Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

me the grace and spiritual strength to do you r holy zvill in aCt things .” (Diary, Notebook I, para . 240). S ister F au s tina was aware how difficult i t would be to fulfil h e r vocation. She knew th a t she m u s t learn long and perseveringly, before she could obtain the appropriate v irtues to be able to carry i t out. She had already learned hum ility, and understood th a t she he rse lf could do nothing. She therefore asked Jesus: "O Jesus, hidden in the (Blessed Sacrament, yo u see that in pronouncing my perpetuaC vows I am heaving the novitiate today Jesus, yo u know how weaki and little I am, and so, from today on, I am entering yo u r nozntiate in a speciaC way. I continue to 6e a novice, but your novice, Jesus, and yo u zvill be my Master to the hast day. (Daily I with a ttend lectures at yo u r fee t. I zvill not do the least thing by myself zvithout consulting y o u as my Master. Jesus, how happy I am that yo u yourself have drazvn me and taken me into yo u r novitiate; that is to say, into the tabernacle. In making my perpetual vows, I have by no means become a perfect nun. Mg, no! I am s t i l l a weaki little novice o f Jesus, and I must strive to acquire perfection as I d id in the f ir s t days o f the novitiate, and I zvill make every effort to keep the same disposition o f sou l which I had on that f ir s t day the convent gate opened to admit me I leave yo u complete freedom in directing my soul. Quide me along the paths y o u zvish. I w o n ’t question them. I zvill fo llow y o u trustingly." (Diary, Notebook I, para . 227-228). 144