Join me, Father Thaddeus Langton, as I lead a 40-day consecration to the Immaculate Conception.

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Conception, live on Facebook at the Marion Helpers page, Instagram at the Divine Mercy,

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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 will read a letter from

Father Sopochko to Sister Faustina

dated July 10, 1936. Dear Sister in Christ, in accordance with God's will, you currently have your

own director in Krakow, in whom you should confide everything, and without his clear permission,

you should not undertake anything externally. So if he neither prohibits nor clearly permits you

to leave, you should not even consider undertaking it. Interior impulsions should be subjected to the judgment of the

director, for in them there may be a lot of one's own imagination which comes from excessive zeal,

and the latter is often a manifestation of our own actions rather than God's activity.

The will of God shall be done in all its fullness, and no power on earth, nor any darkness

of spirit is capable of thwarting God's plans. Only in fulfilling God's will, one should remain in great peace and patience, fighting

against all haste and impatience. The feast of mercy which the Lord Jesus demands through

you, sister, will be instituted without your going to see the Holy Father.

Besides, your personal visit in Rome would not move things forward at all,

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