Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

Holy Thu rsday - the chief feas t of the Blessed Sacram en t - was to be an im po rtan t da te in the sp iritua l formation of S ister F au s tin a , in th e sphere of h e r participation in the salvation of souls. I t seems th a t h e r love, tes ted by so many tr ia ls , was a t la s t suffi­ ciently purified and strongly established. Jesu s , Who had so far lim ited His demands to ask ing h e r to make a sacrifice of he rse lf for the sins of persons more or less well known to her, now made th is demand in a grea tly extended version. I t was th e same demand, b u t it embraced sinners in general, and in p a r ticu la r those who were most th rea tened , for, doubting in salvation, they had fallen into despair or apathy . Here are Je su s ’ words: "1934, Moly ‘Thursday. Jesus sa id to me. 7 desire that you make an offering o f yourself fo r sinners and espe­ cially fo r those souls mho have lost hope in Qod's mercy." S is te r F au s tina did no t h e s ita te for a second. The desire of Je su s was h e r command, which she was ready to meet with all speed. She only needed enough time to ask for the permission of h e r confessor. When she had received this, she made th e ac t demanded by the Lord. "Act o f oblation: ‘Before heaven and earth, before a ll the choirs o f Angels, before the Most Jloly Virgin Mary, before a ll the Towers o f OTeaven, I declare to the One Triune Qod that today, in union zvith Jesus Christ, Tiedeemer o f souk, I make a voluntary offering o f myself f o r the conversion o f sinners, especially fo r those souls who have lost hope in Qod’s mercy. This offering consists in my accepting, zvith to ta l subjection to Qod's zvill, a ll the sufferings, fears and terrors zvith which sinners are filled. In return, I give them a ll the consolations which 190