Friday, February 18 : Saint Faustina Kowalska

My Jesus, I now see that I have gone through all the stages of my life following you: childhood, youth, vocation, apostolic work, Tabor, Gethsemane, and now I am already with you on Calvary. I have willingly allowed myself to be crucified and I am indeed already crucified; although I can still walk a little, I am stretched out on the Cross and I feel distinctly that strength is flowing to me from your Cross, that you, and you alone are my perseverance. Although I often hear the voice of temptation calling to me: ‘Come down from the Cross,’ the power of God strengthens me. Although loneliness, darkness and suffering of all kinds beat against my heart, the mysterious power of God supports and strengthens me. I want to drink the cup to the last drop. I trust firmly that your grace, which has sustained me in the Garden of Olives, will sustain me now also that I am on Calvary. O my Jesus, my Master, I unite my desires to the desires you had on the Cross: I desire to fulfil your holy will; I desire the conversion of souls; I desire that your mercy be adored; I desire that the triumph of the Church be hastened… (…) O my Jesus, I now embrace the whole world and ask you for mercy for it.

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