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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 1479. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,

O my Jesus, in terrible bitterness and pain, I yet feel the caress of your divine heart. Like a good mother,

you press me to your bosom, and even now you give me to experience what the veil hides.

O my Jesus, in this wilderness and terror which surround me, my heart still feels the warmth of your gaze,

which no storm can blot out for me, as you give me the assurance of your great love, O God.

O my Jesus, midst the great miseries of this life, you shine like a star, O Jesus, protecting me from shipwreck,

and though my miseries be great, I have great trust in the power of your mercy.

O hidden Jesus, in the many struggles of my last hour, may the omnipotence of your grace be poured out upon my soul,

that at death's moment I may gaze upon you

and see you face to face, as do the chosen in heaven.

O my Jesus, midst the dangers which surround me, I go through life with a cry of joy,

my head raised proudly, because against your heart so filled with love, O Jesus, all enemies will be

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