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case also only after a request of all the bishops of Poland! – and another hundred years
before the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus was extended to the universal Church.
What is more, as though expressing the fulfillment of St. Faustina‟s prophecy: “And
then God will act with great power, which will give evidence of its authenticity. It will be a
new splendor for the Church, although it has been dormant in it from long ago.” The
Holy Father declared in the same homily: “Jesus told Sr. Faustina: “Humanity will not find
peace until it turns trustfully to divine mercy‟ (Diary, p. 132). Through the work of the Polish
religious, this message has become linked forever to the 20 th century, the last of the second
millennium and the bridge to the third. It is not a new message but can be considered a
gift of special enlightenment that helps us to relive the Gospel of Easter more intensely, to
offer it as a ray of light to the men and women of our time. What will the years ahead bring
us? What will man‟s future on earth be like? We are not given to know. However, it is
certain that in addition to new progress there will unfortunately be no lack of painful
experiences. But the light of divine mercy [splendor], which the Lord in a way wished to
return to the world [dormant…. From long ago] through Sr. Faustina’s charism, will
illumine the way for the men and women of the third millennium” (emphasis added).
Even this final part of the prophecy was verified: “When this triumph comes, we shall already
have entered the new life in which there is no suffering. But before this, your [spiritual
director‟s] soul will be surfeited with bitterness at the sight of the destruction of your efforts.
… But God has promised a great grace especially to you and to all those [here she quotes
Jesus‟ words] … who will proclaim My great mercy. I shall protect them myself at the
hour of death, as My own glory.”
90. The retreat in Vilnius, held from February 4 to February 12, 1935, was conducted
by Father Macewicz, S.J. At the end of the retreat there was a mass in the Eastern Rite, and
the sisters received Communion under both species.
91. Renewal of the vows. The constitutions of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy
contained the provision that twice a year, after the eight-day and the three-day retreats, each
sister should renew her vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, together with the fhole
community, by reciting aloud a shortened formula, to which the following prayer was added:
“My Lord, grant me the grace, to observe them more faithfully than I have up to now.”
92. Sister Faustina‟s family lived in the village of Glogowiec, district of Turek, province
of Lodz.
93. Sister Maria Salomea Olszakowska, who died in June 1962.
94. The image of The Divine Mercy, with two rays, a pale and a red one, painted by
Eugene Kazimierowski in Vilnius. The picture was displayed for public veneration in the
Dawn Gate at the conclusion of the Jubilee of the Redemption of the World, April 26-28,
1935 (See Diary no. 419 and footnote 1).
95. Sister Faustina thought she was to leave the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy
and found a new community, whose task would be to spread the devotion to The Divine
Mercy and pray for mercy for the world.
96. Sister Faustina wrote that the Lord Jesus was demanding from her the founding
of a new community, whose aim would be to pray for Divine Mercy for the world and to
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