Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

my sou l receives from my communion zvith jo d . In a zvord, I offer everything fo r them: Holy Masses, Holy Communions, penances, mortifications, prayers. I do not fea r the 6(ozos, blozvs o f divine justice, because I am united zvith Jesus. O my (jod, in this zvay I zvant to make amends to f o u fo r the souls that do not trust in f o u r goodness. I hope against a d hope in the ocean o f f o u r mercy. M y Lord and my (jod, my portion - my portion forever, I do not base this act o f oblation on my ozvn strength but on the strength that flozvs from the merits o f Jesus Christ. I zvill daily repeat this act o f self-oblation by pronouncing the follozving prayer zvhich f o u yourself have taught me, Jesus: 'O ‘Blood and W ater which gushed fo r th from the (Heart o f Jesus as a fo u n t o f Mercy fo r us, I trust in fo u ! ' S.M. F au s tin a of the Blessed Sacram en t Holy Thursday, during Holy Mass, March 29, 1934." (Diary, Notebook I, para . 309). The consequences of h e r ac t of oblation swiftly appeared, so th a t S ister F au s t in a was certain th a t it h ad been accepted by Jesus . She w rites in h e r Diary, Notebook I, para . 311: 7 soon learned that it zvas pleasing to (jod, because I immediately began to e?(perience its effects. In a moment my sou l became like a stone - dried up, f i l le d zvith torment and disquiet. J i l l sorts o f blasphemies and curses kept pressing on my ears. 'Distrust and despair invaded my heart. This is the condition o f the poor people, zvhich I have taken upon myself. JLt firs t , I zvas very much frightened by these horrible things, but during the firs t [opportune] confession, I zvas set at peace." 191