The Sacrament of Reconciliation...

The Diary
of the Servant of God
Sister M. Faustina Kowalska

Perpetually Professed member
of the
Congregation of Sisters of
Our Lady of Mercy

NOTEBOOK VI

J.M.J.
Praise, O my soul,
The incomprehensible mercy of God.
May all be for His glory.

Cracow, February 10, 1938.


Today, the Lord said to me, Daughter, when you go to confession, to this fountain of My mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flow down upon your soul and ennobles it. Every time you go to confession, immerse yourself entirely in My mercy, with great trust, so that I may pour the bounty of My grace upon your soul. When you approach the confessional, know this, that I myself am waiting there for you. I am only hidden by the priest, but I myself act in your soul. Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy. Tell souls that from this fount of mercy souls draw graces solely with the vessel of trust. If their trust is great, there is no limit to My generosity. The torrents of grace inundate humble souls. The proud remain always in poverty and misery, because My grace turns away from them to humble souls.

Jesus, call those who have fallen away to return to you, O Fountain of Mercy! Amen.

Your Refuge...

San Leonardo (Sardinia, Italy); June 11, 1994

"I open the door of my motherly Heart in order to have enter there all my children, exposed to many dangers, stricken by many sorrows, wearied by many battles, wounded by many defeats. In these difficult and painful years, I open, especially to my young people, the refuge of my Immaculate Heart. My motherly Heart thus becomes for you your secure refuge.
---It is your refuge, in which you take shelter from the grave and threatening dangers which surround you. The pagan society in which you live--a society which has denied its God, in order to build the idols of pleasure and money, of pride and egoism, of amusement and impurity--constitutes for you a grave danger of betraying your baptism and of violating the obligations which you have assumed before God and the Church.
In my Immaculate Heart you will be formed to the perfect glory of the Lord, through your promise of a life offered to Him, in the fulfillment of the Divine Will and in the observance of His Law.

My Immaculate Heart is your refuge. It is given to you precisely for these times of yours. Enter in, my dearly beloved children, and thus you will journey along the road which brings you to the God of salvation and peace.
My Immaculate Heart is your refuge, in which I gather you together, as in a new spiritual cenacle, to obtain for you the gift of the Holy Spirit, who would transform you into apostles of the second evangelization.
I am with you and am lighting up for you the way along which you must go. Today I look upon you with motherly tenderness, and, with all those who are dear to you, I bless you and encourage you to walk along the way of holiness and love, of purity and joy,"--To The Priests-Our Lady's Beloved Sons, MMP [2009]; Interior locutions to Fr. Stefano Gobbi, MMP [1973-97]. #522, pp.817-18.

Sub Tuum Praesidium [We Turn to you for Protection]
We turn to you for protection, holy Mother of God.
Listen to our prayers, and help us in our needs.
Save us from every danger, glorious and blessed Virgin Mary...Amen

On the Feast of Divine Mercy....

November 5, 1934. One morning, when it was my duty to open the gate to let out our people who delivered baked goods, I entered the little chapel to visit Jesus for a minute and to renew the intentions of the day. Today, Jesus I offer You all my sufferings, mortifications and prayers for the intention of the Holy Father, so that He may approve the Feast of Mercy. But Jesus, I have one more word to say to You; I am very surprised that You bid me to talk about this Feast of Mercy, for they tell me that there is already such a feast and so why should I talk about it?
And Jesus said to me, "And who knows anything about this feast? No one! Even those who should be proclaiming My mercy and teaching people about it often do not know about it themselves. That is why I want the image to be solemnly blessed on the First Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it.
"Make a novena for the Holy Father's intention. It should consist of thirty-three acts; that is, repetition that many times of the short prayer - which I have taught you -to the Divine Mercy." -From the diary of St. Faustina

The devotion to this request by Our Lord Jesus was first, and for many years, met with indifference or, total neglect. This is not the case today. Divine Mercy Sunday is observed on the first Sunday after Easter...if your parish does not have a copy of the Divine Mercy front and center, so to speak, this coming Sunday--ask your priest why? Jesus has asked for this special day where he offers an outpouring of His Divine Mercy and grace on souls so disposed to receive Him. Hopefully, your priest will express the depths of Christ's Mercy always...and in particular on this day!

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