Faustina Kowalska’s unbelievable hubris
The Mother of God at Fatima spoke of the coming punishments, the signs foreshadowing them. And so it happened – World War II came. However, just before it, in 1937, St. Faustina foretells a time of mercy and exaltation for Poland. The opposite of Heaven is Hell, so she was talking about one thing, and something quite the opposite came. Besides, with these arguments of hers about mercy, she contradicted the words of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima, who spoke of punishments, and therefore of justice.
The unbelievable hubris that can be seen in her led her to a situation where she accepted everything her mind told her as coming from God:
“...tell the Superior General, let her count on you as the most faithful daughter in the Order…” (Acts 1130)
God does not confirm anyone in pride – this is probably clear. And these words, as well as others she wrote down in the Diary, are intended to make Faustina feel special. A normal priest is able to tell this right away.
As even followers of …More
i have personal proof of the truth of this Devotion. @English Catholic what you mean by saying it is verbal prayer? Does that mean it has no theological content? I undertook to pray, for example, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy x3 per day for a period of time for Boris Johnson when i was shown his heart had turned, kind of done a flip - and was not for the interests of the people, and, lo, a short time later he was fired by his own party. He had been working to block peace between Ukraine and Russia behind the scenes apparently. And the rest. He is an apostate. Talk about a fall from grace.
It’s interesting that, traditionally today’s gospel is the story of doubting Thomas, to whom Our Lord showed his wounds, whereas in this previously condemned conciliar devotion, Our Lord allegedly shows Himself with no wounds (which are His glory). The theological implications are rather serious.
The main problem I have with this devotion is twofold. Many people I know no longer pray the Rosary daily; instead they are praying the Divine Mercy prayers. The other problem I have witnessed is this seems to take away devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
There are 50 or so main problems with Faustina.
To begin with her name...
"Faust" and the adjective "Faustian" imply sacrificing spiritual values for power, knowledge, or material gain and / or making a risky bargain with seemingly good intentions that goes terribly wrong...
@Father Karl A Claver - You've captured it Father. We are not required to believe in personal revelations. The Divine Mercy devotion is akin to the addition of the Luminous mysteries of the rosary.