Day 303: Diary Entries 1706-1713
Saint Faustina’s Diary in a Year
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"During Vespers today, the Lord gave me to know how very pleased He is with a pure and free heart." St. Faustina writes. Listen in as Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC, reads from this modern spiritual classic. To order a copy of the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, visit ShopMercy.org.
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| 0:00.0 | 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 Kavalska from beginning to end. Today we take up from where we left off, beginning with diary entry number 1706. During Vespers today, the Lord gave me to know how very pleased |
| 0:25.6 | he is with a pure and free heart. I felt that it is God's delight to look into such a heart. |
| 0:34.3 | But such hearts are nightly hearts. |
| 0:39.5 | Their life is a constant battle. |
| 0:44.4 | On my way to the veranda, I went into the chapel for a moment. |
| 0:48.1 | My heart was plunged into profound adoration, |
| 0:52.7 | praising God's incomprehensible goodness and his mercy. |
| 0:59.8 | Then I heard these words in my soul. I am and will be for you, |
| 1:08.0 | such as you praise me for being. You shall experience my goodness already in this life and then to the full in the life to come. |
| 1:11.6 | O Christ, I am most delighted when I see that you are loved and that your praise and glory resound, especially the praise of your mercy. |
| 1:23.6 | O Christ, to the last moment of my life I will not stop glorifying your goodness and mercy. |
| 1:31.3 | With every drop of my blood, with every beat of my heart, I glorify your mercy. |
| 1:38.3 | I long to be entirely transformed into a hymn of your glory. When I find myself on my deathbed, |
| 1:47.1 | may the last beat of my heart be a loving hymn in praise of your unfathomable mercy. |
| 1:56.0 | Today the Lord said to me, You shall make a three-day retreat before the coming of the Holy Spirit. |
| 2:03.7 | I myself will direct you. You shall not follow any of the rules required for retreats or use any |
| 2:10.6 | books for meditation. Your task is to listen attentively to my words. For spiritual reading, you shall read one chapter from the |
| 2:20.8 | Gospel of St. John. Here occurs the space of a half page in the original notebook. |
| 2:29.9 | May 26, 1938, Feast of the Ascension. |
| 2:35.0 | Today I accompanied the Lord Jesus as he ascended into heaven. |
| 2:40.0 | It was about noon. I was overcome by a great longing for God. |
| 2:45.0 | It is a strange thing, the more I felt God's presence, the more ardently I desired him. |
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