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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 take up from where we left off, beginning with

diary entry number 121. There is a series of graces which God pours into the soul after these

trials by fire. The soul enjoys intimate union with God. It has many visions, both corporal and intellectual.

It hears many supernatural words and sometimes distinct orders, but despite these graces,

it is not self-sufficient. In fact, it is even less so as a result of God's graces,

because now it is open to many dangers and can easily

fall prey to illusions.

It ought to ask God for a spiritual director, but not only must it pray for one, but it must

also make every effort to find a leader who is an expert in these things, just as a military

leader must know the ways along which he will lead

his followers into battle. A soul that is united with God must be prepared for great and hard

fought battles. After these purifications and tears, God abides in the soul in a special way, but the soul does not always cooperate with

these graces. Not that the soul itself is not willing to work, but it encounters so many

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