Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

illusions, you sha ll accept a ll sufferings zvith love. ‘Do not he afflicted i f your heart often experiences repugnance and dislike fo r sacrifice. A l l its pozver rests in the zvill, and so these contrary feelings, fa r from lozvering the value o f the sacrifice in M y eyes, zv ill enhance it.' (Diary, Notebook VI, para . 1767). On the th ird day of the re trea t , Je su s recommended: ,fToday, fo r your sp iritua l reading, you zv ill take the Qospel o f Sain t John, chapter tzventy-one. L e t i t feed your heart more than your mind.' The chap ter contains th ree tex ts from the period when Je su s appeared to His disciples after His Resurrection: Je su s shows H imself a t the Sea of Tiberias, and His two discourses: P e te r as the supreme Shepherd, and a prophecy of th e dea ths of P e ter and John. On th is day of the re tre a t , Je su s ’ teaching concerned His Mercy: 'My daughter, knozv that ‘My Heart is mercy itself, from this sea o f mercy, graces flo zv out upon the zvfwle zvorld. ffo sou l that has approached Me has ever gone azvay unconsoled A l l misery g e ts Buried in the depths o f My mercy, and every saving and sanctifying grace flozvs from this fountain. M y daughter, I desire that your heart Be an abiding place o f M y mercy. L e t no one zvho approaches you go azvay zvithout that trust in M y mercy zvhich I so ardently desire fo r souls.‘Pray as much as you can fo r the dying. ‘By your entreaties, obtain fo r them trust in M y mercy, Because they have most need o f trust, and have i t the least... Y‘ ou knozv the zvhole abyss o f M y 370