Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

during h e r work, with all h e r powers, and to be an apostle of Divine Mercy. Je su s helped h e r in these efforts: "Often the Lordgives me interior knowledge concerning the persons I meet a t the gate. One pitiable sou l wanted to tell me a bit about herself. Laking advantage o f the opportunity, / made her understand, in a delicate way, the miserable condition o f her soul. She went away zvith a better disposition." (Diary, Notebook IV, para. 1283). One of S ister F au s tina ’s typical ph rases used to steer others’ behaviour towards one or ano the r course, was t h a t something pleases, or displeases, Jesus . By these words she wanted to cause someone to reflect, and to direct him on the proper pa th , while giving him to unde rs tand th a t i t was not a question of h e r approval, b u t God’s. I t once happened th a t when she was work­ ing, Je su s H imself came knocking a t th e gate, as a poor man. When He had received help, He revealed H imself and explained to the overjoyed S is ter F aus tina w ha t had pleased Him in herself. 'Jesus came to the main entrance today, under the guise o f a poor young man. ‘This young man, emaciated, barefoot and bareheaded, and zvith his clothes in tatters, was frozen because the day was cold and rainy. Tie askedfo r something hot to eat. So I went to the kitchen, but fo u n d nothing there fo r the poor. ‘But, after search­ ing around fo r some time, I succeeded in find ing some soup, which I reheated and into which I crumbled some bread, and I gave it to the poor young man, who ate it. !As I was taking the bow l from him, he gave me to 450