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all will be drowned in the immeasurable depths of My mercy (Diary, 1059). On the Feast of The Divine Mercy (April 4, 1937), which followed upon the conclusion of this Novena, Sister Faustina’s soul was immersed in the depths of the Divinity and in a mysterious way it was united with the Three Persons of the Most Blessed Trinity: My soul was flooded with joy beyond understanding and the Lord gave me to experience the whole ocean and abyss of His fathomless mercy. Oh, if only souls would want to understand how much God loves them! All comparisons, even if they were the most tender and the most vehement, are but a mere shadow when set against the reality (Diary, 1073). We see, therefore, how pleasing this Novena to The Divine Mercy is to the Savior. We cannot demand, in truth, that our novenas be crowned with extraordinary outpourings of graces of the kind received by her whom the Lord had chosen to be the “secretary and apostle” (Diary, 965, 1142, 1273, 1588) of His mercy; there is no doubt, however, that this Novena, celebrated with fervor, and above all, with great trust, will be a powerful means of obtaining for ourselves and for others an abundance of divine gifts. 19 VI. OTHER AIDS Are there other means of stirring up — not only in individual souls, but in all mankind as well — a profound devotion to The Divine Mercy, other than the four enumerated above: namely, 1) the Image of The Divine Mercy; 2) the Feast of Mercy; 3) the Chaplet; and 4) the Novena to The Divine Mercy? No doubt these four will always remain singularly important, for according to the testimony of Sister Faustina, they were prescribed by the Savior Himself. 20 52 Pillars of Fire in My Soul