Why Did Jesus Choose St. Faustina Kowalska?
Explaining the Faith with Fr. Chris Alar
The Marian Fathers
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🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Join us at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy for a special talk with Fr. Chris Alar in honor of the Feast of St. Faustina Kowalska, the Secretary and Apostle of Divine Mercy.
St. Faustina was entrusted by Christ with the mission of proclaiming His message of Divine Mercy to the world, a mission that continues to transform lives through her Diary, through prayer, and through the Sacraments. On this special day, Fr. Chris will guide us deeper into the life, message, and spirituality of St. Faustina, helping us see how her trust in Jesus remains a path of hope and holiness for our times.
This talk is a beautiful opportunity to celebrate St. Faustina’s legacy and to rediscover the message of Divine Mercy at its very source. Come and encounter the love of Christ through the witness of the saint who gave her life to make His mercy known.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you, everybody, for joining us. I'm Father Chris Aylar here, and a special day at the |
| 0:04.8 | National Shrine of Divine Mercy. We have a full house. We're blessed to be with you for a special |
| 0:10.7 | presentation of St. Faustina. Now, technically, her feast day was yesterday, October the 5th, |
| 0:18.6 | but because it falls on a Sunday, we don't liturgically celebrate it. |
| 0:23.2 | So we Marians, because she is our patron saint, are able to celebrate it today. So even though it's |
| 0:29.6 | October the 6th, we are celebrating St. Faustina's Feastay, normally on the 5th. Now, I'm going to |
| 0:37.1 | go over some things that the life and times of st |
| 0:39.5 | fastina but i've added a few things that are brand new that we're very excited to talk to you about |
| 0:45.1 | and one that i've only talked about i think once or twice before is why did jesus give st faustina |
| 0:53.6 | the chaplet of divine mercy? That is huge and we'll talk about it. |
| 0:59.7 | So let's begin with a prayer in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. |
| 1:06.2 | Heavenly Father, we ask you send the Holy Spirit down upon us to guide us, bless us, and protect us. |
| 1:12.0 | And on this special day, through the intercession of St. Faustina, may this apostle and |
| 1:17.9 | Secretary of Divine Mercy show us the way to your merciful love. And we ask Mother Mary that |
| 1:24.9 | you wrap your mantle around us to protect everyone here and to guide us to your son. |
| 1:30.3 | We ask all this through Christ our Lord. |
| 1:34.3 | Amen. |
| 1:35.3 | In the name of the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. |
| 1:38.3 | Amen. Okay, special saint. |
| 1:42.3 | Now, if you listen to my homily today, I'm not going to duplicate that. |
| 1:46.9 | But the homily that we did at the 9 o'clock mass, I explained the history going back to Adam and Eve in the garden. |
| 1:54.5 | And how man messed up. |
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