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THE DIVINE MERCY SANCTUARY

o the Archdiocese o Miami

Apostolate o The Divine MercyP.O. Box 140399Coral Gables, Florida 33114-0399 Telephone: 305.266.4155

www.divinamisericordiamiami.org

Email: mailto:ino@dmsanctuary.org

For Jesus, Trust is the most important disposition we should havetoward Him. I we do not Trust Him, how can we come to Him?

GoD wIll bE MERCIfUl TowARD US UNTIlTHE lAST MoMENT of oUR lIVES, bUTHE wANTS US To CoME To HIM, To HISfoUNTAIN of MERCY.

We understand why Jesus asked Saint Maria Faustina to paintHis image as He appeared to her and to include the signature“Jesu Uam Tobie!” (Jesus, I trust in You!) at His eet. Withouttrusting in Him, there is little we can achieve. But with Trust in theLove and Mercy o Our Lord and Savior, all is possible.

DEEDS of MERCY ARE ANoTHER ESSENTIAl poINTof THE MESSAGE of DIVINE MERCY.

Jesus demands rom us works o mercy through our deeds, words andprayers: “Be merciul, just as your Father is merciul” (Lk 6:36).Jesus made three demands o Saint Maria Faustina, and, consequently, o us:1) deeds o mercy must arise rom our love or Him; 2) we must show mercyto our neighbors always and everywhere; and 3) we cannot excuse ourselvesrom this, since aith without deeds is utile (see James 2:14 and Diary 742)In this same passage, Jesus’ message to Saint Maria Faustina continued:“I am giving you three ways o exercising mercy toward your neighbor: thefrst by deed; the second by word; the third by prayer. In these three degreesis contained the ullness o mercy and it is an unquestionable proo o loveor Me”. (Diary 742)

The

Two ESSENTIAl poINTS

o the message o theDevotion to the Divine Mercy are

TRUST

and

MERCY

The Essence of the Message of

Trust Deeds of Mercy The Devotion of the Divine Mercy

Our Trust in the Love and Mercy o Jesus, Our Lord and Savior Our daily disposition to Deeds o Mercy

She entered the Congregation o the Sisterso Our Lady o Mercy on August 1, 1925,and took the name Sr. Maria Faustina o theMost Blessed Sacrament. The process ocontemplating and getting to know the mysteryo God’s mercy helped develop within SaintFaustina the attitude o child-like trust in God as well as mercy toward her neighbors. The Lord Jesus chose Saint Faustinaas the Apostle and “Secretary” o HisMercy, so she could tell the world aboutHis great message, which Saint Faustinarecorded in a diary she titled Divine Mercyin My Soul. In an extraordinary way,Saint Faustina’s work sheds light on themystery o The Divine Mercy.Saint Maria Faustina died in Krakow atthe age o 33 on October 5, 1938, witha reputation or spiritual maturity anda mystical union with God. She wascanonized by Pope John Paul II (as thefrst saint o the millennium) on April 30,2000. St. Maria Faustina’s remains restat the Sanctuary o the Divine Mercy inKrakow-Lagiewniki, Poland.

SAINT MARIA fAUSTINA KowAlSKA(1905-1938)

Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, apostle o Divine Mercy, was born on August 25, 1905 in Glogowiec, Poland.She was baptized with the name Helena. From a very tender age she stood out because o her love o prayer, work, obedience, and also her sensitivity to the poor.

Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska