Divine Mercy: The Heart of the Gospel

112 Divine Mercy: The Heart Of The Gospel N o te s 1 Cf. Hans Urs von Balthasar, “Theologie und Heiligkeit,” in Verbum Caro (Einsiedeln: Johannes Verlag, 1960). 2 Cf. Ibid., p. 214-15. 3 Gustaf Aulen, Christus Victor An Historical Study o f the Three Main Types o f the Idea o fAtonement, trans. A. G. Hebert (New York: Macmillan Company, 1967), p. 97. 4 Martin Bialas, The Mysticism o f the Passion in St. Paul o f the Cross (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1990). 5 Ibid., p. 19-20. 6 Ibid., p. 20. 2 Ibid., p. 39. 8 Karl Rahner, as cited in Bialas, The Mysticism o f the Passion, p. 28. 9 “Sister Faustina was completing the mission of Therese Martin, find­ ing a practical application of her concept of attaining holiness in ordi­ nary everyday life” [Maria Tarnawska, Sister Faustina Kowalska - Her Life and Mission, trans. Anne Hargest-Gorzelak (Stockbridge, MA: Marian Helpers, 1990), p. 337]. 10 Pope John Paul II, “Homily at the beatification of Servant of God Faustina Kowalska,” in Acta Apostolicae Sedis, p. 86:38-42, (7 January 1994). In the same homily, the Pope explicitly tied her to his encyclical on mercy: ‘Today you (Faustina) experience at the very source who is your Christ: dives in misericordia .” 11 Sister Faustina, Divine Mercy in My Soul: The Diary o f the Servant o f God, Sister M. Faustina Kowalska (Stockbridge, MA: Marian Press, 1987), no. 1242. Henceforth, we will make reference to the numbered paragraphs of the diary of Sister Faustina in the text. 12 Sr. M. Elzbieta Siepak, Blessed Faustina Kowalska 1905-1938, trans. Teresa Baluk-Ulewiczowa (Crakow: Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, 1995), p. 19. 13 Joseph Andrasz, S.J. Divine Mercy ... We Trust in You! Tr. Edited by Seraphim Michalenko (Stockbridge, MA: Marian Helpers, 1986, origi­ nally 1947), p. 34. 14 The Diary is the chief, but not the only source about Bl. Faustina, as