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She had a special devotion to Mary Immaculate, to the Sacrament,
and to Reconciliation, which led to a deep mystical interior life.
She began to have visions, receive revelations, and experience
hidden stigmata . She began recording these mystical experiences
in a diary; being nearly illiterate, it was written phonetically,
without quotation marks or punctuation, and runs to nearly 700
pages. A bad translation reached Rome in 1958, and was labeled
heretical and was banned. But when Karol Wojtyla "Pope John
Paul II" became Archbishop of Krakow, he was besieged by
requests for a reconsideration. He ordered a better translation
made, and Vatican authorities realized that instead of heresy, the
work proclaimed God's love. Then it was published under the title
"Divine Mercy in my Soul".
In the 1930 's, Sister Faustina received a message of mercy
from Jesus that she was told to spread throughout the world, a
message of God's mercy to each person individually, and for
humanity as a whole. Jesus asked that a picture be painted of him
with the inscription: "Jesus, I Trust in You."
She was asked to be a model of mercy to others, to live her entire
life, in imitation of Christ's, as a sacrifice. She commissioned
this painting in 1935, showing a red and a white light shining
from Christ's Sacred Heart.
Apostles of Divine Mercy is a movement of priests, religious,
and lay people inspired by Faustina's experiences; they spread
knowledge of the mystery of Divine Mercy, and invoke God's mercy
on sinners. Approved in 1996 by the Archdiocese of Krakow, it has
spread to 29 countries.
Divine Mercy Prayers
Divine Mercy Chaplet
Divine Mercy Novena
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