15 Days of Prayer with St. Faustina Kowalska

15 Days of Prayer with St. Faustina Kowalska
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Authors: Format: Manufacturer: Date: Pages:	Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, John J. Cleary, Soft Cover New City Press 2008 128

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The 15 Days of Prayer Series - this popular series is perfect for those looking for an introduction to a particular spiritual guide, those searching for gift ideas and those who merely wish to know more about the person and his or her spirituality. Each volume contains a brief biography of the saint or spiritual leader introduced in that volume and a guide to creating a format for prayer and retreat - 15 meditation sessions with focus points and reflection guides.

Follow in the footsteps of Saint Faustina Kowalska When Helen Kowalska (19051938) was accepted by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy as Sister Faustina, she experienced a spiritual dark night that ended when she recognized Gods love for her in the sufferings of Jesus. Transformed by this experience, Sister Faustina received a vision of Jesus in which she was instructed to produce the Image of the Divine Mercy. Encouraged by her spiritual director, she began to compile a diary of her mystical experiences and thoughts. Sister Faustina died of tuberculosis in 1938. Divine mercy revealed Saint Faustina Kowalska lived a spirituality that was founded upon a love for the Eucharist and strengthened by trust in the mercy of God. Jesus gave her the Chaplet of Divine Mercy with the instruction that she share this prayer with the whole world. Faustina reminds us that Gods mercy finds its completion in the sacrament of penance, which brings the healing that broken souls require. Deep devotion to Mary also inspired Faustina to a life of humility, purity and love for God. Praying with Saint Faustina will lead you to the joy and comfort that can only be found when you trust in God, seek His mercy and reflect that mercy in your life.

About the Author: John J. Cleary has been an editor at Liguori Publications since 1997. A graduate of St. Louis University with a degree in Theological Studies, Mr. Cleary has served as editor for each of the entries in the 15 Days of Prayer series.

St. Maria Faustina

Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 10/05

Patron Of: Dying, Poor Souls, Sinners

Brief Biography

Often called the "Apostle of Divine Mercy" Sr. Maria Faustina Kowalska was the third of ten children, she attended only three years of school. As a teenager, she worked as a domestic servant for other families. After being rejected by several religious orders, she became a nun in the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Warsaw, Poland on 1 August 1925; the order is devoted to care and education of troubled young women. She changed her name to Sister Maria Faustina of the Most Blessed Sacrament. During her 13 years in various houses, she was a cook, gardener, and porter.

She had a special devotion to Mary Immaculate, to the Blessed 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 labelled heretical. However, when Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) became Archbishop of Krakow, he was beseiged 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. It was published as "Divine Mercy in my Soul."

In the 1930's, Sister Faustina received a message of mercy from Our Lord 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.

The 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.

The Divine Mercy Devotion is now the second most popular Catholic devotion in the world, surpassed only by the Holy Rosary.

Born
25 August 1905 at Glogowiec, Poland as Elena (Helena) Kowalska

Died
5 October 1938 at Krakow, Poland of tuberculosis

Venerated: 03/07/1992

Beatified: 04/18/1993

Canonized: 04/30/2000

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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