As a matter of fact, when I first started reading this book, I have my doubts like nay other person but I have now overcome my doubts and have believe without reservation what is written is true and have indeed taken place...first of all Sister Faustina has been canonise a saint in 2000 by Pope John Paul II. So that helps a lot for an ordinary folk like me to accept it.
A bit of background to this book... a 600 page book, light and easy on the mind, bought at a cost of $21 (available in the Catholic Bookshop at Queen Street) no many copies left, this book like I said is no ordinary idary coz whatever is written comes directly under the guidance of Jesus, Himself. Words spoken by Him, is highted in Bold. So in essence, this are truly God's words (coming directly from God Himself) to a very ordinary nun. and of course this nun is none other than Sister Faustina from Poland. Born 1905 and Died in 1938 at the age of 35 from tuberculosis.
She is really the chosen one by Jesus Himself to disseminate messages and the devotion of Divine Mercy. She is able to see and holds a direct communication with Jesus , Himself practically everywhere and anytime. also include in her visions are her guardian angel which one led her to see the souls in Purgatory, she is also able to see Mother Mary in quite a number of occasions (including this one when she saw Mother Mary visiting souls in purgatory..and also the following Jesus explains why the need for purgatory:
and on top of that one nite she dreamt of St Therese of Lisieux (my favourite saint) and hold a conversation with her. In that dreamt, St Therese revealled to her that she is a sain and now is in heaven. Sister Faustina then her whether she (Sister Faustina) will be goin to heaven and St Therese reply yes indeed and then sister Faustina go on by asking St therese whether her parents are in heaven, she reply yes...! so beautiful indeed!
But she suffered a great deal in the sense that a lot of sisters in her own religious community (Mother Superiors included) did not believe her and thought that is a hallucinating and a lunatic...how sad it was...and here what Jesus told her in the following of the non-believers:
But eventually she draw strength from our Lord Jesus which was constantly beside her all the time. How encounraging. This book is commanded by our Lord Jesus to sister Faustina to write down diligently whatever He tells of her.
A total of 6 notebooks, this book is not about the life of Sister Fautina, it is direct messages coming from Jesus, Himself. So the messages in there is very direct, short, and no small talk or whatsoever. If you think that God does not speaks directly to man in this modern times, this book proves otherwise.
On another occasion, Jesus paints the vision of His second coming and that is a scary...here it is
To be continued....still reading notebook 1.
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