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My longing heart is inflamed with an ever-increasing love. When Jesus came, I
threw myself into His arms like a little child. I told Him of my joy. Jesus listened
to these outpourings of my love. When I asked pardon of Jesus for not preparing
myself for Holy Communion, but for continually thinking of sharing in this joy as
soon as possible, He answered that, “Most pleasing to Me is this preparation with
which you have received Me into your heart. Today, in a special way I bless your
joy. Nothing will disturb that joy throughout this day…(Diary, # 1824).
When I had received Jesus in Holy Communion, my heart cried out with all its
might, “Jesus, transform me into another host! I want to be a living host for You.
You are a great and all-powerful Lord; You can grant me this favor.” And the
Lord answered me, You are a living host, pleasing to the Heavenly Father. But
reflect: What is a host? A sacrifice. And so…? O my Jesus, I understand the
meaning of “host,” the meaning of sacrifice. I desire to be before Your Majesty a
living host; that is, a living sacrifice that daily burns in Your honor. When my
strength begins to fail, it is Holy Communion that will sustain me and give me
strength. Indeed, I fear the day on which I would not receive Holy Communion.
My soul draws astonishing strength from Holy Communion (Diary, # 1826).
(Diary, # 1817): Sr. Faustina also wrote in her Diary, “Today, I feel an abyss of
misery in my soul…When I received Jesus, I threw myself into Him as into an abyss of
unfathomable mercy. And, the more I felt I was misery itself, the stronger grew my trust in
Him. In this abasement, I passed the whole day.”
(Diary, # 1821): Additionally, Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary, “After Holy
Communion, I felt the beating of the Heart of Jesus in my own heart. Although I have been
aware for a long time that Holy Communion continues in me until the next Communion,
today – and throughout the whole day – I am adoring Jesus in my heart and asking Him, by
His grace, to protect little children from the evil that threatens them. A vivid and even
physically felt Presence of God continues throughout the day and does not in the least
interfere with my duties.”
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Sister Faustina wrote in her Diary on receiving Holy Communion and then reveling on
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Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 1658-1660.
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