Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

'iV 'ever trust in yourself, hut abandon yourself totally to 9dy zvill, In desolation, darkness and various doubts, have recourse to Ode and to your sp iritua l director... Do not bargain zvith any temptation; lock, yourself immedia­ tely in Ody Oleart and, a t the f ir s t opportunity, reveal the temptation to the confessor. Tu t your s e lf-love in the last place, so that i t does not tain t your deeds. ‘Bear zvith yourself zvith great patience. Do not neglect interior mortifications... Shun murmurers Uke a plague... Observe the rule as fa ith fu lly as you can. I f someone causes you trouble, think, zvhat good you can do fo r the person zvho causes you to suffer... Be silen t zvhen you are rebuked- Do not ask. everyone's opinion, but only the opinion o f your confessor... Do not become discouraged by ingratitude. Do not erm in e zvith curiosity the roads dozvn zvhich I lead you. ‘When boredom and discouragement beat against your heart, run azvay from yourself and hide in 9dy heart. Do not fea r struggle,' - Je su s fortified S ister Fau s tina , fin ish ing His instruction - 'courage itse lf often intimidates temptations, and they dare not attack, us. JLlzvays figh t zvith the deep conviction that I am zvith you... I zv ill not delude you zvith prospects o f peace and consolations; on the contrary, prepare fo r great battles...' (Diary, Notebook VI, para . 1760). On the second day of the r e t r e a t Je su s recommended: fo r your reading you sha ll take chapter nineteen o f Saint John s Qospel, and read it, not only zvith your dps, but zvith your heart.’. 368