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| Who God is in His
Essence, no one will fathom, neither the mind of Angels
nor of man...Get to know God by contemplating His
attributes. (30) |
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| Once when I saw how much my confessor was to
suffer because of this work [spreading the devotion to
the Divine Mercy] which God was going to carry out
through him, fear seized me for the moment, and I said to
the Lord, "Jesus, this is Your affair, so why are
You acting this way toward him? It seems to me that You
are making difficulties for him while at the same time
ordering him to act." Write
that by day and night My gaze is fixed upon him, and I
permit these adversities in order to increase his merit.
I do not reward for good results but for the patience and
hardship undergone for My sake. (86) |
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| One day I saw interiorly how much my
confessor would have to suffer: friends will desert you
while everyone will rise up against you and your physical
strength will diminish. I saw you as a bunch of grapes
chosen by the Lord and thrown into the press of suffering.
Your soul, Father, will at times be filled with doubts
about this work and about me. I saw that God himself
seemed to be opposing and I asked the Lord why He was
acting this way toward him, as though He were placing
obstacles in the way of his doing what He himself had
asked him to do. And the Lord said, I am acting thus with him to give
testimony that this work is Mine. Tell him not to fear
anything; My gaze is on him day and night. There will be
so many crowns to form his crown as there will be souls
saved by this work. It is not for the success of a work
but for the suffering that I give reward.
(90) |
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