Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

Jesus d id not use miserable souls like me fo r the works Die wan ted done. (But I heard words [to the effect] that it was ju s t such souls that j o d chaoses most frequently to carry out Jlis plans. ‘This priest is surely gu ided hy the spirit o f (jod; he has penetrated the... deepest secrets [of my soul] which were between me and jod.', about which I had not yet spoken to him, because I had not under­ stood them myself and the Lord had not clearly ordered me to tell him. The secret is this: j o d demands that there be a Congregation which zoill proclaim the mercy o f j o d to the world and, by its prayers, obtain i t fo r the world. ‘When the priest asked me i f had not had any such inspirations, I replied that I had not had any clear orders; but a t that instant a light penetrated my soul, and I understood that the Lord was speaking through him. In vain had I defended myself by saying I had not received any clear orders, fo r a t the end o f our conversa­ tion I saw the Lord Jesus on the threshold, as Jde is represented in the image, and Jde said to me, 7 desire that there be such a Congregation.' ... f e t I d id not tell him about it right away, as I was in a hurry to ge t back. home, and I kept repeating to the Lord. 7 am unable to carry out ‘yo u r plans, O Lord!" ‘But, strangely enough, Jesus pa id no attention to my appeals, but gave me to see and understand how pleasing this work was to (Him. Jde took, no account o f my weakness, but gave me to know how many difficulties I must overcome and I, Jdis poor creature, could say nothing but 7 am incapable o f it, O my jo d T (Diary, Notebook I, paras. 436, 437). 8 Sister 225