Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

thing that e ijs t between me and Mim and to be so disposed that, whatever the priest wou ld decide I would accept as coming from Jesus himself fA lo matter what judgment he would pass on me, a ll I wanted was the truth and a decisive answer to certain questions... I looked fo rw ard to that moment which wou ld decide the course o f my actions fo r the rest o f my life. I knew that everything would depend on this. I t mattered little whether what he would say to me would be in accord w ith my inspirations or quite the contrary; this no longer mattered to me. I wan ted to know the truth and fo llow i t . ' (Diary, Notebook I, para. 131). The p ries t to whom this time Je su s directed he r was Rev. Joseph Andrasz S.J., a w rite r and editor, who had spen t many years in publishing. He was a t th e time an extra-ordinary confessor to the Cracow house of the S ister of Our Lady of Mercy. Je su s gave S ister F au s tina detailed instruc tions as to how to make h e r confession to fa the r Andrasz: 'My daughter, te ll him everything and reveal your sou l to him as you do before Me. “Do not fea r anything. I t is to keep you in peace that I place this priest between your sou l and M yse lf Mie words he zvill speaks to you are M y words. ‘Reveal to him your soul's greatest secrets. I zvill give him light to know your soul.' (Diary, Notebook I, para. 232). S is te r F au s tin a he rse lf was la te r amazed th a t she was able so easily to explain to th is p r ie s t all the secret m a tte rs in h e r soul. This was no t an ordinary occurrence for her. She could confess h e r sins easily, 132