Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

Sopocko had a certain effect on h is pen iten t. Also F a th e r Sopocko still h ad reserva tions as to the reve la­ tions of which S is te r F au s t in a had informed him. He was then unable to Find theological confirmation th a t the Divine Mercy is th e g re a te s t of the a t tr ib u te s of God, which is w ha t she affirmed. He only solved th is problem in 1936, after S is te r F au s tin a had left Vilnius. As he writes, "I began to search in the writings o f the Fathers o f the Church for a confirmation tha t th is is the greatest o f the attributes o f God, as S ister Faustina had stated, for I found nothing on th is subject in the works o f more modern theologians. I was very pleased to f in d s im ilar statements in S t. Fulgentius, St. Ildephonse, and more still in St. Thomas and St. Augustine, who, in commenting on the Pscdms, had much to say on Divine Mercy, calling it the greatest o f God’s attributes. From then onwards, I had no serious doubts o f the supernatural revelations o f S ister F au s tina ." (Archives of S.F., Recollections). However, th is was no t un til 1936. For th e tim e being, F a th e r Sopocko held the whole m a t te r in suspension, h im se lf ne ithe r for nor against. I t is tru e th a t he was impressed with S ister F au s t in a herself, both as a tru th fu l speaker and for h e r personal reliability. F a th e r Sopocko also persisten tly sought a key to decipher the proper m ean ing of the information and commands given to him through her. He asked again and verified, coming back over and over to the same theme. She always answered him, b u t n o t a t once, only after hav ing checked with Jesus . Her answers th en were always genuine. Bu t the tension caused by th is pro trac ted m is tru s t and checking on the p a r t of h e r sp iritua l director exhausted S is te r F au s tina ’s m en ta l s treng th and he r inn e r powers of recuperation . In addition, from early 201