Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

possible sense. She was to show th is active Congrega­ tion the "little way" of th e contemplative life, one possible to adopt amid the duties of every day. For th is firs t congregation devoted to the cultus and deeds of mercy was, by the will of God, the m a trix from which the devotion to the Divine Mercy would spread to the souls of sinners and inflame sacrificial souls to offer themselves to God for the sins of mankind. This does no t a t all preclude the existence of o ther communities with sim ilar aims, such as those desired by Jesus. Sa in t Francis was only one person, ye t he inspired many Franciscan families. Why should S ister Faus tina not inspire similarly? 252