Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

"O my Jesus, my only hope, thanks ‘you. fo r the h o o f which y o u have opened before my soul's eyes", prayed S is te r Fau s tina . "‘That h o o f is f o u r (Passion which yo u underwent fo r Cove o f me. I t is from this h o o f that I ham learned how to tove Qod and souls. " (Diary, Notebook I, para . 304). “(Hidden Jesus, ‘Eternal Love, our Source o f Life, ‘Divine (Madman, in that y o u forget you rse lf and see only us... O Love, O depth o f yo u r abasement, O mystery o f happiness, why do so f e w people fn o w you? ‘Why is yo u r hove not returned? O Divine Love, why do y o u hide yo u r beauty? O Infinite One beyond aCCunderstand­ ing, the more I fn o w y o u the less I comprehend you;but because I cannot comprehend you , I better comprehend yo u r greatness'. (Diary, Notebook I, para . 278). 'O Jesus, Divine (Prisoner o f Love, when I consider yo u r love and how y o u emptied you rse lffo r me... I lo c f up my poor heart in this tabernacle, that it may adore y o u zvithout cease night and day. I fn o w o f no obstacle in this adoration, and even though I be physically distant, my heart is always zvith you . (Nothing can pu t a stop to my Cove f o r you . 9fo obstacles e f s t f o r me. O my Jesus, I zviCCconsole y o u f o r aCC the ingratitude, the blasphemies, the coldness, the hatred o f the zvicked, the sacrileges. O Jesus, I w an t to bum as a pure offering a nd to be consumed before the throne o f yo u r hidden­ ness." (Diary, Notebook I, para . 80). The la s t fragm en t of th is p raye r shows th a t , together w ith h e r growing love, S is te r F au s t in a ’s sp iritua l 175