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 287.

My Jesus, when I look at this life of life of life beginning with diary entry number 287.

My Jesus, when I look at this life of souls, I see that many of them serve you with some mistrust.

At certain times, especially when there is an opportunity to show their love for God,

I see them running away from the battlefield. And once, Jesus said to me,

do you, my child, also want to act like that? I answered the Lord, oh no, my Jesus. I will not retreat

from the battlefield, even if mortal sweat breaks out on my brow. I will not let the sword fall from my hand until I rest at the

feet of the Holy Trinity. Whatever I do, I do not rely on my own strength, but on God's grace.

With God's grace, a soul can overcome the greatest difficulties.

Once, when I was having a long talk with Jesus about our students, encouraged by his kindness,

I asked him, do you have among our students any who are a comfort to your heart?

The Lord answered that he has, but their love is weak, and so I put them in your special care. Pray for them. Oh, great God, I admire your goodness. You are the Lord of

heavenly hosts, and yet you stoop so low to your miserable creatures. Oh, how ardently I desire to love you

with every beat of my heart. The whole extent of the earth is not enough for me. Heaven is too small,

and boundless space is nothing. You alone are enough for me, eternal God. You alone can fill the depths of my soul.

My happiest moments are when I am alone with my Lord. During these moments I experience the greatness

of God and my own misery.

Once Jesus said to me,

Do not be surprised that you are sometimes unjustly accused.

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