Hello, I am 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 1248.

I experience a desire to make reparation to the Lord Jesus in a way that corresponds to the offense.

Today I wore a chain belt for seven hours in order to obtain the grace of repentance for that soul.

In the seventh hour, I felt relief, as the soul experienced interiorly, the

remission of its sin, although it had not yet gone to confession. For sins of the flesh,

I mortify the body, and fast to the degree that I am permitted. For sins of pride, I pray with my

forehead touching the floor. For sins of pride, I pray with my forehead touching the floor. For sins of hatred,

I pray and do some good deed for a person whom I find difficult. And thus, I make am amends

according to the nature of the sin of which I am aware. 19th of August, 1937. Today, during adoration, the Lord gave me to know how much he desires a soul to

distinguish itself by deeds of love. And in spirit, I saw how many souls are calling out to us,

give us God. And the blood of the apostles boiled up within me. I will not be

stingy with it. I will shed it all to the last drop for immortal souls. Although perhaps God will

not demand that, in the physical sense, in spirit, it is possible and no less meritorious.

Today I realized that I was not to ask for a certain permission, but that I was to respond

to this matter as the mother of God would have me do. For the present, no explanations are necessary.

Peace has returned to me.

I received this inspiration just as I was on my way to make my examination of conscience,

and I was very worried because I did not know how to go about it.

Divine light can do more in one moment than I, fatiguing myself for several days.

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