Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

graces upon the entire human race, I Beg o f f o u Cight fo r poor sinners. O Jesus, he m indful o f ‘f o u r ozim hitter iPassion and do not permit the loss o f souls redeemed at so dear a price o f fo u r most precious 'Blood." (Diary, Notebook I, para. 72). Je su s looked in tenderness a t S ister F au s t in a praying so fervently. After all, He H imself had encouraged h e r to take p a r t in the work of saving souls. How self-sacri- ficingly she had responded to His call! Bent low over th is soul consecrated to Him w ithout reserve, He mingled with His words of teaching some expressions of His Divine love. At every opportunity He reassured her again of how close He held h e r to His H eart, and how He H imself rested in h e r hea rt. This unceasing intensive communion with the Lord tau g h t S is ter F au s tina what love is and w ha t is sacrifice for souls. He confirmed her in prayerful fervour, repeating: 'Call upon ‘My Mercy on hehalf o f sinners; I desire their salvation.' So th a t her prayers would be efficacious, He dictated a suitable tex t for intercession: “O Blood and ‘Water, zvhich gushed from the “Heart o f Jesus as a fo u n t o f Mercy fo r us, T trust in f o u l ,(When you say this prayer, zvith a contrite heart and zvith fa i th on hehalf o f some sinner, I zvillgive him the grace o f conversion." (Diary, Notebook I, para. 186-187). I t is not easy to study in th e school of Jesus. God gives incomparably much Himself, b u t He demands the maximum effort from His spouse. Her en tire pro­ gramme of the Lord’s instruction a t the time revolved around the problem of suffering. Je su s not only desired 184