Hello, I'm Father Joe Roche of the Marrient 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 257.

Tomorrow I am to leave for Vilnius.

Today I went to confession to Father Andrash, this priest who is so filled with the Spirit

of God, who untied my wings so that I could soar to the highest summits,

he reassured me in everything,

and told me to believe in divine providence,

have confidence and walk ahead with courage.

An extraordinary divine power came over me after that confession.

Father stressed that I must be faithful to God's grace and said,

no harm will come to you if, in the future, you continue to keep this same simplicity and obedience.

Have confidence in God. You are on the right path and in good hands, in God's hands.

That evening I remained in the chapel a little longer.

I talked to the Lord about a certain soul.

Encouraged by his goodness, I said, Jesus, you gave me this father who understands my

inspirations, and now you are taking him away from me again. What am I going to do

in this Vilnius? I don't know anyone there, and even the dialect of the people there is foreign to me.

And the Lord said to me, do not fear. I will not leave you to yourself. My soul drowned itself in a prayer of thanksgiving for all the graces that the

Lord had granted me through the mediation of Father Andrash. Suddenly, I remembered the vision

in which I had seen that priest between the confessional and the altar, trusting that I would meet

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