Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

such a terrible expression tha t we were frightened and terrified." S ister F au s tina herself, in May 1938, i.e. a month before she finally ceased writing, wrote in h e r diary, 7 often a ttend upon the dying and through entreaties obtain fo r them trust in Qod's mercy... Qod's mercy sometimes touches the sinner at the fast moment in a wondrous and mysterious way. Outwardly, it seems as i f everything were lost, but it is not so. ‘The souf, illumined by a ray o f Qod's powerful f in a l grace, turns to Qod in the last moment w ith such a power o f love that, in an instant, it receives from Qod forgiveness o f sin and punishment, while outwardly it shows no sign either o f repentance or o f contrition, because souls [a t th a t stage] no longer react to external things." (Diary, Notebook VI, para . 1698). I t is certain th a t S ister F au s t in a did no t cease from th a t form of h e r apostolate un til dea th closed her own eyes, and then she took i t with h e r to intercede into e tern ity - as she had foretold - before the throne of the Merciful Lord. 320