Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

According to S is ter F au s t in a herself, "JAgreat mystery fa s Seen accomphshed hetzveen Qod and me.' (Diary, Notebook I, para . 138) on th e day of h e r perpe tua l vows. She does no t wish to say much about it. I t is a m a t te r between h e r and God. I t is too personal, and perhaps too difficult to p u t into words, to explain it. She only says: '9dy heart is a permanent dzveCCing place fo r Jesus. 9fo one hut Jesus has access to it. I t is from Jesus that I derive strength to f ig h t difficulties and oppositions. I zvant to he transformed into Jesus in order to he ahle to give myseCf compCeteCy to souCs. W ithou t Jesus I zvouCd not g e t near to souCs, because I knozv zvhat I am o f myseCf. I ahsorh Qod into myseCf in order to give Jdim to souls. I desire to struggCe, toiC and empty myseCffo r our zvorCi o f saving immortaC souCs. I t does not matter i f these efforts should shorten my Cife; it is no Conger mine, hut heCongs to the Community. I zvant to he usefuC to the zvhoCe Church hy heing faith fuC to my Community." (Diary, Notebook I, para. 193-194). So th e vows were made, th e solemn day ended and life re tu rned to i ts daily normality. S is te r Fau s tina , un ited with God for etern ity , wen t back to h e r usua l duties. She saw them differently ,and new horizons opened before her: 'Ofozv a gray, ordinary day has hegun. cIhe soCemn hours o f the perpetuaC vozvs have passed, hut Qod's great grace has remained in my souC. I feeC I am aCC (Jod's; I feeC I am Odis chiCd, I feeC I am zvhoCCy Qod’s property. I e?(perience this in a zvay that can he physicaCCy sensed. I am compCeteCy at peace about everything, because I 145