Hello, I 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. 701.

On this particular day, when i was feeling so bad and still

went to work every now and then i would feel sick it was so very hot that even without working a person

felt terrible not to mention what it was like when one had to work while suffering.

So, before noon, I straightened up from my work, looked up to the sky with great trust,

and said to the Lord, Jesus, cover the sun, for I cannot stand this heat any longer.

And, oh, wonder, at that very moment,

a white cloud covered the sun, and from then on the heat became less intense. When, a little while later I began to reproach myself that I did not bear the heat, but begged for relief, Jesus

himself, put me at ease. August 13, 1936. Tonight, God's presence is pervading me, and in an instant I came to know the great holiness of God. Oh, how the greatness

of God overwhelms me. I then come to know the whole depth of my nothingness. This is a great torment,

for this knowledge is followed by love. The soul bounds forward vehemently toward God, and the two loves come face to face, the

Creator and the Creature.

One little drop seeks to measure itself with the ocean.

At first, the little drop wants to enclose the infinite ocean within itself,

but at the same moment it knows itself to be just one small drop, and thus it is vanquished,

and it passes completely into God, like a drop into the ocean. At first, this moment is a torment, but so sweet that, on experiencing

it, the soul is happy. At present, the topic of my particular examine is my union with the merciful

Christ. This practice gives me unusual strength. My heart is

always united with the one it desires, and its actions are regulated by mercy, which flows from

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