divine-mercy-in-my-soul

1700 (72) This evening, the Lord asked me, Do you not have any desires in your heart? I
answered, “I have one great desire, and it is to be united with You forever.” And the Lord
answered me, That will happen soon. My dearest child, your every stirring is reflected
in My Heart. My gaze rests kindly upon you before any other creature.
1701 I asked the Lord today that He might deign to teach me about the interior life, because of
myself I can neither understand nor conceive anything perfectly. The Lord answered me, I
was your Teacher, I am and I will be; strive to make your heart like unto My humble
and gentle Heart. Never claim your rights. Bear with great calm and patience
everything that befalls you. Do not defend yourself when you are put to shame,
though innocent. Let others triumph. Do not stop (73) being good when you notice
that your goodness is being abused. I Myself will speak up for you when it is
necessary. Be grateful for the smallest of My graces, because your gratitude compels
Me to grant you new graces…..
1702 Towards the end of the Way of the Cross which I was making, the Lord Jesus began to
complain about the souls of religious and priests, about the lack of love in chosen souls. I
will allow convents and churches to be destroyed. I answered, “Jesus, but there are so
many souls praising You in convents.” The Lord answered, That praise wounds My Heart,
because love has been banished from convents. Souls without love and without
devotion, souls full of egoism and self-love, souls full of pride and arrogance, souls
full of deceit and hypocrisy, lukewarm souls who have just enough warmth to keep
them alive: My Heart cannot bear this. (74) All the graces that I pour out upon them
flow off them as off the face of a rock. I cannot stand them, because they are neither
good or bad. I called convents into being to sanctify the world through them. It is
from them that a powerful flame of love and sacrifice should burst forth. And if they
do not repent and become enkindled by their first love, I will deliver them over to the
fate of this world……
How can they sit on the promised throne of judgment to judge the world, when their
guilt is greater than the guilt of the world? There is neither penance nor atonement. O
heart, which received Me in the morning and at noon are all ablaze with hatred against
Me, hatred of all sorts! O heart especially chosen by Me, were you chosen for this, to
give Me more pain? The great sins of the world are superficial wounds on My Heart,
but the sins of a chosen soul pierce My Heart through and through…….
1703 When I tried to intercede for them, I could find nothing with which (75) to excuse them and,
being at the time unable to think of anything in their defense, my heart was seized with pain,
and I wept bitterly. Then the Lord looked at me kindly and comforted me with these words:
Do not cry. There are still a great number of souls who love Me very much, but My
Heart desires to be loved by all and, because My love is great, that is why I warn and
chastise them.
1704 + Struggle with a certain temptation. There was a person who kept accosting me with
flattering words, and since he knew when I went out to go to the chapel or to the veranda, he
would bar my way. Since he did not dare approach me by himself, he found another person
like himself, but neither of them dared approach. As I was on my way to the May devotions,
they were already standing there where I had to pass. I hadn‟t yet reached them when I
heard enticing words, (76) directed at me. And the Lord permitted me to know the intentions
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