Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

7 received a deep inner tight zvhich gave me to under­ stand, in spirit, a tt the zvorkjngs o f mercy. I t zvas tike a f ta sh o f hghtning, hut more distinct than i f I had zvatched it fo r hours zvith the eyes o f my hody." (Diary, Notebook VI, para . 1658). "...my sout enjoyed... seeing the gtory o f Qod's mercy. ‘The gtory o f the T)ivine 9vtercy is resounding, even nozv, in spite o f the efforts o f its enemies and o f Satan himsetf, zvho has a great hatred fo r Qod's mercy. This zvork. w i l l snatch a great number o f souts from him, and that is zvhy the spirit o f darkness sometimes tempts good peopte viotentty, so that they may hinder the zvork, tBut I have ctearty seen that the zvitt o f Qod is atready being carried out, and that it zviCt be accomplished to the very bast detaib. The enemy's greatest efforts zvibb not thzvart the smallest detail o f zvhat the Lord has decreed. 9fo matter i f there are times zvhen the zvork. seems to be completely destroyed; it is then that the zvork. is being all the more consolidated. 9dy soul zvas f i l le d zvith a peace much deeper than anything I had experienced before... I am at peace; Qod Hfimself governs a ll things. I spent the zvhole day in thanksgiving, and gratitude kept flooding my soul...' (Diary, Notebook VI, paras. 1659-1661). Here, S ister F au s tin a is w riting only generally of the work of the Divine Mercy, b u t i t is precisely because she does not give details t h a t we may suppose th a t it was not necessary, because in th is in te rio r vision everything which had so fa r eluded h e r unders tand ing was made clear. 306