11 Saint Faustina promised she would become a powerful intercessor from Heaven, once writing that her mission would continue after her death. “Poor earth, I will not forget you,” she wrote. “Although I feel that I will be immediately drowned in God as in an ocean of happiness, that will not be an obstacle to my returning to earth to encourage souls and incite them to trust in God’s mercy. Indeed, this immersion in God will give me the possibility of boundless action” (Diary, 1582). Maureen Digan’s miraculous healing from Milroy’s disease at the tomb of Sr. Faustina in 1983 served as the required miracle for Sr. Faustina’s beatification in 1993. Father Ron Pytel’s healing from a heart condition on Oct. 5, 1995 (the Feast Day of then-Blessed Faustina), served as the miracle that led to Faustina’s canonization. Countless Shrine pilgrims have reported graces of physical and spiritual healing after praying to St. Faustina for her intercession. Many people describe Eden Hill in historic Stockbridge, Massachusetts, as a little piece of Heaven. Here they find a place of contemplation and respite from our busy world. Construction of the present edifice of the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy started in 1950 while the Marian Fathers were busy promoting the message and devotion of the Divine Mercy received through St. Faustina. 4 The National Shrine of The Divine Mercy
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