Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

In the diary we have a detailed account of th e course of the solemnities and the accompanying visions on two days of the Triduum: Friday and Sunday, i.e. th e f irs t and the last. Of Friday, S ister F au s tin a writes as follows: "Slpril 26. On (Friday, when I was at Ostra Urania to a ttend the ceremony during which the image was dis­ played, I heard a sermon given hy my confessor [Father Sopocko]. This sermon ahout (Divine 'Mercy was the firs t o f the things that Jesus had asked fo r so very (ong ago. ‘When he began to speaks ahout the great mercy o f the Lord, the image came alive and the rays pierced the hearts o f the people gathered there, hut not a ll to the same degree. Some received more, some less. Qreat joy f i l le d my soul to see the grace o f (jod. Mien I heard the words, 'you. are a witness o f M y mercy, you shall stand before M y throne forever as a living witness to M y mercy.' When the sermon was over, I d id not wa it fo r the end o f the service, as I was in a hurry to ge t hack. home. When I had taken a f e w steps, a great multitude o f demons blocked my way. They threatened me w ith terrible tortures, and voices could he heard: "She has snatched away everything we have worked fo r over so many years!' When I asked them, 'Where have you come from in such great numbers.p° the zvicked forms answered ’Out o f human hearts; stop tormenting us!" Seeing their great hatred fo r me, I immediately asked my (juardian Singe! fo r help, and a t once the bright and radiant figure o f my (juardian Singe! appeared and said to me, 'Do not fear..." (Diary, Notebook I, paras. 417-418). 216