“There are many references to the final illumination in the texts of prophecies past and present. The credibility of the Illumination of the Soul comes from a number of supernatural events. It was allegedly foretold to St. Catherine Laboure in 1830 (at Rue du Bac in Paris, France, the place of the Miraculous medal), to St. Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s (Divine Mercy; Kracow, Poland) and to St. Padre Pio of Italy.”