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1651 + Today one of the sisters came into my room and said that such-and-such a sister was very
fussy over her own illness, and that she found this very annoying and would gladly give her
piece of her mind were it not for the fact that she was not a member of this convent. I
answered that I was surprised that she should even think in such a way: “Sister, just think of
how many sleepless nights this sick sister has been through and of how many tears…..” The
sister than came to think differently.
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1652 Adore, my soul, the mercy of the Lord,
O my heart, rejoice wholly in Him,
Because for this you have been chosen by Him,
To spread the glory of his mercy.
His goodness no one has fathomed, no one can measure,
His compassion is untold.
Every soul that approaches Him experiences this.
He will shield her and clasp her to His merciful bosom.
Happy the soul that has trusted in Your goodness
And has abandoned herself completely to Your mercy.
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Her soul is filled with the peace of love
You defend her everywhere as Your own child.
O soul, whoever you may be in this world,
Even if your sins were as black as night,
Do not fear God, weak child that you are,
For great is the power of God‟s mercy.
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1653 The light above, where my God reigns,
This it is that my soul yearns for,
This it is for which my heart longs,
And my whole being bounds towards You.
I hasten on to the other world, to God alone,
Into the incomprehensible light, the very fire of love,
For my soul and my heart are created for Him,
And my heart has loved Him from my tender youth.
There, in the resplendent light of Your countenance
My languishing love will rest.
For Your virgin agonizes for You in her exile,
For she lives only when united with You.
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My day is drawing to a close,
Even now I glimpse the refulgence of Your light, O my God.
No one shall learn of what my heart is feeling;
My lips shall fall silent in great humility.
(40) Even now, I draw nigh to the eternal nuptials,
To heaven unending, to spaces without limit.
I long for no repose or reward;
The pure love of God draws me to heaven.
Even now, I go to meet You, eternal Love
With a heart languishing in its desire for You.
I feel that Your pure Love, Lord, dwells in my heart,
And I sense my eternal destiny in heaven.
Even now, I go to my Father, in heaven eternal,
From the land of exile, from this vale of tears,
The earth can no longer hold back my pure heart,
And the heights of heaven have drawn me close.
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I go, O my Bridegroom, I go to see Your glory,
Which even now fills my soul with joy
There where all heaven is plunged in Your adoration,
I feel that my worship is pleasing to You, nothingness though I am.
In eternal happiness, I will not forget those on earth,
I will obtain God‟s mercy for all,
(41) And I will remember especially those who were dear to my heart,
And the deepest absorption in God will not allow me to forget them.
In these lat moments I know not how to converse with others.
In silence I await only You, O Lord.
I know the time will come when all will understand the work of God in my soul.
I know that such is Your will. – So be it.
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O truth, O thorny life,
In order to pass through you victoriously
It is necessary to lean on You, O Christ,
And to be always close to You.
I would not know how to suffer without You, O Christ.
Of myself I would not be able to brave adversities.
Alone, I would not have the courage to drink from Your cup;
But You, Lord, are always with me, and You lead me along mysterious paths.
A weak child, I have begun the battle in Your Name.
I have fought bravely, though often without success,
(42) And I know that my efforts have pleased You,
And I know that it is the effort alone which You eternally reward.
O truth, O life-and-death struggle,
When I rose to do battle, an inexperienced knight,
I felt I had a knight‟s blood, though still a child,
And therefore, O Christ, I needed Your help and protection.
My heart will not rest from its efforts and struggle
Until You Yourself call me from the field of battle.
I will stand before You, not to receive a reward,
But to be drowned in You, in peace forever.
1655 + O Christ, if my soul had known, all at once, what it was going to have to suffer during its
lifetime, it would have died of terror at the very sight; it would not have touched its lips to the
cup of bitterness. But as it has been given to drink a drop at a time, it has emptied the cup to
the very bottom. O Christ, if You Yourself did not support the soul, how much could it do of
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itself? We are strong, but with Your strength; we are holy, but with Your holiness. And of
ourselves, what are we? – less than nothing……
(43) + My Jesus, You suffice me for everything else in the world. Although the sufferings are
severe, You sustain me. Although the times of loneliness are terrible, You make them sweet
for me. Although the weakness is great, You change it into power for me.
1656 I do not know how to describe all that I suffer, and what I have written thus far is merely a
drop. There are moments of suffering about which I really cannot write. But there are also
moments in my life when my lips are silent, and there are no words for my defense, and I
submit myself completely to the will of God; then the Lord Himself defends me and makes
claims on my behalf, and His demands are such that they can be noticed exteriorly.
Nevertheless, when I perceive His major interventions, which manifest themselves by way of
punishment, then I beg Him earnestly for mercy and forgiveness. Yet I am not always heard.
The Lord acts toward me in a mysterious manner. There are times when He Himself allows
terrible sufferings, and then again there are times when He does not let me suffer and
removes everything (44) that might afflict my soul. These are his ways, unfathomable and
incomprehensible to us. It is for us to submit ourselves completely to His holy will. There are
mysteries that the human mind will never fathom here on earth; eternity will reveal them.
1657 April 10, 1938. Palm Sunday. I attended Holy Mass, but did not have the strength to go and
get the palm. 244 I felt so weak that I barely made it till the end of Mass. During Mass, Jesus
gave me to know the pain of His soul, and I could clearly feel how the hymns of Hosanna
reverberated as a painful echo in His Sacred Heart. My soul, too, was inundated by a sea of
bitterness, and each Hosanna pierced my own heart to its depths. My whole soul was drawn
close to Jesus. I heard Jesus‟ voice: My daughter, your compassion for Me refreshes Me. By meditating on My Passion, your soul acquires a distinct beauty. 1658 (45) I received Holy Communion upstairs, for there was no question of my going down to the
chapel since I was exhausted because of intense sweating, and when that passed, I had a
fever and chills. I felt completely worn out. Today, one of the Jesuit Fathers [Father
Zukowicz 245] brought us Holy Communion. He gave the Lord to three other sisters and then
to me; and thinking I was the last, he gave me two Hosts. But one of the novices was lying in
bed in the next cell, and there was no Host left for her. The priest went back again and
brought her the Lord, but Jesus told me, I enter that heart unwillingly. You received those two Hosts, because I delayed My coming into this soul who resists My grace. My visit to such a soul is not pleasant for Me. At that point, my soul was drawn close to
Him, and I received a deep inner light which gave me to understand, in spirit, all the workings
of mercy. It was like a flash of lightning, but more distinct than if I had watched it for hours
with the eyes of my body.
1659 (46) Still, in order to write anything at all, I must make use of words, though they cannot
render all of what my soul enjoyed on seeing the glory of God‟s mercy. The glory of the
Divine Mercy is resounding, even now, in spite of the efforts of its enemies and of Satan
himself, who has a great hatred for God‟s mercy. This work will snatch a great number of
souls from him, and that is why the spirit of darkness sometimes tempts good people
violently, so that they may hinder the work. But I have clearly seen that the will of God is
already being carried out, and that it will be accomplished to the very last detail. The
enemy‟s greatest efforts will not thwart the smallest detail of what the Lord has decreed. No
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matter if there are times when the work seems to be completely destroyed; it is then that the
work is being all the more consolidated.
1660 My soul was filled with a peace much deeper than anything I had experienced before, a
divine reassurance which nothing can efface, a deep peace which nothing can disturb, even
though I were to go through the severest of ordeals. (47) I am at peace; God Himself
governs all things.
1661 I spent the whole day in thanksgiving, and gratitude kept flooding my soul. O my God, how
good You are, how great is Your mercy! You visit me with so many graces, me who am a
most wretched speck of dust. Prostrating myself at Your feet, O Lord, I confess with a
sincere heart that I have done nothing to deserve even the least of Your graces. It is in Your
infinite goodness that You give Yourself to me so generously. Therefore, the greater the
graces which my heart receives, the deeper it plunges itself in humility.
1662 + O Christ, suffering for You is the delight of my heart and my soul. Prolong my sufferings to
infinity, that I may give You a proof of my love. I accept everything that Your hand will hold
out to me. Your love, Jesus, is enough for me. I will glorify You in abandonment and
darkness, in agony and fear, (48) in pain and bitterness, in anguish of spirit and grief of heart.
In all things may You be blessed. My heart is so detached from the earth, that You Yourself
are enough for me. There is no longer any moment in my life for self concern. 1663 Holy Thursday [April 14, 1938]. Today I felt strong enough to take part in the ceremonies of
the Church. During Holy Mass, Jesus stood before me and said, Look into My Heart and see there the love and mercy which I have for humankind, and especially for sinners. Look, and enter into My Passion. In an instant, I experienced and lived through the whole
Passion of Jesus in my own heart. I was surprised that these tortures did not deprive me of
my life.
1664 During adoration, Jesus said to me, My daughter, know that your ardent love and the compassion you have for Me were a consolation to Me in the Garden [of Olives]. 1665 (49) During Holy Hour in the evening, I heard the words, You see My mercy for sinners, which at this moment is revealing itself in all its power. See how little you have written about it; it is only a single drop. Do what is in your power, so that sinners may come to know My goodness.
1666 Good Friday [April 15, 1938] I saw the Lord Jesus, tortured, but not nailed to the Cross. It
was still before the crucifixion, and He said to me, You are My Heart. Speak to sinners about My mercy. And the Lord gave me interior knowledge of the whole abyss of His mercy
for souls, and I learned that that which I had written is truly a drop.
1667 Holy Saturday [April 16, 1938]. During adoration, the Lord said to me, Be at peace, My daughter. This Work of mercy is Mine; there is nothing of you in it. It pleases Me that you are carrying out faithfully what I have commanded you to do, not adding or taking away a single word. And he gave me an interior light by (50) which I learned that not a
single word was mine; despite difficulties and adversities. I have always, always, fulfilled His
will, as he has made it known to me.
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1668 The Resurrection. Before the Mass of the resurrection, I felt so weak that I lost all hope of
participating in the procession which takes place in the church; and I said to the Lord, “Jesus,
if my prayers are pleasing to You, give me the strength for this moment that I may take part
in the procession.” At that same instant, I felt strong and certain that I could go along with
the sisters in the procession.
1669 When the procession began, I saw Jesus in a brightness greater than the light of the sun.
Jesus looked at me with love and said, Heart of My Heart, be filled with joy. At that
moment my spirit was drowned in Him….. When I came to myself, I was walking along in the
procession with the sisters, while my soul was totally immersed in Him…….
1670 (51) + Easter [April 17, 1938]. During Mass, I thanked the Lord Jesus for having deigned to
redeem us and for having given us that greatest of all gifts; namely, His love in Holy
Communion; that is, His very own Self. At that moment, I was drawn into the bosom of the
Most Holy Trinity, and I was immersed in the love of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
These moments are hard to describe.
1671 At that moment, I prayed to the Lord for a certain person, and the Lord answered me, This soul is particularly dear to Me. I was immensely happy with this. The happiness of other
souls fills me with a new joy, and when I see the higher gifts in some soul, my heart soars up
to the Lord in a new hymn of adoration.
1672 April 19, [1938]. During recreation, one of the sisters [Sister Cajetan] said, “Sister Faustina is
doing so poorly that she can hardly walk, but may she die soon because she is going to be a
saint.” Then one of the sister directresses [Sister Casimir 246