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The words of Jesus to St Faustina:

“Ingratitude in return for so many graces is My Heart‘s constant food… This distrust of My goodness hurts Me very much. If My death has not convinced you of My love, what will?… There are souls who despise My graces as well as all the proofs of My love… God though I am, I cannot help such a soul because it scorns Me; having a free will, it can spurn Me or love Me.”

“O my Jesus, Eternal Truth, I fear nothing, neither hardships nor sufferings; I fear only one thing, and that is to offend You… Each of us should burn like a pure sacrifice before the majesty of God, but to be pleasing to God, each one should unite [themself] closely to Jesus. It is only with Him, in Him, and through Him that we can be pleasing to God.”

“Let Him do with me as He pleases; my heart is ready for anything. O Jesus, my dearest Master, do not abandon me, not even for a moment. Jesus, You know well how weak I am of myself; that is why I know that it is my weakness that forces You to be with me constantly.”

St Faustina’s vision for the details and rule of what her new religious order would look like is fascinating.

St Faustina’s relentless commitment to total surrender to God’s will for her is so inspiring and convicting!

End of Notebook I

I’m so enjoying this!

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In the adversities that I experience, I remind myself that the time for doing battle has not yet come to an end. I arm myself with patience, and in this way I defeat my assailant.

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When a reluctance and a monotony as regards my duties begins to take possession of me, I remind myself that I am in the house of the Lord, where nothing is small and where the glory of the Church and the progress of many a soul depend on this small deed of mine, accomplished in a divinized way. Therefore there is nothing small in a religious congregation.

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Only love has meaning; it raises up our smallest actions into infinity.