divine-mercy-in-my-soul

God. Jesus was telling them…. Go out into the whole world and teach in My name. He
stretched out His hands and blessed them and disappeared in a cloud. I saw the longing of
Our Lady. Her soul yearned for Jesus, with the whole force of Her love. But She was so
peaceful and so united to the will of God that there was not a stir in Her heart but for what
God wanted.
1711 When I was left alone with the Blessed Virgin, She instructed me concerning the interior life.
She said, The soul’s true greatness is in loving God and in humbling oneself in His presence,
completely forgetting oneself and believing oneself to be nothing, because the Lord is great,
but He is well-pleased only with the humble, He always opposes the proud.
1712 (81) A certain person whom I have mentioned before visited me again. When I saw that she
was beginning to get entangled in her own lies, I let he know that I knew she was lying. She
became very embarrassed and stopped speaking. Then I spoke to her about the great
judgments of God, and I also remarked that she was leading innocent souls astray and along
dangerous roads. I uncovered before her everything that was in her heart. Since I had to
overcome my own feelings in order to talk to her, to prove to Jesus that I love my enemies, I
gave her my afternoon snack. She went away enlightened in soul, but action is still far
away……
1713 There are times when the Lord Jesus fulfills my smallest wishes. Today I remarked that I
would like to see some ears of grain, but that they cannot be seen from our sanatorium.
However, one of the patients heard this remark and, on the following day, he went out into
the field and brought me several beautiful (82) ears of grain. My room is always adorned
with fresh flowers, but my spirit finds satisfaction in nothing. More and more, I year for God.
1714 Today I interceded earnestly with the Lord Jesus for our house, that He might deign to take
away the cross which has touched our convent. 252 The Lord answered me, Your prayers
are accepted for other intentions. I cannot take away this cross until they recognize
its meaning. Nevertheless, I did not stop praying.
1715 A strong temptation. The Lord gave me to know how pleasing a pure heart is to Him, and
thereby I was given a deeper knowledge of my own misery. When I began to prepare for
confession, strong temptations against confessors assaulted me. I did not see Satan, but I
could sense him, his terrible anger. – “Yes, he‟s an ordinary man.” – “Not ordinary, because
he has the power of God.” – Yes, (83) it is not difficult for me to accuse myself of my sins.
But to uncover the most secret depths of my heart, to give an account of the action of God‟s
grace, to speak about God‟s every demand, about all that goes on between God and
myself…. To tell that to a man is beyond my strength. I felt I was fighting against the powers
and I cried out: “O Christ, You and the priest are one; I will approach confession as if I were
approaching, not a man, but You.” When I entered the confessional, I began by disclosing
my difficulties. The priest replied that the best thing I could have done was to disclose these
temptations from the outset. However, after the confession, they took flight, and my soul is
enjoying peace.
1716 Once during recreation, one of the sister directresses said that the lay sisters were without
feelings, and so could be treated stiffly. I was sorry to see that the sister directresses know
so little about the lay sisters and judge them only from appearances.
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