Saint Faustina

Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Roman Catholic Polish nun and mystic.Born: August 25, 1905, Głogowiec, Łęczyca County, Poland

Died: October 5, 1938, Kraków, Poland

Buried: October 7, 1938, Divine Mercy Sanctuary, Kraków

Books: Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul, 

Parents: Marianna Kowalska, Stanislaus Kowalski

The Lord Jesus gave Saint Faustina, a Polish nun from the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy having an immense trust in God, an enormous mission – the Message of Mercy addressed to the whole world. Her mission was to deliver new prayers and forms of devotions to the Divine Mercy, which are to remind us about the forgotten truth of faith: the merciful love of God for every person. In His message, the merciful God manifests Himself in Jesus Christ, the Savior, as a Father of love and mercy, especially for the unfortunate, the errant, and sinners.

“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, hugging it to My Merciful Heart (...) before the Day of Justice I am sending the Day of Mercy” (Diary, 1588).

The Saviour wishes the whole world to learn about Divine Mercy, for each person to turn to it with trust, to discover the beauty and richness of graces of Christian mercy. New forms of devotion to the Divine Mercy and the promises related to them are to achieve this purpose.

“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).