Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

tha t she had accepted my sufferings for herself, and tha t very day had had more than ever before in her life. When, next, in the chapel she asked Jesus for some relief, she heard these words: 'You you rse lf offered to under take these sufferings fo r him , a n d now you are re lu c tan t? I have g iven you only a sm a ll por tion o f h is sufferings." A n d here, w ith complete accuracy, she told me the reason for my difficulties. Her accuracy was the more amazing as she could not have known the details by any means. There were several other instances," sta ted F a th e r Sopocko In giving th is account of an even t in 1936, we have leaped ahead in th is story of S ister Faus tina . However, i t was necessary, in order to give a more complete picture. Besides, i t i l lu s tra te s very well how the intimacy through p rayer of S is te r F au s tin a and h e r confessor was developing. B u t le t us re tu rn to 1934. When she was striving to relieve th e sufferings of sinners, S ister F au s tina understood th a t th is was ra th e r an ind irec t and incomplete aid, and th a t a t the same time i t m u s t be supplemented by prayer. A t every free moment she asked Je su s for mercy for them : ‘Every souCyou have entrusted to me, Jesus, I zvid try to a id zvith prayer and sacrifice, so that yo u r grace can zvord zvithin them. O great hover o f souls, M y Jesus, I thand y o u fo r this immense confidence zvith zvhich yo u have deigned to place souls in our care." (Diary, Notebook I, para . 245). "O Jesus, etemaC Truth, our Life, I cad upon y o u and I beg yo u r mercy fo r poor sinners. O szveetest Mean o f my Lord, f u d o f p ity and unfathomable mercy, I plead zvith y o u fo r poor sinners. O Most Sacred Mean, fo u n t o f Mercy from zvhich gush fo r th rays o f inconceivable 183