Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska:
Divine Mercy in My Soul
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(Diary, 608, 609) 2 February 1936. SISTER FAUSTINA In the morning, when the bell awoke me, I was so overcome by drowsiness, which I could not shake off that I jumped into cold water, and after two minutes the sleepiness left me. When I came to meditation a host of absurd thoughts swarmed into my head, so much so that I had to struggle throughout the whole meditation. It was the same during prayer time, but when Mass began, a strange silence and joy filled my heart. Just then, I saw Our Lady with the Infant Jesus, and the Holy Old Man, [St. Joseph] standing behind them. The most holy Mother said to me,
MOTHER OF GOD Take My Dearest Treasure.
SISTER FAUSTINA And She handed me the Infant Jesus. When I took the Infant Jesus in my arms, the Mother of God and Saint Joseph disappeared. I was left alone with the Infant Jesus. I said to Him, I know that You are my
Lord and Creator even though You are so tiny. Jesus stretched His little arms out to me and looked at me with a smile. My spirit was filled with incomparable joy. Then, suddenly, Jesus disappeared, and it was time for Holy Communion. I went with the other sisters to the Holy Table, my soul deeply moved. After Holy Communion, I heard these words in my soul:
OUR LORD JESUS I am in your heart, I whom you had in your arms.
SISTER FAUSTINA I then pleaded with Jesus for a certain soul [Father Sopocko], asking the Lord to grant him the grace to fight, and to take this trial from him.
OUR LORD JESUS As you ask, so shall it be, but his merit will not be lessened.
SISTER FAUSTINA Joy reigned in my soul that God is so good and so merciful. God grants everything that we ask of Him with trust.
