Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

This was an im po rtan t vision. I t was different from all others she h ad experienced, no t only in kind, b u t in the circumstances in which i t took place. I t was not only a visible synthesis of the devotion to th e Divine Mercy, b u t i t also contained prophetic elements as regards the development of th e devotion. Also, for the f irs t time S ister F au s tina h ad a vision du ring h e r daily work, when she was with the wards. I t is tru e th a t the girls did no t see the same phenomenon, b u t they were aware th a t something strange had happened: one of them even saw the rays, and although she did not unders tand the ir meaning, she was absolutely certain th a t th is was no ordinary reflection of the light. Overwhelmed by w ha t she had seen, she continued to ask S ister F au s tina in s is ten tly for an explanation, which, of course, she did no t receive. More or less a t th e same tim e - although we cannot tell exactly when: a little la te r or a little earlier - there was ano ther vision connected with the image, bu t quite different. This commenced a whole series, stretch ing over a period of years. I t is a particu larly in te res ting vision, because i t indicates the connection between the devotion to the Divine Mercy and th e Eucharist. For the f irs t time, Je su s drew the a tten tion of S ister F au s tina to the idea th a t the image revealed by Him is nothing o ther th an a visual rep resen ta tion of His Mercy concealed in the Blessed Sacrament. This vision took place in the convent chapel in the au tum n of 1934. "‘During Sfofy Mass, when the Lord Jesus was e?(posed in the ‘BCessedSacrament, Before JCoCy Communion I sau> two rays coming out from the ‘'BCessed Jfost, ju s t as they are painted in the image, one o f them red and the other pale. Sind they were reflected on each, o f the sisters and wards, But not on a d in the same way. On some o f them 212