In the privacy of the convent and obedient to the monastic rule, Sister Faustina pondered, at first alone, on what God did for man at his creation, how much the Son of God suffered for the redemption, what He left for man in the Church and what He has prepared for man in the glory of heaven. This great gift to His people is ‘a sign of the times’, or ‘light’, intended to illuminate our path in the third millennium and inspire hope in our hearts. In this context, it becomes clear that in such times, God gives us a great gift, by sending prophets, to remind us of the truth of His merciful love. This was and still is a time of unprecedented development in terms of civilization and technology a time of deep moral decline and departure of man from God and life “as if God did not exist” on a hitherto unprecedented scale. For in the twentieth century ideologies of evil were created and developed: Nazism and communism. Not without significance is the historical context in which God sent her with the prophetic mission of Mercy. Sister Faustina was chosen by God to remind the world of the mystery of His mercy. Today, I am sending you with My mercy to the whole of mankind” (Diary 1588). “Under the Old Covenant I sent prophets to My people with thunderbolts.
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