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soul... Tell souls that from this fount of mercy, souls draw graces solely with the
vessel of trust. If their trust is great, there is no limit to My generosity. The
torrents of grace inundate humble souls. The proud remain always in poverty and
misery, because My grace turns away from them to humble souls (Diary, # 1602).
Of note, St. Paul wrote on the soul’s recurrent dilemma of its weak nature, “I do not
understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate... I can
will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is
what I do...Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? (But) thanks
be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Rom 7:15, 18, 24-25). lxxvi
In her Diary, Sr. Faustina also wrote on the same theme of the weak human nature. She
likened the soul to that of a “small child” who needs constant guidance (Diary, # 377). Not only
does he get it wrong repeatedly when left to his own resources; he also does not handle his
affairs wisely as well as tends not to steer his affairs to advance God’s glory (Diary, # 377).
In the same paragraph, Sr. Faustina brought up the Sacrament of Penance. For in truth, in
Confession, Christ pours boundless graces to the erring and weak soul to set it right again with
Him. Sr. Faustina also highlighted the two great benefits of Confession to a contrite soul as it
unburdens itself of its sinful or debasing affairs to the priest: first, the healing of the soul’s
brokenness; and second, great training, especially in child-like humility (Diary, # 377). Sr.
Faustina continued, “Like a small child, our soul has constant need of education” (Diary, # 377).
(1.4) Sr. Faustina’s Holy Practices and Counsels when Going to Confession
(Diary, # 225, 377): Sr. Faustina proposed the following, based on her own experience,
when going to each Confession:
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