Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

knozv that Me zvas the Lord o f heaven and earth. ‘When I sazv Mini as Me zvas, Me vanished from my sight. ‘When I zvent hack, in and reflected on zvhat had happened a t the gate, I heard these zvords in my soul: M y daughter, the Blessings o f the poor zvho Bless Me as they leave this ga te have reached M y ears. A n d your compassion, zvithin the Bounds o f oBedience, has pleased Me, and this is zvhy / came dozvn from M y throne - to taste the fru its o f your mercy... J-'rom that moment on, there zvas stirred up in my heart an even purer love tozvards the poor and the needy. Oh, hozv happy I am that my superiors have given me such a taskj I under­ s tand that mercy is manifold; one can do good alzvays and everyzvhere and a t a ll tim e s ‘ (Diary, Notebook IV, para . 1312). D. The clergy A repo rt on S ister F au s tin a as seen by those around he r would not be complete if i t did no t contain the witness of the priests under whose sp iritua l direction she lived. Of these, a t le a s t th ree left a clear trace upon he r sp iritua l development. Their opinion, th e re ­ fore, h a s significance for us. They were: 1. Rev. Theodore Czaputa, the chief confessor of S ister F au s tina du ring h e r novitiate. 2. Rev. Joseph Andrasz S.J., who p repared h e r for perpetual vows in Cracow, and then gave h e r pastora l care in th e la s t years of h e r life, when she was again in Cracow (1936-1938), and prepared he r for death. 3. Rev. Michael Sopocko, h e r confessor in Vilnius in th e years 1933-1936. 451