I am currently reading Divine Mercy in My Soul, more commonly called The Diary, as part of my Lenten practices. I have read excerpts of The Diary before but this time, I intend to read the whole book. It is a rather large book with over 700 pages! This is primarily a book for spiritual reading and so I suspect that this book will take me quite some time to finish. Hopefully, by Easter (or at least Divine Mercy Sunday), I will be finished with my first reading of The Diary.
From Divine Mercy in My Soul: Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska by Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska (paragraph 56):
From the beginning I have been aware of my weakness. I know very well what I am of myself, because for this purpose Jesus has opened the eyes of my soul;
I am an abyss of misery, and hence I understand that whatever good
there is in my soul consists solely of His holy grace.
Synopsis of Divine Mercy in My Soul via the back of the book
A Mystic with a Message for the New Millennium
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, a simple, uneducated, young Polish nun receives a special call. Jesus tells her, “I am sending you with My mercy to the people of the whole world. I do not want to punish mankind, but I desire to heal it, pressing it to My merciful Heart.” Jesus also tells her to record His message of mercy in a dairy: “You are the secretary of My Mercy. I have chosen you for that office in this and the next life.”
These words of Jesus are found in the Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, which chronicles St. Faustina’s great experience of Divine Mercy in her soul and her mission to share that mercy with the world.
Though she died in obscurity in 1938, St. Faustina is now hailed by Pope John Paul II as “the great apostle of Divine Mercy in our time.” On April 30, 2000, the Pope canonized her as St. Faustina, saying that the message of Divine Mercy she shared is urgently needed at the dawn of the new millennium. More than 800,000 copies of the Diary have been sold worldwide.
In the Diary, this woman mystic’s childlike trust, simplicity, and intimacy with Jesus will stir your heart and soul. Her spiritual insights will surprise and reward you. “Only love has meaning,” she writes. “It raises up our smallest actions into infinity.”
How did St. Faustina grow in deeper trust and intimacy with Jesus? What promises did He make to her?
Discover the answers to these questions and many more in the Diary of St. Faustina.
I'm linking up with the Friday 56, so I'll invite you to go grab a book and join the fun.
The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice.
Rules
- Grab a book, any book.
- Turn to page 56 (or 56% on ebook).
- Find any sentence that grabs you.
- Post it.
- Link it at Freda's Voice.
That’s a large book to tackle. I hope you enjoy it:)
My 56 – http://fuonlyknew.com/2016/02/12/the-friday-56-94-night-shift-jill-kismet-1/
The sheer size has been putting me off from it but I decided I really need to read it before I go to Poland this summer. So far, it is a great book.
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Congratulations on tackling such a big book. I hope it’s meaningful to you.
My Friday post features THE HURRICANE SISTERS.
Thanks. I will do my best to get through this book this time. Every other time I have considered it, I have pushed it away.
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Perfect for Lent! Happy weekend!
That was exactly my thought.
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