47 In the evening, when I was in
my cell, I saw the Lord Jesus clothed in a white garment. One hand [was] raised
in the gesture of blessing, the other was touching the garment at the breast.
From beneath the garment, slightly drawn aside at the breast, there were emanating
two large rays, one red, the other pale. In silence I kept my gaze fixed on the
Lord; my soul was struck with awe, but also with great joy. After a while,
Jesus said to me, Paint an image according to the pattern you see, with the
signature: Jesus, I trust in You. I desire that this image be venerated, first
in your chapel, and [then] throughout the world.
48 I promise that the soul
that will venerate this image will not perish. I also promise victory over [its]
enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I Myself
will defend it as My own glory. (February 22, 1931, Notebook 1, Divine
Mercy in my Soul: The Diary of the Servant of God Sister M. Faustina Kowalska [Stockbridge,
Mass.: Marian Press, 1987], 24)
