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the next room, and I went <strong>in</strong> and rendered a service to a seriously sick person. (8) When<br />

I returned to <strong>my</strong> room, I suddenly saw the Lord Jesus, who said, My daughter, you gave<br />

Me greater pleasure by render<strong>in</strong>g Me that service than if you had prayed for a long<br />

time. I answered, “But it was not to You, Jesus, but to that patient that I rendered this<br />

service.” And the Lord answered me, Yes, My daughter, but whatever you for your<br />

neighbor, you do for Me.<br />

1030 + O <strong>my</strong> Jesus, give me wisdom, give me a m<strong>in</strong>d great and enlightened by Your light, and<br />

this only, that I may know You better, O Lord. For the better I get to know You, the more<br />

ardently will I love You, the sole object of <strong>my</strong> love. In You <strong>my</strong> <strong>soul</strong> drowns, <strong>in</strong> You <strong>my</strong><br />

heart dissolves. I know no how to love partially, but only with the full strength of <strong>my</strong> <strong>soul</strong><br />

and the total ardor of <strong>my</strong> heart. You Yourself, O Lord, have enk<strong>in</strong>dled this love of m<strong>in</strong>e<br />

for You; <strong>in</strong> You <strong>my</strong> heart has drowned forever.<br />

1031 March 22, 1937. As I was talk<strong>in</strong>g, today, to a certa<strong>in</strong> person, I recognized that she was<br />

suffer<strong>in</strong>g greatly <strong>in</strong> spirit, although exteriorly she pretended that she was very happy and<br />

was not suffer<strong>in</strong>g at all. I felt <strong>in</strong>spired to tell her that what was troubl<strong>in</strong>g her was a<br />

temptation. When I disclosed to her what was tortur<strong>in</strong>g her, she burst <strong>in</strong>to tears and told<br />

me that she had come to see me precisely to speak to me, because she felt that it would<br />

br<strong>in</strong>g her relief. The suffer<strong>in</strong>g was of such a k<strong>in</strong>d that the <strong>soul</strong> was be<strong>in</strong>g attracted by<br />

god‟s grace on the one hand and by the world on the other. She was go<strong>in</strong>g through a<br />

terrible struggle that brought her to the po<strong>in</strong>t of weep<strong>in</strong>g like a little child. But she went<br />

away soothed and set at peace.<br />

1032 + Dur<strong>in</strong>g Holy Mass, I saw the Lord Jesus nailed upon the cross amidst great torments. A<br />

soft moan issued from His Heart. After some time, He said, I thirst. I thirst for<br />

salvation of <strong>soul</strong>s. Help Me, My daughter, to save <strong>soul</strong>s. Jo<strong>in</strong> your suffer<strong>in</strong>gs to<br />

My Passion and offer them to the heavenly Father for s<strong>in</strong>ners.<br />

1033 (9) + When I see that the burden is beyond <strong>my</strong> strength, I do not consider or analyze it or<br />

probe <strong>in</strong>to it, but I run like a child to the Heart of Jesus and say only one word to Him:<br />

“You can do all th<strong>in</strong>gs.” And then I keep silent, because I know that Jesus Himself will<br />

<strong>in</strong>tervene <strong>in</strong> the matter, and as for me, <strong>in</strong>stead of torment<strong>in</strong>g <strong>my</strong>self, I use that time to love<br />

Him.<br />

1034 Monday of Holy Week. I asked the Lord to let me take part <strong>in</strong> His Sorrowful Passion that I<br />

might experience <strong>in</strong> <strong>soul</strong> and body, to the extent that this is possible for a creature, His<br />

bitter Passion. I asked to experience all the bitterness, <strong>in</strong> so far as this was possible.<br />

And the Lord answered that He would give me this grace, and that on Thursday, after<br />

Holy Communion, He would grant this <strong>in</strong> a special way.<br />

1035 + This even<strong>in</strong>g, a certa<strong>in</strong> young man was dy<strong>in</strong>g; he was suffer<strong>in</strong>g terribly. For his<br />

<strong>in</strong>tention, I began to say the chaplet which the Lord had taught me. I said it all, but the<br />

agony cont<strong>in</strong>ued. I wanted to start the Litany of the Sa<strong>in</strong>ts, but suddenly I heard the<br />

words, Say the chaplet. I understood that the <strong>soul</strong> needed the special help of prayers<br />

and great <strong>mercy</strong>. And so I locked <strong>my</strong>self <strong>in</strong> <strong>my</strong> room and fell prostrate before God and<br />

begged for <strong>mercy</strong> upon that <strong>soul</strong>. Then I felt the great majesty of God and His great<br />

justice. I trembled with fear, but did not stop begg<strong>in</strong>g the Lord‟s <strong>mercy</strong> for that <strong>soul</strong>. Then<br />

I took the cross off <strong>my</strong> breast, the crucifix I had received when mak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>my</strong> vows, 180 and I<br />

put it on the chest of the dy<strong>in</strong>g man and said to the Lord, “Jesus, look on this <strong>soul</strong> with the<br />

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