Join me, Father Thaddeus Langton, as I lead a 40-day consecration to the Immaculate Conception.

Follow along with my book, Shining and Spotless Splendor, Consecration to the Immaclet

Conception, live on Facebook at the Marion Helpers page, Instagram at the Divine Mercy,

and at divine mercyplus.org at 9 a.m. Eastern Time every morning. Together, let's consecrate our

lives to the Holy Spirit through the love and support of Our Lady the Immaculate Conception.

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Hello, I'm Father Joe Roche of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.

Thank you for joining us as we continue with our year-long journey, reading the diary of

St. Maria Faustina Kovalska from beginning to end. Today we take up from where we left off, beginning with diary entry number 4.55.

When some suffering afflicts me, it no longer causes me any bitterness, nor do great consolations

carry me away.

I am filled with the peace and equanimity that flow from the knowledge of the truth.

How can living surrounded by unfriendly hearts do me any harm when I enjoy full happiness within my soul?

Or how can having kind hearts around me help me when I do not have God within me?

When God dwells within me, who can harm me?

Jesus Mary and Joseph Vilnius August 12, 1935, three-day retreat. On the evening of the introductory day of the retreat,

as I listened to the points of the meditation, I heard these words. During this retreat,

I will speak to you through the mouth of this priest, to strengthen you and assure you of the truths of the words

which I address to you in the depths of your soul. Although this is a retreat for all the

sisters, I have you especially in mind, as I want to strengthen you and make you fearless

in the midst of all the adversities which lie ahead.

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