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680 July 13. Dur<strong>in</strong>g meditation today, I came to understand that I should never speak<br />

about <strong>my</strong> own <strong>in</strong>terior experiences, [but] that I should conceal noth<strong>in</strong>g from <strong>my</strong><br />

spiritual director; and I will especially ask God to enlighten <strong>my</strong> spiritual (125)<br />

director. I attach greater importance to the words of <strong>my</strong> confessor than to all the<br />

lights taken together that I receive <strong>in</strong>teriorly.<br />

681 + Amid the greatest torments, I fix the gaze of <strong>my</strong> <strong>soul</strong> upon Jesus Crucified; I do<br />

not expect help from people, but place <strong>my</strong> trust <strong>in</strong> God. In His unfathomable <strong>mercy</strong><br />

lies all <strong>my</strong> hope.<br />

682 + The more I feel that God is transform<strong>in</strong>g me, the more I desire to immerse <strong>my</strong>self<br />

<strong>in</strong> silence. The love of God is do<strong>in</strong>g its work <strong>in</strong> the depths of <strong>my</strong> <strong>soul</strong>. I see that<br />

the mission which the Lord has entrusted to me is beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

683 + Once, when I was pray<strong>in</strong>g fervently to the Jesuit Sa<strong>in</strong>ts, I suddenly saw <strong>my</strong><br />

Guardian Angel, who led me before the throne of God. I passed (126) through<br />

great hosts of sa<strong>in</strong>ts, and I recognized many of them, whom I knew from their<br />

pictures. I saw many Jesuits, who asked me from what congregation I was. When<br />

I answered they asked, “Who is your spiritual director?” I answered that it was<br />

Father A….. When they wanted to say more, <strong>my</strong> Guardian Angel beckoned me to<br />

be silent, and I came before the throne of God. I saw a great and <strong>in</strong>accessible<br />

light, and I saw a place dest<strong>in</strong>ed for me, close to God. But what it was like I do not<br />

know, because a cloud covered it. However, <strong>my</strong> Guardian Angel said to me, “Here<br />

is your throne, for your faithfulness <strong>in</strong> fulfill<strong>in</strong>g the will of God.”<br />

684 Holy Hour. – Thursday. Dur<strong>in</strong>g this hour of prayer, Jesus allowed me to enter the<br />

Cenacle, and I was a witness to what happened there. However, I was most<br />

deeply moved when, before the Consecration, Jesus raised (127) His eyes to<br />

heaven and entered <strong>in</strong>to a <strong>my</strong>sterious conversation with His Father. It is only <strong>in</strong><br />

eternity that we shall really understand that moment. His eyes were like two<br />

flames; His face was radiant, white as snow; His whole personage full of majesty,<br />

His <strong>soul</strong> full of long<strong>in</strong>g. At the moment of Consecration, love rested satiated – the<br />

sacrifice fully consummated. Now only the external ceremony of death will be<br />

carried out – external destruction; the essence [of it] is <strong>in</strong> the Cenacle. Never <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>my</strong> whole life had I understood this <strong>my</strong>stery so profoundly as dur<strong>in</strong>g that hour of<br />

adoration. Oh, how ardently I desire that the whole world would come to know this<br />

unfathomable <strong>my</strong>stery!<br />

685 After the Holy Hour, when I went to <strong>my</strong> cell, I suddenly learned how greatly God<br />

was offended by a certa<strong>in</strong> person, who was close to <strong>my</strong> heart. At the sight of this,<br />

<strong>my</strong> <strong>soul</strong> was pierced with pa<strong>in</strong>, and I cast <strong>my</strong>self <strong>in</strong> the dust before the Lord,<br />

begg<strong>in</strong>g His <strong>mercy</strong>. For two hours, <strong>in</strong> tears, prayer and flagellation I prevented<br />

(128) the s<strong>in</strong>, and I learned that God‟s <strong>mercy</strong> had embraced that poor <strong>soul</strong>. Oh,<br />

the price of one s<strong>in</strong>gle s<strong>in</strong>!<br />

686 + September. First Friday. In the even<strong>in</strong>g, I saw the Mother of God, with Her<br />

breast bared and pierced with a sword. She was shedd<strong>in</strong>g bitter tears and<br />

shield<strong>in</strong>g us aga<strong>in</strong>st God‟s terrible punishment. God wants to <strong>in</strong>flict terrible<br />

punishment on us, but He cannot because the Mother of God is shield<strong>in</strong>g us.<br />

Horrible fear seized <strong>my</strong> <strong>soul</strong>. I kept pray<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>cessantly for Poland, for <strong>my</strong> dear<br />

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