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III B.20 On Suffering from Telling the Truth: Pray for “Courage to Tell the Truth” 273 (Diary, # 1482): Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary, “O my Jesus, You know that I have gotten myself into a lot of trouble for speaking out the truth. O truth, so often oppressed, you nearly always wear a crown of thorns! O Eternal Truth, support me that I may have the courage to speak the truth even if it would come about that I would pay for it with my life. O Jesus, how hard it is to believe in this, when one sees one thing taught and something else lived.” III B.21 On the Soul’s Profit from Holy Silence when Others Do Not Admit the Truth 274 (Diary, # 1164): Jesus told Sr. Faustina, “My daughter, when I was before Herod, I obtained a grace for you; namely, that you would be able to rise above human scorn and follow faithfully in My footsteps. Be silent when they do not want to acknowledge your truth, because it is then that you speak more eloquently.” (21.1) In Suffering, it is in Silence that the Soul Gains Strength, in Christ 275 Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary that, “In the sufferings of soul or body, I try to keep silence, for then my spirit gains the strength that flows from Jesus’ Passion. I have ever before my eyes His sorrowful Face, disfigured, and abused, His Divine Heart pierced by our sins and especially by the chosen souls’ ingratitude” (Diary, # 487). (21.2) In Deep Silence, the Soul Gains Real Knowledge of Itself (Diary, # 1336) Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary: In this profound silence, I am better able to judge the condition of my soul. My soul is like clear water in which I can see everything: both my misery and the vastness of God’s graces. And owing to this true knowledge of itself, my spirit is 273 Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 1482. Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 1164. 275 Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 487. 274 158