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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 583.

On one occasion I saw Jesus thirsting and fainting, and he said to me, I thirst.

When I gave him water, he took it, but he did not drink and immediately disappeared.

He was clothed as he was during his passion. When you reflect upon what I tell you in the depths of

your heart, you profit more than if you had read many books.

Oh, if souls would only want to listen to my voice when I am speaking in the depths of their hearts,

they would reach the peak of holiness in a short time.

January 8, 1936, when I went to see the Archbishop Yalbjakovsky, I told him that Jesus was asking that I pray for God's mercy upon the world,

and that there be a religious congregation which would entreat the mercy of God for the world.

I asked his permission for all the Lord Jesus was demanding of me.

The Archbishop answered me in these words. As for prayer, I give my permission and even encourage you,

sister, to pray as much as possible for the world and to beg God's mercy, as mercy is what we all need.

And I presume that your confessor certainly does not forbid you to pray for this intention.

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