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The Life of Faustina Kowalska: The Authorized Biography

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This is the first item about Blessed Faustina Kowalska that I have read, and it was a very well-written book which provided much information into her life. I recommend reading this biography before beginning Sr. Faustina's diary, as it will give you some insight into her life and how Christ appeared to her. It's not too long, but it gives the complete story of her life and is easy reading. This book inspired me to read her diary.

This is a wonderful book! The author does an excellent job creating an interesting biography that flows well and helps the reader understand the life and spirituality of a truly amazing Saint.

This book is based on St. Faustina's diaries. However, where the diaries are massive and don't always flow in a way that is easy to digest [they are not chronological], this biography organizes the diaries and what they contain in such a way that it is easy to read without losing any of the authenticity of what Saint Faustina wrote about her life and her relationship with Christ.

In addition to a really fascinating story, this biography is great spiritual reading. I knew a little about St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy devotion before I started the book, but I have found her life to be extremely inspiring and I think I have had a lot of spiritual growth reading this book - coming to understand Divine Mercy and to understand what Sister Faustina went through to bring it to us - wow. Its just amazing.

So, I highly recommend this book both for your reading enjoyment [its a great story!] and for your spiritual edification! You can't lose either way. :)

Sophia Michalenko has captured the grace and beauty of a saint. The Life of Faustina Kowalska was so inspiring that I went out and purchased her diary. This book has help me both spirtually and mentally. It worth reading and meditating on.

This is a special book about private revelations of Jesus Christ to Sr. Faustina. The book offers special insights into her life, and a great amount of detail on the miracles. I took the advice from the reviewer from Baltimore to read this first before reading the diary. It is wonderful to read about these amazing events from only about 60 years ago.

Sister Sophia Michalenko has given us a most spiritually rewarding "biography" of Sister "Saint" Faustina in this volume. It is the perfect companion book to Sister Faustina's own "Diary" . . . this places her diary entries in an order and context which allows us to see the spiritual insights of this mystic and "holy soul" in a more complete perspective.

While it reads like a simple biography and story retelling the life of this young nun, it at the same time draws so heavily and appropriately on the Saint's own writings that we begin to "share" in her very spirituality . . . we get to walk together with Sister Faustina's soul on this pilgrim journey toward God and toward God's infinite loving "Divine Mercy". In fact, we learn and discover that "Divine Mercy" is not only the destination and goal of our lives, but at the same time is also the road we must walk and travel to arrive there. And why walk it alone when Saint Faustina can walk alongside you . . . with conversation and encouragement and prayerful guidance? This book can bring that companionship alive for you . . .

i advise you to get this volume along with a copy of Sister Faustina's own diary, "Divine Mercy In My Soul". As you page through her diary and perhaps skip about from chapter to chapter as interest leads you, also read Sister Michalenko's biography of Faustina from beginning to end . . . then the Diary will take on a much deeper significance and impact on you . . . it will become a spiritual treasury . . . and a book of prayer . . . and a friend.

This is a terrific book about a very special saint. The author gives the reader a good idea of how Saint Faustina felt during her years as a nun, which includes some of the dialogue between the Saint and Jesus. Much easier to read than the Diary of St. Faustina. You really get a sense of the urgency to trust in the Divine Mercy NOW and many great true life instances were described in the book. I'll read it again and again!

The book was very edifying. This humble nun was a victim soul, who's main aim in life was to fulfill the will of God. She was Jesus's "secretary" for spreading the devotion of His Divine Mercy. What I liked most was the words which Jesus spoke to sister Faustina. Those words are for us also! Unfortunately this biography doesn't include the Novena and Chaplet to the Divine Mercy, but you can find them in internet. The promise of Jesus's help in the hour of death for all those who pray the Chaplet, is something which everyone should count on. This book is for everyone, who want to know the heart of Jesus. Faustina's Diary is larger than this book. Both are recommended.

This book gives a good overview of Ste. Faustina's life. It puts her visions of Jesus into the context of her life which is sometimes obscured by reading her diary. Highly recommended .

This is a excellent overview of the lengthy diary that Faustina wrote and easy to read.

This is a great beginners version into the Divine Mercy realm. It combines a biographical description of St. Faustina along with excerpts from her diary. You will be blessed by this book. I have bought 5 to give away.