Hello, I'm Father Joe Roche of the Marrient 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. 86666 number five.

During the evening examination of conscience, I am to ask myself the question, what if he were

to call me today?

6.

Not to look for God far away, but within my my own being to abide with him alone.

7. In sufferings and torments, to take refuge in the tabernacle and to be silent.

8. To join all sufferings, prayers, works, and mortifications to the merits of Jesus in order to obtain mercy for the world.

9.

To use free moments, however short, for prayers for the dying.

10. There must not be a day in my life. however short, for prayers for the dying.

10.

There must not be a day in my life when I do not recommend to the Lord the works of our congregation.

Never have regard for what others think of you for human respect.

11. Have no familiar relationships with anyone.

Gentle firmness toward the girls, boundless patience,

punish them severely, but with such punishments as these,

prayer and self-sacrifice.

The strength that is in the emptying of myself for their sake is for them a source of constant remorse and the softening of their obdurate hearts.

12. The presence of God is the basis of all my thoughts, words, and deeds.

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