Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

physical, mental or sp iritua l she offered to God day by day for years, as a sacrificial offering in repara tion for the sins of mankind. She could therefore pray with full justification: "Christ, give me souls, I x t anything y o u [ike. happen to me, Sut g ive me souls in return. I zvant the salvation o f souls. I zvant souls to knozv yo u r mercy. I have nothing fo r myself, Because I have given everything azvay to souls, zvith the result that on the day o f judgment I zvill s tand Before yo u empty-handed since I have given everything azvay to souls. Thus yo u zvill have nothing on zvhich to judge me, and zve sha ll meet on that day: Love and mercy...’ (Diary, Notebook V, para . 1426). This sp iritua l growth, th e psychical changes tak ing place in the soul of S ister F au s t in a , in tim e increased in in tensity , and can be followed with ease on the pages of h e r Diary. They even had th e ir own mile­ stones. Her depa rtu re from Vilnius ended h e r efforts to have the image of th e Merciful Je su s placed on the a l ta r for public veneration , and to have th e F ea s t of Divine Mercy established. Both those m a tte rs now continued w ithou t her, left to the competence of F a th e r Sopocko, who, only a fte r S is te r F au s tin a had left Vilnius, being finally convinced of the genuine na tu re of h e r visions and th e need for such a devotion, com­ m itted h im self to its development and propagation with the same energy as S ister F au s tin a . She continued to give the necessary explanations and informed him of th e fu r th e r action of God upon her; she was kep t up to da te with w ha t was happening; bu t h e r own a tten tion was directed above all toward th e new Congregation, the founding of which was demanded by God. 297