Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

chap ter in the sp iritua l life of S is te r F au s tin a in certain pa rts was solely between Him and the elect soul, and has forever remained h e r exclusive secret.‘She had every r ig h t to discretion, for the wish of Jesus concerned h e r own fate, and i t is n a tu ra l th a t she should feel inhibited in discussing it. I have already dea lt with th is theme in preceding chapters. But I shall recap itu la te w ha t we do know. Only those facts which S ister F au s tina passed on to those persons engaged in the work of Mercy a re known: to Mother General Michael Moraczewska, to h e r superior Mother Irene Rrzyzanowska, and to F a th e r Sopocko. ,cIe tt the Superior general to count on you as the most fa ith fu l daughter in the Order,' were J e su s ’ words to S ister F au s tina a t the end of May 1937. (Diary, Notebook III, para. 1130). This astounding command was God’s answer to the agreem ent of Mother General th a t S ister F au s tina leave the community if she wished to found a new one. In the confirmation of the loyalty of S ister F au s tin a and of h e r devotion for he r Congregation to which she still belonged a t the time she was p reparing to leave it, the true will of God can be understood. Sadly, S ister F au s tina did not record how she fulfilled the reques t of Jesus , nor what was the reply of th e Mother General. Quite ano ther kind of information on th e same m a tte r was received by Mother Irene. The information was composed of b rief c ircum stan tia l rem arks made when Mother Irene visited S ister F au s tin a during h e r second stay in hospital, and la te r in h e r isolation cell in the convent. Of the th ree persons mentioned, Mother Irene Krzyzanowska, who m e t S is te r F au s tin a daily, was bes t able to observe the change in her. Once more S is ter F au s tina was peaceful and full of equanim ity, and in h e r conversations re tu rn ed to th e them e th a t she would b ring th e superior and the Congregation many joys a fte r h e r death , for "Jesus wished to distinguish h e r 304