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In her Diary, Sr. Faustina wrote on God’s plan to destroy possibly the city of Warsaw, Poland; a
“chastisement” that spelled a fate similar as that of “Sodom and Gomorrah.” But the Father had
mercy on the people of the city. For Jesus mediated for them and atoned for their sin. Sr.
Faustina also did as Jesus told her to do for seven days, which was to unite with Him in His
redemptive Sacrifice on the Cross, memorialized at the Holy Mass; also pleading to the
the Lord to have mercy on her countrymen and the city. She wrote in her Diary:
One day Jesus told me that He would cause a chastisement to fall upon the most
beautiful city in our country [probably Warsaw]. This chastisement would be that
with which God had punished Sodom and Gomorrah. I saw the great wrath of
God and a shudder pierced my heart. I prayed in silence. After a moment, Jesus
said to me, My child, unite yourself closely to Me during the Sacrifice, and offer
My Blood and My Wounds to My Father in expiation for the sins of that city.
Repeat this without interruption throughout the entire Holy Mass. Do this for
seven days. On the seventh day, I saw Jesus in a bright cloud and began to beg
Him to look upon the city and upon our whole country. Jesus looked [down]
graciously. When I saw the kindness of Jesus, I began to beg His blessing.
Immediately Jesus said, For your sake I bless the entire country. And He made a
big sign of the cross over our country. Seeing the goodness of God, a great joy
filled my soul.
In the Scriptures, St. Paul teaches:
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Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 38; CCC, 257; Spirago, Francis, The Catechism Explained, 141.
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