Saint Faustina Divine Mercy Intercessory Prayer Group

Personal Testimonials How the Divine Mercy Has Changed Our Lives

Testimonial 1

Divine Mercy: God's Gentle Touch
By a parishioner

The importance of Divine Mercy was something that came to me gradually.  I learned the Chaplet many years ago and said it regularly.  I started saying the Novena every year.  Eventually I read the beautiful diary of St. Faustina, which drew me into a much greater awareness of the Mercy of God. I began to consciously choose to believe in and rely on the Divine Mercy and place those for whom I was praying into the mercy of God.

One day as I was driving to work, I felt an urgency to pray the chaplet for the next person to die.  When I nearly finished the chaplet, I arrived at the scene of a plane accident.  The police had just arrived and I was the first person to be stopped by them due to the accident.  I knew in my heart that this was the person for whom I was praying. This incident increased my awareness of how important the chaplet is.  I have often had people confirm that they had a need for prayer, in the hour I was praying for them.

I was among those who rejoiced when John Paul II declared that the Sunday after Easter was Divine Mercy Sunday.  I felt so strongly that the graces of Divine Mercy were flowing freely that day, that I said the chaplet over and over trying to give that grace to every one I knew.  It was a great privilege for me to spend a week at St. Faustina’s convent in 1992.  Like Divine Mercy Sunday it seemed like a time of great grace, which further impressed on my heart that I can trust Jesus, the Divine Mercy, with all of the needs of all those who I love. Devotion to the Divine Mercy has brought me to an increased measure of peace, it furthered my confidence in Jesus and amplified Joy in my day to day life.

 Testimonial 2

How the Divine Mercy Saved My Soul… And That of My Husband and Son
By a parishioner

It was more than 10 years ago when my mother asked if I had a picture of Jesus in my home. “Mom, I don’t need a picture of Jesus,” I replied in a cocky voice. “I have a picture of my guru and that’s the same.” “No, that’s not the same. You must have a picture of Jesus,” my mother insisted. “And, it cannot be just any picture but an Image of Jesus with two rays.”

That was my first lesson on the Divine Mercy Image even though I never saw it and had no idea what my mother was talking about. I discarded her message but – Jesus had planted the seed.

My husband and I were away from the Catholic Church for 30 years. We left the Church – as most young ones – at the very beginning of our university years. We did not need God. We knew everything! We started living selfish lives, ungrateful to God for what we had. God was the last Person we thought of, even when we needed help, as when our marriage was strained. We were so far away from living in God's Truth that we never even passed the knowledge about the existence of God and Jesus Christ who walked on this earth to our son.

On my next trip to visit my mom I couldn't resist asking her about the picture she spoke about. My mother then showed me the Divine Mercy Image. “Why would anybody need it,” I thought. However – although I did not realize it – Jesus was already opening my heart. Before I returned home, I asked my mother where we could get an Image for our home.

Jesus’ Image with its famous “Jesus, I trust in You” invocation ended up in our bedroom. Ignorant of Jesus’ powerful promises regarding the Image I was surprised when a chain of events in my life lead me back to Church only two years later.

By God's merciful grace my husband followed my footsteps. Shortly after that our marriage was blessed by Church. A meaningful and emotional first-since-high-school confession, followed by Holy Communion, became a starting point of a powerful transformation of our hearts and lives! How God had worked in our lives during these eight years. We began experiencing peace in our hearts. A peace which the world is not able to give. It is beyond our human power to express how one feels when the burdens of life are lifted from your shoulders. The crosses stay the same or they may even increase, but one faces them with a different strength. And, how does one describe the heart burning with a new-born love for God? There would not be enough room in this bulletin to speak of the incredible graces God has showered on us since then.

This testimonial would not be complete without mentioning my son’s story. As we were entering Church he was on the verge of self-destruction. Alcohol, drugs, broken family, homelessness and finally jail. In the midst of these sorrowful-for-the-parents events, our son accepted an Image of Divine Mercy. He held on to it even when he was homeless and even though he did not fully understand whom It portrayed. And he too experienced the Mercy of Our Lord. Now, his life is completely restored. He joined the Catholic Church a few years ago, his children have been baptized and two of the older ones already received the Sacrament of the 1st Communion. Jesus is their Master.

With this testimonial I would like to bring a new hope into your hearts. If you do not have the Divine Mercy Image in your homes, please accept one. Give It as gifts to others. Your lives will be changed in unimaginable ways. Jesus promised grace and mercy. And, I testify – as a living example – that Jesus keeps His promises.

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