There is a calendar sitting on my desk that is a recent gift from a dear friend. It has a quote from a female saint for each day, and so far I'm loving it, and quite challenged by the words it has contained.
Today's quote is from Saint Faustina Kowalska, a Polish saint I've been quite fascinated by for the last while. Partly because of an experience I had with a friend's child, and the image that appears above that Faustina is known for. In addition, it was her particular feast day this past Sunday, so I'd been reading a pamplet of information about her that I was given at a mass I recently attended.
In any case, these words from her that appeared on my calendar today stuck my heart deeply, particularly the last sentence. It is my prayer that my heart would truly know the freedom of resting in the love of God.
"Love is a mystery that transforms everything it touches into things beautiful and pleasing to God. The love of God makes a soul free." (Saint Faustina Kowalska)
4 comments:
yes, have a special affinity for Faustina...glad she is challenging you :)
I'm so making faces at you right now :)
somehow you're managing to challenge even from another province... that calendar just might kill me :)
Her words are of peace... and that peace is so needed.
Faustina's picture is of the blood and the water poured out of His heart for all...and as she said, it's the Love of God makes a soul free.
one of my favourite rosaries was half beaded in red, half beaded in white... i gave it to someone to give to another in Rwanda. I don't know if it ever made it there, but the prayer of that moment in my heart remains...
and i'm thankful for Ms. Kowalska for receiving and sharing that image of Christ.
...so many of the saints have beautiful images to share that will change our hearts if we are willing to reach back to them and into our own hearts as well...
and I love that you love them...
I do love them...
though this image holds so much for me... the blood and the water, yes, but also the reminder of a little body cuddled against mine, fingering the saints on my bracelet.
"this God. I know him."
the simple faith of a child challenges me today.
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