Sister Amelia, put on my overall and bonnet and dashed to the infirmary. The Message is happy to share stories about the Divine Mercy devotion. Finally she came to the house of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. In June 1937 she made a record in her diary of the final shape of the work which was one but had three hues. After her perpetual vows Sister Faustina stayed in Krakw for almost a month, taking advantage of the service of Father Jzef Andrasz SJ, who like Father Edmund Elter had confirmed her in the belief that the visions were genuine and advised her to remain faithful to the grace of God and to be obedient. "After it will come the Day of Justice. Mother Magorzata Gimbutt was replaced by Mother Jzefa Brzoza, who had been trained for the office in Laval (France), which served the Foundress, Mother Teresa Ewa Countess Potocka ne Sukowska, as the spiritual model for the Congregations religious life and apostolic work in Poland. He preached conferences on spiritual struggle, sacrifice, prayer, and mercy. Faustina's message reverberated in St. John Paul II's heart. Sister Faustina had achieved the fullness of union with God and sang a hymn in honour of His unfathomable Mercy. I remember her wholesome, happy smile Aldona Lipszyc recalled after many years She used to sing a lot and I always think of her in connection with the hymn she sang most often and which I learned from her, 'I am to revere Jesus hidden in the Sacrament'. Sister Faustina is one of the Churchs most popular and widely known saints and the greatest mystics in the history of the Church. Our Lady faithfully accompanied Sister Faustina and spoke to her on the prophetic mission. 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. On that day are open all the Divine floodgates through which graces flow; let no soul fear to approach Me, even if its sins be as scarlet (Diary 699). 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. 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. Her eyes were fixed on an invisible object, and her pupils slightly dilated, for some time she did not take any notice of me, and I did not want to disturb her and was intending to leave, but soon she came round, noticed me and apologised for not hearing me knock or enter. Tell them, O My daughter, that I am love and mercy itself (Diary 1074). St. Faustina is celebrated each year as an Optional Memorial on October 5. After taking her first vows Sister Faustina stayed for a few months in Krakw. Sister Faustina, during this ceremony, commended to Jesus the whole Church, her Congregation, her family, all sinners, the dying and the souls in purgatory. Together they said the prayers for the dying, after which Sister Faustina told Mother Superior that she would not die yet. St Faustina Kowalska is one of the most famous saints of the 20th Century, and was the first Saint canonised in the new millennium. 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. God was working in a strange way in my soul. It is continuing and bringing forth wondrous fruit. But the joy of those days for Sister Faustina was the fact that Jesus requests had been fulfilled. Sister Felicja akowiecka visited Sister Faustina twice a week. In October 1937 Jesus gave Sister Faustina another form of worship of the Divine Mercy. Others, the more thoughtful ones, said that Sister Faustina must surely be very close to God if she has the strength to bear all that suffering (Diary 126). The third hue could be made up of all the people who by daily acts of mercy on behalf of their neighbours, by their words and prayers and for the love of Jesus would fulfil the tasks of this work. Sister Amelia arrived after 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. 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. Not only did she notice them, but she would also think of ways to help them. Her father had already taught her to read, but at school she had the opportunity to learn more. With her inborn gentleness, she trained them from their youngest years in jobs about the house and farm, and responsibility in carrying out their duties. We continued to pray. Right at that moment, I was transfixed by the Divine light, and I felt I belonged solely to God; and I experienced supreme spiritual freedom, such as I had never had any idea of before (Diary 1681). I didnt understand any of the things my confessor said to me. All the Kowalski children were baptised in the Parish Church of St. Casimir at winice Warckie; here they made their First Holy Communion and attended Mass on Sundays and holy days. Along with the new tasks, there now came a second stage of anguishing purification known as the passive nights of the spirit. For the entire day without intermission, I lived immersed in God (Diary 707-708). Through the locutory door which was ajar she saw an unpretentious girl and at first, on observing her somewhat shabby appearance, had a mind to turn her away but it occurred to her that it would be more charitable first to talk to her. Sister Faustina was to contemplate His love for her and love of ones neighbour. 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 his homily in St. Peters Square, Rome, he referred to her words, I clearly sense that my mission will not end upon my death, but will only begin then (Diary 281). Born into an impoverished Polish family living in what was then the Russian Empire, Helena Kowalska heeded God's call to join the convent, where she was initiated in 1926 as Sister Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament. On that day the depths of My mercy are open; I pour out a whole sea of graces on souls that approach the fount of My mercy. We were sitting on a bench and she came up from behind, put her arms around our shoulders and put her head between our heads. ultimate desires God has for His dear children. Clear on the point that this situation was no obstacle to the initiating of a beatification process, Cardinal Karol Wojtya lost no time and completed the diocesan stage, sending the documentation up to the Rome, where the Congregation for the Causes of Saints continued to examine the heroic virtues of Sister Faustina, and later the miracle wrought at Sister Faustinas grave for Mrs. Maureen Digan from the USA. 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. However, under heavy inner pressure, Sister Faustina did not wait until the feast-day but told Father Andrasz during her weekly confession that she had decided to leave the Congregation. Faustina was a remarkable child who knew from an early age that she was called to have a religious life. Known as the apostle of divine mercy, St. Faustina Kowalska brought the message of God's . Nonetheless, the suffering was becoming more and more intense. Those who are strong devotees to Divine Mercy and St. Faustina, may know a lot already about her life. Sister Faustinas parents came to the agiewniki convent. This period, which Sister Faustina had foretold, contributed to the theological analysis of her writings and the making of the right foundations for the practise of the devotion. At the age of nine, she made her first Holy Communion. Then I saw Our Lady who said, O, how God likes the soul that faithfully follows the inspiration of His grace. She waited for the priest He had promised and the chance to have the painting of the Merciful Jesus made according to Gods will. It was yet another task which seemed to transcend her capabilities. I pass it on to all people, He said, so that they will learn to know ever better the true face of God and the true face of their brethren. That was St. Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Divine Mercy revelations, who was canonized in 2000 and whose revelations were celebrated Sunday. The Apostolic Movement of Divine Mercy, the congregation based on Sister Faustinas mystical experience and charism which Jesus asked her to found, today comprises a variety of congregations, associations, confraternities, apostolates and individuals joining in the accomplishment of her mission. He promised her his special help and protection, but asked her every morning to say three Our Fathers and one prayer which the Congregation said in honour of St. Joseph. When she returned to the convent chapel, she complained to Jesus, Whos going to paint You as beautiful as You are? (Diary 313). I feel compassion for you. (Diary 635). Jesus made a big sign of the cross over me and I crossed myself. By her bedside were the chaplain, Father Teodor Czaputa and Mother Superior Irena Krzyanowska, while the rest of the Sisters stood in the corridor. What does Faustina mean The name Faustina is a girls name of Spanish, Latin origin meaning fortunate one. The last time I visited her, on 26 September in the agiewniki Convent, she did not want to talk to me, or perhaps she couldnt any longer, saying she was in communion with the Heavenly Father. I went to bed at the usual time, Sister Eufemia recollected, and was soon asleep. It turned out to be a false alarm. It is undoubtedly a sign of our times a sign of our 20th century. Faustina was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church on 30 April 2000, [1] [2] having been considered a mystic and visionary. She was the tutor who prepared Helenka to take the veil and directed her in the first months of her novitiate. Sister Faustina followed the novice mistress instructions attentively and fulfilled all the duties allotted her with exactitude. In the Holy Week of 1935 she told Father Sopoko that this was what Jesus wanted and insisted it be set up for three days in the Ostra Brama gate, where a triduum of ceremonies was to be held before the first Sunday after Easter to mark the close of the Jubilee of the Worlds Redemption. Do what is in your power to spread the worship of My mercy; I shall complete whatever is wanting in your capacity. He did his best to follow all her requirements.. From then on Helenka prayed all the more fervently for the souls in purgatory, to help them, and God permitted her to establish a closer form of contact with them. During that ceremony, held in the Jubilee Year, the Holy Father founded the Feast of Divine Mercy for the entire Church and passed on to the world the prophetic mission of Mercy for the third millennium of faith. With this priests help, Sister Faustina commissioned an artist to paint the first Divine Mercy image, based on her vision of Jesus. To each of these forms of worship, as well as to the preaching of the message of Mercy, He attached great promises, on condition that we care about the attitude of trust in God that is to fulfill His will and show mercy to our neighbours. 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. She expressed her thanks for all the good she had received from Mother General and the Congregation, she begged forgiveness for her transgressions against the rule, she asked for their sisterly love, prayer and a blessing in the hour of death. She is so well known for her beautiful relationship with Jesus, but what is not known so well is that the goal of her existence and spirituality was to live in unity with Jesus as an offering to the Father. In order to obtain a PARTIAL indulgence, the Faithful are required to pray, a legitimately approved invocation to our Merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. From the age of seven, she had felt the calling for religious vocation, but her parents would not give her permission to enter the convent. Soon after that mysterious event she returned to Gogowiec to ask her parents permission to enter a convent. The sisters went down to the evening service. She attended elementary school for merely three years and then she went to work as a housekeeper in various welltodo families in Aleksandrw and d. His apparel was as bright as snow, and all at once He was gone. 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. 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. Sister Faustinas prophetic mission was kept strictly secret during her lifetime. 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. Theologians say the message revealed to Saint Faustina "is a powerful reminder of who God is and has been from the very beginning. Out of her charism and mystical experience grew the Apostolic Movement of the Divine Mercy which continues her mission, proclaiming the message of Mercy to the world through the testimony of life, deed, words and prayer. However, impelled by the vision of the Suffering Christ, in July 1924 she left for Warsaw to find a place. The Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy has fully adopted Sister Faustinas prophetic mission, and on 25 August 1995 recognised her as its Spiritual Foundress. 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. Two years later he made his second pilgrimage as Pope to the agiewniki Shrine, and in the basilica church he had just consecrated entrusted the whole world to the Divine Mercy. Sister Faustina is one of the Church's most popular and widely known saints and the greatest mystics in the history of the Church. From the book of sr. M. Elisabeth Siepak ISMM Theologians inspired by Sister Faustina are examining the mystery of Divine Mercy; apostles of Divine Mercy from her school are training in the attitude of trust in God and mercy for their neighbour, love of the Eucharist and the Church, and learning the true veneration of Our Lady of Mercy. The proper liturgical texts were released by the Holy See in Latin.English and Spanish translations must be approved by the USCCB and confirmed by the Holy See before they can be implemented in the . Asked by her if she was pleased to be dying in our Congregation she replied, Yes. The canonisation ceremony was held on the Feast of Divine Mercy, 30 April 2000, in St. Peters Square, Rome, and was attended by bishops and priests, nuns, and huge crowds of pilgrims from all over the world. 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