Join me, Father Thaddeus Langton, as I lead a 40-day consecration to the Immaculate Conception.

Follow along with my book, Shining and Spotless Splendor, Consecration to the Immaclet

Conception, live on Facebook at the Marion Helpers page, Instagram at the Divine Mercy,

and at divine mercyplus.org at 9 a.m. Eastern Time every morning. Together, let's consecrate our

lives to the Holy Spirit through the love and support of Our Lady the Immaculate Conception.

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Hello, I follow 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 645. Then I saw the Lord Jesus as he is represented in the image, and he said to me,

tell the confessor that this work is mine, and that I am using you as a lowly instrument.

And I said, Jesus, I can no longer do anything you command me to do, because my confessor

has told me that all this is an illusion and that I am not allowed to obey any of your

commands.

I will do nothing that you will tell me to do now.

I am sorry, my Lord, but I am not allowed to do anything, and I must obey my confessor.

Jesus, I most earnestly ask your pardon. You know how much I suffer because of this, but it can't be helped, Jesus. The confessor has forbidden me to follow your orders.

Jesus listens to my arguments and complaints with kindness and satisfaction.

I thought that the Lord Jesus would be grievously offended, but on the contrary, he was pleased,

and he said to me kindly, always tell your confessor

about everything I say to you, and command you to do, and do only that for which you obtain

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