"... my soul was instantly filled with a great longing
that our Congregation, too,
might have a saint, and I wept like a little child
that there was no saint in our midst. ...
And the Lord Jesus said to me, Don't cry. You are that saint" (Diary 1650).
might have a saint, and I wept like a little child
that there was no saint in our midst. ...
And the Lord Jesus said to me, Don't cry. You are that saint" (Diary 1650).
Pope John Paul II
canonized
Saint Faustina
on Divine Mercy Sunday,
April 30, 2000,
in Rome.
Saint Faustina
on Divine Mercy Sunday,
April 30, 2000,
in Rome.
Saint Faustina Kowalska was a perpetually professed member
of
the Congregation of
the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy.
She is our Spiritual Co-Foundress and model:
"Tell the Superior General to count on you
as the most faithful daughter in the Order"
as the most faithful daughter in the Order"
(Diary 1130).
