Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

7 betroth you to Jesus Christ, the Son o f the fa th e r Most Migh may Me keep you unblemished. Take this ring as a sign o f the etemaC covenant you are making zvith Christ, the Spouse o f Virgins. May i t be fo r you the ring o f fa i th and the sign o f the Moby Spirit, that you may be cabled the bride o f Christ and, i f you serve Jbim faithfubby, be crozvned [as such] f o r abb eternity'. (Diary, Notebook I, para . 248). S is te r F au s tina herself, knee ling du ring th e nup tia l Mass in humble prayer, gave h e rse lf to God as she had promised: Today I pbace my heart on the paten zvfiere fo u r Meart has been placed, O Jesus, and today I offer myself together zvith f o u to Qod, f o u r fa th e r and mine, as a sacrifice o f love and praise, fa th e r o f Mercy, Cook . upon the sacrifice o f my heart, but through the zvound in the Meart o f Jesus.' (Diary, Notebook I, para . 239). S is te r F au s tin a did no t sh u t h e rse lf up in h e r joy even in th is moment of the g re a te s t emotional tension. She knew th a t on such a solemn day Je su s could refuse h e r nothing, so she took to Him all h e r requests, which she had a rranged in th ree sepa ra te groups so as to forget nothing and no one. She remembered the people close to her, those to whom she owed g ra titude , those to whom she had a personal obligation and to whom God had bound h e r in obligation. She remembered the Congregation, her-coun try , and th e un iversa l Church. At th e end, she included a personal request, torn from th e bottom of h e r soul, though very simple and brief: ' fo r myself, I askj Lord, transform me completely into f ourself: maintain in me a holy z ea l fo r f o u r glory, give 143