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Contemplation of Mercy in everyday life, Faustina Kowalska

The contemplation of Mercy in everyday life is the characteristic feature of the school of spirituality of Saint Sister Faustina. Acquired contemplation – according to Tanquerey – is the affective prayer of simplicity, the act of simply looking at God together with a feeling of admiration and love. The souls that reach the state of contemplation do not need long meditations or mental analysis, they know God rather naturally, without deducing, in a certain way they are face to face with the Lord and they love God with intuitive love, as the child loves his good mother. It is difficult for these souls to understand how it is possible not to love God, to live without Him.

With Him I go to work – wrote Sister Faustina – with Him I go to recreation, with Him I suffer, with Him I enjoy, I live in Him and He in me. I am never alone, since He is my permanent companion. I feel his presence at every moment

In Sister Faustina’s life, contemplation was not limited to the time of prayer, but extended to her entire life. The knowledge of the mystery of Divine mercy allowed her to discover God in her soul, therefore she did not look for him far away, she did not need to be before the tabernacle to meet Him; she dealt with Him deep within him, regardless of where she was.