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(Diary, # 1361): God is truly pleased with a soul’s resolve to be a saint, especially the
humble soul, providing opportunities for its sanctification. Jesus told Sr. Faustina:
This firm resolution to become a saint is extremely pleasing to Me. I bless your
efforts and will give you opportunities to sanctify yourself. Be watchful that you
lose no opportunity that My Providence offers you for sanctification. If you do not
succeed in taking advantage of an opportunity, do not lose your peace, but
humble yourself profoundly before Me and, with great trust, immerse yourself
completely in My Mercy. In this way, you gain more than you have lost, because
more favor is granted to a humble soul than the soul itself asks for (Diary, #
1361).
(6.3) Suffering: Where True Virtue and Sacrifice Meet, in God’s Love 236
Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary that, “Where there is genuine virtue, there must be
sacrifice as well. One’s whole life must be a sacrifice. It is only by means of sacrifice that souls
can become useful. It is my self-sacrifice which, my relationship with my neighbor can give
glory to God, but God’s love must flow through this sacrifice, because everything is concentrated
in this love and takes its value from it” (Diary, # 1373). She continued to say, “I have come to
know that only love is of any value; love is greatness; nothing (or) no works can compare with a
single act of pure love of God” (Diary, # 1092).
(6.4) Amid Torment: “We are Holy, but with Your Holiness” (Diary, # 1655)
Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary, “O Christ, if my soul had known, all at once, what
it was going to have to suffer during its lifetime, it would have died of terror at the very sight; it
would not have touched its lips to the cup of bitterness. But, as it has been given to drink a drop
at a time, it has emptied the cup to the very bottom. O Christ, if You Yourself did not support the
soul, how much could it do of itself? We are strong, but with Your strength; we are holy, but
with Your holiness. And of ourselves, what are we? – less than nothing” (Diary, # 1655).
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Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 1373, 1092.
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