In the convent chapel Father Andrasz blessed another picture of the Merciful Jesus painted in accordance with Sister Faustinas instructions and started special services in honour of the Divine Mercy. 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. 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. Of Helenka she used to say that she had an inner life of her very own and that her little soul must be dear to Jesus. She was kind, courteous, and hard-working. Sister Faustina was born on 25 August 1905 in Gogowiec, Poland to Marianna and Stanisaw Kowalski as the third of ten children. 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. 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. 6,379 Likes, 75 Comments - EWTN (@ewtnmedia) on Instagram: "Today is St. Faustina's feast day. Saint Faustina Kowalska is known for her love and devotion to Jesus, especially His Divine Mercy. Sister Faustina told him that his chief concern was to be the establishment of the Feast of the Divine Mercy in the Church and not to worry too much about the new congregation, and that there would be signs which would let him know what to do in this matter. She said that she would soon die and that she had finished all she had had to write and pass on. He said, I protect souls that spread the worship of My Mercy throughout their lives, as a loving mother protects her baby; and at the hour of their death I shall not be a Judge unto them, but their merciful Saviour (Diary 1075). 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). Her apparitions of Jesus Christ inspired the Roman Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy and earned her the title of Secretary of Divine Mercy. During the ceremony she fainted twice. She continued to make entries in her diary almost to the end of June. After his ordination on the third Sunday of each month he celebrated Divine Mercy services in this chapel. In the same year she went to Kiekrz near Pozna, to take over in the kitchen for Sister Modesta Rzeczkowska, who was ill. Whatever you ask for at that hour, for yourself and for others, will be granted you; at that hour grace came upon the whole world mercy superseded justice(Diary 1572), He assured Sister Faustina. This scrawny young man, in dreadfully tattered clothes, barefoot and without a hat as Sister Faustina described the incident was freezing, as it was a cold and wet day. I shall complete all that is wanting in you (Diary 435). I want this picture venerated first in your chapel, and in the whole world. St Faustina Kowalska is one of the most famous saints of the 20th Century, and was the first Saint canonised in the new millennium. One day she saw there an extraordinary light. Sister Felicja was surprised that the doctor allowed her to go to Mass despite her poor condition. He promised special graces to priests who preached the truth of Gods merciful love for mankind. Quotations of St. He was strict with himself and his children and did not tolerate even the slightest misdemeanour. . 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. Mother Superior Irena Krzyanowska wrote, So as not to attract other sisters attention to Sister Faustinas inner experiences, every Saturday morning I would go with her to Holy Mass at Ostra Brama, and afterwards we would visit the artist, who was given detailed instructions by Sister Faustina how to paint the picture of the Merciful Jesus. In her heart of hearts she heard the words, My Mercy does not want that, but justice commands it (Diary 20). On 2 February 1923 Helenka was sent by an employment agency to the house of Mrs. Marcjanna Sadowska, who had a shop at No. And he observed, Thats exactly what happened. And when her superior forbade her these visits to the bedsides of the dying on account of her own poor health, she would offer up her prayers and acts of obedience for them, which as Jesus had taught her meant more in His eyes than great deeds undertaken wilfully. When a friend asked her why she was walking alone, not with the other girls, she said, Im not alone, Im walking with Jesus. Sister Faustina is one of the Church's most popular and widely known saints and the greatest mystics in the history of the Church. She was the tutor who prepared Helenka to take the veil and directed her in the first months of her novitiate. One day I went to Prdnik to visit her Sister Kajetana Bartkowiak recollected I knocked on the door. Macarius the Great was a disciple of Anthony. I entered more deeply into myself and couldnt see anything but great misery. 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. St. Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament was born in Poland as Helena Kowalska on Aug. 25, 1905. On the next day during Mass she saw Jesus, who yet again said that He wanted such a work founded as soon as possible. But with Sister Faustina the girl changed and was never the same again. Faustina's message reverberated in St. John Paul II's heart. Since our ceremony was so closely linked with Rome, I dont exactly know how to distinguish [between the two ceremonies], but thats what I saw and thats what Im writing. The doctor said it was very bad. Sister Faustina had achieved the fullness of union with God and sang a hymn in honour of His unfathomable Mercy. As she continued to grow and develop in her own faith and spirituality, she was blessed with inspiration to develop the Divine Mercy image. I was amazed a junior postulant was capable of such self-restraint and goodness, she later wrote. He would bless their words and endow them with such great power that even the most hardened of sinners would repent. 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. She accepted Gods will in a spirit of faith, trusting that Jesus would help and bring her in touch with people who would tell her when and what to do to make beautiful flowers and wholesome fruit and vegetables grow in the garden. Those who are strong devotees to Divine Mercy and St. Faustina, may know a lot already about her life. 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. In the Cracovian convent Sister Faustina received the rest of the prophetic mission. Not only did she notice them, but she would also think of ways to help them. See, Father, she said to her father, who had been so staunchly against her entry into the convent. During these visits she spoke with Dr. Adam Zylber on Sister Faustinas condition. At the young age of 20, she made the decision to join a convent in Warsaw. Shortly before she died she sat up in bed and asked Mother Superior to come up closer. This required a great deal of courage, as ever since 1959 there had been a notification by the Holy See in force prohibiting the spread of the devotion to Divine Mercy in the forms prescribed by Sister Faustina. She was baptized with the name Helena in the parish church of Swinice Warckle. When I recognised Him, He disappeared from sight. And the Lord told me that He was very pleased with my trustfulness (Diary 54). That was the quiet, godly influence Sister Faustina had on sinful souls. The second hue would be the active congregations, which would combine prayer with acts of mercy and make the merciful love of God present in an egoistic world. 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. He didnt say a word to start with. Greater sufferings from those which were caused by tuberculosis, she offered as a voluntary sacrifice for sinners and as the Apostle of Divine Mercy. The Mercy picture had been put up for public worship in the most important place in the whole of Vilnius, the Shrine of Our Lady of Ostra Brama and on that day which Jesus pointed out as the Feast of Mercy. From that moment her union with God was closer than ever before. 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. Under Communism maintaining contact between Poland and the Holy See was not at all easy, and so it was difficult to refute the Holy Sees objections to the writings of Sister Faustina and the forms of worship. Can the Divine Mercy prayer be said at any time? She always used to say, 'Come in, please, but this time there was no answer though I knocked and knocked. In the evening when she returned to her cell, she had a physical vision of Jesus in a white robe. She wrote: "I promise that the soul that will venerate this image will not perish. 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). This conduct was inspired by Helenkas fervent faith and concern to be like Jesus trusting in the Heavenly Father even when He was on the cross and Who was meek and humble throughout His life, loving all people with a patient, understanding, and indescribably self-sacrificing love. She was modest and quiet, ready to do any chore and help anyone, but at the same time cheerful and always with a smile on her face. Priests were to preach sermons on Gods loving mercy for Man and make their hearts trust in Him, thereby enabling them to draw on the fountainhead of Divine Mercy. And it is to prepare the world for His second coming. Seeing this sign of Gods wrath, she started begging the Angel to hold off a while for the world to do penance, but when she stood before the majesty of the Holy Trinity she did not dare repeat her plea. How marvellously her Divine Mercy service is making its way around the world and winning so many human hearts! I woke Sister Amelia, put on my overall and bonnet and dashed to the infirmary. Thanks to a satellite television link religious and lay pilgrims gathered in the agiewniki Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakw could participate in the ceremony. Father supplemented his income from the farm with work as a carpenter. It was an exhortation Sister Faustina heard many times: Tell the world of My mercy, of My love. Tell souls of His great mercy, while there is still time for mercy; if you should remain silent now, you shall be held responsible on that terrible day for a great number of souls. She was magnanimous and devoted her entire life to the saving of souls. 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. As the devotion became more and more widely known the opinion of Sister Faustinas sainthood grew as well. Sister Faustina was to contemplate His love for her and love of ones neighbour. That was the family atmosphere of little Helenka, Gods chosen one to be the prophet of our times. Hail Mary, full of grace. Her superiors sent her for treatment to a sanatorium in the municipal health institution in Krakw. At three oclock, beg for My mercy, especially for sinners, and immerse yourself, even for a short moment, in [contemplation on] My Passion, particularly when I was left forsaken at the moment of death. They were all taking part in the ceremony with great joy, and many received what they had asked for. She was canonized by Pope John Paul II on April 30, 2000. After just a few weeks in the convent Mother Superior sent the postulant Helenka along with two other sisters to Skolimw, in the suburbs, for reasons of health, which had deteriorated due to the fairly strict fasts practised in the house and in service, and also due to the spiritual experience of a new life in the convent. I am suffering as much as I can bear. 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. Towards the end of April 1932 she came to Krakw for an eight-day retreat which was to be followed by her perpetual vows. This task was of special importance, since Jesus attached such great promises to it. In the first years of her juniorate, that is after making her first religious profession, Sister Faustina worked in many of the Congregations houses. The suffering lasted a minute and then God again filled her soul with great comfort. The week for Confession came she recorded in her diary and, to my joy, I saw the priest whom I knew before I came to Vilnius. Helenka went to school in 1917, aged twelve, when the area was liberated from Russian occupation and a primary school was established in winice Warckie. One such moment was the ceremony for her first vows, which was celebrated on 30 April 1928 by Bishop Stanisaw Rospond. Towards the end of my first year in the novitiate she recorded in her diary it began to grow dark in my soul. I put all my trust in God and His holy will. This argument and their childs happiness persuaded her parents and from then on they had no further objections to her life in the convent. I want the picture which you will paint with a brush blessed in a special ceremony on the first Sunday after Easter, that Sunday is to be the Feast of Mercy. 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