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

diary entry number 1618. Father Andrash's words, live more by faith. Pray that the divine mercy

become more widely known and that the work the work may come into good hands that

will manage it well. As for yourself, try to be a good religious here, although things may turn out

that way also, but try to be a good religious right here. And now, if you feel those urgings from the Lord

and recognize that it is He, follow them. Devote to prayer all the time that is set apart for it

and make your notations afterwards.

The last two days of Carnival, my physical sufferings have intensified.

I am uniting myself more closely with the suffering Savior,

asking him for mercy for the whole world, which is running riot in its wickedness. Throughout the day, I felt the pain of the crown of

thorns. When I lay down, I could not rest my head on the pillow, but at ten o'clock, the pains ceased,

and I fell asleep. But the next day, I felt very exhausted. Jesus, host, if you yourself did not

sustain me, I would not be able to persevere on the cross. I would not be able to endure so

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