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“Yes, he’s an ordinary man” – “Not ordinary, because he has the power of God.”
Yes, it is not difficult for me to accuse myself of my sins. But, to uncover the
most secret depths of my heart, to give an account of the action of God’s grace, to
speak about God’s every demand, about all that goes on between God and
myself… to tell that to a man is beyond my strength. (Diary, # 1715).
Sr. Faustina sensed that she was battling against an evil spiritual power, so she called on the Lord
for help, “O Christ, You and the priest are one; I will approach Confession as if I were
approaching, not a man, but You.” Later in the confessional, she confided to the Priest-Confessor
about her ordeal. And he responded, “The best thing (you) could have done was to disclose these
temptations from the outset.” But, after her Confession, the temptations ceased completely, and
her soul felt at peace once again.
(Please see above Thesis Section II A.6 (6.2), “Satan Assaults Sr. Faustina on Going to
Confession,” vignette on Satan’s Wiles based on Diary, # 1802).
II A.14 Jesus’ Passion: Where His Suffering Love and Man’s Sin Meet Head-On (Is 53) 132liii
(Diary, # 408): In her Diary, Sr. Faustina wrote on her experience during the Great Lent
when she was greatly absorbed in Christ’s Passion. While in adoration, Jesus often appeared to
her as the tortured and wounded One during His Passion (Is 53). Sr. Faustina depicted it in this
way:
After the scourging, the torturers took the Lord and stripped Him of His own
garment, which had already adhered to the wounds; as they took it off, His
wounds reopened; then they threw a dirty and tattered scarlet cloak over the fresh
wounds of the Lord. The cloak, in some places, barely reached His knees. They
made Him sit on a piece of beam. And then, they wove a crown of thorns, which
they put on His sacred head. They put a reed in His hand and made fun of Him,
bowing to Him as to a king. Some spat in His face, while others took the reed and
struck Him on the head with it. Others caused Him pain by slapping Him; still
others covered His face and struck Him with their fists. Jesus bore all this with
meekness. Who can comprehend Him – comprehend His suffering? Jesus’ eyes
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Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 408.
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