Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

grace o f the Lord. Qod does not head a ll souls along such a path.' (Diary, Notebook I, para. 204). S is te r Mary Joseph h ad a s im ilar a ttitude : 'She ctarified many things fo r me, and she set me at peace as regards my spiritual life, reassuring me that I zvas on the right path. I thanked the Lord Jesus fo r this great favor, fo r she is the f ir s t o f the superiors zvho did not cause me any doubts in this regard." (Diary, Notebook I, para . 222). Yet, despite everything, the re were moments of doubt, and a t these times, seeing th a t she was powerless, she tr ied to evade th e demands of Jesus , which were beyond h e r s treng th . Bu t Je su s again - as a t Plock - warned her: ,fKriow that i f you neglect the matter o f the painting o f the image and the whole zvork. o f mercy, you zv ill have to anszver fo r a multitude o f souls on the day o f judgment'. (Diary, Notebook I, para . 154). 'After these zvords o f Our Lord, a certain fea r f i l le d my soul, and alarm took, hold o f me. Lry as I zvould, I could not calm myself," she w rites. I... f e l l on my face before the “Blessed Sacrament and sa id to the Lord, “I zvill do everything in my pozver, but I beg y o u to be alzvays zvith me and to give me strength to do f o u r holy zvill; fo r yo u can do everything, zvhile I can do nothing o f myself.“ (Diary, Notebook I, p a ra . 154). 5 Sister 129