Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

flashes o f lightning zvere springing into his hands; and from his hand they zvere going forth , and only then zvere they striking the earth. When I sazv this sign o f divine zvrath zvhich zvas ahout to strike the earth... I began to implore the Ange l to hold o f f fo r a fe zv moments, and the zvorld zvould do penance. (But my plea zvas a mere nothing in the face o f the divine anger. Just then I sazv the (Most (Holy ‘Trinity. The greatness o f Its majesty pierced me deeply, and I d id not dare to repeat my entreaties. Tit that very moment I f e l t in my sou l the pozver o f Jesus 'grace, zvhich dzvells in my soul. When I hecame conscious o f this grace, I zvas instantly snatched up before the Throne o f Qod. Oh, hozv great is our Lord and Qod and hozv incomprehensible (His holiness! ... I fo u n d myself pleading zvith Qod fo r the zvorld zvith zvords heard interiorly. A s I zvas praying in this manner, I sazv the Angel's helplessness: he could not carry out the ju s t punishment zvhich zvas rightly due fo r sins. (Never before had I prayed zvith such inner pozver as I d id then... The ne?(t morning, zvhen I entered chapel, I heard these zvord interiorly: "‘Every time you enter the cfiapeC, immediately recite the prayer zvhich I taught you yesterday." When I had sa id the prayer, in my sou l I heard these zvords: 'This prayer zviTl serve to appease (My zvrath. ‘you zv ill recite i t fo r nine days, on the beads o f the rosary, in the follozving manner: Hirst o f ad, you zv ill say one OUTT (FATJlEOi and (HAIL M AT ty and the I ‘BELIE'VE INQOD . Then on the OTIN (TATHEN beads you zv ill say the follozving zvords: 'Eternal (father, I offer you the ‘Body and Blood, Sou l and ‘D ivin ity o f you r dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in 237