divine-mercy-in-my-soul

1021 (6) + I have such a strong desire to hide myself that I would like to live as though I did not
exist. I feel a strange inner urge to hide myself as deeply as possible so as to be known
only to the Heart of Jesus. I want to be a quiet little dwelling place for Jesus to rest in. I
shall admit nothing that might awaken my Beloved. My concealment gives me a chance
to commune constantly and exclusively with my Bridegroom. I commune with creatures
in so far as it is pleasing to Him. My heart has come to love the Lord with the full force of
love, and I know no other love, because it is from the beginning that my soul has sunk
deeply in the Lord as in its only treasure.
1022 + Although outwardly I meet with many sufferings and various adversities, this does not,
however, lessen my interior life for a moment nor disturb my inner silence. I do not fear at
all being abandoned by creatures because, even if all abandoned me, I would not be
alone, for the Lord is with me. And even if the Lord were to hide, love will know how to
find Him. For love knows no gates or guards; even the keen-eyed Cherub himself, with
his flaming sword, will not stop love; it will work its way through wilderness, and scorching
heat, through storm, thunder and darkness, and will reach the source from which it came,
and there it will endure forever. All things will come to an end; but love, never.
1023 + Today, I received some oranges. When the sister had left, I thought to myself, “Should
I eat the oranges instead of doing penance and mortifying myself during Holy Lent? After
all, I am feeling a bit better.” Then I heard a voice in my soul: My daughter, you please
Me more by eating the oranges out of obedience and love of Me than by fasting and
mortifying yourself of your own will. A soul that loves Me very much must, ought
to live by My will. I know your heart, and I know that it will not be satisfied by
anything but My love alone.
1024 (7) + I would not know how to live without the Lord. Jesus often visits me in this
seclusion, teaches me, reassures me, rebukes me, and admonished me. He Himself
forms my heart according to His divine wishes and likings, but always with much
goodness and mercy. Our hearts are fused as one.
1025 March 19, 1937. Today, I united myself in spirit with the Adoration that is taking place in
our house [40-hour Adoration in Cracow], but my soul was full of torments, and some
strange kind of apprehension was piercing my heart. Because of this, I redoubled my
prayers. Suddenly I saw the gaze of god reaching into the depths of my heart.
1026 As I sat down to a very tasty breakfast, I said to the Lord, “Thank you for these gifts, but
my heart is dying of longing for You, and nothing earthly is tasty to me. I desire the food
on Your love.”
1027 Today I was drawn by some mysterious force to act. I must resist this attraction, or else I
would follow it at once.
1028 March 21, 1937. Palm Sunday. During Mass, my soul was steeped in the bitterness and
suffering of Jesus. Jesus gave me to understand how much He had suffered in that
triumphal procession. “Hosanna” was reverberating in Jesus‟ heart as an echo of
“Crucify.” Jesus allowed me to feel this in a special way.
1029 The doctor did not allow me to go to the chapel to attend the Passion Service, although I
had a great desire for it; however, I prayed in my own room. Suddenly I heard the bell in
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