Sister Faustina Kowalska: Her LIfe and MIssion

We know th is from w ha t Helena’s cousin, Sophie Rulka, has to say: "I remember tha t when S is ter Faus tina ’s parents went to Cracow on the occasion o f her firs t vows, they visited us, and they came again on their way back from Cracow. Her mother said, on the second visit, tha t they were left alone w ith S ister Faustina for some time. They walked around the garden, but S ister Faustina sa id very little a n d was engaged in prayer. Knowing tha t her fa ther was displeased w ith the pa th she had taken, and tha t he would have sons-in-law and grandchildren through his other daughters, she sa id to him : Y ou see, Daddy, the One Whose bride I am is my husband and your son-in-law .’ I remember tha t her fa ther was very moved, and he and my fa ther wept." (Archives of S.F., Recoil.). I t was only then th a t h e r p a ren ts experienced reg re t for not hav ing helped th e i r d augh te r with h e r p lans to become a nun. They fe lt proud of her. Though perhaps th e ir h e a r ts remained sorrowful th a t she had left them , they now of th e ir own free will gave God, not indeed th e ir f i rs t born, b u t the b e s t of th e ir children. In th is way they gave God the sacrifice He had demanded of them. 75