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697 Jesus, You know that I love suffering and want to drain the cup of suffering to the last
drop; and yet, my nature experienced a slight shudder and fear. Quickly, however, my
trust in the infinite mercy of God was awakened in all its force, and everything else
had to give way before it, like a shadow retreating before the sun‟s rays. O Jesus,
how great is Your goodness! Your infinite goodness, so well known to me, enables
me to bravely look death itself in the eye. I know that nothing will happen to me
without God‟s permission. I desire to glorify Your infinite mercy during my life, at the
hour of death, in the resurrection and throughout eternity.
(137) + My Jesus, my strength, my peace, my repose; my soul bathes daily in the rays
of Your mercy. There is not a moment in my life when I do not experience Your
mercy, O God. I count on nothing in my whole life, but only on Your infinite mercy. It
is the guiding thread of my life, O Lord. My soul is filled with God‟s mercy.
698 + Oh, how sorely Jesus is hurt by the ingratitude of a chosen soul! What a martyrdom
it is for His unspeakable love! God loves us with the entire infinite Being that he is;
and imagine, a miserable particle of dust scorns that love! My heart bursts with pain
when I see this ingratitude.
699 On one occasion, I heard these words: My daughter, tell the whole world about My
inconceivable (138) mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy 139 be a refuge and
shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very
depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon
those souls who approach the Fount of My Mercy. The soul that will go to
Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of
sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which
graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its
sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel,
will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come
forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to
Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy
emerged from My very depths of tenderness. (139) It is My desire that it be
solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have
peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy.
700 + Once, when I was very tired and in much pain, I told Mother Superior [Irene] about it
and received the answer that I should get used to suffering. I listened to everything
that Mother told me, and then I went out. Our Mother Superior has great love of
neighbor and especially great love for the sick sisters, as everyone knows. And yet,
as regards me, it is extraordinary that the Lord Jesus has permitted that she not
understand me and that she test me much in this respect.
701 On this particular day, when I was feeling so bad and still went to work, every now and
then I would feel sick. It was so very hot that, even without working, a person felt
terrible, (140) not to mention what it was like when one had to work while suffering.
So, before noon, I straightened up from my work, looked up to the sky with great trust
and said to the Lord, “Jesus, cover the sun, for I cannot stand this heat any longer.”
And, O wonder, at that very moment a white cloud covered the sun and, from then on,
the heat became less intense. When a little while later I began to reproach myself that
I did not bear the heat, but begged for relief, Jesus Himself put me at ease.
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