Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

outlook is being widened. Totally absorbed in the contemplation of C h ris t th e Lord, she, however, sees not only His Divine Person, b u t as she exam ines more closely His act of redemption, she begins to observe pa rticu la r hum an souls, to whom He has brought salvation. The in terio r problems of persons in her surroundings, hidden from others, became crystal clear to her. So life itse lf gave h e r ample m a teria l to con­ temp la te : examples of holiness in some, resistance in others, who were sinful and cold. This new psychical ability in S ister F au s tina was perceptible by others during he r stay in Vilnius. Up to th is point, we have no mentions of th is, e ithe r in h e r Diary, or in the recollections of h e r companions. Bu t now h e r com­ munity noticed th is ex trao rd inary gift of S ister F au s ­ tina . Both the S ister and the wards agree in s ta ting th a t she read th e ir souls, like an open book, and th a t i t "was impossible to hide any th ing from her." This newly-uncovered world of hum an souls was a serious problem for S is te r F au s t in a and she needed time to come to term s with it. I t became the ground­ work for many meditations. Something had changed in h e r in terior life, and th e change was great. I t had now ceased to be h e r and Jesus , alone together. Into th is world other souls had now entered , and S ister F au s tina had to find an appropriate place for he rse lf among them. '(My Jesus, when I Cool c a t this Cife o f souCs, I see that many o f them serve f o u zvith some mistrust. A t certain times, especially zvhen there is an opportunity to shozv their Cove fo r Qod, / see them running azvay from the hattCefieCd. A n d once Jesus sa id to me, 'Do you, my child, also w an t to act (ike that?' I answered the Lord, 'Oh, no, my Jesus, I zviCl not retreat from the 6att(efieCd, even i f mortaC sweat breaks out on my brow I zviCC not 176