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Sirach2 said:
It is true we are not bound to accept private revelations, but I take exception to the last article #476 that Vames referenced, but cut short. This is the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Church has given explicit approval for devotion in praying it, just as certain as the rosary and other approved devotions.
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I cut it short because I have nothing against the Chaplet, which is a beautiful devotion, not to mention that I had a pleasant surprise to see that it contains the Eastern Trisagion (the “surprise” has to do with the fact that it is a recent devotion). I liked the idea of making a novena for our country as well. It wasn’t my intention to “besmirch” St Faustyna, otherwise I would have rejected the devotions as well.
 
Catholic church is very very cautious before proclaiming anyone Saint. Perhaps the information you got, aren’t quit right, you should double check if this is approved by the church first.

There is no doubt in me that she is real. Did you know that during the second war, the soldier tried to invade the convent, and they couldn’t succeed. The nuns would go on the tomb and prayed Sainte Faustina for her intervention.

Anyway, she was so humble and care about humanity. Every sacrifice she could offer to save a soul, she would do it. Even though that Jesus said that for real, remember that in the bible that Jesus made amazing promises to Peter after he said that Jesus was the son of God. He even told him that he would have the door’s keys to heaven. Anyway, if Jesus made such a promise to Saint Faustina, he must have seen her heart was worth this much.

Jesus love all of us and surely can see the value of our heart as we open up to him. Saint Faustina was such a blessing to all of us and many souls has been spared because of her sacrifices. If someone save your child from death, you would have so much gratitude to this person. Imagine we give to God when we pray for others or do sacrifice to save soul.

Oceans of love!
 
St. Faustina said these words, “… I suddenly saw Jesus in great majesty, and He spoke these words to me: My daughter, if you wish, I will this instant create a new world, more beautiful than this one, and you will live there for the rest of your life. I answered, “I don‟t want any worlds. I want You, Jesus. I want to love You, with the same love that You have for me…”

I don’t particularly have any problem with this because it is very similar to two lovers, like in poetry, expressing their deep love for one another. Jesus knows have much she loves him and to bring out her love more, Jesus then says he will create a new world just for her but knowing she will decline it out of love for him. It is a way for Jesus to draw her out and express her love for him all the more, knowing all along he won’t create a new world. It’s a love ballet.

He won’t treat me that way because Jesus knows how many warts I have on my soul. But this is a beautiful expression of their close bond.

It seems to me that Jesus treats each one of us right where we are at in our relationship with him and from there leads us closer to him.

She is a simple woman of great faith but probably a little shaky in theology. I don’t think that bothers Jesus one bit when it is all about “love”, true love that someone expresses for him.

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Fred, my spirit bore witness to this as being a very lovely conclusion to what others mistook as a problem. It reminds me of the Song of Songs very much. 🙂
 
fred_conty said:
She is a simple woman of great faith but probably a little shaky in theology. I don’t think that bothers Jesus one bit when it is all about “love”, true love that someone expresses for him.

Only a thought.
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I think this is an important point. We are so busy worrying about dotting the i’s and crossing t’s for ourselves and others, that we miss the point that God’s love is more immense than a human being can imagine. Whenever we see a weakness in some theological aspect of things, we focus on that. We do that not only with this saint, but with ourselves and each other. I think it’s a way of thinking that actually prevents us from ascending past the literal senses of the Word and into the deeper ones.

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AlanFromWichita said:
I think this is an important point. We are so busy worrying about dotting the i’s and crossing t’s for ourselves and others, that we miss the point that God’s love is more immense than a human being can imagine. Whenever we see a weakness in some theological aspect of things, we focus on that. We do that not only with this saint, but with ourselves and each other. I think it’s a way of thinking that actually prevents us from ascending past the literal senses of the Word and into the deeper ones.
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This is so true, and we find this eloquent wording in the Preface of her Diary:

I would like to mention here my meeting with a well-known contemporary mystic, Sister Speranza, who in Collevalenza, not far from Todi [Italy], founded the sanctuary of “The Most Merciful Love,” the site of numerous pilgrimages. I asked Sister Speranza whether she had heard of the writings of Sister Faustina and what she thought of them. She answered me with simplicity: "The writings contain a wonderful teaching, but reading them one must remember that God speaks to philosophers in the language of philosophers and to simple souls in the language of simple ones, and only to these last does He reveal truths hidden from the wise and prudent of this world."
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