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(21.7) On the Struggle to Preserve Silence amid Great Tumult, All for Jesus 278
(Diary, # 185): Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary, “My silence for Jesus. I strove after great
silence for Jesus. Amidst the greatest din, Jesus always found silence in my heart, although it
sometimes cost me a lot. But what can be too great for Jesus, for Him whom I love with all the
strength of my heart?”
Sr. Faustina also wrote in her Diary:
Struggle to keep silence. As usual, Sisters from various houses came to the retreat.
One of the Sisters whom I had not seen for a long time, came to my cell and said
that she had something to tell me. I did not answer her, and she saw that I did not
want to break silence. She said to me, “I didn’t know you were such an eccentric,
Sister,” and she went away. I was well aware that she had no other business with
me than to satisfy her own curious self-love, O God, preserve me in faithfulness
(Diary, # 171).
(21.8) On the Practice of Suffering in Silence amid Temptations by Satan 279
Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary:
November 30, 1937. When I was going upstairs this evening, a strange dislike for
everything having to do with God suddenly came over me. At that, I heard Satan
who said to me, “Think no more about this work. God is not as merciful as you
say He is. Do not pray for sinners, because they will be damned all the same, and
by this work of mercy, you expose your own self to damnation. Talk no more
about this mercy of God with your confessor and especially not with Father
Sopocko and Father Andrasz.” At this point, the voice took the appearance of my
Guardian Angel, and at that moment I replied, “I know who you are; the father of
lies” [Cf. Jn. 8:44]. I made the Sign of the Cross, and the angel vanished with
great racket and fury (Diary, # 1405):
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Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 185, 171.
Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 1405.
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