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 Thostina Kavalska, from beginning to end.

Today we take up from where we left off, beginning with Diary Entry Number 1152.

It is no easy thing to bear sufferings joyfully, especially those which are

unmerited. Fallen nature rebels, and although the intellect and will are above suffering,

because they are able to do good to those who inflict suffering on them,

nevertheless the emotions raise a lot of noise and, like restless spirits, attack the intellect

and will. But when they see, they cannot do anything by themselves, they quiet down and submit to the intellect and will.

Like some kind of hideousness, they rush in and stir up a row, bent on making one obey them

alone, so long as they are not curbed by the intellect and will.

June 23, 1937,

As I was praying before the Most Blessed Sacrament,

my physical sufferings ceased suddenly,

and I heard this voice in my soul.

You see, I can give you everything in one moment.

I am not constrained by any law.

June 24th, after Holy Communion, I heard these words.

No, my daughter, that in one moment I can give you everything that is needed for the fulfillment of this task.

After these words, an extraordinary light remained in my soul, and all God's demands seemed

to me to be so simple that even a little child could carry them out.

June 27th.

Today I saw the convent of the new congregation.

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