Join me, Father Thaddeus Langton, as I lead a 40-day consecration to the Immaculate Conception.

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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 Kovalska from beginning to end. Today we take up from where we left off,

beginning with diary entry number 1294.

The Lord has given me to know

that when a soul does not accept the graces intended for it,

another soul receives them immediately.

Oh, my Jesus, make me worthy of accepting your graces, because of

myself, I can do nothing. Without your help, I cannot even utter your name worthily.

September 25, 1937, when I learned how great are the difficulties in this whole work,

I went to the Lord and said, Jesus, don't you see how they are hindering your work?

I heard a voice in my soul. Do as much as is in your power, and don't worry about the rest.

These difficulties prove that this work is mine.

Be at peace so long as you do all that is in your power. Today I opened the gate for Mother

Superior and knew interiorly that she was going to town on business regarding the work of the divine mercy.

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