Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

f o u r hoCy un.CCin aCC tflings and o f returning fo u r Cove... grant me f o u r divine Cife. L e t f o u r pure and noble bCood throb zvith aCC its might in my heart,’ prayed Sister F au s tina with h e r whole hea rt. (Diary, Notebook II, para. 832). "transform me into fourseCf O Jesus, that I may he a Civing sacrifice and pCeasing to fo u . I desire to atone a t each moment fo r poor sinners. ‘The sacrifice o f my spirit is hidden under the veiC o f the body; the human eye does not perceive it, and fo r that reason it is pure and pleasing to f o u . ' (Diary, Notebook II, para. 908). S ister F au s tina well understood th a t she would never obtain th e salvation necessary for souls on h e r own. However g rea t h e r love, i t would always be too small. For th a t , the redemptive love of the Saviour was needed. She would a t ta in w ha t she wanted by as much as she allowed Him to ac t through her. I t was no t for nothing th a t she had loved Him in His Passion, s tream ing with blood. If she wished to obtain mercy for sinners, she m us t pe rm it ju s t such a suffering Redeem­ e r to grow in h e r own soul, and ac t through Him. The whole content of S ister F au s t in a ’s communion with God was in med itating on His sorrowful mysteries and applying them to the everchanging circumstances of h e r life. She spen t every day in close union with Him, and His "interests" were of prime importance in h e r soul, in a way th a t was becoming more decisive and exclusive. She knew th a t she was un ited with Him, and the sp iritual climate in which h e r soul b rea thed was as n a tu ra l to h e r as b rea th ing a ir for h e r lungs. She was therefore surprised and awed, when, during h e r stay in hospital, some time a t the beginning of Feb ruary 1937, a t a moment of ecstatic union with the Holy Trinity, 324