why pray the chaplet of Divine Mercy now?
History: In the roaring twenties when Europe was experiencing the serious difficulties of rebuilding after the devastation of WWI, a young woman named Helen Kowalska from Poland was called by the Lord to become a religious sister and dedicate her life to Jesus in prayer, penance, and above all as a messenger of God’s divine mercy to the whole world. World War II was years away, but the roots of violence and war were already present. Who but the Lord could prepare the world to face this great evil that stood at the doorsteps of Poland and other nations? Jesus chose a very humble young woman to become an apostle of mercy at that critical moment. She is recognized today as Saint Faustina Kowalska, canonized as the first saint of this new millennium. God’s message of mercy that has come to us through her diary has deep significance for us today. Sister Faustina was a mystic. Jesus came to her, sometimes in visible form and instructed her to write a diary entitled Divine Mercy in my Soul. I
