Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

she lied, S ister Faustina told her tha t she had, at once." The wards confirm w ha t S is te r Felicia has said. "When she looked at a girl, it seemed that she could read everything tha t was happening w ith in the soul. I t was impossible to lie in her presence, because she recognised the lie immediately. She would sometimes remark to a girl, "There is something not quite right inside. A bath would be a good idea," by bath mean­ ing confession... Sometimes her k ind word would overcome the opposition o f g ir ls who d id not always want to go to confession. One particu lar argument o f hers would catch a t the heart: tha t Jesus so loved mank ind that He would have come down from heaven and died even for one single soul." (Archives of S.F., Recoil. Hedwig Owar). Another ward, Josepha Chyrc, remembers w ha t "a former ward from the Cracow in s titu te , E rasm a Szablowska", told her: "Once she was in the chapel and S ister Faustina turned to her and said quietly but with great em ­ phasis: "Go to confession, child. Jesus is not pleased with your soul.” Erasma replied angrily, "What does it matter to you, Sister? You are not my Class M i­ stress and you have no right to tell me." When Erasma told me about it, she added, however, that S ister Faustina was right, for although S ister d id not know her well, she had told her such an important thing. "There was no trouble so great tha t S ister Faustina would not undertake it for Heaven," says Hedwig Owar ye t again. "She often repeated these words from the Bible: "The eye has not seen, nor the ear heard, nor has it entered the heart o f man, what God has 442