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 Number 637.

Confession As I was preparing for confession, I said to Jesus, hidden in the

blessed sacrament, Jesus, I beg you to speak to me through the mouth of this priest. And this will be

assigned to me because he does not know at all that you want me to establish that

congregation of mercy. Let him say something to me about this mercy. When I approached the

confessional and started my confession, the priest interrupted me and started telling me about the

great mercy of God, and he spoke more forcefully about it than I had ever heard

anyone speak before. And he asked me, do you know that the mercy of the Lord is greater than all

his works, that it is the crown of his works? And I listened attentively to these words, which

the Lord was speaking through the mouth of the

priest. Although I believe that it is always God who speaks through the lips of the priest

in the confessional, I experienced it in a special way on that occasion.

Although I did not reveal anything of the divine life which is in my soul and only accused myself of my offenses,

the priest himself told me very much of what was in my soul and put me under obligation to be faithful to the inspirations of God.

He said to me, you are going through life with the Mother of God who faithfully responded

to every divine inspiration.

Oh, my Jesus, who can ever comprehend your goodness?

Jesus, drive away from me the thoughts that are not in accord with your will.

I know that nothing now binds me to this earth, but this work of mercy.

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