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.
She was raised by a poor and
religious family of peasants, the third of ten children. She was baptized with
the name Helena.
From a very tender age she was
noticeable because of her love of prayer, work, obedience, and also her
sensitivity to the poor.
At the age of sixteen she left home
and went to work so as to find the means of supporting herself and her parents.
At the age of seven she had first stimulation
of a religious vocation. After finishing school, she desired to enter the
convent but her parents would not allow her.
The mission of Sister Mary Faustina
consists in 3 commissions:
– Reminding the world of the truth of
our faith bared through the Holy Scripture regarding the merciful love of God to
everybody.
– Imploring God's mercy for the whole
world especially for sinners, through devotion and veneration of the image of
the Divine Mercy inscribed with Jesus, I Trust in You, the feast of the Divine
Mercy celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, chaplet to the Divine Mercy
and prayer at the Hour of Mercy (3 p.m.).
– The faithful display of a child-like
trust in God which articulates itself in achieving His will, and in the
attitude of mercy toward one's neighbors.
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