Hello, I'm Father Joe Roche of the Marriott 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 138.

A great mystery has been accomplished between God and me. Courage and strength have remained in my soul.

When the time of adoration came to an end, I came out and calmly faced everything I had feared

so much before.

When I came out into the corridor, a great suffering and humiliation at the hands of a certain person was awaiting me.

I accepted it with submission to a higher will and snuggled closely to the most sacred heart of Jesus,

letting him know that I was ready for that for which I had offered myself.

Suffering seemed to spring out of the ground.

Even Mother Margaret herself was surprised.

For others, many things passed unnoticed, for indeed it wasn't worth paying any attention

to them.

But in my case, nothing passed unnoticed. Each word was analyzed, each step watched.

One sister said to me, get ready, sister, to receive a small cross at the hands of Mother

Superior.

I feel sorry for you.

But as for me, I rejoiced at this in the depths of my soul, and had been ready for it for a long time.

When she saw my courage, she was surprised.

I see now that a soul cannot do much of itself, but with God it can do all things.

Behold what God's grace can do.

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