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empty herself totally every moment, as well as to strive to live by His will. Moreover, “No
sacrifice will seem too much…when souls are at stake” (Diary, # 1622).
(Diary, # 1625): On March 2, 1938, Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary that she began Lent
in the distinctive way that Jesus expected of her, “by making herself totally dependent upon His
holy will and accepting with love everything that He sent her.” But, due to her prolonged,
weakened state, she could only do little mortifications. But, “It is through suffering that one can
unite with Jesus.” And meditating on Christ’s “Painful Passion” actually “lessened” her physical
affliction.
(Diary, # 1657): On Palm Sunday, April 10, 1938 (less than six months before she passes
away), Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary that she barely made it through the end of the Holy Mass,
much less get a blessed palm being handed out to the people. She was in the choir loft at that
time, and was too weak to go downstairs to join the procession of the palms.
But, during the Mass, Jesus shared with her the pain in His Soul on that first Palm
procession, in spite of the people’s jubilation at that time. The Hosanna hymns only served as
anguished “echoes" of “pain” in His Sacred Heart. Sr. Faustina felt Jesus’ “depth of bitterness in
her soul. Each Hosanna cut through the bottom of her own heart; but it also drew her closer to
Jesus. Despite the pain in His Sacred Heart, she heard Jesus’ comforting voice, “My daughter,
your compassion for Me refreshes Me. By meditating on my Passion, your soul acquires a
distinct beauty.”
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