Mary appears to people. Jesus almost never does. That’s what makes today so important. Lourdes. Fatima. Guadalupe. Mary comes again and again, always pointing us to her Son. But in 1931, in a small convent in Poland, Jesus came Himself. He appeared to a sister named Faustina. A poor farm girl with little formal education. A woman given ordinary work in the kitchen and at the convent gate. And He gave her a mission: Tell the world about My mercy. Not someday. Now. He asked for an image bearing five words: Jesus, I trust in You. He gave her the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the Hour of Mercy at 3 o’clock, and a feast on the Sunday after Easter. Faustina died on this day in 1938. She was 33. Then the devotion faced a painful setback. Rome restricted it in 1959, and those restrictions were not lifted until 1978. A young bishop from Kraków named Karol Wojtyła helped advance her cause. He later became Pope John Paul II, canonized Faustina, and established Divine Mercy Sunday for the whole Church. The message she was given is still before us: Jesus is rich in mercy. Trust Him.