Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

tired out, I entered the chapeC, a strange pain seized my souC, and I began to weep softly. (I fe n I heard in my soul a voice, saying, 'My daughter, why are you weep­ ing? A fter aid, you yourself offered to undertake these sufferings. %now that what you have taken upon yourself fo r that sou l is only a sm all portion, die is suffering much more.'" (Diary, Notebook II, para . 596). This explanation was insufficient for S is ter Faustina. She repeated the question she h ad posed before: ’‘Why are ‘You treating him like that? The Lord answered me that it was f o r the triple crozvn meant fo r him: that o f virginity, the priesthood and martyrdom.' (Diary, Notebook II, para . 596). Calmed and reassured by Je su s , S is te r F au s tin a said the Te Deum as thanksgiving for th is pa rticu la r grace, th a t He had given h e r to unde rs tand how "God tre a ts those He intends to have close to Himself. Thus, all sufferings are nothing in comparison with w ha t awaits us in heaven." This is how she concludes, happy in the assurance of Jesu s , indirectly also for h e r own difficul­ ties We can find the account of th e same event in the recollections of F a th e r Sopocko: "The great difficulties foretold by S ister Faustina in connection w ith my sojourn a t S t. Michael’s Church began, and grew worse, and fina lly culm inated in January 1936. I had spoken to almost no one about these problems, un til on the day o f the crisis I asked Sister Faustina to pray for me. To my great surprise, a ll these difficulties disappeared tha t same day, as i f a soap bubble had burst, and S ister Faustina said. 182