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union with Jesus’ dying on the Cross.
(13.1) “A Share in the Redemption of Mankind…Solace in Jesus’ Dying Hour” 196
(Diary, # 310). On March 29, 1934 on Holy Thursday, at the Holy Mass, Jesus on the
Cross told Sr. Faustina about His particular desire during the final hour of His mortal life on
earth, “I am giving you a share in the redemption of mankind. You are solace in My dying hour.”
(Diary, # 1609): Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary, that in her meditation of union with
Jesus on the Cross, she felt her soul “constantly stretched out on the Cross and was being filled
with bitterness.” She also tasted the vinegar and the gall, which helped her to grasp the biting
anguish of Jesus’ Sacred Heart while on the Cross. Sadly, throughout His life, His great love for
man was repayed with ungratefulness. But, despite His great suffering, He uttered no complaint
except that of “looking for someone to console Him and He found none” (Diary, # 1609).
(13.2) Acts on Jesus’ Anguished Desire, “I Thirst for the Salvation of Souls” 197
(Diary, # 1032): Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary that during the Holy Mass, she saw Jesus
nailed on the Cross, in great agony, and with a weak groan from His Heart. He said, “I thirst. I
thirst for the salvation of souls. Help me my daughter to save souls. Join your sufferings to My
Passion and offer them to the Heavenly Father for sinners.”
(Diary, # 648): On Good Friday, at three o’clock in the afternoon, Sr. Faustina saw Jesus
on the Cross. He looked at her and said, “I thirst.” Then she saw two rays spring from His side,
just as it appeared in His Divine Mercy Image. She then felt inspired to “empty” herself wholly
to the Lord, and then to “offer” herself “together with the dying Jesus, through Jesus, and in
Jesus” as an oblation to the Father for the “salvation of poor sinners in the whole world.”
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Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 310.
Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 1032, 648.
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