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 Kowalska from beginning to end.

Today we take up from where we left off, beginning with Diary Entry Number 362.

One day, during the morning meditation, I heard this voice,

I myself am your director.

I was, I am, and I will be.

And since you asked for visible help, I chose and gave you a director

even before you had asked, for my work required this. Know that the faults you commit against him

wound my heart. Be especially on your guard against self-willfulness.

Even the smallest thing should bear the seal of obedience.

With a crushed and humble heart, I begged forgiveness of Jesus for these faults.

I also begged pardon of my spiritual director and resolved to do nothing rather than to do

many things wrongly. Oh good Jesus, thank you for the great grace of making known to me what I am of

myself, misery and sin, and nothing more.

I can do only one thing of myself, and that is to offend you, oh my God,

because misery can do no more of itself than offend you, O infinite goodness.

Once I was asked to pray for a certain soul.

I decided at once to make a novena to the merciful Lord to which I added a mortification,

namely that I would wear chains on both legs throughout Holy Mass.

I had been doing this already for three days when I went to confession and told my spiritual

director that I had undertaken this mortification, presuming permission to do so.

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