St. Faustina and the Message of Divine Mercy

Resumen

Maria Faustyna Kowalska, also known as Saint Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament and primarily known as Faustina, was a Polish Roman Catholic nun. Her visions of Jesus Christ inspired Roman Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy. Kowalska had visions and dialogues with Jesus throughout her life.  She recorded these in her diary which was published as The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul. The Divine Mercy message is based on this 600-page diary in obedience to her spiritual director. Jesus called her to be “the secretary of Divine Mercy,” to make His immense mercy known to souls and to persuade them to trust in the bottomless depths of His Mercy. In this work, I will focus on the Divine Mercy message revealed to St. Faustina and will attempt to bring out the standing value of such revelations theologically. I will also attempt to explore the lessons from the Divine Mercy message for us and the relevance of her message today. In what follows, I hope to exemplify that the Divine Mercy message of St. Faustina provides a great consolation for all of us, especially a great hope for those who have been crushed by the weight of sin and are tempted to give up in despair