Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

repeated , usually du ring Mass. Almost to the end of h e r life, Je su s did no t cease to rem ind h e r of H imself unde r th is form. S is te r F au s t in a was su rp rised and could no t unde r­ s tand e ithe r the purpose or th e m ean ing of th is type of vision. According to h e r reasoning, she had been fam iliarized with all the m ysteries of the Lord’s P as ­ sion, so th a t Je su s even allowed h e r to pa rtake of His sufferings, and th is should surely indicate th a t He found h e r sufficiently "adult" to comprehend th e full g rea tness and depth of th e Redemption. There had already been th e full intimacy of a spouse with the Bridegroom. Why, then , did Je su s - th a t same Divine Spouse - suddenly begin to appea r in the shape of an Infant? Why? she asked herself, full of mixed feelings. What could have caused the Lord to do this? She was used to come to Him with all h e r doubts and problems, and she did so again. 'Once, when I saw Jesus in the form o f a small child, I asked, "Jesus, why do you now take on the form o f a chiCd when ‘You commune w ith me? In spite o f this, I s t i l l see in You the infinite (Jod, my Lord and Creator." Jesus replied that un til I learned simplicity and humility, iHe would commune w ith me as a little child." (Diary, Notebook I, para . 335). A sim ilar explanation was repea ted by Je su s to S ister F au s t in a more th an once, while visions of th is type were sufficiently frequen t for t h a t though t to rem a in ever vivid before h e r mind. "When I started the (Holy (Hour," she w rites of ano the r occasion, 7 wanted to immerse myself in the agony o f Jesus in the (Jarden o f Olives. Hhen I heard a voice in my soul: '(Meditate on the mystery o f the 197