Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska was a nun from Krakow
(Poland), known today as the ‘Apostle of Divine Mercy.’ She was born in
1905, and died in 1938. She reported in her diary about 20 apparitions of
the Virgin Mary and 30 visions of Christ, angels and departed souls.
On March 25, 1936, she wrote: "Then I saw the Mother of God, who said
to me: I gave the Savior to the world; as for you, you have to speak to the
world about His great mercy and prepare the world for the Second Coming of
Him who will come, not as a Merciful Savior, but as a just Judge ... Fear
nothing. Be faithful to the end…" (Diary, 635).
A few months later, she wrote: "I saw her, so lovely and so beautiful
that I have no words to express even a small part of this beauty. She was
all in white, with a blue sash around her waist. Her cloak was also blue,
and there was a crown on her head. Marvelous light streamed forth from her
whole figure. I am the Queen of heaven and earth, but especially your
mother. She pressed me to her Heart and said: I feel constant compassion
for you." (Diary, 805).
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