Hello, I 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 1306.

Oh, humility, lovely flower, I see how few souls possess you.

Is it because you are so beautiful and at the same time so difficult to attain?

Oh, yes, it is both the one and the other.

Even God takes great pleasure in her. The floodgates of heaven are open to a humble soul, and a sea of graces flows down upon her. Oh, how beautiful is a humble

soul. From her heart, as from a censor, rises a varied and most

pleasing fragrance, which breaks through the skies and reaches God himself, filling his most

sacred heart with joy. God refuses nothing to such a soul. She is all-powerful and influences the destiny of the

whole world. God raises such a soul up to his very throne, and the more she humbles herself,

the more God stooped down to her, pursuing her with his graces, and accompanying her at every moment with his omnipotence.

Such a soul is most deeply united with God.

O humility, strike deep roots in my whole being.

O virgin most pure, but also most humble, help me to attain deep

humility. Now I understand why there are so few saints. It is because so few souls are deeply humble.

Eternal love, depth of mercy, O triune holiness, yet one God, whose bosom is full of love for all,

as a good Father, you scorn no one.

O love of God, living fountain, pour yourself out upon us.

Your unworthy creatures, may our misery not hold back the torrents of your love,

for indeed there is no limit to your mercy.

Jesus, I have noticed that you seem to be less concerned with me.

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