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 Kovalska from beginning to end.

Today we take up from where we left off, beginning with Diary Entry Number 1789.

Today I saw the glory of God which flows from the image. Many souls are receiving

graces, although they do not speak of it openly. Even though it has met up with all sorts of

vicissitudes, God is receiving glory because of it, and the efforts of Satan

and of evil men are shattered and come to naught. In spite of Satan's anger, the divine mercy

will triumph over the whole world and will be worshipped by all souls. I have come to know that, in order for God to act in a soul,

it must give up acting on its own. Otherwise, God will not carry out his will in it.

When a great storm was approaching, I began to say the chaplet.

Suddenly I heard the voice of an angel.

I cannot approach in this storm because the light which comes from her mouth drives back both me and the storm.

Such was the angel's complaint to God. I then recognized how much havoc he was to have made through this storm,

but I also recognized that this prayer was pleasing to God and that this chaplet was most powerful.

I learned that a certain soul was very pleasing to God, and that, in spite of all sorts

of persecutions, God was clothing this person in a new and higher dignity. My heart greatly rejoiced in

this. The moments which are most pleasant to me are those when I converse with the Lord within the

center of my being. I try my very best not to leave him alone. He likes to be always with us.

O Jesus, eternal God, thank you for your countless graces and blessings.

Let every beat of my heart be a new hymn of Thanksgiving to you, O God.

Let every drop of my blood circulate for you, Lord.

My soul is one hymn in adoration of your mercy. I love you, God, for yourself alone.

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