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Master’s in Theology Thesis on
THE MYSTERY OF HUMAN SUFFERING
AS REVEALED TO
SISTER MARIA FAUSTINA KOWALSKA, O.L.M.
I have come to see that if the will of the Heavenly Father was fulfilled…in
His well-beloved Son, it will be fulfilled in us in exactly the same way: by
suffering…It is through all this that my soul becomes like unto Jesus. And
the greater the sufferings, the more I see that I am becoming like Jesus.
This is the surest way. If some other way were better, Jesus would have
shown it to me. Suffering in no way takes away my peace. On the other
hand, although I enjoy profound peace, that peace does not lessen my
experience of suffering. Although my face is often bowed to the ground,
and my tears flow profusely, at the same time my soul is filled with
profound peace and happiness...
- Diary of Saint Faustina, # 1394 i