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

Follow along with my book, Shining and Spotless Splendor, Consecration to the Immaclet

Conception, live on Facebook at the Marion Helpers page, Instagram at the Divine Mercy,

and at divine mercyplus.org at 9 a.m. Eastern Time every morning. Together, let's consecrate our

lives to the Holy Spirit through the love and support of Our Lady 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 1410. Today, December 7, 1937, is the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate

Conception of the Virgin Mary. During the midday meal, in an instant, God gave me to know the greatness

of my destiny, that is, his closeness, which for all eternity, will not be taken away from me.

And he did this in such a vivid and clear fashion that I remained wrapped up in his living presence for a long time,

humbling myself before his greatness.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, O divine spirit, spirit of truth and of light,

dwell ever in my soul by your divine grace. May your breath

dissipate the darkness, and in this light may good deeds be multiplied. O divine spirit,

spirit of love and of mercy, you pour the balm of trust into my heart.

Your grace confirms my soul in good, giving it the invincible power of constancy.

O divine spirit, spirit of peace and of joy, you invigorate my thirsting heart and pour into it the living fountain of God's love,

making it intrepid for battle. O divine spirit, my soul's most welcome guest, for my part,

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