Reliquary Relic. Faustina , Augustine of Hippo., Nicholas, Judas,

Description: St. Jude was a true internationalist, traveling throughout Mesopotamia, Libya, Turkey, and Persia with St. Simon, preaching and converting many people to Christianity. He was credited withhelping the early creation of the Armenian Church and other places beyond the borders of the Roman Empire. Nicholas, Very little is known about the historical Saint Nicholas. The earliest account of his life was written centuries after his death and contained many legendary laborations. He is said to have been born in the Greek seaport of Patara, Lycia, in Asia Minor to wealthy Christian parents. In one of the earliest attested and most famous incidents from his life, he is said to have rescued three girls from being forced into prostitution by dropping a sack of gold coins through the window of their house each night for three nights so their father could pay a dowry for each of them. Other early stories tell of him calming a storm at sea, saving three innocent soldiers from wrongful execution, and chopping down a tree possessed by a demon. In his youth, he is said to have made a pilgrimage to Egypt and Palestine. Shortly after his return,he became Bishop of Myra. He was later cast into prison during the persecution of Diocletian but was released after the accession of Constantine. An early list makes him an attendee at the First Council of Nicaea in 325, but he is never mentioned in any writings by people who were at the council. Late, unsubstantiated legends claim that he was temporarily defrocked and imprisoned during the council forslapping the heretic Arius. Another famous late legend tells how he resurrected three children, who had been murdered and pickled in brine by a butcherplanning to sell them as pork during a famine. Augustine of Hippo., Saint Augustine of Hippo was a Roman African, Manichaean, early Christian theologian, doctor ofthe Church, and Neoplatonic philosopher from Numidia whose writings influencedthe development of the Western Church and Western philosophy, and indirectly all of Western Christianity. Faustina Kowalska, Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament was born as Helena Kowalska, in Glogowiec, Leczyca County, north-west of Ldz in Poland on August 25, 1905.She was the third of 10 children to a poor and religious family. Faustina first felt a calling to the religious life when she was just seven-years-oldand attended the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. After finishing her schooling, Faustina wanted to join a convent immediately. However, her parents refused to let her.Instead,at 16 years old, Faustina became a housekeeper to help her parents and support herself. In 1924, Faustina experienced her first vision of Jesus. While at a dance with her sister, Natalia, Faustina saw a suffering Jesus and then went to a cathedral. According to Faustina, Jesus instructed her to leave for Warsaw immediately and join aconvent. Faustina packed her bags at once and departed the following morning. When she arrived in Warsaw, she entered Saint James Church in Warsaw, the first church she came across, and attended Mass. While in Warsaw, Faustina approached many different convents but was turned away every time. She was judged on herappearances and sometimes rejected for poverty. Finally, the mother, superior for the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercydecided to take in Faustina on the condition that she could pay for her own religious habit. Working as a housekeeper, Faustina began to save her money and make deposits to the Convent. On April 30, 1926,at 20-years-old, she finally received her habit and took the religious name ofSister Maria Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament and in 1928, she took her firstreligious vows as a nun.Overthe next year, Faustina traveled convents as a cook. In May 1930, she arrived in Plock, Poland. Soon after, she began to show the first signs of her illness and was sent away to rest. Several monthslater, Faustina returned to the convent.On February 22, 1931,Faustina was visited by Jesus, who presented himself as the "King of Divine Mercy" wearing a white garment with red and pale rays coming fromhis heart. She was asked to become the apostle and secretary of God's mercy, amodel of how to be merciful to others, and an instrument for re emphasizing God's plan of mercy for the world. In her diary, Faustina writes: "Inthe evening, when I was in my cell, I became aware of the Lord Jesus clothed in a white garment. One hand was raised in blessing, and the other was touching the garment at the breast. From the opening of the garment at the breast, there came forth two large rays, one red and the other pale. In silence, I gazed intentlyat the Lord; my soul was overwhelmed with fear, but also with great joy. Aftera while Jesus said to me, 'paint an image according to the pattern you see,with the inscription: Jesus, I trust in You.'"Faustina also describes during that same message, Jesus explained he wanted the DivineMercy image to be "solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter; that Sunday is to be the Feast of Mercy."Faustina,not knowing how to paint, asked around her Plock convent for help but was denied. It wasn't until three years later, in 1934, that the first painting of the image was created by Eugene Kazimierowski.In1932, Faustina returned to Warsaw. On May 1, 1933she took her final vows in Lagiewniki and became a perpetual sister of Our Ladyof Mercy.After taking her vows, Faustina was transferred to Vilnius, where she met Father Michael Sopocko, the appointed confessor to the nuns. During her firstconfession with Sopocko, Faustina told him about her conversations with Jesus and his plan for her. Father Sopocko insisted she be evaluated by a psychiatrist. Faustina passed all the required tests and was determined sane,leading Sopocko to support her religious efforts. Sopockoen couraged her to start keeping a diary and to record all of her conversations with Jesus. Faustina told Sopocko about the Divine Mercy image, and it was Sopocko who introduced her to Kazimierowski, the artist of the first Divine Mercy painting. According to Faustina's diary, on Good Friday, April 19, 1935,Jesus told her he wanted the Divine Mercy image publicly honored. On April 26, 1935,Father Sopocko delivered the very first sermon on the Divine Mercy.In September 1935, Faustina wrote about her vision of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy,used to obtain mercy, trust in Christ's mercy and to show mercy to others.During the following year, Faustina attempted to set up a new congregation for Divine Mercy, but was reminded that she was perpetually vowed to her current order and sent back to Warsaw. She reported Jesus said to her, "My daughter, do whatever is within your power to spread devotion to my Divine Mercy, I will make up for what you lack."In 1936, Faustina fell ill again. She moved to the sanatorium in Pradnik, Krakow and continued to spend most of her time in prayer.InJuly 1937, the first holy cards with the Divine Mercy image were created and Faustina provided instructions for the Novena of Divine Mercy, which she reported was a message from Jesus. Throughout the rest of 1937, the Divine Mercy image continued to be promoted and grow in popularity. Faustina's health significantly deteriorated by the end of 1937. Her visions intensified, and she was said to be looking forward to the end of her life. On October 5, 1938, Faustina passed away. She was buried on October 7 and currently rests at the Basilica of Divine Mercy in Krakow, Poland. Heren tire life, in imitation of Christ's, was to be a sacrifice - a life lived for others. At the Divine Lord's request, she willingly offered her personal sufferings in union with Him to a tone for the sins of others. In her daily life she was to become a doer of mercy, bringing joy and peace to others, and by writing about God's mercy, she was to encourage others to trust in Him and thus prepare the world for His coming again. Her special devotion to Mary Immaculate and to the sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation gave her the strength to bear all her sufferings as an offering to God on behalf of the Church and those in special need, especially great sinners and the dying. The message of mercy that Sister Faustina received is now being spread throug houtthe world; her diary, Divine Mercy in my soul, has become the handbook for devotion to the Divine Mercy In 1965, Arch bishop of Krakow, Karol Wojtyla, who would later become Pope John Paul II, opened up the first investigations into Faustina's life and virtues. He submitted a number of documents on her life to the Vatican and requested the official beatification process to start. One of his documents noted the case of Maureen Digan of Massachusetts. In March 1981, Digan reported she was healed from Lymphedema after praying at Faustina's tomb. She explained, while there, she heard a voice saying, "Ask for my help, and I will help you," and her pain stopped. After returning to the United States, five different doctors all reported she was healed with no medical explanation. In 1992, the Vatican declared Digan's case miraculous. St. Faustina Kowalska was beatified on April 18, 1993, and canonized on April 30, 2000, both by Pope St. John Paul II. Her feast day is celebrated on October 5, and she is the patron saint of Mercy. These are pieces of cloth that are permitted by eBay. Thank you

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