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 Cavalska from beginning to end.

Today we take up from where we left off, beginning with Diary Entry No. 511.

When my intentions are not recognized, but rather condemned,

I am not too much surprised, for I know that it is only God who scrutinizes my heart.

Truth will not die.

The wounded heart will regain peace in due time, and my spirit is strengthened through

adversities. I do not always listen to what my heart tells me, but I keep asking God for light,

and when I feel I have regained my equilibrium, then I say more. The day of the renewal of vows. The presence of God

flooded my soul. During Holy Mass, I saw Jesus, and he said to me, You are my great joy. Your love

and your humility make me leave the heavenly throne and unite myself with you. Love fills up the abyss that exists between my greatness and your nothingness.

Love is flooding my soul. I am plunged into an ocean of love. I feel that I am swooning and becoming completely lost in him.

Jesus make my heart like unto yours, or rather transform it into your own heart, that I may sense the needs of other hearts,

especially those who are sad and suffering. May the rays of mercy rest in my heart.

In the evening, when I was walking in the garden saying my rosary and came to the cemetery,

I opened the gate a little and began to pray for a while,

and I asked them interiorly, you are very happy, are you not?

Then I heard the words, we are happy in the measure that we have fulfilled God's will.

And then silence as before.

I became introspective and reflected for a long time on how I am fulfilling God's will

and how I am profiting from the time that God has given me.

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