Hello, I'm Father Joe Roche of the Marian Fathers of the Emekly 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 201.

I want to hide myself so that no creature might know my heart jesus you alone know my heart and possess it whole and entire no one knows our secret we understand each other mutually with one. From the moment we came to know each other,

I have been happy. Your greatness is my fullness, O Jesus. When I am in the last place, lower than the

postulence, even the youngest of them, then I feel that I am in my proper place.

I did not know that the Lord had put so much happiness in these drab little corners.

Now I understand that even in prison there can burst forth from a pure heart the fullness of love for you, O Lord.

External things mean nothing to pure love. It cuts through them all.

Neither prison doors nor the gates of heaven are strong enough to stop it. It reaches God himself,

and nothing can quench it. It knows no obstacles. It is free like a queen and has free access

to all places. Death itself must bow its head before it.

My sister Wanda came to see me today when she told me of her plans, I was horror-stricken.

How is such a thing possible?

Such a beautiful little soul before the Lord, and yet great darkness had come over her,

and she did not know how to help herself.

She had a dark view of everything.

The good God entrusted her to my care, and for two weeks I was able to work with her.

But how many sacrifices this soul cost me is known only to God.

For no other soul did I bring so many sacrifices and sufferings and prayers before the throne of God as I did for her soul.

I felt that I had forced God to grant her grace.

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