Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

inner satisfaction. Bu t a fte r a day or two a t home, S is te r F au s tina very much m issed h e r community. Her place was with them , and not a t home... She re tu rned to Vilnius with joy and relief. She w rites in h e r Diary: 'Oh, hozv happy I f e f t to Be Bach. in our convent! I f e f t as though I zvas entering the convent fo r the second time. I t o o f unending deCight in the si fence and peace in zvhich the sou f can so easify immerse i ts e f f in fo d , hefped By everyone and disturbed By no one.' (Diary, Notebook I, para. 407). After all, i t was in th is Congregation th a t h e r vocation had flowered, a rich inn e r religious life developed in he r soul, and now God wished h e r to leave i t and found another. I t was extremely difficult to unde rs tand His teaching. I t had to be accepted in hum ility and darkness. The nex t day, a f te r she had ta lked with F a th e r Sopocko, Je su s renewed His reque s t and very clearly defined th e k ind of community He wanted. This vision was a tu rn ing point in the sp iritua l conflict of S ister F austina . For the f irs t tim e she again opened he rse lf interiorly to the words of th e Lord. Her inhibition was overcome. A new tru s tingne ss en te red h e r h e a r t, a new courage with it, and a t th e end S is te r F au s tin a was inclined towards fulfilling the new demands of the Lord. "M the very Beginning o f Jfofy Mass on the foCCozving day I sazv Jesus in a ff Mis unspeakgBfe Beauty. Me said to me that Me desired that 'such a Congregation Be founded as soon as possiBfe, and you s faf f five in it together zvith your companions. M y Spirit shad Be the rufe o f your fife, you r fife is to Be modeled on Mine, from the criB to M y death on the Cross. Tenetrate M y 227