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 1146.

Let the greatest sinners place their trust in my mercy. They have the right before others to trust in the abyss of my mercy.

My daughter write about my mercy towards tormented souls.

Souls that make an appeal to my mercy delight me. To such souls,

I grant even more graces than they ask. I cannot punish even the greatest sinner if he makes

an appeal to my compassion, but on the contrary, I justify him in my unfathomable and inscrutable mercy.

Right, before I come as a just judge, I first open wide the door of my mercy.

He who refuses to pass through the door of my mercy must pass through the door of my justice.

When once I felt hurt because of a certain thing and complained to the Lord, Jesus answered,

My daughter, why do you attach such importance to the teaching and the talk of people?

I myself want to teach you. That is why I arrange things

so that you cannot attend those conferences. In a single moment, I will bring you to know more

than others will acquire through many years of toil. June 20, 1937, we resemble God most when we forgive our neighbors. God is love,

goodness, and mercy. Every soul, and especially the soul of every religious, should reflect my mercy. My heart overflows with compassion

and mercy for all. The heart of my beloved must resemble mine. From her heart must spring the

fountain of my mercy for souls. Otherwise, I will not acknowledge her as mine. On several occasions, I have

learned how some religious defend their own glory under the pretext of being concerned for the

glory of God, whereas it is not a question of the glory of God, but of glory of self.

O Jesus, how painful this has been for me.

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