The Feast of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Faustina

Read from Saint Faustina's diary her beloved experience with Mother Mary on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 1937. Saint Faustina died in October of the following year.

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Before Holy Communion I saw the Blessed Mother inconceivably beautiful. Smiling at me She said to me, My daughter, at God's command I am to be, in a special and exclusive way your Mother; but I desire that you, too, in a special way, be My child. 

I desire, My dearly beloved daughter, that you practice the three virtues that are dearest to Me and most pleasing to God. The first is humility, humility, humility, and once again humility; the second virtue, purity; the third virtue, love of God. As My daughter, you must especially radiate with these virtues. When the conversation ended, She pressed me to Her heart and disappeared. When I regained the use of my sense, my heart became so wonderfully attracted to these virtues; and I practice them faithfully. They are as though engraved in my heart. (Diary entries 1414 and 1415)

Read more about the importance of the Immaculate Conception to Saint Faustina's relationship with the Blessed Mother, in The Divine Mercy.