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 Kavalska from beginning to end.

Today we take up from where we left off, beginning with Diary Entry No. 632.

As I was taking leave of the sisters and was about to depart, one of them

apologized much to me for having helped me so little in my duties, and not only for having

neglected to help me, but also for having tried to make things more difficult for me. However, in my heart,

I regarded her as a great benefactress because she has exercised me in patience to such an extent

that one of the elder sisters had once said, Sister Faustina must be either a fool or a saint, for truly an

ordinary person would not tolerate having someone constantly do such things out of spite.

However, I had always approached her with goodwill. That particular sister had tried to make my work

more difficult to the point that, despite my efforts, she had sometimes succeeded in spoiling what had been well done, as she herself admitted to me at our parting, and for which she begged my pardon.

I had not wanted to probe her intentions, but took it as a trial

from God. I am greatly surprised at how one can be so jealous. When I see someone else's good,

I rejoice at it as if it were mine. The joy of others is my joy, and the suffering of others is my suffering.

For otherwise, I would not dare to commune with the Lord Jesus. The spirit of Jesus is always

simple, meek, sincere. All malice, envy, and unkindness, disgu under a smile of goodwill are clever little devils.

A severe word flowing from sincere love does not wound the heart.

March 22, 1936.

When I arrived at Warsaw, I went into the small chapel for a moment to thank the Lord for a safe journey, and I asked the Lord to give me the assistance and the grace necessary for everything that was in store for me here. I submitted myself in all things to his holy will. I heard these words, fear nothing, all difficulties

will serve for the fulfillment of my will. March 25th, in the morning, during meditation,

God's presence enveloped me in a special way as I saw the immeasurable greatness of God,

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