Polish saint driving force behind worldwide devotion
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Send to friendThe feast of Divine Mercy Sunday celebrates the fullness of Christ’s Resurrection on the octave, or eighth day, of Easter.
The feast was initiated by St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun who kept a diary in the early 1900s of Christ’s private revelations to her on His message of mercy.
On Feb. 22, 1931, Sister Maria Faustina saw a vision of Jesus with rays of mercy streaming from his heart. He told her to create an image representing the vision, and to write below it, “Jesus, I trust in you!”
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