Sister M. Elżbieta Siepak O.L.M.
Spirituality of Saint Faustina
Publisher: “Misericordia” Publishing House
Kraków 2005
The book provides an introduction into the school of St. Faustina’s spirituality. This school is about getting to know the mystery of God’s mercy; learning to contemplate it in everyday life; developing an attitude of trust in God and merciful love towards one’s neighbour; as well as growing in an attitude of love towards the Church and the Eucharist and in devotion to Our Lady of Mercy. The contribution of St. Faustina to the history of the faith is this new school of spirituality, one which is both deeply evangelical and at the same time universal, and one from which anyone can benefit regardless of one’s vocation, age or other life circumstances. In this school one can learn to know God as ‘the Father rich in mercy’, can discover His loving presence in one’s soul, and find out how to live one’s everyday life together with Him in an attitude of trust in Him (fulfilling the Will of God), and active love of one’s neighbour. This simple school, with its roots deep in the Gospel, leads to a close union with God, to contemplation of Him in everyday life, as well as to the practice of merciful love in human relationships. Jesus the Merciful is our light and strength on this path – He who has left rich sources of grace in the Church, especially the Eucharist, and Mary Mother of Mercy, its model and source of our help.
The book can be purchased at our “Misericordia” online shop.
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Sister M. Elżbieta Siepak O.L.M.
Sister Faustina’s New “Congregation”.
The Apostolic Movement of the Divine Mercy
Publisher: “Misericordia” Publishing House
Kraków 2005
Many readers of St. Faustina’s “Diary” enquire after this “new congregation”, which Faustina was to establish: was it ever created? Where? What’s its name? This book addresses these and similar questions, and reveals the opportunity that exists for everyone to belong and take part in this work. In 1935 the Lord Jesus passed on to Sister Faustina His will regarding the creation of such a “congregation”, which would plead for and proclaim the mercy of God to the world. Sister Faustina initially believed that she was to establish a contemplative convent, she even wrote a summary of the monastic rule, but soon the Lord let her know that there would also be a men’s congregation , a women’s congregation and a great association of lay people. Finally, Sister Faustina wrote in her “Diary” that this was to be one work – “a work of one colour” as it were but in different “shades” – consisting of contemplative and active monasteries and convents, and lay faithful who would undertake the mission of proclaiming to the world the merciful love of God through the witness of their lives in a spirit of trust in God and mercy towards their neighbour, by their actions (acts and works of mercy done out of love for Jesus), and in word and prayer. Today the Apostolic Movement of The Divine Mercy, which was initiated by Jesus Himself, involves millions of people who in various ways, either in communities and individually, continue the mission of St. Faustina to make present in the world God’s merciful love.
The book can be purchased at our “Misericordia” online shop.
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The Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy
In St. Faustina’s School of Trust
Publisher: “Misericordia” Publishing House
Kraków 2002
St. Faustina is for us the supreme model of complete and unconditional trust in God in every situation of life. The book presents an understanding of the attitude of trust in God and reveals the way to grow in this attitude. In the life of St. Faustina trust does not mean the attitude of emotional or intellectual acceptance of the truths of faith, but a lifelong attitude of man toward God, which is determined by many virtues (faith, hope, love, humility and contrition), and which expresses itself in fulfilling His will contained in the commandments, the duties of one’s state in life, or in response to inspirations of the Holy Spirit. The example of St. Faustina’s life shows how consistent use of simple measures, such as spiritual reading, meditation, prayer, sacramental life, the acquisition of spiritual competences (virtues), leads to achieving the biblical attitude of trust in God that makes man happy, because man can thus live out his earthly existence in communion with Him.
The book can be purchased at our “Misericordia” online shop.
http://www.misericordia.faustyna.pl/
The Sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy
In St. Faustina’s School of Mercy
Publisher: “Misericordia” Publishing House
Kraków 2007
The spiritual school of St. Faustina reveals the beauty and richness of Christian mercy, as well as how to transform one’s life in this spirit. In her understanding human mercy is closely related to the mercy of God Himself, which is the source, the model and the motive for Christian deeds of active love of one’s neighbour. Mercy done in this spirit is a participation in the mercy of God Himself, because He, through willing hearts, reveals His kindness and merciful love to people. St. Faustina’s school of mercy teaches one how to transform one’s everyday life step by step into a life that is beautiful and rich in good things of eternal value, in other words, how to transform one’s life into mercy.
The book can be purchased at our “Misericordia” online shop.
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Sister M. Elżbieta Siepak O.L.M.
I Want To Be Transformed Into Mercy
Publisher: “Misericordia” Publishing House
Kraków 2008
The booklet “I Want to Be Transformed into Mercy” is an extended version of a paper delivered at the III International Congress of the Apostles of The Divine Mercy in Cracow-Łagiewniki. In a very clear way, the book illustrates the process of growing in an attitude of mercy, an example of which was given by Saint Faustina. Fascinated by God’s merciful love for people as well as by the beauty and richness of Christian mercy, she turned them into a lifestyle which is profoundly evangelical and at the same time universal, in that it is addressed to every human being.
The book can be purchased at our “Misericordia” online shop.
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Sister M. Elżbieta Siepak O.L.M.
She Made an Ordinary Life Extraordinary
The Road to Perfection and Mission of Blessed Sister Faustina
The Shrine of The Divine Mercy
Kraków-Łagiewniki 1993
This publication was prepared on the occasion of the beatification of Sister Faustina. In three chapters the author presents a model of Christian perfection which God gave the world in the Apostle of The Divine Mercy, in her mission and especially in the devotion to The Divine Mercy and the idea of founding “a new congregation” (the Apostolic Movement of The Divine Mercy). This publication presents the devotion to The Divine Mercy in a very accessible way, its essence, identity and forms of worship, based on the work of Fr. Prof. Ignacy Różycki, the chief theologian in Sister Faustina’s beatification process.
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I Am Sending You With My Mercy To The Whole Of Mankind
(brochure)
The brochure briefly shows the life and mission of St. Faustina, together with the special devotion to The Divine Mercy in the new forms that Jesus entrusted to her and favoured with great promises.
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http://www.misericordia.faustyna.pl/
