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 Kowalska from beginning to end.

Today we take up from where we left off, beginning with diary entry number 1212.

Second day. Today bring to the Diary Entry Number 1212 Second Day

Today bring to me the souls of priests and religious

and immerse them in my unfathomable mercy.

It was they who gave me the strength to endure my bitter passion.

Through them, as through channels, my mercy flows out upon mankind.

Most merciful Jesus, from whom comes all that is good, increase your grace in us, that we may perform worthy works of mercy,

and that all who see them may glorify the Father of Mercy

who is in heaven. The fountain of God's love dwells in pure hearts, bathed in the sea of

mercy, radiant as stars, bright as the dawn.

Eternal Father, turn your merciful gaze upon the company of chosen ones in your vineyard,

upon the souls of priests and religious, and endow them with the strength of your blessing.

For the love of the heart of your son in which they are enfolded, impart to them your power and light,

that they may be able to guide others in the way of salvation, and with one voice, sing, praise to your boundless mercy for ages without end, amen.

Third day. Today, bring to me all devout and faithful souls and

immerse them in the ocean of my mercy these souls brought me consolation on the way

of the cross they were that drop of consolation in the midst of an ocean of

bitterness most merciful Jesus from the They were that drop of consolation in the midst of an ocean of bitterness.

Most merciful Jesus, from the treasury of your mercy,

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