The Daily Battle to Seek God’s Will Over Our Own
Our culture tells us to follow our hearts, but that is not the path to holiness. The path to holiness is to submit to God’s will over our own in every moment of our lives. This is easier said than done. We encounter many obstacles—both interior and exterior—that try and test our resolve. There are […]
On the evening of All Souls Day, November 2, 1936, St. Faustina went to the cemetery. After praying there for a while, she went to the chapel and prayed to “gain the indulgences,” as she writes in her Diary (748). The indulgences for which she prayed are a special gift the Church offers every year […]
St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), a religious sister known as the “Apostle of Divine Mercy,” wrote this story about a priest in her spiritual diary: On one occasion I saw a servant of God (a priest) in the immediate danger of committing a mortal sin. I started to beg God to deign to send down upon […]
Easter Sunday is not the end of our Easter celebration. After forty days of preparation with Lent, and the Easter Triduum, from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday, it is easy to miss looking ahead on the Church’s liturgical calendar. This is, after all, the climax of the Christian year with the celebration of the Passion, […]
We don’t have to ask for suffering. It comes our way! St. Faustina knew and experienced this. She suffered physically from a terminal illness (Tuberculosis), she suffered spiritually and mentally, as many do. She went through a dark night of the soul.
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