The importance of daily choices. We may not realize just how much depends on our daily choices and taking on the cross every day to follow in the footsteps of Jesus. In fact, here in the earthly life, we get to decide about everything: not only about what is important for our personal, family, professional, social, or national lives… but above all, our eternal lives. We live on earth only to learn how to love, since eternity will consist of loving. And the cross is inscribed in the art of love: enduring of suffering, forgiveness, and sacrifice. The importance of the ability to carry the cross is important for eternal life, as Jesus told Sister Faustina.
Then I saw the Lord Jesus nailed to the cross. When He had hung on it for a while, I saw a multitude of souls crucified like Him. Then I saw a second multitude of souls, and a third. The second multitude were not nailed to [their] crosses, but were holding them firmly in their hands. The third were neither nailed to [their] crosses nor holding them firmly in their hands, but were dragging [their] crosses behind them and were discontent. Jesus then said to me, Do you see these souls? Those who are like Me in the pain and contempt they suffer will be like Me also in glory. And those who resemble Me less in pain and contempt will also bear less resemblance to Me in glory. Among the crucified souls, the most numerous were those of the clergy. I also saw some crucified souls whom I knew, and this gave me great joy. Jesus then said to me, In your meditation tomorrow, you shall think about what you have seen today Diary, 446).
The greatest miracles of Divine Mercy take place in the confessional, as they turn the death of sin to life. Jesus said to St. Sister Faustina: Tell souls where they are to look for solace; that is, in the Tribunal of Mercy [the Sacrament of Reconciliation] There the greatest miracles take place [and] are incessantly repeated. To avail oneself of this miracle, it is not necessary to go on a great pilgrimage or to carry out some external ceremony; it suffices to come with faith to the feet of My representative and to reveal to him one’s misery, and the miracle of Divine Mercy will be fully demonstrated. Were a soul like a decaying corpse so that from a human standpoint, there would be no [hope of] restoration and everything would already be lost, it is not so with God. The miracle of Divine Mercy restores that soul in full. Oh, how miserable are those who do not take advantage of the miracle of God‟s mercy! You will call out in vain, but it will be too late (Diary, 1448). At the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki, priests stay in confessionals every day – from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm in the basilica (from Maundy Thursday until 5:45 pm), and 6:00 am-6:30 am and 4:30 pm-6:00 pm. Since in the Holy Week there are long queues to the confessionals, we recommend coming earlier to confess rather than wait the last days before Easter.
From March 31 to April 2, Sr. Anastasis Omelchenko and Sr. Bakhita Voranawa of the Petropavlovsk community of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy will share the message of Mercy with the faithful in the parish of Chkalovo in Kazakhstan, which is populated mainly by descendants of deportees of Polish and German nationalities. A special topic will be the dignity of women in the Bible and the Diary of St. Faustina.
Mercy and trust – it’s possible is the theme of a retreat for children, teens and adults to be held from March 31 to April 2 at the Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rzuców. It will be delivered by Sr. Maria Faustyna Ciborowska and Sr. Maria Vianneya Dąbrowska from the community of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki.
Spending the weekend in prayer and with the Gospel is not only an opportunity to stop and draw new strength, but also to meet the One who loves us unimaginably. The Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy are welcoming young women between the ages of 18 and 30 to Nižny Hrušov, Slovakia, to attend weekend meetings during Lent on: 17-19 March and from 31 March to 2 April. Meetings begin on Friday with Mass at 6 p.m. and end with Sunday dinner.
For more information, please call 0908 883 251 or send an email at hrusov@milosrdenstvo.sk
People from many countries of the world participating in the work of the Perpetual Chaplet of Divine Mercy are praying not only in their own intentions, but also asking for “mercy on us and the whole world”. A detailed intention for April is prayer for the spiritual rebirth of mankind and its confident turn towards God’s Mercy.
The work of Perpetual Chaplet is a response to the request of Jesus to constantly implore for mercy “for us and the whole world”. The work has been operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy at: www.faustyna.pl since 2011. Anyone can participate in it by filling out a short form and declare to say the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, which Jesus dictated to St. Faustina—at least once.
In April in all the chapels of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, including the one of the miracle-famous Divine Mercy Image and the tomb of St. Faustina at the Shrine in Krakow-Łagiewniki, evening devotions in honor of Divine Mercy will take place, during which the Litany of Divine Mercy will be recited. The words of the litany were written down by St. Faustina in her Diary and her Vilnius confessor, Bl. Fr. Michael Sopocko, composed the prayer on this basis. Praying with her words, we not only praise God’s Mercy, but also get to know the mystery of God’s merciful Love more, which accompanies man in all the dimensions of his earthly life, accompanying him always and everywhere.
April 2th is Passion Sunday, also celebrated as Palm Sunday, which starts the Holy Week. On this day, the account of Jesus Christ’s Passion is read from the Gospel during the Holy Mass. The Eucharist is preceded by a procession with colorful Polish palms as a celebration of the memory of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The palms symbolize the Divine life being reborn in the souls of the faithful. At the Shrine in Krakow-Łagiewniki, Bp. Jan Zając, priests, religious sisters and the faithful will leave the chapel of the miracle-famous Divine Mercy Image and the tomb of St. Faustina in a solemn procession with palms at 10:15 am and will proceed to the basilica, where Holy Mass will be celebrated. The evangelic description of Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem is supplemented by the account of St. Faustina’s visions from her Diary: I saw Jesus riding on a donkey’s foal, and the disciples and a great multitude with branches in their hands joyfully accompanying the Lord Jesus. Some strewed them before His feet where He was riding, while others raised their branches in the air, leaping and jumping before the Lord and not knowing what to do for joy. And I saw another crowd which came out to meet Jesus, likewise with joyful faces and with branches in their hands, and they were crying out unceasingly with joy. There were little children there also. But Jesus was very grave, and the Lord gave me to know how much He was suffering at the time. And at that moment, I saw nothing but only Jesus, whose Heart was saturated with ingratitude (Diary, 642). Jesus gave me to understand how much He had suffered in that triumphal procession. “Hosanna” was reverberating in Jesus’ heart as an echo of 'Crucify’. Jesus allowed me to feel this in a special way (Diary, 1028).
On April 2 (Sunday) at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Plock at the Old Market Square, another formative meeting of the Faustinum Divine Mercy Apostles Association community will be held, the topic of which will be God’s mercy in the Bible and the Diary of Sister Faustina. It will begin at 2:15 p.m. with communal adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, to be continued with prayer at the Hour of Mercy and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, followed by a conference and Holy Mass at 5 p.m. The meetings are hosted by Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy and priests.
On every Friday at Shrine of Divine Mercy, a communal devotion of the Stations of the Cross, or Way of Sorrows, will be celebrated at the Basilica at 4:00 pm and in the chapel of the Divine Mercy Image and the tomb of St. Faustina at 7:00 pm, with the exception of the first Friday, when the Way will be celebrated at 6:15 pm (online broadcast available at www.saint-faustina.org). The devotion, in which we contemplate the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, allows us to discover and explore the merciful love of God to man, to develop the attitude of trusting God in every situation, even the difficult and painful ones and the attitude of mercy toward our neighbors. Jesus took our sins upon Himself and suffered ignominious death for every one of us, to rise again so that we may have life and enjoy it now and forever.
Blisko Rahamim [Around Rahamim] is the name of a YouTube, Facebook and Instagram account opened this January as a new evangelistic space on the Internet, run by Sr. Gaudia Skass and the Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy. It provides a space for sharing the happiness of living close to the merciful God. Blisko Rahamim’s first production is a podcast titled Zbliżenia (Encounters). In the roughly half-hour episodes that appear every Sunday evening, we zoom in on the image of Merciful Jesus, discovering symbol by symbol what God is like, how He presents Himself through the image He asked to be painted. Two primary sources for the podcast musings are Scripture and the Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska.
For many years we have enjoyed on-line transmissions from the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki. It is used 24 hours a day by Divine Mercy devotees from all over the world to participate in prayer and devotion before the miracle-famous Divine Mercy Image and the tomb of St. Faustina. This year, the fee for the streaming provider, which is the US company Livestream-Vimeo, has increased once again since January. It allows us to stream Full HD quality video content without restrictions on the limit of the number of people viewing the stream at the same time.
This being the case, we ask that you support this work so that it can continue to operate it, as it is an expensive endeavor due to fiber and streaming fees, as well as quality equipment.
Please forward your donations to:
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The past year brought further progress in the development of the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Plock. In 2022, plastering was completed, as well as concrete flooring and an elevator was installed in the Pilgrim House. Stonework for interior window sills made of white marble has also been completed; exterior window sills made of granite have also been installed. Tiling work has begun in the church and Pilgrim House, as well as stonework for the foundations of the facilities under construction. In the course of the construction work, installations continued in parallel: implementation of the “access control”, installation of electrical fixtures, and the installation of radiators.
Finishing work is currently underway: architectural plaster in the nave of the church, filling, painting, tiling work in the bathrooms, in addition to stone work. Electrical work is also continuing with the necessary installations.
The Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Płock is being erected by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy thanks to the donations made for this purpose by devotees of Divine Mercy and people of good will. Sisters thank you for every gift of heart that makes the place of the first revelation of Merciful Jesus to St. Faustina come to life and ask you for further support. The Sisters pray together with the faithful at the Hour of Mercy and with the words of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for all those who spiritually and materially support the construction of the Shrine, and every 22nd of the month a Mass is celebrated for all benefactors.
Donations for the expansion of the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Płock can be deposited into the account:
Zgromadzenie Sióstr Matki Bożej Miłosierdzia
Stary Rynek 14/18
09-404 Płock
Bank PEKAO SA
I O w Płocku
ul. Kolegialna 14a
SWIFT CODE: PKOPPLPW
PLN IBAN: PL 72 1240 3174 1111 0000 2890 0836
USD IBAN: PL 56 1240 3174 1787 0010 1057 7746
EUR IBAN: PL 28 1240 3174 1978 0010 1057 7818
The Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy maintain a retreat house in Zakopane’s Krzeptówki. It serves various retreat groups and people who want to individually experience an encounter with God in a beautiful setting, as well as those who want to relax in the mountains at any time of the year. The attached video of the site will give you a better idea of the location and conditions of our Zakopane retreat house.
In connection with the introduction of channel nicknames on YouTube, we would like to inform you that the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy’s official channel URL is as follows: https://www.youtube.com/@sw.faustyna. The channel streams live broadcasts from the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki, and it contains video and audio files dedicated to Divine Mercy and the spiritual heritage of St. Faustina (176 in total): documentaries, short videos with the message of Divine Mercy in Polish and English, the Diary, TV programs about her life and mission, conferences, music and more. The channel currently has over 58,500 subscribers. On average, it has 7,000-10,000 daily views.
The Chaplet for the Dying project supports a daily average of 110 moribund, whose names have been reported to us by SMS or e-mail. The moribund are spiritually supported not only by people from Poland, but also from other countries worldwide, who have declared their willingness to hold vigil on a selected day and time to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the intention of the person whose name they have received by text message or e-mail. We still need more people who will take up this ministry of mercy, so that help will quickly reach those who are the weakest, but are making the most important decisions and fighting the most difficult fights of their lives. Information about the project and applications are accessible via www.saint-faustina.org. The work is carried out by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy’s Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki at: www.faustyna.pl.
People from many countries of the world participating in the work of the Perpetual Chaplet of Divine Mercy are praying not only in their own intentions, but also asking for “mercy on us and the whole world”. Specific intention for January: so that divine blessings come to us and our families on each day of 2023 and so that mercy and peace are bestowed on the world.
The work of Perpetual Chaplet is a response to the request of Jesus to constantly implore for mercy “for us and the whole world”. The work has been operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy at: www.faustyna.pl since 2011. Anyone can participate in it by filling out a short form and declare to say the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, which Jesus dictated to St. Faustina—at least once.
The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy from the community in Washington DC daily lead prayer at the Hour of Mercy (3 P. M.) and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at the National Shrine of St. John Paul II in English.
You can join them in prayer: www.jp2shrine.org/youtube
Learn more about the prayer at the Hour of Mercy:
Whose idea was it to pray at 3:00 p.m.?
Jesus Himself wants us to be with Him when He is laying down His life for us!
How do we know this?
From St. Faustina’s Diary. She wrote down Jesus’ words: “I remind you, My daughter, that as often as you hear the clock strike the third hour, immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it; invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners; for at that moment mercy was opened wide for every soul. (…) It was the hour of grace for the whole world – mercy triumphed over justice” (Diary, 1572).
What for?
Jesus said: “In this hour you can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking“ (Diary, 1572).
What does God promise us?
“In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion” (Diary, 1320).
What do we need to do?
Jesus said: “If only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion, particularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony” (Diary, 1320).
From other passages in St. Faustina’s Diary we know that the prayer at the Hour of Mercy should be:
- At 3:00 P.M. – the moment of Jesus’ death on the Cross (not the whole hour)
- Addressed to the Lord Jesus directly
- The prayer should refer to the values and merits of His sorrowful passion
Intentions we pray for during the Hour of Mercy should be in accord with the will of God, which pertains to all prayers. The prayer itself should be trustful and it should also be combined with deeds of mercy towards our neighbors, which is a condition of the true devotion to the Divine Mercy.
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is another form of the devotion to Divine Mercy.
Learn more about this powerful prayer:
Whose idea was it to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy?
Jesus’! The Lord Jesus dictated the Chaplet to St. Faustina in Vilnius on September 13th -14th, 1935.
What was the occasion?
On Friday, September 13th, while in her room St. Faustina had a vision of an angel who came to punish those on earth for their sins. When she saw that sign of divine wrath, she implored the angel to hold off for a few moments while the world did penance. However, when she stood before the majesty of the Holy Trinity, Faustina dared not repeat such a request. Only when she felt the power of Jesus’ grace in her soul did she start to pray and the words spoken to her were heard interiorly. In the Diary she wrote: “As I was praying in this manner, I saw the Angel’s helplessness: he could not carry out the just punishment which was rightly due for sins” (Diary 475).
What is the Chaplet for?
Jesus said: “It pleases Me to grant everything they ask of Me by saying the chaplet (Diary 1541), adding: if … [it] is compatible with My will” (Diary 1731). “By saying the chaplet you are bringing humankind closer to Me” (Diary 929).
What does God promise us?
The Lord Jesus promises to grant the grace of conversion and a peaceful death, even if the Chaplet has been said only once. These graces are offered not only to those who recite the Chaplet but also to the dying when the faithful recite it at their bedside:
“At the hour of their death, I defend as My own glory every soul that will say this Chaplet; or [if] the Chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying person, then the indulgence [for the dying] is the same. When this chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying person, God’s anger is placated and unfathomable mercy envelops the soul“ (Diary 811).
“Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy“ (Diary 687).
“The souls that say this chaplet will be embraced by My mercy during their lifetime and especially at the hour of their death” (Diary 754).
When and how should we pray the Chaplet?
We can pray the Chaplet anytime! It must be prayed in the spirit of devotion to Divine Mercy: an attitude of trust in God and mercy towards our neighbor.
The Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy and apostles of Divine Mercy following in the footsteps of St. Faustina and participating in her mission to proclaim the message of Mercy to the world with their witness of life, deeds, words and prayers will remember and celebrate the following anniversaries in 2023:
January 1 – 20 years of operation of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy’s publishing company, Misericordia.
February 2 – 100 years ago the young Helena Kowalska – St. Faustina – became a servant to Marcjanna Wieczorek in Łódź at Gubernatorska 29 (today: Abramowskiego).
February 15 – 10th anniversary of the start of online (video) broadcasting from the chapel with the grace-famous image of the Merciful Jesus and the tomb of St. Faustina at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki, accessible at www.faustyna.pl.
February 22 – 10th anniversary of the Chaplet for the Dying project using the Internet and mobile networks.
February 17 – 20th anniversary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments’ approval of the Congregation’s own calendar, which includes a patronal solemnity of the Congregation (August 5) and, in the rank of a solemnity, the liturgical remembrance of St. Faustina the virgin (October 5), as is due to holy founders.
March – 95th anniversary of the founding of the convent in Kiekrz near Poznań, where St. Faustina stayed. Today, the Shrine of St. Faustina.
18 April – 30th anniversary of St. Faustina’s beatification at St. Peter’s Square in Rome performed by Pope John Paul II.
30 April – 95th anniversary of the first religious vows (chastity, poverty and obedience) made by St. Faustina.
1 May – 90th anniversary of St. Faustina’s perpetual religious vows in Krakow. The ceremonies were presided over by Bishop Stanisław Rospond.
May 8 – 155th anniversary of the ministry of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Krakow.
17 May – The anniversary of the founding of the convent of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Vilnius’ Antokol (a foundation of Princess Maria Radziwiłł), which functioned until 1945. Of the former facilities, only the house where the Divine Mercy Chaplet was revealed remains. St. Faustina began writing her diary there 90 years ago (in 1933).
August 27 – 40th anniversary of the ministry of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Łódź at ul. Wici, next to the present-day Shrine of Divine Mercy.
September 15 – 40th anniversary of the apostolic ministry of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Boston, USA, now in Lakeville.
October 5 – 85th anniversary of St. Faustina’s death in the convent of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki.
November 8 – 45th anniversary of the ministry of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Rome.
The Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki, where God has placed a great treasure, is a special site, where, as St. Faustina passed away, God laid up her entire spiritual inheritance, including the message of Mercy, with which He sent her “to all mankind”. Thus, as St. John Paul II said, it is spreading across the world. That is why Łagiewniki is one of the world’s leading shrines in terms of the number of countries from which pilgrims come to visit.
In the Łagiewniki convent of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, St. Faustina experienced many extraordinary encounters with Jesus, the Blessed Mother, angels, saints and souls suffering in purgatory. It was here that she mystically experienced an extraordinary union with the Triune God and saw heaven and hell. In her Diary, a pearl of mystical literature and the most translated book from Polish, she recorded more than 280 such extraordinary encounters, which happened not only in the chapel but in practically every part of the Shrine. The Łagiewniki Shrine is therefore a place of revelations. It is also a place of miracles and thousands of graces, which people are asking for at the miracle-famous Divine Mercy image and at the tomb of the Apostle of Merciful Jesus in the convent chapel.
This unique place on the map of the world is on the list of the Get to know Poland project of the Minister of National Education, Przemysław Czarnek, who wrote in a letter to teachers: I would like young people, who will be the ones to decide the fate of our country, to know Polish culture, respect the language and national heritage, and above all, grow up with a sense of pride in being Polish. Thanks to the funds allocated for this project under the Polish Deal government program, the bodies running public and non-public schools will receive co-financing of up to 80 per cent of the total cost of the trips.
On every Thursday at 5 pm, at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki, a Divine Mercy Holy Mass is celebrated for the intercession of St. Faustina in the intention of requests and thanks to the faithful offered in the chapel with the image of Merciful Jesus and the tomb of the Apostle of Divine Mercy. You can add an intention right before the Mass and those who cannot physically be present at it can join us in prayer thanks to the online broadcast at www.faustyna.pl.
Every day at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki, Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy gather at the Image of Divine Mercy and the tomb of St. Faustina to pray the Rosary for families and married couples experiencing difficulties and crises. Also at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Płock, Holy Mass is celebrated on every 22nd day of a month at 5pm with this intention. To join this prayer in the Łagiewniki Shrine, also in the intention of your family or loved ones, you can access the live video broadcasting at www.saint-faustina.org.
Every Thursday, at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki, a group of people named Kustodia, meet to pray at the Image of Divine Mercy and the tomb of St. Faustina, in the intention of priests. They are accompanied by Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. From 8 to 9.30 pm, during the prayer of adoration and as the rosary is recited together, they obtain God’s graces for the stewards of God’s Mercy, so that the priests be faithful to their vocation and lead the people entrusted to their pastoral care on the ways of God. Everyone, also those who connect to the Łagiewniki Shrine online at www.saint-faustina.org is invited to join in this prayer.
The Lord Jesus, in the devotion to Divine Mercy, gives us a special time of grace at three o’clock in the afternoon. It is the moment of His dying on the cross, of which he said to Sister Faustina: “This is the hour of great mercy for the whole world. … In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion…” (Diary, 1320). In order to take advantage of these promises of Jesus, one must pray with confidence and add deeds of mercy towards others to the trustful prayer. Jesus proposes three ways of experiencing the prayer at the Hour of Mercy: celebrating the Way of the Cross, visiting the Blessed Sacrament, and if it is impossible, connecting with Him, dying on the cross, wherever 3 pm finds us. In this prayer, we turn directly to Jesus, and in our pleading, we appeal to the merits of His painful Passion. It is a privileged time in the Divine Mercy devotion, which is why the Hour of Mercy and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy are practiced every day in all convents of the Congregation. You can join in this prayer through an on-line transmission from the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Kraków-Łagiewniki at faustyna.pl and via the Faustyna.pl application.
Recent months have seen further progress in the development of the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Plock. In the first half of 2022, plastering and stonework for the interior window sills was completed, concrete flooring was completed and an elevator was installed in the Pilgrim House. Finishing work is currently underway: architectural plaster in the nave of the church, filling, tiling and electrical work for wiring and partial installation of fixtures. In addition, work will continue on finishing the Shrine: installation of interior woodwork and ironwork, filling, painting, cladding work, whiteware, installation of electrical fixtures and CCTV, passenger elevator in the church, along with freight elevator in the Pilgrim House.
The Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Plock is being erected by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy thanks to the donations made for this purpose by devotees of Divine Mercy and people of good will. Sisters thank you for every gift of heart that makes the place of the first revelation of Merciful Jesus to St. Faustina come to life. Thanks to these gifts, the church is growing and therefore the Sisters would like to ask for further support. Holy Mass is celebrated on the 22nd day of each month and the Sisters pray daily together with the faithful at the Hour of Mercy and with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy in the intention of everyone who support the construction of the Shrine spiritually and physically.
Donations for the expansion of the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Płock can be deposited into the account:
Zgromadzenie Sióstr Matki Bożej Miłosierdzia
Stary Rynek 14/18
09-404 Płock
Bank PEKAO SA
I O w Płocku
ul. Kolegialna 14a
SWIFT CODE: PKOPPLPW
PLN IBAN: 72 1240 3174 1111 0000 2890 0836
USD IBAN: 56 1240 3174 1787 0010 1057 7746
EUR IBAN: 28 1240 3174 1978 0010 1057 7818
A video titled Divine Mercy in daily life has been made recently for the Maria Vision TV, featuring Sr. Gaudia Skass from the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy, who speaks about the Łagiewniki Shrine as a sacred site, where St. Faustina lived and where she passed to the house of the Heavenly Father. Any place where we are, if we are experiencing our lives with Jesus, can be such a holy place. The beautifully shot film is available in English.
Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy, Jesus said to St. Faustina. Trusting in these words of Jesus, in the face of the war in Ukraine, which poses a real threat to peace in Europe and in the world, we shall implore for God’s mercy for all humanity with the words of the Chaplet to Divine Mercy, for the restoration of peace in Ukraine and to prevent the spread of armed conflict to other countries and continents. All are invited to this prayer, 24 hours a day. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is a powerful weapon with which we can change the fate of the world without any bloodshed. To participate in this prayer, please fill out this short form.
At Faustyna.pl and its 7 foreign language versions, you can download a folder with the Message of Mercy, which includes the most important words of Jesus given to St. Faustina and recorded in her Diary. With this message, Jesus sent Sister Faustina to the whole world to remind it of the biblical truth of God’s merciful love for every human being and to call on it to proclaim it around the globe with renewed strength by the witness of life, deed, word and prayer, as humanity will not find peace until it turns with trust to God’s mercy. Pope John Paul II gave this message to the Church and the world for the third millennium because, as he confessed, “nothing is so necessary to man as God’s mercy, that gracious and compassionate love which raises man to the heights of God’s holiness.” Entrusting the world to God’s mercy 20 years ago, he repeated after Jesus that only in God’s mercy will the world find peace and man will find happiness.
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is the second prayer, after the Lord’s Prayer, dictated by the Lord Jesus, who associated with it great promises to obtain all that is in accord with His will, on top of the grace of a serene and peaceful death, on the condition of an attitude of trust in Him (doing His will) and of mercy towards our neighbors. Today, it is the most famous prayer to Divine Mercy, recited not only by Catholics but also by Christians of other denominations. This is an extremely effective prayer, because in a spiritual way, we offer to God the Father His most beloved Son in it, our Lord Jesus Christ; therefore we appeal to the strongest argument – to His sorrowful Passion.
We provide the text of this prayer in Ukrainian. More about the Chaplet…
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Отче наш, що єси на небесах, нехай святиться Ім’я Твоє, нехай прийде Царство Твоє, нехай буде воля Твоя як на небі, так і на землі. Хліб наш насущний дай нам сьогодні і прости нам провини наші, як і ми прощаємо винуватцям нашим. І не введи нас у спокусу, але визволи нас від лукавого. Амінь.
Радуйся, Маріє, благодаті повна! Господь з Тобою! Благословенна Ти між жінками і благословенний плід лона Твого, Ісус. Свята Маріє, Мати Божа, молись за нас, грішних, нині і в годину смерті нашої. Амінь.
Вірую в Бога Отця Вседержителя, Творця неба і землі, і в Ісуса Христа, Його Єдиного Сина, Господа нашого, що був зачатий від Духа Святого і народився від Діви Марії, що страждав за Понтія Пилата, був розп’ятий, і помер, і був похований, і зійшов у відхлань. Третього дня воскрес із мертвих, вознісся на небеса і сидить праворуч Бога Отця Вседержителя, звідки прийде судити живих і мертвих. Вірую в Духа Святого, святу вселенську Церкву, сопричастя Святих, відпущення гріхів, воскресіння плоті, вічне життя. Амінь.
На великих зернятках:
Предвічний Отче, жертвуємо Тобі Тіло і Кров, душу і божественність возлюбленого Сина Твого, Господа нашого, Ісуса Христа. На ублагання за гріхи наші і усього світу.
На малих зернятках:
Заради Його тяжких страждань будь милосердним до нас і усього світу.
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Святий Боже, Святий Кріпкий, Святий Безсмертний! Помилуй нас і весь світ (тричі).
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The Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy and apostles of Divine Mercy following in the footsteps of St. Faustina and those participating in her mission of proclaiming the message of Mercy to the world by testimony of life, deed, word and prayer, will celebrate and commemorate a few important anniversaries in 2022:
February 18 – 5 years of the ministry of the Congregation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
May 1 – 100th anniversary of the ministry of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Kalisz.
June 7 – 25th anniversary of John Paul II’s first pilgrimage to the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki as a Pope.
June 29 – 25 years of the Congregation’s ministry in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan.
August 5 – 85th anniversary of electing Mary Mother of Mercy as the heavenly Superior of the Congregation.
August 17 – 20th anniversary John Paul II’s second pilgrimage to the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki as a Pope and entrusting the world to Divine Mercy.
August 26 – 10 years of the Congregation’s ministry in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan.
September 1 – 30 years of the Congregation’s ministry in Szylavichy, Belarus.
September 16 – 5th anniversary of the consecration of the convent and the ministry of the Congregation in Lodz at ul. Krośnieńska, in the house, where Helena Kowalska – St. Faustina – lived in 1922/1923.
September 27 – 85th anniversary of printing the first Divine Mercy holy cards (with a copy of E. Kazimirowski’s painting by Ł. Bałzukiewiczówna) in Krakow’ printing shop of J. Cebulski at ul. Szewska 22.
October – 85th anniversary of the revelation of the Hour of Mercy devotion, i.e., praying at the hour of Jesus Christ’s agony on the Cross (3 pm), at the convent of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki.
November 1 – 160th anniversary of the establishment of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Poland.
