Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

I t is characteristic of h e r th a t in these Jubilee celebrations S ister F au s tin a is only in te res ted in what concerns the devotion to the Divine Mercy. She re ta ils everything connected with i t very graphically, and show the logic of it and the connections to each o ther th a t succeeding events possessed. This is w ha t she wrote concerning Sunday: 'Sunday, [April] 28, 193S. L ow Sunday, that is, the 9-east o f Lite Divine Mercy, the conclusion o f the Jubilee o f ‘Redemption. ‘When we went to take part in the celebrations, my heart leapt zvith jo y that the two solemnities were so closely united. I asked Qod fo r mercy on the souls o f sinners. Lowards the end o f the service, when the priest took, the ‘Blessed Sacrament to bless the people, I saw the Lord Jesus as Jle is represented in the image. Lhe Lord gave Jiis blessing, and the- rays extended over the whole world. Suddenly, I saw an impenetrable brightness in the form o f a crystal dwelling place, woven together from waves o f a brilliance unapproachable to both creatures and spirits. Lhree doors led to this resplendence. A t that moment, Jesus, as Jle is represented in the image, entered this resplendence through the second door to the ‘Unity zvithin. f t is a triple Jlnity, which is incomprehensible - which is infinity. I heard a voice, 'Lhis Least emerged from the very depths o f M y mercy, and i t is confirmed in the vast depths o f ‘My tender mercies. ‘Every sou l bekeznng and trusting in M y mercy zv ill obtain it.' (Diary, Notebook I, para. 420) The Jub ilee celebrations were a g rea t mystical experience for S ister Fau s tina , cen tring upon the symbols of the image and th e devotion to the Divine 217