Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

yo u take, the responsibility fo r yourself I say this to you, Sister: you can begin to take action, y o u are capable o f doing so, and therefore you c a n do so. ‘These things are indeed probable; all you have told me up to noiv [before perpetual vows in Cracow in 1933] speaks in favor o f taking action. Still, you have to be very careful in a ll this. (Pray much and aski that I be given light: (Diary, Notebook II, para. 658). In mid-September, Archbishop Jalbrzykowski came to Cracow, and S ister F au s t in a had the opportunity to speak to him again about h e r affairs. His advice was much more generalised th an th a t of F a the r Andrasz: "(He shozved himself very favorably disposed to this cause o f mercy: "Sister, be completely a t peace; i f this is zvithin the plans o f divine providence, it zvill come about. In the meantime, Sister, pray fo r a clear outzvard sign. L e t the Lord (Jesus give you a clearer knozvledge o f this. I beg you to zvait a little in such a zvay that everything zvill turn out a ll right."" (Diary, Notebook II, para. 693). Additional ligh t is thrown on the course of events and over a wider sphere by F a th e r Sopocko: "While she was in Cracow, S ister Faustina in her letters to me frequently raised th is subject and asked for my advice... I counselled caution and recommended tha t she inform her confessor and superiors... A t a certain time, S ister Faustina wrote tha t she had already received permission from her superior general and her confessor, w ith the condition tha t I give my permission. I wrote back tha t for me the permission 246