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I personally pray the Chaplet on occasion- though I doubt the apparitions of Sr. Faustina. Either some parts were of her diary were forged or misunderstood, but there are definite unorthodoxies. quote]
Source? Or personal opinions based on?
The Divine Mercy devotion was supressed in 1959 by Pope John XXIII, and St. Faustina’s Diary was placed in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum clear through to the Index’s abolishment in 1967, a move initiated by Pope Pius XII and confirmed by Pope John XXIII. As it was, St. Faustina was only semi-literate and most of her diary was transcribed by other nuns, giving 100% authenticity more doubtful.
Some unorthodox passages:
On page 168, it says: “The moment I knelt down to cross out my own will, as the Lord
had bid me to do, I heard this voice in my soul: From now on, do not fear God’s
judgment, for you will not be judged.”3 (From Feb. 4, 1935) (!?!)
On page 247: “And know this, too, My daughter: All creatures, whether
they know it or not, and whether they want to or not, always fulfill my will… 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.”
On page 374: “If they will not adore My mercy, they will perish for all
eternity.” (!)
On page 288 : “That is why I am uniting myself with you so intimately as
with no other creature.” (!?!)
On page 583, we read that Sr. Faustina said: “When I took the Messenger of the Sacred
Heart into my hand and read the account of the canonization of St. Andrew Bobola, my
soul was instantly filled with a great longing that our congregation, too, might have a
saint and I wept like a child that there was no saint in our midst. And I said to the
Lord, ‘I know your generosity, and yet it seems to me that you are less generous towards
us.’ And I began again to weep like a little child. And the Lord Jesus said to me, ‘Don’t
cry. You are that saint.’”
On page 602, we read that Jesus supposedly said: “I cannot stand them, because they
are neither good nor bad.”
On page 643, we read that Sr. Faustina said after receiving Communion: “Jesus
transform me into another host!… You are a great and all-powerful Lord; you can grant
me this favor. And the Lord answered me, ‘You are a living host.’”
Divine Mercy in My Soul, The Diary of Sr. Faustina, Stockbridge, MA: Marian Press, 1987
It was not until Pope John Paul II that the apparition received significant attention, and St. Faustina was only rehabilitated after the ban on the devotion was lifted by Pope Paul VI on April 15, 1978. All the same, I am cautious about it, and I would encourage others to be so also.
