Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

‘‘When I took. the Messenger o f the Sacred Sfeart into my hand and read the account o f the canonization o f Sa in t Slndrezv ‘Bohota, my sou f zvas instantly f i t te d zvith a great tonging that our Congregation, too, might have a saint, and I zvept tike a chitd that there zvas no saint in our midst. S ind I sa id to the Lord, "I knozv f o u r generosity, and yet it seems to me that f o u are tess generous tozvard us.' S ind I began again to zveep... Sind the Lord Jesus said to me, 'Don't cry. fo u are that sa in t’. ‘Then the tight o f Qod inundated my sout, and I zvas given to knozv hozv much I zvas to suffer, and I sa id to the Lord, "Stozv zvitt that come ahout? f o u have heen speaking to me ahout another Congregation.' A n d the Lord anszvered, 'It is not fo r you to knozv hozv this zvilC come about, fo u r du ty is to be faithfuC to 9dy grace and to do alzvays zvhat is zvithin your pozver and zvhat obedience atCozvs you to do.' (Diary, Notebook VI, p a ra . 1650). 339