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El Misterio de la Misericordia Divina.En el Diario de Santa Faustina

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La misericordia de Dios, en los escritos de San Sor Faustina, es un atributo que se refiere a la Santísima Trinidad en su totalidad: Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo, no sólo al Hijo de Dios encarnado. Misericordia Divina, fuente que brota del misterio de la Santísima Trinidad, en Ti confío (Diario 949). En otras oraciones compuestas por Sor Faustina se pueden encontrar las siguientes expresiones: Adorado seas, Único en la Santísima Trinidad, Dios misericordioso (Diario1742); Seas adorada, oh Santísima Trinidad, ahora y siempre, seas alabada en todas Tus obras y en todas Tus criaturas. Que la grandeza de Tu misericordia, oh Dios, sea admirada y glorificada (Diario5); Oh Santa Hostia, en la que está la misericordia del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo hacia nosotros y, especialmente, a los pobres pecadores (Diario355).

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Esta misericordia de Dios, en lo que se refiere al ámbito de su sentido según las expresiones bíblicas, se corresponde con el término hebreo hesed que aparece en el Antiguo Testamento, o con el término eleos del Nuevo Testamento. Es el verdadero amor fiel, la bondad y la compasión de Dios. Tiene los rasgos del amor paternal: un amor fiel, que adopta a las personas por la filiación (Diario 1745, 1819) y que cuida con su tierna solicitud de toda la creación (Diario 244, 288, 361, 438, 522, 525, 1692). En el ámbito bíblico, no sólo debemos referirnos a los términos: hesed y eleos, sino que al término rahamim, al referirnos a la motivación más profunda del amor de Dios, amor que tiene rasgos del amor de madre. En sus conversaciones con Jesús, Sor Faustina oyó hablar muchas veces sobre las entrañas “de la misericordia”, Mis entrañas están colmadas de misericordia que está derramada sobre todo lo que he creado (Diario 1784); Todo lo que existe ha salido de las entrañas de Mi misericordia (Diario 699). Todo lo que existe está encerrado en las entrañas de Mi misericordia mas profundamente que un niño en el seno de la madre (Diario 421, 1076). Alégrense, todas las criaturas – escribía – porque están mas cerca de Dios en su infinita misericordia que el niño recién nacido del corazón de su madre (Diario 423). Acerca de la misericordia maternal, Jesús hablaba al mismo tiempo que daba una promesa a todos los apóstoles de la Divina Misericordia: A las almas que propagan la devoción a Mi misericordia, las protejo durante toda su vida como una madre cariñosa (Diario1075).

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La Misericordia de Dios en los escritos de Sor Faustina aparece descrita como: „inconcebible, inescrutable, inefable, indecible, inagotable, infinita, inalcanzable, que sorprende a la mente humana y a los ángeles”. Sobre la grandeza de la misericordia de Dios también sugiere términos como „omnipotente, poderosa e ilimitada”. Para expresar la grandeza del misterio de la misericordia de Dios más allá de las palabras, Sor Faustina también utiliza una variedad de imágenes, analogías y metáforas. A menudo hablaba del „abismo”, o del „océano de la misericordia”, „mar de la misericordia” o „profundidad de la misericordia.” Cuando ella quería hacer hincapié en el poder dador de vida de la misericordia, usaba la metáfora de „fuente, manantial o corriente”. También utilizó la metáfora del „fuego” y de las „llamas” para expresar el ardor del amor de Dios hacia hombre y del amor del hombre a Dios. Jesús se refirió claramente a „las llamas de la misericordia”, cuando le dijo a Sor Faustina cómo le consumían (Diario50, 177, 1190, 1520). Sor Faustina afirmaba que la Misericordia es “el mayor atributo de Dios” (cf. Diario949), tal como había oído decírselo primero a Jesús: Proclama que la misericordia es el atributo más grande de Dios. Todas las obras de Mis manos están coronadas por la misericordia (Diario 301).

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El Padre Prof. Ignacio Rozycki explica que la misericordia, como atributo de Dios en un sentido dogmático, es igual los otros atributos divinos pero cuando se trata de las manifestaciones de su acción en el mundo, la Misericordia es realmente mayor que los demás atributos, puesto que los efectos de esta acción son mayores. Con semejante distinción en lo referente al concepto de la Misericordia como atributo de Dios, y a su acción, coincide plenamente santa Sor Faustina cuando afirma: La Mercy is the flower of love: God is love and mercy is his action, in love it is generated, in mercy it is manifested (Diary 651). In his texts, this distinction between mercy as an attribute of God equal to his nature, and mercy as an action, in relation to man, is seen very clearly.
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In the writings of Saint Sister Faustina there are no comments or references to biblical texts, but very original expressions appear, which shed new light on the theology of mercy. One such original thought is one that defines God as the One who is “Love and Mercy itself” (Diary, 1074, 1273, 1486, see also 281), or a quote from Jesus, who says of himself that he is the “King of Mercy” (Diary 83, 88,367). Nowhere in the Holy Scriptures do such expressions appear. Sister Saint Faustina explains the inexhaustible character of God’s mercy, or rather, its expansion to the extent that it goes out to meet man and bends over human misery to lift man up, just as Jesus says in the Diary : I am love and Mercy Itself; There is no misery that can be measured with My mercy, nor does misery exhaust it, since from the moment My mercy is given it increases. The soul that trusts in My mercy is the happiest because I Myself take care of it. (Diario1273). The meaning of these words is the following: the greater the sin, the greater the need for mercy, that is, the more mercy will be poured out, since it increases as it is given.
Saint Sister Faustina shows us the merciful love of God from the perspective of the history of the world and humanity, that is, from the creation of angels, the earth and man, passing through the Incarnation of the Son of God and all the work of salvation, the institution of the Church, with all the richness of the graces necessary for the life of man and to achieve holiness, until we reach the eschatological realities, that is, until the final destiny of man who has been created for live in communion with God in glory, with all the saved. For this reason, the «Diary», although it is not a theological study on the mystery of the Mercy of God, nevertheless, gives the possibility of knowing it in an orderly manner according to the key: the work of creation, salvation and the glory. It is, therefore, a kind of commentary on the Bible, written from the perspective of the author’s mystical experience, and for that reason, it shows us this truth of faith in such a suggestive way. Due to its originality and the extraordinary depth of knowledge of the mystery of God’s Mercy, it constitutes an additional source for a theology of mercy.
2. Called to proclaim Divine Mercy
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The prophetic message of Saint Sister Faustina not only allows us to delve deeper into the mystery of the Mercy of God, not only does it contribute in the history of the Church this new devotion to the Divine Mercy according to the new forms of worship, but it also includes a call to preach this truth of faith with force.
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In the “Diary” of Saint Sister Faustina, many times we find this exhortation of Jesus, like an urgent call: Speak to the world about My mercy, about My love. (…) My daughter, do whatever is in your power to spread devotion to My mercy. I will make up for what you lack. Tell suffering humanity to embrace My merciful Heart and I will fill it with peace. Say, My daughter, that I am Love and Mercy themselves (Diary 1074). Jesus not only addressed this call to Sister Faustina to proclaim to the world the mystery of Divine Mercy, but through her, he addresses it to all priests (Diary 50, 1521) and to all believers (Diary 48, 742, 1075, 1225, 1572). God wanted the Church to welcome this call again: he demanded that there be a congregation – wrote Saint Faustina – that would proclaim Divine Mercy and implore it for the world (Diary 436). As for this “congregation” – as Saint Faustina made it clear – it was a single great work in the Church, made up of people with various vocations (contemplative orders, active congregations, and lay faithful), who would adopt the task of making God’s merciful love present in the world, through the testimony of life, in a spirit of trust towards God and mercy towards others, through action, word and prayer.
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Jesus attaches great importance to this task of proclaiming God’s Mercy to the world, since he links to it great promises for all those who carry it out.

To the souls who spread devotion to My mercy, I protect them throughout their lives as a loving mother protects her newborn child and at the hour of death I will not be a Judge for them but a merciful Savior (Diary 1075). To the priests who proclaim and praise My mercy, I will give them prodigious strength and I will anoint their words and shake the hearts to which they speak (Diary 1521). The proclamation of the mystery of God’s mercy should help sinners to return to the life of grace, and the righteous to achieve greater perfection. This task will also – according to the words of Jesus – prepare the world for his second coming. Secretary of My mercy, write, speak to the souls of this great mercy of Mine, because the terrible day is near, the day of My justice (Diary 965). Jesus exhorts the world to take advantage of his Mercy, while the time of mercy lasts, since he will not be able to continue doing so when the day of justice arrives, on the last day. Once established, it is the day of justice – the Virgin Mary told Sister Faustina – the day of divine wrath. The angels tremble before that day. Speak to the souls of that great mercy, while there is a time to grant mercy (Diary 635). Regarding the role of the prophetic message of Mercy, Pope John Paul II asked, when consecrating the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy during his last pilgrimage to his homeland (August 17, 2002): That this message be spread from this place to all of our beloved country and the world. Hopefully the firm promise of the Lord Jesus will be fulfilled: from here must come “the spark that will prepare the world for his last coming” (cf. Diary, 1732, ed. It., P. 568). It is necessary to light this spark of God’s grace. It is necessary to transmit this fire of mercy to the world. In the mercy of God the world will find peace, and man, happiness.
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The message of Mercy transmitted by Saint Sister Faustina is part of the biblical line that is aimed at showing us the mystery of God’s mercy and is also inscribed in the Magisterium of the Church. However, in the writings of Sister Faustina, there are original elements, and above all, what is most surprising is the depth with which this great mystery of faith is revealed to us, which, thanks to the mystical experience of Saint Faustina, can be revealed to the Church and the world. It should be noted that Sister Faustina does not limit the mystery of God’s Mercy solely to the work of Redemption, to the fact of freeing man from sin, but according to her, it also encompasses the entire work of creation. She also shows it as an attribute of the Holy Trinity in its entirety, which, in all its action “ad extra” is guided precisely by mercy. All the works of God are crowned with mercy, which means that every creature owes its existence to mercy and all goods in the order of nature and grace exist thanks to the merciful love of God.
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