The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul is the book that started the message and devotion to The Divine Mercy. It chronicles St. Maria Faustina Kowalska's amazing encounter with The Divine Mercy - our Lord Jesus Christ. In it we are reminded to trust in the Divine Mercy of Jesus and seek His forgiveness. This is an inspirational book leading the reader to God's mercy.
Shortly before the outbreak of Wrold War II, a simple, uneducated, young Polish nun receives a special call. Jesus tells her, "I am sending you with My mercy to the people of the whole world. I do not want to punish mankind, but I desire to heal it, pressing it to My merciful Heart." Jesus also tells her to record His message of mercy in a diary: "You are the secretary of My Mercy. I have chosen you for that office in this and the next life."
These words of Jesus are found in the "Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, which chronicles Sr. Faustina's great experience of Divine Mercy in her soul and her mission to share that mercy with the world."
Though she died in obscurity in 1938, Sr. Faustina is now hailed by Pope John Paul II as "the great apostle of Divine Mercy in our time." On April 30, 2000, the Pope canonized her as St. Faustina, saying that the message of Divine Mercy she shared is urgently needed at the dawn of the new millennium. More than 800,000 copies of the "Diary" have been sold worldwide.
In the "Diary," this woman mystic's childlike trust, simplicity, and intimacy with Jesus will stir your heart and soul. Her spiritual insights will surprise and reward you. "Only love has meaning," she writes. "It raises up our smallest actions into infinity."
How did St. Faustina grow in deeper trust and intimacy with Jesus? What promises did He make to her?
Discover the answers to these questions and many more in the Diary of St. Faustina
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