Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

mysteries, and you zvill know the abyss o f M y mercy towards creatures and iMy unfathomable goodness - and this you shad make known to the world. ‘Through your prayers, you shad mediate between heaven and earth.' ‘Then came the moment to receive Moly Communion, and Jesus disappeared, and I saw a great Brightness. Then I heard these words: "We give Our blessing', and a t that moment a 6right ray issued from that light and pierced my heart; an extraordinary fire was enkindled in my soul - I thought I would die o f jo y and happiness. I f e l t the separation o f my spirit from my Body. I fe l t totally immersed in Qod, I f e l t I was snatched up By the Almighty, like a particle o f dust, into unknown expanses. Trembling zvith jo y in the embrace oj the Creator, I fe l t J-fe Jdimself was supporting me so that I could Bear this great happiness and gaze at Mis Majesty. I know now that, i f Jde himself had not f ir s t strengthened me By Mis grace, my soul would not have Been able to Bear the happiness, and I wou ld have died in an instant. Moly Mass came to an end I know not when, fo r it was Beyond my power to pay attention to what was going on in the chapel. ‘But when I recovered my senses, I f e l t the strength and courage to do Qod's zvill; nothing seemed difficult to me; and whereas I had previously Been making excuses to the Lord, I now f e l t the Lord's courage and strength zvithin me, and I said to the Lord, "I am ready fo r every Beck, and call o f yo u r zvill!" (Diary, Notebook I, paras. 438-439). The whole of the second h a lf of the year 1935 was occupied in m a tu ring S ister F au s tin a to undertake the la s t command of Jesus. She still wavered between resistance and acceptance, depending on which emotion 228