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52 Weeks with S Aint F a Ustina Cooper O’Boyle Spend a year on a spiritual pilgrimage with St. Faustina. Donna-Marie 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina will help you grow in boundless trust Cooper O’Boyle’s 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina is an enriching gift. in Divine Mercy, and acquiring the friendship of St. Faustina will be — Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, author of 33 Days to Morning Glory a great blessing in your life! — Very Rev. Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, author, Champions of the Rosary: The History and Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon Walk with St. Faustina. Be transformed. 52 WEEKS This collection of weekly meditations and activities by Donna-Marie Cooper FAUSTINA 52 WEEKS WITH SAINT O’Boyle, EWTN host and author of Catholic Prayer Book for Mothers, guides you on a year-long spiritual pilgrimage through the life and teachings of St. Faustina WITH SAINT Kowalska (1905-1938), the Secretary and Apostle of Divine Mercy. In her usual loving, thoughtful style, Donna-Marie helps you welcome the grace and power of St. Faustina’s spiritual path of mercy and trust into your life, sharing the fruits of her own discipleship at the feet of St. Faustina as well as other great saints FAUSTINA of mercy, such as St. John Paul II and St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Begin your spiritual pilgrimage any time of the year. This book will help bring light A YEAR OF into your life, and prepare you to share that light with others, as well! GRACE AND MERCY … a deep dive into the life and writings of one of the greatest mystics in the history of the Church … — Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, director, Association of Marian Helpers Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle is a TV host, an international speaker, a pilgrimage and retreat leader, and an award-winning and best-selling author and journalist. Her more than 30 books on faith and family include Bringing Lent Home with Mother Teresa; Feeding Your Family’s Soul: Dinner Table Spirituality; and Catholic Saints Prayer Book. WEEKS 07110205 Prayerline: 800-804-3823 MARIAN Orderline: 800-462-7426 PRESS Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle Acclaim for 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina Born out of a desire for everyone to experience the depths of God’s infinite love and mercy, and inspired by the incredible life of St. Faustina, Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle offers a weekly, life-changing spiritual pilgrimage that will leave you transformed by the tender and merciful Heart of Jesus. You will discover in these pages that Divine Mercy is a source of human flourishing and a salve of true healing. 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina will help you to trust in the power of the Lord’s loving mercy that fills our hearts and quenches our soul’s thirst for God’s grace, peace, and joy. — Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, author, Father Augustine Tolton: The Slave Who Became the First African-American Priest Saint Faustina is arguably as important to this century as St. Therese was to the last. Both women were “little” in the eyes of the world, but now loom large in afterlife. Read this book to know what the Spirit is saying to the churches. — Mike Aquilina, EWTN host and author, A History of the Church in 100 Objects I’m so impressed by this labor of love from Donna-Marie. Always deeply spiritual, she is also practical, and makes things applicable for the ordinary reader. Here she hones in on fasci- nating biographical anecdotes from St. Faustina’s life and pulls valuable spiritual lessons from them for us to apply in our own lives. At a time when the world and the Church are leaving many feeling a bit helpless, the call to individual holiness is the perfect answer! No matter what your state in life, 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina will be a great tool to help you draw closer to the God of mercy and allow Him to transform your life. — Vinny Flynn, internationally known speaker, musician, and best-selling author of 7 Secrets of the Eucharist Saint Faustina is one of my favorite saints. Her intercession has been extremely powerful in my life and ministry. I believe Jesus wants you to have the friendship and intercession of St. Faustina, as well. After all, it’s not a bad idea to be friends with the “secretary of God’s mercy,” as our Lord called her. 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina will help you grow in bound- less trust in Divine Mercy, and acquiring the friendship of St. Faustina will be a great blessing in your life! — Very Rev. Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC author, Champions of the Rosary: The History and Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon The message of Divine Mercy is one that every individual should know, understand, and live. In 52 Weeks with Saint Faustina, Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle helps us to do just that. One of the best books on Divine Mercy I have encountered! — Gary Zimak, Catholic speaker and author 52 Weeks With saint Faustina A YEAR OF GRACE AND MERCY Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle Copyright © 2018 Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle. All rights reserved. Available from: Marian Helpers Center Stockbridge, MA 01263 Prayerline: 1-800-804-3823 Orderline: 1-800-462-7426 Websites: TheDivineMercy.org marian.org Library of Congress Catalog Number: 2018961961 ISBN: 978-1-59614-488-0 Publication date: January 1, 2019 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Imprimi Potest: Very Rev. Kazimierz Chwalek, MIC Provincial Superior The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province October 5, 2018 Feast of St. Faustina Nihil Obstat: Dr. Robert A. Stackpole, STD Censor Deputatus October 5, 2018 [Scripture quotations are from] The Catholic Edition of the Revised Stand- ard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1965, 1966 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Excerpts from the English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church for use in the United States of America Copyright © 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc. — Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with Permission. English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Modifications from the Editio Typica copyright © 1997, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops — Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Cover photo from Archives of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. Used with permission. Dedication With love for my children: Justin, Chaldea, Jessica, Joseph, and Mary-Catherine; and my grandchildren: Shepherd and Leo. CONTENTS Foreword .................................................................................. 9 Preface .................................................................................... 11 How to Use This Book ........................................................... 15 PART ONE: Ordinary Life .......................................... 19 WEEK 1: Spiritual Childhood ................................................ 21 WEEK 2: The Burdens and Surrender of Daily Battles ............ 29 WEEK 3: Fear ........................................................................ 35 WEEK 4: Suffering, “A Great Grace” ..................................... 40 WEEK 5: The Habit and New Name ...................................... 47 WEEK 6: Work ...................................................................... 55 WEEK 7: Striving for Sanctity ................................................ 62 WEEK 8: Our Lady ................................................................ 68 WEEK 9: First Vows and Her Parents’ Blessing ...................... 74 WEEK 10: Physical Illness, “A School of Patience” .................. 79 WEEK 11: Sacrifice, Penance, and Her Mission Revealed ........ 85 WEEK 12: Holy Mass, the Eucharist, and St. Faustina’s Visions .................................................................. 91 WEEK 13: Daily Cross ............................................................ 97 WEEK 14: The Grace of the Present Moment ....................... 102 PART TWO: Merciful Life ..........................................107 WEEK 15: Love of Neighbor ................................................ 109 WEEK 16: Humility .............................................................. 114 WEEK 17: Joy ...................................................................... 119 WEEK 18: The Saints ............................................................ 124 WEEK 19: Love for the Poor, “Fruits of Mercy” ................... 130 WEEK 20: Grace ................................................................... 135 WEEK 21: Patience and Perseverance Approaching Perpetual Vows .................................................... 140 WEEK 22: Heroic Virtue ...................................................... 145 WEEK 23: “You Did It to Me” ............................................. 150 WEEK 24: “Make Your Life as Clear as Crystal”.................... 156 WEEK 25: To Possess a Generous Heart and Apostolic Spirit 161 WEEK 26: Praying for the Dying and Deceased .....................167 PART THREE: Interior Life .................................... 175 WEEK 27: “I Thirst” .......................................................... 177 WEEK 28: Silence and Simplicity ......................................... 184 WEEK 29: Obedience .......................................................... 190 WEEK 30: The Power of Prayer ........................................... 197 WEEK 31: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament .................... 203 WEEK 32: Submission to God’s Will ................................... 209 WEEK 33: The Stigmata, Intercession, and Sacrifice ............ 215 WEEK 34: Purification and Trials ........................................ 221 WEEK 35: Spiritual Battle ................................................... 227 WEEK 36: Spirit of Poverty ................................................
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