divine-mercy-in-my-soul

1802 On the following day, I had a clear awareness of the following words: “You see, God is
so holy, and you are sinful. Do not approach Him, and go to Confession every day.”
And indeed, whatever I thought of seemed to me to be a sin. But I did not omit going to
Holy Communion, and I resolved to go to Confession at the prescribed time, as I had no
clear impediment. But when the day for confession came, I prepared a whole mass of
those sins of which I was to accuse myself. However, in the confessional, God allowed
me to accuse myself of only two imperfections, despite my efforts to make a confession
according to what I had prepared. When I left the confessional, the Lord said to me,
My daughter, all those sins you intended to confess are not sins in My eyes; (142)
that is why I took away your ability to tell them. I understood that Satan, wanting to
disturb my peace, has been giving me exaggerated thoughts. O Savior, how great is
Your goodness!
1803 One day, when I was preparing for Holy Communion and noticed that I had nothing to
offer Him, I fell at His feet, calling down all His mercy upon my poor soul: “May Your
grace, which flows down upon me from Your Compassionate Heart, strengthen me for
the struggle and sufferings, that I may remain faithful to You. And, although I am such
misery, I do not fear You, because I know Your mercy well. Nothing will frighten me
away from You, O God, because everything is so much less (143) than what I know
[Your mercy to be] – I see that clearly.”
[Here ends the sixth and last notebook]
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