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As I am suffering I went to Faustina to ask help in understanding that she might make my mind clear as I read along with all of her trials and misfortunes which she wrote about in her diary. That was a good idea and I thank dear Jesus for most His abundant mercy which flows from His most Sacred Heart.

These quotes are from the passage that helped me. They are in Divine Mercy In my soul The Diary of the Saint Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska Perpetually Professed member of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy NOTEBOOK V

“J.M.J.
The barque of my life sails along
Amid darkness and shadows of night,
And I see no shore;
I am sailing the high seas.

The slightest storm would drown me,
Engulfing my boat in the swirling depths,
If you yourself did not watch over me, O God,
At each instant and moment of my life.

Amid the roaring waves
I sail peacefully, trustingly,
And gaze like a child into the distance without fear,
Because You, O Jesus, are my Light.

Dread and terror is all about me,
But within my soul is peace more profound than the depths of the sea,
For he who is with You, O Lord, will not perish;
Of this Your love assures me, O God.

Though a host of dangers surround me,
None of them do I fear, for I fix my gaze on the starry sky,
And I sail along bravely and merrily,
As becomes a pure heart.

And if the ship of my life sails so peacefully,
This is due to but one thing above all:
You are my helmsman, O God.
This I confess with utmost humility.

“Jesus, how truly dreadful it would be to suffer if it were not for You. But it is You, Jesus, stretched out on the cross, who give me strength and are always so close to the suffering soul…

…After having tasted the above sufferings and spent a whole night in bitterness, the next morning, when the chaplain (Father Theodore) brought me Holy Communion, I had to control my self by sheer effort of will to keep from crying out at the top of my voice, “Welcome, my true and only Friend.” Holy Communion gives me strength to suffer and fight…

…Today, during Mass, I saw the Lord Jesus in the midst if His sufferings, as though dying on the cross. He said to me, My daughter, meditate frequently on the sufferings which I have undergone for your sake, and then nothing of what you suffer for Me will seem great to you. You please Me most when you meditate on my Sorrowful Passion. Join your little sufferings to My Sorrowful Passion, so that they may have infinite value before My Majesty.

Jesus said to me today, You often call Me your Master. This is pleasing to My Heart; but do not forget, My disciple, that you are a disciple of a crucified Master. Let that one word be enough for you. You know what is contained in the cross.

I have learned that the greatest power is hidden in patience. I see that patience always leads to victory, although not immediately; but that victory will become manifest after many years. Patience is linked to meekness.”

Divine Mercy In my soul The Diary of the Saint Sister Maria Faustina Kowalska Perpetually Professed member of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy

Marians of the Immaculate Conception Stockbride, Massachusettes 01263 2003