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 Cavalska from beginning to end.

Today we take up from where we left off, beginning with Diary Number 1282.

When the same poor people come to the gate a second time, I treat them with greater

gentleness, and I do not let them see that I know they have been here before.

I do this in order not to embarrass them.

And then they speak to me freely about their troubles and needs.

Although Sister N tells me that is not the way to deal with beggars

and slams the door in their faces,

when she is not there, I treat them as my master would.

Sometimes more is given when giving nothing than when

giving much in a rude manner. Often the Lord gives me interior knowledge concerning the persons I meet at the gate.

One pitiable soul wanted to tell me a bit about herself. Taking advantage of the opportunity,

I made her understand, in a delicate way, the miserable condition of her soul. She went away

with a better disposition. September 17, 1937, O Jesus, I see so much beauty scattered around me, beauty for which I give you constant thanks, but I see that some souls are like stone, always cold and unfeeling. Even miracles hardly move them. Their eyes are always fixed on their

feet, and so they see nothing but themselves. You have surrounded my life with your tender and loving

care, more than I can comprehend, for I will understand your goodness in its entirety only when the veil is lifted.

I desire that my whole life be but one act of thanksgiving to you, O God.

Thank you, O God, for all the graces which unceasingly you lavish upon me,

graces which enlighten me with the brilliance of the sun,

for by them you show me the sure way.

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