Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

revelations together, th e vision of Je su s in the cell and the words hea rd directly a fte r confession, contain the whole substance of the divine wishes. And again: the method of giving the second revelation, like the first, is laconic, limited only to the aim. The en tire theological motivation, the working out of the significance of the cultus required, and the F ea s t in the liturgy, have been left by Je su s to hum an beings. He confined H imself to showing His loving mercy, always awa iting sinners. The bu rn ing emotional fervour of th is mission of love permeates every word th e Lord said. Sen t away by h e r confessor, S is te r F au s tin a wen t to her superior. This scene was described to S ister Felicia Z., after S ister F au s tina ’s dea th , by Mother Klobukow- ska, and S ister Felicia Z. re la te s i t thus: "At a certain time, she came to her (Mother Klobu- kowska) in her cell, and s tand ing in the centre o f the cell, S ister Faustina said to herself, sotto voce, so that Mother heard her, "Jesus told me to see H im se lf in my superiors", and then she turned to Mother Super­ ior and said, "Jesus has told me to pa in t a picture o f the Divine Mercy w ith the signature Jesus, I trust in You." Mother Rose d id not take it very seriously and answered, "Then pa in t it, Sister." (Arch. S.F., Recoil. S is ter Felicia Z.). Such an abbreviated account hard ly shows the real course of the conversation. In S is te r F au s tin a ’s Diary we find also a supplementary rem ark , th a t the Mother Superior, hav ing learned of Je su s ’ wishes, said th a t if God really requ ired th a t from her, He 'sfiouCd give some sign so that xue couCd recognize 9fim more ctearty.' (Diary, Notebook I, para. 51). She did not offer any resistance to S ister F au s tina ’s painting, and even supplied h e r with pain ts. Bu t Jesus, when asked by the mortified S is te r Fau s tina , did no t 114