§1185–1187 (1937): a sister asks a day of fasting; Faustina is refused permission and obeys; the soul says obedience brought relief at once. Faustina tastes its "intense hunger for God". Part I says Sr Emmanuel, Van den Aardweg and Petrisko also quote it, but Part II gives them no page
How it happened
- Apparitions — Form not describedThe soul is seen
- Suffering for the soulsThe witness takes on, or tastes, a soul’s pain
What the soul wanted
- Asks for prayer or other helpRosary, Stations, Office, Communion, fasting, obedience, pilgrimage, indulgences
- Thanks, or announces releaseThe soul returns to give thanks or to say it is free
Evidence
- A test was passedSign of the cross, holy water, a set prayer, obedience
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| Faustina, DiaryDiary: Divine Mercy in My Soul — St Faustina Kowalska, written 1934–1938 | Diary §1185–1187 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: The Fathers and Tradition
- Chapter: The Saints and Mystics
- Question: Do the souls appear to the living? What about “ghosts”?
- Question: When the souls appear, what do they ask for?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme D: How the souls appear and communicateIn flames, as light, as voices, burn marks — and what they ask for.
About the witness
St Faustina Kowalska1905–1938 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
More from St Faustina
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- FAU-02St Faustina: §21: Sister Henry asks for one Mass and three ejaculatory prayers; on the third day she returns: "May God repay you"
- FAU-03St Faustina: §36: before God's judgement seat she is told "one day of fire in purgatory" and offered a short suffering on earth …
- FAU-04St Faustina: §58: a sister dead two months comes "all in flames", saying the prayers have not helped her but have helped others; …
- FAU-05St Faustina: §412 (1935): souls doing penance "like shadows" among demons; a demon as a heavy cat; the Rosary until dawn
- FAU-06St Faustina: §425–426: a dying soul's own deeds testify against it "as living corpses"; its torments are like Hell's except that …
- FAU-07St Faustina: §515/§518: at the locked cemetery gate: "we are happy in the measure that we have fulfilled God's will"
- FAU-08St Faustina: §594–595 (1936): a sister seen several times, her sufferings diminishing, finally radiant and in heaven; she …
- FAU-09St Faustina: §621: prayer meant for one soul is given to others, "but our prayer is not lost"
- FAU-10St Faustina: §748 (All Souls' Day 1936): a sister at the cemetery says "We are in the chapel"; at next day's Mass three white …