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that the priest would have had to suffer during that day. God partially answered
my request and, at once, all sorts of difficulties and adversities sprang up out of
nowhere, so much so that one of the sisters remarked out loud that the Lord Jesus
must have a hand in this because everyone was trying Sister Faustina. The
charges made were so groundless that what some sisters put forward, others
denied, while I offered all this in silence on behalf of the priest.
But that was not all; I began to experience interior sufferings. First, I was seized by
depression and aversion towards the sisters, then a kind of uncertainty began (61)
to trouble me. I could not recollect myself during prayer, and various things would
take hold of my mind. When, tired out, I entered the chapel, a strange pain seized
my soul, and I began to weep softly. Then I heard in my soul a voice, saying, My
daughter, why are you weeping? After all, you yourself offered to undertake
these sufferings. Know that what you have taken upon yourself for that soul
is only a small portion. He is suffering much more. And I asked the Lord,
“Why are You treating him like that?” The Lord answered me that it was for the
triple crown meant for him: that of virginity, the priesthood and martyrdom. At that
moment, a great joy flooded my soul at the sight of the great glory that is going to
be his in heaven. Right away I said the Te Deum 125 for this special grace of God;
namely, of learning how God treats those He intends to have close to himself.
Thus, all sufferings are nothing in comparison with what awaits us in heaven.
597 (62) One day, after our Mass, I suddenly saw my confessor [Father Sopocko]
saying Mass in Saint Michael‟s Church, in front of the picture of the Mother of God.
It was at the time of the Offertory, and I saw the Infant Jesus clinging to him as if
fleeing from something and seeking refuge in him. But when the time came for
Holy Communion, He disappeared as usual. Suddenly, I saw the Blessed Mother,
who shielded him with her cloak and said, Courage, My son, courage. She said
something else which I could not hear.
598 Oh, how ardently I desire that every soul would praise Your mercy. Happy is the
soul that calls upon the mercy of the Lord. It will see that the Lord will defend it as
His glory, as He said. And who would dare fight against God? All you souls,
praise the Lord‟s mercy (63) by trusting in His mercy all your life and especially at
the hour of your death. And fear nothing, dear soul, whoever you are; the greater
the sinner, the greater his right to Your mercy, O Lord. O Incomprehensible
Goodness! God is the first to stoop to the sinner. O Jesus, I wish to glorify Your
mercy on behalf of thousand of souls. I know very well, O my Jesus, that I am to
keep telling souls about Your goodness, about Your incomprehensible mercy.
599 On one occasion, after a person had asked me for prayer, when I met the Lord I
said to Him, “Jesus, I especially love those souls whom You love.” And Jesus
answered, And as for Me, I bestow special graces on those souls for whom
you intercede.
600 How wondrously Jesus defends me; truly this is a great grace of God which I have
experienced for a long time now.
601 (64) Once, when one of our sisters 126 became fatally ill and all the community 127
was gathered together, there was also a priest 128 there who gave the sister
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