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 have a letter from St. Faustina to Father Sopochco from December of 1937.

Krakow, 24th of December, 1937. Krakow, 24th of December, 1937, Jesus, Marian Joseph.

To you, dearest Father in Jesus Christ,

I am sending you my most heartfelt Christmas wishes.

May you receive many graces from the divine infant, in particular health

and strength for the apostolic task of spreading the work of mercy. On Christmas Eve at half

past 4 p.m., I shall share the wafer with you, dear Father, at the feet of the most blessed

sacrament. Through the most sacred heart of Jesus,

I am sending you my most sincere expressions of gratitude

for your great dedication to God's work and to my soul.

Now I understand everything better

and would certainly take better advantage of your weekly spiritual direction,

dear Father.

Thank you very much for your letter, and especially for your advice about prudence and acting slowly.

I indeed wrote that letter straight from the heart, whereas you, dear Father, replied exclusively with your mind.

Yet your words have sunk deeply into my soul, bringing profound peace.

May God act as he pleases. I see that of myself, I am only capable of one thing, that is,

of wasting the greatest graces and abusing his mercy.

And I am surprised that God stoop so low to such an ungrateful soul as my own.

I am overjoyed that you preach sermons about God's mercy, dear Father.

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