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 491.

When I entered the chapel, once again the majesty of God overwhelmed me.

I felt that I was immersed in God, totally immersed in Him and penetrated by Him,

being aware of how much the Heavenly Father loves us. O, what great happiness fills my heart from knowing God and the divine life.

It is my desire to share this happiness with all people.

I cannot keep this happiness locked in my own heart alone,

for his flames burn me and cause my bosom

and my entrails to burst asunder. I desire to go throughout the whole world and speak to souls

about the great mercy of God. Priests, help me in this, use the strongest words at your disposal to proclaim his mercy,

for every word falls short of how merciful he really is.

Jesus Mary and Joseph, Krakow, October 20th, 1935, 8-day retreat.

Eternal God, goodness itself, whose mercy is incomprehensible to every intellect,

whether human or angelic, help me, your feeble child, to do your holy will, as you make it known to me.

I desire nothing but to fulfill God's desires.

Lord, here are my soul and my body, my mind and my will, my heart and all my love. Rule me according to your eternal plans.

After Holy Communion, my soul was again flooded with God's love.

I rejoiced in His greatness.

Here I see distinctly His will, which I am to carry out, and at the same time my own weakness and misery, I see how I can do nothing without his help.

Second day of retreat.

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