“Jesus, I trust in You!”

Here are excerpts from the homily of St. John Paul II for the canonization of Sister Faustina Kowalska on April 30, 2000:

Jesus told Sister Faustina: "Humanity will not find peace until it turns trustfully to Divine Mercy" (Diary, p. 132). (...) Christ has taught us that "man not only receives and experiences the mercy of God, but is also called 'to practise mercy' towards others: 'Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy' (Mt 5:7)" (Dives in Misericordia, no. 14). He also showed us the many paths of mercy, which not only forgives sins but reaches out to all human needs. Jesus bent over every kind of human poverty, material and spiritual.

In fact, love of God and love of one's brothers and sisters are inseparable, as the First Letter of John has reminded us: "By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey His Commandments" (5: 2).

It is this love which must inspire humanity today,.. And you, Faustina, a gift of God to our time, a gift from the land of Poland to the whole Church, obtain for us an awareness of the depth of Divine Mercy; help us to have a living experience of it and to bear witness to it among our brothers and sisters. May your message of light and hope spread throughout the world, spurring sinners to conversion, calming rivalries and hatred, and opening individuals and nations to the practice of brotherhood. Today, fixing our gaze with you on the face of the risen Christ, let us make our own your prayer of trusting abandonment and say with firm hope: Christ Jesus, I trust in You! Jezu, ufam tobie!