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Declaration Petition
Message from
Association of Marian Helpers
Fr. Joseph, MIC , DirectorPlease declare St. Faustina the title of Doctor of the Church.
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St. Faustina petition as Doctor of the Church (Fr. Chris Alar, MIC)
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"Divine Mercy in the Second Greatest Story Ever Told"
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NOTEBOOK II -
January 12, 1937. Today, when the doctor [Adam Silberg] making his rounds came to see me, he somehow didn’t like the way I looked. Naturally, I was suffering more, and so my temperature had gone up considerably. Consequently, he decided I must not go down for Holy Communion until my temperature dropped to normal. I said, “All right,” although pain seized my heart; but I said I would go only if I had no fever. So he agreed to that. When the doctor left, I said to the Lord, “Jesus, now it is up to You whether I shall go or not,” and I didn’t think about it anymore, although the thought kept coming to my mind: I am not to have Jesus — no, that’s impossible — and not just once but for several days, until my temperature drops. But in the evening, I said to the Lord, “Jesus, if my Communions are pleasing to You, I beg You humbly, grant that I have not one degree of fever tomorrow morning.”
In the morning, as I was taking my temperature, I thought to myself, “If there is even one degree, I will not get up because that would be contrary to obedience.” But when I looked at the thermometer, there wasn’t even one degree of fever. I jumped to my feet at once and went to Holy Communion. When the doctor came and I told him that I had had not even one degree of fever, and so had gone to Holy Communion, he was surprised. I begged him not to make it difficult for me to go to Holy Communion, for it would have an adverse effect on the treatment. The doctor answered, “For peace of conscience, and at the same time to avoid difficulties for yourself, Sister, let us make the following agreement: when the weather is fine, and it isn’t raining, and you feel all right, then, Sister, please go; but you must weigh these matters in your conscience.” It made me very happy that the doctor was being so considerate for my sake. You see, Jesus, that I have already done whatever was up to me; now I am counting on You and am quite at peace.
(Diary 878)
Reflection: Then Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. (John 6:35)
Jesus, let us learn from the example of Saint Faustina. Nothing in her heart delays her from receiving You in Holy Communion. She perseveres and follows You, despite all odds and all logic. Give us this great gift of knowing You and desiring You in Holy Communion above all things.
Then Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. (John 6:35) -
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St. Faustina, pray for us!
Diary Quotes Used with permission of the ”Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. -
Today, Divine Mercy is the fastest growing devotion in the Catholic Church. So what exactly is Divine Mercy? You may know it as an image revealed to St. Faustina. Or a special form of prayer, or perhaps as a new feast day instituted by Pope John Paul II. While all of those are true, Divine Mercy is even greater.