Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

atonement fo r our sins and those o f the who(e worfd.' On the 9CAIL M jfcR f beads you zviff say the foftozving words: 'fo r the safe o f 9fis sorrozvfuf Tassion have mercy on us and on the whofe worfd." In conefusion, three times you zviff recite these words "Sfofy Qod, Jfofy ‘Mighty One, H‘ ofy fmmortaC One, have mercy on us and on the whofe worfd.' (Diary, Notebook I, paras. 474, 476). This p rayer particu larly appealed to S ister F au s tin a ’s fervent soul. She learned i t a t once and used i t ever afterwards. For her, i t became the ga te leading to the source of the Divine Mercy for the world. When she prayed in the words Jesus had commanded, a convic­ tion arose in he r soul th a t i t was h e r ta sk to direct th a t fountain of Mercy upon the world: "O my (jod, I am conscious o f my mission in the Jfofy Church I t is my constant endeavor to plead fo r mercy fo r the worfd. I unite myseff cfosefy w ith Jesus and stand before Jfim as an atoning sacrifice on behaff o f the worfd. Qod zviff refuse me nothing when I entreat Jfim zvith the voice o f Jfis Son. M y sacrifice is nothing in itseff, but when I jo in it to the sacrifice o f Jesus Christ, it becomes aff-powerfuf and has the power to appease di-vine zvrath... O my Creator and Lord, I fe e f that I am going to remove the ve if o f heaven so that earth zviff not doubt f o u r goodness... an unquenchabfe fire o f suppfica- tion fo r f o u r mercy bums zvithin me. I know and understand that this is my task,, here and in eternity . ' (Diary, Notebook, I, 482, 483). 238