14 Marian Helper • Spring 2025 • Marian.org Leading the way “The crowd was so enormous that the eye could not take it all in,” stated St. Faustina in her Diary. We might wonder at her words. How could she say this? It is because, amazingly and mystically, St. Faustina was made aware of this momentous canonization ceremony while she was still alive! Though the young humble Polish mystic knew nothing of the invention of the television to come, nor communication through satellites, she would confidently pen in her famous Diary her prophetic vision, depicting her own canonization. I’m not aware of any other saint who was given a vision of their own canonization! Specifically, on March 23, 1937, the young visionary experienced the fascinating vision of her canonization. She could see clearly that her joyful ceremony would simultaneously take place in Rome and in Kraków. In her Diary, St. Faustina also prophetically implied that the Feast of Divine Mercy would be instituted for the entire Church on that pivotal canonization day. By Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle With abounding triumphant joy and gratitude, on April 30, 2000, throngs of Catholics were huddled together in the sanctuary of Kraków, Poland, clapping and singing in jubilation. Their beloved spiritual friend Sr. Faustina would be canonized! Amid the prayerful enthusiasm, the two holy rays of Divine Mercy, which were visible to St. Faustina in an earlier vision, issued forth from the Sacred Host and spread upon the entire world. Silver Jubilee
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