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 take up from where we left off, beginning with Diary Entry Number 141.

But my torments are coming to an end. beginning with diary entry number 141.

But my torments are coming to an end.

The Lord is giving me the promised help.

I can see it in two priests, namely Father Andrash and Father Sopochko.

During the retreat before my perpetual vows, I was set completely at peace for the first time by Father Andrash, and afterwards I was led in the same direction by Father Sopociko.

This was the fulfillment of the Lord's promise. When I was set at peace and taught how to follow God's paths, my spirit rejoiced in

the Lord, and it seemed to me that I was running, not walking. My wings were spread for flight. I soared

into the very heat of the sun, and I will not descend until I rest in him, in whom my soul has lost itself forever, and I subjected

myself totally to the action of grace. God stoops very low to my soul. I do not draw back, nor do I resist

him, but I lose myself in him as my only treasure. I am one with the Lord. It is as if the

gulf between us, creator and creature, disappears. For a few days, my soul was in a state of

continuous ecstasy. God's presence did not leave me for a single moment, and my soul remained in a

continuous loving union with the Lord. But this in no way interfered with the performance of my duties.

I felt I was transformed into love. I was all a fire, but without being burned up, I lost myself in God unceasingly.

God drew me to himself so strongly and powerfully that sometimes I was not aware of being on

earth. I had impeded and feared God's grace for so long, and now God himself, through Father Andrash, has removed all difficulties.

My spirit has been turned towards the sun and has blossomed in his rays for him alone.

I understand no more.

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