Once, Father Sopocko asked Saint Faustina to pray for him. She wrote in her diary, “I asked the Lord Jesus to deign to bestow on me all the sufferings and afflictions, both exterior and spiritual, that the priest had to suffer during that day. God partially answered my request and, at once, all sorts of difficulties and adversities sprang up out of nowhere … But that was not all; I began to experience interior sufferings. First, I was seized by depression and aversion towards the sisters, then a kind of uncertainty began to trouble me. … When, tired out, I entered the chapel, a strange pain seized my soul, and I began to weep softly. Then I heard in my soul a voice saying, ‘My daughter, why are you weeping? After all, you yourself offered to undertake these sufferings.'” Father Sopocko wrote in his memoirs, “It was only that critical day that I asked Sister Faustina for prayer. To my great surprise, all my troubles vanished into thin air on that very day.” What can Creator tell us?

The taking on of someone else's karma can, in fact, be arranged to happen. This must be done through the divine realm, in consultation with a person's higher self, but may well be allowed if there is a high purpose for the arrangement and, in certain circumstances, it can be lifesaving for one who suffers, but this will always come at a great penalty to the would-be healer wanting to serve in their stead, in effect, to right their wrongs for them and endure the karmic consequences of all that has happened to them to make their lives so terrible because of the backlog of unmet healing need. So this can be a divine blessing but also a curse to the would-be helper who may not fully appreciate all they are getting into. The average person's negative karma is much more than they can handle safely in their own life in many, many instances, especially for one who is already suffering greatly, to inspire the need for a humanitarian rescue of that sort. That was not quite the case here, more an act of loving kindness through the inspiration and willingness of Saint Faustina to take on that extra burden, and this was more a consequence of her faulty thinking and judgment, that suffering is an exalted state and a means to become more holy, so she had in it a motive of self-interest in addition to her willingness to help her colleague. We are not wanting to criticize here, only referencing the fact that it was misguided on her part to see the suffering as of benefit to her other than in the narrow frame of reference that acts of loving kindness will always bring a karmic benefit and will be a tremendous blessing for the recipient of that kindness. So someone who is coming from strength and willing to make a personal sacrifice to benefit another is engaging in a lofty rescue mission that may well be honored by the divine. The key factor needs to be balancing the level of karmic burden to be that which is most urgently needed, to relieve the suffering of the recipient of the gesture for what ails them in the current life, and not become overambitious and attempt taking on one's burdens in their entirety. So, as in all things, knowledge, discernment, and wisdom are key to make sound choices, wise decisions, and effective contributions to raise up another without great harm to the self and penalize one's own soul in exchange for another. Burdens that can be borne for a time, may well be seen as a worthwhile sacrifice to make in the cause of love.