Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

tight which I could not understand. A n d out o f that tight came words in the form o f lightning which encircled heaven and earth. 9{pt understanding anything, I was very sad. Suddenly, from this sea o f inaccessible tight came our dearly beloved Saviour, unutterably beautiful zvith “His shining ‘Wounds. A n d from this tight came a voice which said, 'Who Qod is in Sfis ‘Essence, no one zv ill fathom , neither the mind o f Angels nor o f man.' (Diary, Notebook I, para . 30). And ju s t then , while S is te r F au s tin a was absorbed in th e form of Je su s emerging from th is threefold light, He tau g h t h e r to get to know God "by contemplating His attributes." Not long afterwards, th is f i r s t ins truc tion was supp le­ m ented by ano the r illum ination . The divine voice w ithin h e r soul told h e r t h a t th e a t tr ib u te she was given to m ed ita te upon in p a r ticu la r was His Mercy, which " fas passed into souls through the divine-human Jdeart o f Jesus as a ray from the sun passes through crystal." I fe l t in my heart and understood that every approach to Qod is brought about by Jesus, in Slim and through 0-tim", wrote S is te r F au s t in a in h e r Diary, Notebook II, para . 528. This b rie f note contains more th an a t f ir s t meets the eye. S is te r Fau s tina , who is so communicative when expressing love and submission to God, becomes laconic and summarises when w riting of in terio r enlightenm ent, to such a degree th a t she sometimes encapsulates th e whole m a t te r in one sentence. I t is therefore necessary to follow h e r though t closely, so as not to miss some piece of information which may be im po rtan t to us. 173