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Jesus I Trust in You
The call for God's mercy in Dublin
Jesus the Divine Mercy
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Saint Faustina Kowalska
1905 to 1938
Jesus appeared like this to Saint Faustina on the 22nd of February 1931 and asked her to get this image painted with the words "Jesus I Trust in You" to be inscribed at the bottom as shown above. |
From the diary of this young Polish nun, a special devotion to God's mercy began spreading throughout the world in the 1930's. The message is nothing new, but is a reminder of what the Church has always taught through scripture and tradition: that God is merciful and forgiving and that we, too must show mercy and forgiveness. But in the Divine Mercy devotion, the message takes on a powerful new focus, calling people to a deeper understanding that God's love is unlimited and available to everyone - especially the greatest sinners.
The message and devotion to Jesus as The Divine Mercy is based on the writings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, an uneducated Polish nun who, in obedience to her spiritual director, wrote a diary of about 600 pages recording the revelations she received about God's mercy. Even before her deathin 1938, the devotion to The Divine Mercy had begun to spread.
The message of mercy is that God loves us - all of us - no matter how great our sins. He wants us to recognise that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy.
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