On the eve of the hardest test since the time when almost ten centuries ago the Lord God called us to serve Him, the test which He decided to put our nation to, it pleased Him to give us a special proof of His Mercy – a call to turn to Him with more and more trust. In order to do that He made use of the modest Polish girl, Helena Kowalska – whose religious name was Sr Faustina from the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and who, having spent only 33 years on earth, started living the better life on the 5th October, 1938.
