Seeing God in everything...

A noble and delicate soul... sees God in everything, finds Him everywhere, and knows how to find Him in even the most hidden things.  It finds all things important, it highly appreciates all things, it thanks God for all things, it draws profit for the soul from all things, and it gives all glory to God.  It places its trust in God.

St. Faustina Kowalska

Divine Mercy Diary (148)



Jesus, delight of my soul...

Jesus, delight of my soul, Bread of Angels,

My whole being is plunged in You,

And I live Your divine life as do the elect in heaven,

And the reality of this life will not cease, though I be laid in the grave.

Jesus-Eucharist, Immortal God,

Who dwell in my heart without cease,

When I possess You, death itself can do me no harm.

Love tells me that I will see You at life’s end.

Permeated by Your divine life,

I gaze with assurance at the heavens thrown open for me,

And death will shame-facedly go away, empty-handed,

For Your divine life is contained within my soul.

And although by Your holy will, O Lord,

Death is to touch my body,

I want this dissolution to come as quickly as possible,

For through it I am entering eternal life.

Jesus-Eucharist, life of my soul,

You have raised me up to the eternal spheres,

And this, by Your agony and death  midst terrible tortures.

Saint Faustina Kowalska

Divine Mercy Diary

Notebook V, 1393

I bow down before You...

I bow down before You, O Bread of Angels,

With deep faith, hope and love

And from the depths of my soul I worship You,

Though I am but nothingness.

I bow down before You, O hidden God

And love You with all my heart.

The veils of mystery hinder me not at all;

I love You as do Your chosen ones in heaven.

I bow down before You, O Lamb of God

Who take away the sins of my soul,

Whom I receive into my heart each morn,

You who are my saving help.

Saint Faustina Kowalska

Divine Mercy Diary

Notebook V, 1324

St. Faustina's Praises of The Divine Mercy

The Love of God is the flower – Mercy the fruit.

Let the doubting soul read these considerations on Divine Mercy and become trusting:

Divine Mercy, gushing forth from the bosom of the Father,
I trust in You.Divine Mercy, greatest attribute of God,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, incomprehensible mystery,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, fount gushing forth from the mystery of the Most Blessed Trinity
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, unfathomable by any intellect human or angelic,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, from which wells forth all life and happiness,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, better than the heavens,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, source of miracles and wonders,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, encompassing the whole universe,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, descending to earth in the Person of the Incarnate Word,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy which flowed out from the open wound of the Heart of Jesus,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy enclosed in the Heart of Jesus for us and especially for sinners,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy unfathomed in the institution of the Sacred Heart,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in the founding of the Holy Church,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in the sacrament of Holy Baptism,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in our justification through Jesus Christ,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, accompanying us through our whole life,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, embracing us especially at the hour of death,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, endowing us with immortal life,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, accompanying us every moment of our life,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, shielding us from the fire of hell,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in the conversion of hardened sinners,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, astonishment for angels, incomprehensible to saints,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, unfathomed in all the mysteries of God,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, lifting us out of every misery,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, source of our happiness and joy,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in calling us forth from nothingness to existence,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, embracing all the works of His hands,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, crown of all God’s handy work,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, in which we are all immersed,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, sweet relief for anguished hearts,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, only hope of despairing souls,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, repose of hearts, peace amidst fear,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, delight and ecstasy of holy souls,
I trust in You.
Divine Mercy, inspiring hope against all hope,
I trust in You.
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your Holy Will, which is Love and Mercy itself.

Lord Grant Me an Intellect Enlighted by Faith



I often ask the Lord Jesus for an intellect enlightened by faith.  I express this to the Lord in these words:  "Jesus, give me an intellect, a great intellect, for this only, that I may understand You better; because the better I get to know You, the more ardently will I love You.  Jesus, I ask You for a powerful intellect, that I may understand divine and lofty matters.  Jesus, give me a keen intellect with which I will get to know Your Divine Essence and Your indwelling, Triune life.  Give my intellect these capacities and aptitudes by means of Your special grace.  Although I know that there is a capability through grace which the Church gives me, there is still a treasure of graces which You give us, O Lord, when we ask You for them..."

Diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul

by St. M. Faustina Kowalska

Notebook V, No. 1474

Union with God

As we approach Divine Mercy Sunday tomorrow, the following quote from the Diary of St. M. Faustina Kowalska, is both timely and speaks of her union with God -- that same union we all strive for in our lives...

Nothing disturbs my union with the Lord, neither conversation with others nor any duties; even if I am to go about settling very important matters, this does not disturb me.  My spirit is with God, and my interior being is filled with God, so I do not look for Him outside myself.  He, the Lord, penetrates my soul just as a ray from the sun penetrates clear glass.  When I was enclosed in my mother's womb, I was not so closesly united with her as I am with my God.  There, it was an unawareness; but here, it is the fullness of reality and the consciousness of union. 

Diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul

by St. M. Faustina Kowalska

Notebook II, No. 883

...and my hope shall not be disappointed

O my Jesus, nothing can lower my ideals; that is, the love which I have for You.  Although every path is very thorny, I do not fear to go ahead.  Even if a hailstorm of persecutions covers me; even if my friends forsake me, even if all things conspire against me, and the horizon grows dark; even if a raging storm breaks out, and I feel I am quite alone and must brave it all; still, fully at peace, I will trust in Your mercy, O my God, and my hope will not be disappointed.

Diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul

St. M. Faustina Kowalska

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