A fascinating presentation on Sister Faustina Kowalska, a young, uneducated Polish nun, and her hidden but astonishing mystical encounters with Jesus Christ during the 1930’s. This talk discusses the messages of Divine Mercy Faustina received from Christ himself, as well as His instructions regarding a Divine Mercy image, a Divine Mercy feast day, the Divine Mercy chaplet and novena, and the Hour of Mercy. The presentation looks at the spread of the messages of God’s mercy through Faustina’s diary, despite great opposition, and the Church’s response from banning the devotion to canonizing Faustina in the year 2000, under the spiritual direction of Pope John Paul II. The talk concludes with reflections on how we are to live out the messages by extending God’s mercy to others.
