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her Confession for the last time, and helped prepare her for death. 54 Later, Rev. Czaputa, the
Congregation house’ Chaplain and the Sisters prayed by her deathbed, until she gave up her last
breath. 55 And so, it did happen as God promised her; that she had a holy and peaceful death. :
And for the faithfulness with which you accompanied Me in My sufferings and
death, your own death will be a solemn one, and I will accompany you in that last
hour. Beloved pearl of My Heart, I see your love so pure, purer than that of the
Angels, and all the more so, because you keep fighting. I see your efforts to please
Me, and they delight My Heart... For your sake, I bless the world (Diary, # 1061;
March, 1937)...
As you are united with Me in life, so will you be united at the moment of death
(Diary, # 1552; January, 1938).
Sr. Faustina’s funeral Mass was “done very beautifully” on October 7, 1938, on the First
Friday of the month, and on the Feast Day Our Lady of the Rosary (Diary, xliii). The Priest-
Celebrant wore white vestments; but unfortunately, no family member was present (Diary, xliii).
Sr. Faustina’s body was then buried in the common grave of the Congregation’s convent
cemetery, in Lagiewniki, Cracow. 56 During the process of inquiry into her venerable life, her
mortal body was disinterred and relocated to a distinct tomb in the Congregation’s Our Lady of
Mercy chapel, which later became a Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki, Cracow. 57
Sr. Faustina wrote her Diary from 1934 to 1938, in the final four years of her life (Diary,
xxi). She chronicled her journal through the purgated lens of her soul, recounting her past and
current unique supernatural visitations and dialogues with the Blessed Trinity, the Mother of
God, the Holy Angels, the Saints, and the Souls in Purgatory. 58 She also shared her rich
contemplations on the mysteries of the Faith, including the Trinitarian God of Mercy, the “great
54
Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 52, 55, xlii; Endnotes, 656n31.
Ibid., Faustina, Diary, xli-xlii.
56
Ibid., Faustina, Diary, xliii.
57
Ibid., Faustina, Diary, xliii; EWTN. “St. Faustina,” 2.
58
Ibid., Faustina, Diary, xxi; Vatican News Service. “Faustina,” 1; EWTN. “St. Faustina,” 1.
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