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.

Order my book, Shining in Spotless Splendor, Consecration to the Immaculate Conception,

in print, or as an e-book at shopmercy.org. That's shopmercy.org. God bless you. 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 957. The pure offering of my will will burn on the altar of love.

That my sacrifice may be perfect, I unite myself closely with the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.

When great sufferings will cause my nature to tremble and my physical and spiritual

strength will diminish, then will I hide myself deep in the open wound of the heart of

Jesus, silent as a dove, without complaint. That all my desires, even the holiest, noblest and most beautiful,

take always the last place and your holy will the very first. The least of your desires,

O Lord, is more precious to me than heaven with all its treasures.

I know very well that people will not understand me.

That is why my sacrifice will be purer in your eyes.

Some days ago a certain person came to me and asked me to pray for her intention,

as she had some urgent and important business.

All of a sudden I felt in my soul that this matter was not pleasing to God,

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