Right from the beginning of my ministry in St. Peter's See in Rome, I consider this message [of divine mercy] my special task. Providence has assigned it to me in the present situation of man, the Church and the world. It could be said that precisely this situation assigned that message to me as my task before God.

November 22, 1981 at the Shrine of Merciful Love in Todi-Collevalenza, Italy Source: The Divine Mercy