Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

Sister, to pray as much as possible f o r t fe world and to beg Qod's mercy, as mercy is zvhat zve a ll need; and I presume that your confessor does not forb id you to pray fo r this intention. 'But as regards this congregation, zvait a zvhile, Sister, so that a ll things may arrange themselves more favorably. This thing is good in itse lf but there is no need to hurry. I f it is Qod's zvill, it zvill be done, zvhether it be a little sooner or a little later. ‘Why shouldn't it be? There are so many different kinds o f congregations; this one zvill come to be i f Qod so zvills. Be completely a t peace. The Lord Jesus can do a ll things. Strive fo r a close union zvith Qod and do not lose heart . ' (Diary, Notebook II, para . 585). So those who received h e r confession were agreed in res tra in ing S ister F au s tina from mak ing a has ty decision. But they were tak ing h e r new insp ira tions more seriously into consideration. The delay in the m a t te r of founding a new congregation did not p u t a brake on the personal commitment of S ister F au s t in a to the work of the Divine Mercy. I t had th e opposite effect. Her prayers of en trea ty and of repara tion for the fau lts of sinners increased. I t is from th is period th a t a new p rayer dates, dictated to h e r by Je su s - the chaplet to th e Divine Mercy, which S is te r F au s tina began to pu t into practice a t once and with enthusiasm . She has described the scene of th is vision a t length and in g rea t detail: "In the evening, zvhen I zvas in my cell, I sazv an Slngel, the executor o f divine zvrath. Tie zvas clothed in a dazzling robe, his face gloriously bright, a cloud beneath his fee t. from the cloud, bolts o f thunder and 236