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Join Kate as talks with her friend, Jennifer Cullen, about which Saint showed up in her life! Jennifer shares her precious story of St. Faustina Kowalska.
“My daughter, let nothing frighten or disconcert you. Remain deeply at peace. Everything is in My hands.” – Notebook 1, 219, St. Faustina Kowalska.
This is just one of the beautiful quotes from St. Faustina’s diary. I was first introduced to her by the organ player at our Parish, Rollie Hudson. He had a beautiful devotion to her and would send out a nightly email with excerpts from her diary. Each night before bed, I would read the email. It was such a peaceful way to drift off to dream.
St. Faustina saw beautiful visions of Christ. Her deep love of Christ created a fire within her to spread the message of the mercy and love of Jesus! I invite you to listen to this podcast and then, learn more about the Divine Mercy.
Have you ever seen the beautiful painting of Christ with white and red rays coming out of His heart? This image is a representation of the vision St. Faustina had in 1931. She saw Jesus and He asked her to have a the image painted.
At the request of her spiritual director, St. Faustina asked the Lord about the meaning of the rays in the image. She heard these words in reply:
The two rays denote Blood and Water. The pale ray stands for the Water which makes souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the life of souls. These two rays issued forth from the depths of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance on the Cross. Happy is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him (299). By means of this image I shall grant many graces to souls. It is to be a reminder of the demands of My mercy, because even the strongest faith is of no avail without works (742).
St. Faustina Kowalska, pray for us!
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