Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

together and S ister F au s tina decided to ask for he r companion’s advice. "One time S ister Faustina asked me," says S ister Bozena, "if I knew how to pa in t, because she needed a picture representing Jesus. "I would tell you what He is to look like". She added tha t she herse lf wanted to pa in t such a picture and had the brush and pa in t, which she could supply me with, because after a ll she could not pa in t the picture. I answered tha t I could not paint, I had never done so and could not under­ take it. Not know ing exactly what she wanted, I wished to offer her one o f the pictures I had, but S ister Faustina thanked me and said tha t she had turned to me about the matter because she knew I was discreet, and she asked me to say nothing to anyone. She also asked me i f one o f the sisters knew how to paint." (Archives of S.F., Recoil. S ister Bozena). Following the suggestions of S is te r Bozena, S ister F au s tina continued to look for a nun who could pa in t the picture of Je su s as He commanded. Bu t th e re was no outcome. She herse lf therefore began to sketch on the wall in charcoal, which is recalled by S ister Bozena T. and by S ister Simone N. I t was therefore not surprising th a t news of the revelations reached some of the sisters. Rumour is always incomplete, w ith num er­ ous gaps and many d istortions of information; i t is surrounded by mystery and sensation. The sensation rippled far beyond the convent walls. "Children from the town stood, in the street opposite the rooms o f the nuns and saw rays coming from one o f the windows. Th is was the window o f S ister Faus tina ’s cell" (Arch. S.F., Recollections of S ister Christine). S ister Z.J. also recounts th a t "one time during the stay in Biala, S is ter Aloiza (the "Senior" in Biala) who was w ith us, asked me i f I 116