

Over 800,000 copies of the Diary have been sold world-wide.

Faustina, saying that the message of Divine Mercy she shared is urgently needed at the dawn of the new millennium. Faustina was hailed by Pope John Paul II as “the great apostle of Divine Mercy in our time.” On Apthe Pope canonized her as St.

Though she died in obscurity in 1938, at the age of 33, Sr. Faustina’s great experience of Divine Mercy in her soul and her mission to share that mercy with the world. Maria Faustina Kowalska, which chronicles Sr. This words of Jesus (set in bold type for emphasis) are found in the Diary of St. I have chosen you for that office in this and the next life.” ( Diary entry 1605) I do not want to punish mankind, but I desire to heal it, pressing it to My merciful Heart.” ( Diary entry 1588) Jesus also tells her to record every word concerning His message of mercy. Jesus tells her, “I am sending you with My mercy to the people of the whole world. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, a simple, uneducated, young Polish nun receives a special call. Jesus to St.” -Jesus to Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska ( Diary entry 1142) She was canonized by the Catholic Church in 2000.“My daughter, be diligent in writing down every sentence I tell you concerning My mercy, because this is meant for a great number of souls who will profit from it. Faustina Kowalska is the 367th most popular religious figure (down from 342nd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Poland (down from 56th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Religious Figure.įaustina Kowalska was a Polish nun and mystic who claimed to have seen a vision of Jesus Christ. They are Blessed now Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the martyr of love, and Sister Faustina Kowalska, now Saint the Apostle of the Divine Mercy.

She was graces by a special communion with God. Kowalska's Vatican biography quotes some of her reported conversations with Jesus from her diary. The book reflects her thoughts, prayers and her reported visions and conversations with Jesus on Divine Mercy. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Kowalska is the record of her life experience the journey of her soul. DIARY: DIVINE MERCY IN MY SOUL is a book by Faustyna Kowalska, now a Roman Catholic saint. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Faustina Kowalska has received more than 1,357,959 page views. Throughout her life, Kowalska reported having visions of Jesus and conversations with him, which she noted in her diary, later published as The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul. Faustyna, popularly spelled "Faustina", had apparitions of Jesus Christ which inspired the Roman Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy and earned her the title of "Secretary of Divine Mercy". Maria Faustyna Kowalska, OLM (born Helena Kowalska 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938), also known as Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic.
