Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska - Divine Mercy in my Soul. A must read. It changed my life.
It is available online and for free
http://www.saintsbooks.net/books/St.%20Faustina%20Kowalska%20-%20Diary.pdf
"O my Jesus, You are the life of my life. You know only too well that I long for nothing but the
glory of Your Name and that souls come to know Your goodness. Why do souls avoid You,
Jesus?-I don't understand that. Oh, if I could only cut my heart into tiny pieces and in this
way offer to You, O Jesus, each piece as a heart whole and entire, to make up in part for the
hearts that do not love You! I love You, Jesus, with every drop of my blood, and I would
gladly shed my blood for You to give You a proof of the sincerity of my love. O God, the more
I know You the less I can comprehend You, but this "non-comprehension" lets me realize
how great You are! And it is this impossibility of comprehending You which enflames my
heart anew for You, O Lord. From the moment when You let me fix the eyes of my soul on
You, O Jesus, I have been at peace and desired nothing else. I found my destiny at the
moment when my soul lost itself in You, the only object of my love. In comparison with you,
everything is nothing. Sufferings, adversities, humiliations, failures and suspicions that have
come my way are splinters that keep alive the fire of my love for You, O Jesus.
My desires are mad and unattainable. I wish to conceal from You that I suffer. I want never
to be rewarded for my efforts and my good actions. You yourself, Jesus, are my only reward;
You are enough, O Treasure of my heart! I want to share compassionately in the sufferings
of my neighbors and to conceal my own sufferings, not only from them, but also from You,
Jesus.
Suffering is a great grace; through suffering the soul becomes like the Savior; in suffering
love becomes crystallized; the greater the suffering, the purer the love."
It is available online and for free
http://www.saintsbooks.net/books/St.%20Faustina%20Kowalska%20-%20Diary.pdf
"O my Jesus, You are the life of my life. You know only too well that I long for nothing but the
glory of Your Name and that souls come to know Your goodness. Why do souls avoid You,
Jesus?-I don't understand that. Oh, if I could only cut my heart into tiny pieces and in this
way offer to You, O Jesus, each piece as a heart whole and entire, to make up in part for the
hearts that do not love You! I love You, Jesus, with every drop of my blood, and I would
gladly shed my blood for You to give You a proof of the sincerity of my love. O God, the more
I know You the less I can comprehend You, but this "non-comprehension" lets me realize
how great You are! And it is this impossibility of comprehending You which enflames my
heart anew for You, O Lord. From the moment when You let me fix the eyes of my soul on
You, O Jesus, I have been at peace and desired nothing else. I found my destiny at the
moment when my soul lost itself in You, the only object of my love. In comparison with you,
everything is nothing. Sufferings, adversities, humiliations, failures and suspicions that have
come my way are splinters that keep alive the fire of my love for You, O Jesus.
My desires are mad and unattainable. I wish to conceal from You that I suffer. I want never
to be rewarded for my efforts and my good actions. You yourself, Jesus, are my only reward;
You are enough, O Treasure of my heart! I want to share compassionately in the sufferings
of my neighbors and to conceal my own sufferings, not only from them, but also from You,
Jesus.
Suffering is a great grace; through suffering the soul becomes like the Savior; in suffering
love becomes crystallized; the greater the suffering, the purer the love."
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