Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

fo r my word, fo r my consent. ‘Then my spirit immersed i tse l f in the Lord, and I said, Do w ith me as fo i l please, I subject myself to f o u r will... I zvill he fa i th fu l to f o u r commands w ith the help o f f o u r grace..." Suddenly, when I had consented to the sacrifice zvith a ll my heart and a ll my zvill, (jod's presence pervaded me. M y soul was... inundated zvith such happiness that I cannot p u t in zvriting even the smallest part o f it... I was extraordinarily fu s e d zvith (jod. I saw that (jod was w e ll pleased zvith me and, reciprocally, my spirit drozvned i tse l f in (Him. Aware o f this union zvith (jod. I f e l t I was especially loved and, in turn, I loved zvith a ll my soul... A t that moment I f e l t transconsecrated. M y earthly body was the same, but my sou l was different; j o d was now living in it zvith the totality o f His delight... A great mystery toolx place... between the Lord and myself. (Diary, Notebook I, paras . 135-7). A new intimacy therefore took place between S ister F au s tin a and God. God, hav ing accepted h e r consent to join with Him sacrifice for sinners , from now on leads h e r ever deeper into the essence of th is relationship , and develops in h e r the ability to consecrate he rse lf w ithout reservation . We know th a t although the community in which S ister F au s tin a lived did not observe traces of selfishness in he r , overcoming h e r own ego did no t always come easily to her. Many p a r ts of h e r Diary show this. She was helpful, k ind and gene­ rous, b u t how many times she complained to Je su s of ing ra titude or th e though tless or selfish use th a t others made of her, or of h e r own lack of strength! Jesu s never left h e r b i t te r complaints w ithout a reply. He explained the very essence of sacrifice, He commended to h e r a perseverance and a to ta l lack of self. Barely a 139