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 1051.

I have felt great sufferings in my body, but I feel the Lord is upholding me,

for otherwise I would not be able to bear it. Oh my Jesus, I beg you on behalf of the whole

church, grant it love and the light of your spirit, and give power to the words of priests so that hardened

hearts might be brought to repentance and return to you, O Lord.

Lord, give us holy priests.

You yourself maintain them in holiness.

O divine and great high priest, may the power of your mercy accompany

them everywhere and protect them from the devil's traps and snares which are continually

being set for the souls of priests. May the power of your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught

all that might tarnish the sanctity of

priests, for you can do all things. March 25, 1937, Holy Thursday. During Holy Mass, I saw the Lord, who said to me,

lean your head on my breast and rest. The Lord pressed me

to his heart and said, I shall give you a small portion of my passion, but do not be afraid. Be brave.

Do not seek relief, but accept everything with submission to my will.

When Jesus was taking leave of me, such great pain filled my soul that it is impossible to express it.

Physical strength left me. I left the chapel quickly and went to bed. I was oblivious of what was going on around me. My soul was filled

with longing for the Lord and all the bitterness of his divine heart was imparted to me.

This lasted for about three hours. I asked the Lord to protect me from the eyes of those around me.

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