divine-mercy-in-my-soul

884 Oh, how beautiful is the world of the spirit! And so real that, by comparison, the exterior
life is just a vain illusion and powerlessness.
885 Jesus, give me the strength and wisdom to get through this terrible wilderness, that my
heart may bear patiently this longing for You, O my Lord! I always remain in holy
amazement when I sense that You are approaching me, You, the Lord of the awesome
throne; that You descend to this miserable exile and visit this poor beggar who has
nothing but misery! I do not know how to entertain You, my Royal Prince, but You know
that I love You with every beat of my heart. I see how You lower yourself, but
nevertheless our majesty does not (255) diminish in my eyes. I know that You love me
with the love of a bridegroom, and that is enough for me. Although we are separated by a
great chasm, for You are the Creator and I am Your creature, nevertheless, love alone
explains our union. Without it, all is incomprehensible. Only love makes it possible to
understand these incomprehensible intimacies with which You visit me. O Jesus, Your
greatness terrifies me, and I would be in constant astonishment and fear, if You yourself
did not set me at peace. You make me capable of communing with You before each
approach.
886 January 15, 1937. Sorrow will not establish itself in a heart which loves the will of god.
My heart, longing for God, feels the whole misery of exile. I keep going forward bravely –
though my feet become wounded – to my homeland and, on the way, I nourish myself on
the will of God. It is my food. Help me, happy inhabitants of the heavenly homeland, so
that your sister may not falter on the way. Although the desert is fearful, I walk with lifted
head and eyes fixed on the sun; that is to say, on the merciful Heart of Jesus.
887 (256) January 19, 1937. My life at present flows on in peaceful awareness of God. My
silent soul lives on Him, and this conscious life of God in my soul is for me a source of
happiness and strength. I do not look for happiness outside the depths of my soul in
which God dwells; of this I am aware. I feel a certain need to share myself with others. I
have discovered a fountain of happiness in my soul, and it is God. O my God, I see that
everything that surrounds me is filled with God, and most of all my own soul, which is
adorned with the grace of God. Already now, I will begin to live on that on which I shall
live for all eternity.
888 Silence is so powerful a language that it reaches the throne of the living God. Silence is
His language, though secret, yet living and powerful.
889 Jesus, You have given me to know and understand in what a soul‟s greatness consists:
not in great deeds but in great love. Love has its worth, and it confers greatness on all
our deeds. Although our actions are small and ordinary in themselves, because of love
they become great and powerful before God.
890 (257) Love is a mystery that transforms everything it touches into things beautiful and
pleasing to God. The love of God makes a soul free. She is like a queen; she knows no
slavish compulsion; she sets about everything with great freedom of soul, because the
love which dwells in her incites her to action. Everything that surrounds her makes her
know that only God Himself is worthy of her love. A soul in love with God and immersed
in Him approaches her duties with the same dispositions as she does Holy Communion
and carries out the simplest tasks with great care, under the loving gaze of God. She is
not troubled if, after some time, something turns out to be less successful. She remains
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