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 THEN THE DEVILS STARTED SCREAMING:

"Then listen well, you Christians: the Mother of Jesus Christ is all-powerful and she can save her servants from falling into Hell. She is the Sun which destroys the darkness of our wiles and subtlety. It is she who uncovers our hidden plots, breaks our snares and makes our temptations useless and ineffectual.

We have to say, however reluctantly, that not a single soul who has really persevered in her service has ever been damned with us; one single sigh that she offers to the Blessed Trinity is worth far more than all the prayers, desires and aspirations of all the Saints.

We fear her more than all the other Saints in Heaven together and we have no success with her faithful servants.

Many Christians who call upon her when they are at the hour of death and who really ought to be damned according to our ordinary standards are saved by her intercession.

Oh if only that Mary had not pitted her strength against ours and had not upset our plans, we should have conquered the Church and should have destroyed it long before this; and we would have seen to it that all the Orders in the Church fell into error and disorder.

Now that we are forced to speak we must also tell you this: nobody who perseveres in saying the Rosary will be damned, because she obtains for her servants the grace of true contrition for their sins and by means of this they obtain

God's forgiveness and mercy."

- The Secret of The Rosary, St. Louis Marie de Montfort

Holy face of Jesus devotion

 ⭐DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FACE OUR LORD JESÚS ⭐

💥 "By offering My Face to My Eternal Father, nothing will be refused, and the conversion of many sinners will he obtained." – Our Lord To Sr. Mary of St. Peter – November 1846

💞PROMISES OF OUR LORD

to Sr. Mary of St. Peter in favor of

those who honor His Holy Face.

🌷"By My Holy Face you shall work miracles."

🌷"By My Face you will obtain the conversion of many sinners."

🌷"Nothing that you ask in making this offering will be refused to you."

🌷"If you knew how pleasing the sight of My Face is to My Father."

🌷"As in a kingdom you can procure all you wish for with a coin marked with the King’s effigy, so in the Kingdom of Heaven you will obtain all you desire with the precious coin of My Holy Face."

🌷"Our Lord has promised me that He will imprint His divine likeness on the souls of those who honor His most holy Countenance."

🌷"All those who honor My Holy Face in a spirit of reparation will, by so doing, perform the office of the pious Veronica."

🌷"According to the care you take in making reparation to My Face, disfigured by blasphemies, so will I take care of yours, which has been disfigured by sin. I will reprint therein My image and render it as beautiful as it was on leaving the Baptismal font."

🌷"Our Lord promised me that all those who defend His cause in this work of reparation, by words, by prayers, or in writing, He will defend them before His Father; at their death He will purify their souls by effacing all the blots of sin and will restore to them their primitive beauty."

💞"THE GOLDEN ARROW"💞

💥An Act of Praise and Reparation

Dictated by Our Lord to Sr. Mary of St. Peter

🌷MAY the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most incomprehensible and ineffable Name of God be forever praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified, in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

Amen.

❤️PRAYER❤️

OLORD Jesus Christ, in presenting ourselves before Thine adorable Face to ask of Thee the graces of which we stand most in need, we beseech Thee, above all, to grant us that interior disposition of never refusing at any time to do what Thou requirest of us by Thy holy commandments and divine inspirations. Amen.

OGOOD Jesus, who hast said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you," grant us, O Lord, that faith which obtains all, or supply in us what may be deficient; grant us, by the pure effect of Thy charity, and for Thine eternal glory, the graces which we need and which we look for from Thine infinite mercy.

Amen.

BE MERCIFUL to us, O my God, and reject not our prayers, when amid our afflictions, we call upon Thy Holy Name and seek with love and confidence Thine adorable Face. Amen.

OALMIGHTY and Eternal God, look upon the Face of Thy Son Jesus. We present It to Thee with confidence, to implore Thy pardon. The All-Merciful Advocate opens His mouth to plead our cause; hearken to His cries, behold His tears, O God, and through his infinite merits hearken to Him when He intercedes for us poor miserable sinners. Amen.

ADORABLE Face of my Jesus, my only love, my light and my life, grant that I may know, love and serve Thee alone, that I may live with Thee, of Thee, by Thee and for Thee. Amen.

ETERNAL Father, I offer Thee the adorable Face of Thy Beloved Son for the honor and glory of Thy Name, for the conversion of sinners and for the salvation of the dying.

ODIVINE Jesus, through Thy face and Name, save us. Our hope is in the virtue of Thy Holy Name!

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 聖母經的力量 

這事發生在美國的匹次堡。有一天，有個男子緩步跑時，看見某家的車道上停著一輛救護車。他本想走過去看看，但心想，自己不是醫生，幫不上忙，便繼續跑，順便為那個病人或傷者唸了一篇聖母經。

注意：他沒有停下來，合著手掌祈禱，也沒有跪在地上，只是隨口唸了一篇聖母經。

一週後，他跑步時又經過那個地方。有個婦人認得他，對他說:「你救了我。」

奇怪，他不認識那婦人，也不住在該區，她怎可能認得他呢？

原來一週之前，那婦人中了風，救護車把她送到醫院時，她快要死了。

耶穌在醫院裡向她顯現，並把手給她看。她看見祂的掌上有個男子的容貌。耶穌說：「你本來快要死了，但由於那個男人為你唸了一篇聖母經，你現在可以活下去了。」

一週之後，她赫然在街上發現，眼前那個正在跑步的男子，就是出現在耶穌掌上的那個人！

隨口唸一篇聖母經， 就能起死回生 ！若熱心地唸一串玫瑰經 ，力量該有多大呢？

Horror of hell

 Saint Veronica Giuliani is Shown Hell

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"In a sudden, I found myself in a dark, deep and smelly, you heard bulls, braying of donkeys, lion roars, whistles of snakes, ghastly confusion of voices, and thunders that contributed great terror and fear. I saw flashes of fire and dense smoke. I cried out for help, but nothing!

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I seemed to see a big mountain all covered with snakes, the snakes and reptiles braided together, no one recognized the other, and in quantity without a number. Beneath them, I heard curses and ghastly voices, I turned to my angels, I asked them what those voices were, and they told me that there were many damned souls, and that this place was their prison. At this point it opened immediately, the great mountain, and I seemed to see it all filled with demons and damned souls! In large numbers! The damned souls and demons were stuck together as if they were one, and the demons were connected with the damned souls with chains of fire as if the demons and souls were the same thing though every soul had so many demons upon which could not be counted. The way in which I saw this I cannot describe it, but I understood, but I do not say anything of what it is. 

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Suddenly I was transported to another mountain where bulls and horses were unbridled which continuously and viciously but one another. These demons issued fire from their eyes, mouth and nose, they had swords and sharp teeth that seemed to be devouring and chewing up some type of objects into pieces. I then suddenly realized that these were SOULS of the damned with the clash of their kicking and devouring the souls, what terror it was. Do not ever stop and realize that this last forever. Then I saw other mountains with most ruthless torments, but it is impossible to describe, and the human mind can never, ever understand. In the midst of this place, there is a horrible throne, high, broad, and composed of demons! There is a horrible struggle, in the middle of the devils throan as the demons who make up this horrible throan are always warring with each other. The chair is made up of mostly demons, the head and the principal. Here it is sitting, Lucifer, ghastly, horrible. O God! What can describe such horror! More horrible and ugly than all other demons. Satan seems to have a head the size of a hundred heads, and it is full of very long spikes on top of each of which there is like an eye, big as a head of cattle, which sends arrows fire burning all of hell. 

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And although this is a very big place comprising innumerable damned souls and demons, all see Lucifer without veil no matter where they are tormented Lucifer is always seen by all, and all in hell are suffering the same torments over seeing Lucifer. Lucifer sees all, and everyone sees him. Here, my angels, made me understand that, as in heaven, the sight of God, face to face, makes everyone infinitely happy and blessed, those in hell, will forever have the ugly face of Lucifer, this diabolical monster. They see Lucifer, face to face the enemy of God at all times to their ever lasting horror, and having lost God forever, and ever, they will only know horror. 

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Lucifer stands out so that all the damned always sees him to their horror. Lucifer cursed and blasphemed all, it is all cursed and curses, and it haunts, and torture all for eternity. And how long is this? I asked my angels, and they answered me: Forever, for all eternity. O God! I cannot say anything, of what I have learned and been made to understand, with words, we do not have words in our way of unferdtanding. Here, now, I saw something that filled me with horro. The cushion in the chair of Lucifer, that was seated in that throne. It was the soul of Judas! And under the feet of Lucifer was a very big cushion, all torn and horrible. I was made to understand that these were souls of bad Religious who performed their duties to our Lord's Church poorly and Lukewarm; suddenly the throne was opened and I saw among numerous demons that were under the chair, a large amount of what appeared to be animald. 

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Then I asked my Angels: Who are these? And they told me that they were prelates, Head of the Church, and the superiors of Religion. O God! Each soul suffers, all the damned souls of others torment each other, and I seemed to be made to understand that my being there was a torment to all the demons! And all the souls in hell. However I was not only accompanied by my Angels, but I was also accompanied incognito by my dear Mother, Mary most holy, because without her, I would have died of fright. I will not say more, because I cannot say anything. All I said is nothing, and everything I've heard from the preachers in the Church is nothing. The human mind and soul does not have the ability to portray the horrors, pains and torments of hell. This journey to this horrid place was very good, made me make the decision of departing from everything and to do my Catholic duties with more perfection as I am so neglectful now. In hell there is a place for everyone, and there is still my place, if I perform my duties bad or commit even one mortal sin without Confession..

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May everything be all to the glory of God, according to the will of God, for God, God! On another occasion I was brought back down to hell and this time it was the devil who showed me hell. “It seems that the tempter showed my soul hell being opened, and that in fact he had placed my soul in it, and that only a small push was needed to cast me inside forever. It seemed then that I heard screams and voices of lamentation from the damned. I saw infernal monsters, many serpents, many ferocious animals, and an infernal stench and extremely hot flames, which were so big that their height could not be measured. I could only compare it to the distance between heaven and earth. As far as the size of the place, one could not see the beginning or the end, it was so vast. You could hear many blasphemies and curses against God. How sad. What torment this caused my soul.” 

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After that I was shown hell once more: “At that moment I was once again shown hell opened; and it seemed many souls descended there, they were so ugly and black that they struck terror in me. They all dropped down in a rush, one after the other, and once they had entered those chasms there was nothing to be seen but fire and flames.” This led me to offer myself as a victim of Divine Justice: “My Lord, I offer myself to stand here as a doorway, so that no one may enter down there and lose Thee.” Then I stretched out my arms and said, “As long as I stand in this doorway, no one shall enter. O souls, go back! My God, I ask nothing else of Thee but the salvation of sinners. 

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Send me more pains, more torments, more crosses!” The Blessed Virgin Mary speaking to Veronica about her trips to hell told her, “When you were going around hell, you came across torments and tormentors at every step; but that time when you went by the seat of Lucifer, you were terrified at seeing so many souls were on the seat of Lucifer himself. This is in the center of hell and is seen by all the damned, by all the devils, and this sight causes all of them great suffering. I also let you know that, in the same way that the sight of God in Paradise constitutes Paradise itself; down there in hell, the sight of Lucifer is what constitutes hell.” The Blessed Virgin Mary also told her, “Many do not believe that hell exists, and I tell you yourself, who have been there, have understood nothing of what hell is.”

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 St Charbel:

Poverty:

He dressed like the poorest of the poor. He never wore a new habit but humbly sought to use the habits discarded by his confreres. His monastic habit was patched and threadbare. He jealously cared for the belongings of the monastery so as not to throw anything away, however insignificant it might be, not even the beanstalks. If he saw a grape seed under a vine stock, or a crumb on the path, he would pick them up and bring them to the kitchen. he was as poor as a beggar. Even a poor man would not have taken his food , his bed, and his clothing. He considered all the goods of this world to be dust.

His " mattress" was stuffed with oak leaves and tree bark, covered with a sort of mat woven of goat hair, all of it covered with an old piece of felt. A log rolled up in black cloth taken from a habit was his pillow. On this very rough bed, without mattress or blanket , he slept summer and winter.

He deliberately assumed a foolish , half -witted appearance to hide his intellectual prowess and spiritual gifts. Despite his outstanding intellect, he let nothing of his knowledge appear in his words or in his writings. His only wealth was his love for God. Apart from that, there was nothing remarkable about his existence in the world.

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 St Francesca Romana:

She saw Purgatory as being divided into three distinct parts:

In the upper region are the souls who suffer the punishment of damnation only, that is, they are deprived of the vision of God, or souls who are suffering some light and brief form of punishment, in order to make them worthy of the delight of the vision of God.

In the middle region, she saw the following written:  Purgatory , here suffer the souls who are guilty of less serious sins, or who must , let us add, liberate themselves from the punishment of mortal sins which have been forgiven and the faults themselves.

At the bottom, in the abyss, and near to hell, she saw the third region, Inferior Purgatory, full of a bright and penetrating fire, differing from that of hell, which is shadowy and dark.

She saw that the third region was divided into three different sections, where the punishments gradually increased, according to the responsibility of the souls and the degree of glory and happiness, which they must reach. The first section is reserved for secular people, the second for clerics who were not ordained, and the third for priests and bishops.

It must be pointed out, that this third section has a more infamous place within it, which is reserved for priests and nuns, who having had more means to become holy, and more guidance from God, are more responsible for their sins, and therefore have a greater need for expiation.

Prayer:

One the large beads:

Eternal Father, I offer you the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, for the soul of the priest who in purgatory suffers most and is most abandoned.

small beads:

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 

Pray for the souls of priests and nuns.

Final prayer:

Oh Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal Priest, who during your earthly life generously cared for every poor person who was afflicted and abandoned, I beseech you, look with favour on the soul of priest  who in Purgatory suffers most atrociously and who is forgotten and abandoned by everyone. Look at how this Holy Soul, tormented by the voracity of the flames and with an agonising voice pleads for pity and help.

Amen.

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 From St. Anselm of Canterbury

Saint Anselm had for a long time prayed earnestly to the glorious Virgin Mary that she would reveal to him the mysteries of her divine Son's suffering and death. His prayers were accompanied with ardent weeping and prolonged fasting.

At last, the Blessed Virgin appeared before the saint. She spoke to him the following words, " My beloved Son suffered such terrible things that no one could possibly describe them without a profuse outpouring of tears! Nevertheless, because I have now been glorified with all the glory of heaven and rejoice in the Lord's resurrection, I am no longer able to weep; all my former pain and bitter sorrow has been transformed into exultant and inexpressible joy! Therefore I myself shall speak to you of my Son's passion, narrating its events in due order "

THE BETRAYAL OF CHRIST AND HIS PRAYER IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE .

Anselm: Tell me, most beloved Lady, how did the events of the passion of your Son first begin?

Mary: When my Son and His disciples had arisen from the table at His last supper, the perfidious traitor Judas Iscariot went forth alone to see the high priests of the temple. He received from them the sum of thirty denarii of silver and, in exchange, promised to betray Christ into their hands.

Anslem: What type of denarii was it which he received from the priests?

Mary: They were the denarii of the Ishmaelites. In fact, they were the very same coins which the brothers of Joseph had received from the Ishmaelites when they sold him into slavery some two thousand years previously. Through succession and inheritance, these same thirty silver denarii had passed into the hands of the temple treasury. Each of these silver coins was ten times the size and weight of a usual denarius. Judas was so avaricious and filled with such a greed for earthly wealth that when he saw these coins,he immediately undertook to betray my Son to the temple priests. Indeed , Christ had forseen this act of betrayal and had often spoken of it, but even this did not serve to deter Judas from his wicked purpose.

Anselm: My Lady, were you present at that last supper with your Son and His disciples?

Mary: No, I was not present when my Son partook of that last supper at which he washed the feet of His disciples and spoke to them loving words of encouragement. This was the great and holy supper in which He gave to them His own Body and Blood through the sacramental signs of bread and wine. After this sacred meal, when Judas went to see the high priests to betray Jesus, Christ went on with His disciples to Mount Sion, passing through the gate by the Pool of Siloam . My Son then entered a garden. And while the disciples slept. He went forth to the foot of the Mount of Olives so that He was about a stone's throw from the sleeping disciples. And there, He poured out fervent prayers to His Heavenly Father, saying:

O Lord, hear my cry!

For thou art kind and full of compassion.

According to the abundance of thy mercy, look upon me now.

Turn not thy face from thy Child!

Look upon my soul, and free it from the tribulation and peril which surrounds it.

Rescue me, I implore thee, from the snares of my enemies;

Save me from the clutches of all those who seek to destroy my life!

Anselm: Most glorious Virgin, why was it that your Son---- who was both God and true God Himself-----needed to pray at that time?

Mary:Although He knew Himself to be the Son of God, still He needed to pray for three reasons: Firstly, He was of a delicate and refined constitution, as the child of an inviolate virgin, and born of royal blood. For it is a fact that those who are more noble suffer more deeply when they are harmed than those who are of coarse and common stock. Secondly, He experienced such an extremity of anguish that His sweat ran forth like great drops of blood. Thirdly, because , being God Himself, He knew perfectly in advance everything which He was to suffer and undergo, This included the contemptuous showering of Him with the spittle , the blasphemies and insults of the soldiers and the crowds , the bloody scourging, the cruel crucifixion, and all the innumerable other torments He was to endure.

For a common thief they know that he has been sentenced to death, but he does not fully know in advance the exact nature of the pains of death which he shall experience until he is actually hanging from the noose by his neck. But my Son, being true God as well as true Man, knew what the future held so perfectly that He felt everything in advance. Accordingly , He prayed, " Father, if it is possible let this chalice pass me by! But let not my will, but thine, be done." And when He had uttered this prayer, an angel appeared before Him and imbued Him with strength and courage, saying, " Be brave, my Lord, for now you are about to redeem the entire human race!"

Carlo acutis one of the highest throne in heaven

 WHEN SAINT FRANCIS APPEARED IN A DREAM TO THE MOTHER OF 

BLESSED CARLO ACUTIS 

A short while after Carlo Acutis died, his Mother Antonia Salzano said that she dreamt of her son. 

In the dream, St. Francis of Assisi told her, “Your son is right now occupying one of the highest places in Heaven and after he is Beatified, there will be a whole new generation of Saints. Thanks to him.”

Later, she dreamt of her son, Carlo. 

Carlo said to her, “Mom, I am going to be Beatified and a short while later, I will be Canonised as a Saint.”

Blessed Carlo Acutis and St. Francis of Assisi, please pray for us all.

Source: carloacutis-en. org

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 From Sister Josefa menendez , a victim soul.

December 4th, after my Communion, He stood before me, as a Father awaiting His child: " Come and tell Me all you are afraid of ," and showing me His Heart: " When you feel unable to bear pain, come here! If you are afraid of being humbled, come here! If you are seized with apprehension, come closer still!"

I told Him that these graces frighten me, because I do not deserve them.

" I know you do not deserve them, but I only ask you to accept them."

So much compassionate kindness filled Josefa with amazement and desire. She would so like to correspond fully to it, and what she calls her ingratitude filled her soul with sorrow. Our Lady came to comfort her:

" Daughter ," she said, " you must not worry like this; you know all that Jesus is to you . Suffer in silence, but without this mental anguish. Love very much, but without introspection and without even knowing whether you love or not. If you fall, do not be afflicted above measure. we are both here to raise you up, and I will never forsake you ."

I explained to her that my biggest trouble was that I could not follow common life in everything, and that I was so afraid of drawing attention to myself.

" Do not forget, Josefa, that it is for souls. If the devil is so desperately determined to make you give it all up, it is becasue he sees in you, as it were a rivulet which in its course is going to carry many souls to Jesus."

I asked her to bless me and not to leave me all alone, because she can see how weak I am.

" Yes, I bless and love you ."

The next day, Dec 7th, that gracious Mother came again:

"If you want to be a comfort to Jesus, I will tell you what gives Him pleasure: you must offer everything you do for souls, without any personal interest whatever, and act solely for the glory of His Heart."

And she suggested:

" Till I tell you to stop, say everyday nine Aves, with your arms in the form of a cross. You must do this, humbling yourself, and recognizing your nothingness; at the same time adore the Divine Will, and leave your Jesus perfectly free to do exactly what He pleases with you. Confide in His Heart and in me who am your Mother."

During my thanksgiving, Jesus covered me with the flame of His Heart and said:

" I want you to leave Me to establish a current between your Heart and Mine, in such a way that you are in Me,  without living in any way for yourself."

He stayed for a few moments in silence, consuming my soul in the glow of that flame, then He added:

"I want you to help Me by your littleness and helplessness to snatch souls from the enemy who wants to devour them."

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception was approaching.As soon as it was daylight, as if in haste to comfort her, Our Blessed Lady appeared to Josefa:

" My child, never be afraid of suffering or of sacrifice; such are God's ways. If you want to come out victoriously from the assaults of the devil, pay great attention to two things: first, humble yourself, for you are nothing and deserve nothing... everything comes to you as a grace from God. Second, when you feel lonely and given up to temptation, when your soul is cold and you have no courage to go on, do not give up prayer. Pray humbly and confidently, and go at once to seek guidance from her whom God has given you for that purpose. Child, if you do this, you will make no mistakes. Let me bless you , for I am your Mother."

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 By Sister Josefa Menendez, a victim soul.

On Saturday, June 5 th , 1920, after a formidable attack of the devil, Josefa decided to go; she went into the chapel with her sisiters for the evening adoration; there, Jesus was waiting for her. Under the influence of the arch-fiend who dominated her :

" No, " she said, " I will not take the habit, I am going home."." I said it five times, but could not go on," she wrote later. " My Jesus how good thou art to me."

All of a sudden she was, as she naively expressed it, wrapped in a sweet slumber , from which she awoke in the wound of the Sacred Heart.

" I cannot explain what happened...Jesus...I want nothing more than to love Thee and to be faithful to my vocation."

In the radiance now illuminating her, she saw all the sins of the world, and offered her life to comfort the wounded Heart of our Lord. She was seized with a vehement desire of uniting herself to Him, and no sacrifice appeared too great that she might be faithful to her vocation. In the effulgence of the Godhead the night had faded away and desolation had given place to unfathomable bliss.

" It was God who did it," she continued in the notes she wrote under obedience." I am abashed at so much goodness; I want to love Him to folly...I have but two requests : love and gratitude to His Sacred Heart...More than ever I recognize my weakness , but also I shall now find strength and courage in Him...Never before have I rested in that Divine Wound...but now I know where to go in moments of tribulation : It is a place of sweetest repose and much love."

" I feel keenly that I have been resisting grace and have been unfaithful , but this has become a further motive of confidence and hope that Our Lord never fail me, even when I seem to be all alone. That was what made me so afraid before: to be alone, and unfaithful. But now I see that, even though I didn't know it, He was helping me. Well, I simply cannot express how much I want to love Him."

When Josefa came out of the chapel, still strongly under the influence of the divine contact, she was a totally changed person.

" And then, I don't know what it is," she added two days later, " but I believe He wants to tell me another secret, because during my prayer yesterday, Monday, June 7th , He made me re-enter that Divine Wound: Oh my Jesus , how great is Thou love for me...I shall never be able to respond to so much goodness. It seemed to me that I saw in that Divine Wound a tiny opening, and I wanted to know how to get in...but He made me understand that it will not be till later."

" Twelve days have passed," she wrote on June , 17th, " since the signal grace Jesus granted me. I have had immense consolation during that time,but especially I have been able to study all that this Sacred Heart was teaching me. He showed me clearly, that what pleases Him most is to do little acts out of obedience. I understood that I must direct all my energies to this, for that is how I shall learn to deny myself in everything, and however small the act is, it will still be pleasing to His Sacred Heart...Oh, I want to be burnt up by love. Oh, what a heart is that of my Jesus!"

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 St Faustina Diary:

Once, the Divine Mercy image was being exhibited over the altar during the Corpus Christi procession.... When the priest exposed the Blessed Sacrament , and the choir began to sing , the rays from the image pierced the Sacred Host and spread out all over the world. Then I heard these words: These rays of mercy will pass through you, just as they have passed through this Host, and they will go out through all the world. At these words, profound joy invaded my soul. (441)

One hour spent at the foot of the altar in the greatest dryness of spirit is dearer to me than a hundred years of worldly pleasure. (254)

Striving to be in constant union with Jesus, St Faustina visited the Blessed Sacrament throughout her day as much and often as possible, sometimes if only to quickly genuflect at the chapel's door as she passed by, smiling to Our Lord.

When St. Faustina knelt in front of the tabernacle, she prayed fervently, gazing radiantly at the altar. Jesus in the Eucharist was to her a living person with whom she wanted to talk at every moment. All the basic forms of prayer---- adoration, petition, intercession, and thanksgiving---- were part of those visits.

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 God the Father spoke to Catherine of Siena about blessed souls who, in their journey to God, had renounced their own will and desires even to the point of embracing their sufferings:

" As their will is not their own, but becomes one with Mine, they cannot desire anything other than what I desire. Though they desire to come and to be with Me, they are content to remain, if I desire them to remain, with their pain for the greater praise and glory of My name and the salvation of souls. In nothing are they in discord with My will. But they run their course with ecstatic desire, clothed in Christ crucified...In as much as they appear to be suffering, they are rejoicing , because the enduring of many tribulations is to them a relief in the desire which they have for death. For often the desire and the will to suffer pain mitigates the pain caused them by their desire to quit the body. These not only endure with patience as I told you they did, but they glory through My name in bearing much tribulation. In this they find pleasure . Not having it they suffer pain, fearing that I do not reward their well-doing , or that the sacrifice of their desires is not pleasing to Me. But when I permit them many tribulations, they rejoice, seeing themselves clothed with the suffering and shame of Christ crucified. If it were possible for them to have virtue without toil they would not want it."

 God the Father said to Catherine of Siena:

" The blessed are conformed so entirely to My will that they cannot desire except what I desire, because their free will is bound in the bond of love in such a way that, time failing them, and dying in a state of grace, they cannot sin anymore."