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i Kowalska , Saint Maria Faustina . Diary : Divine Mercy in My Soul . ( Massachusetts : Marian
Press , 2014 ), 1394 . “ Monthly one-day retreat : In the course of this retreat , the Lord has given me the light to know His will more profoundly and to abandon myself completely to the holy will of God . This light has confirmed me in profound peace , making me understand that I should fear nothing except sin . Whatever God sends me , I accept with complete submission to His holy will . Wherever He puts me , I will try faithfully to do His holy will , as well as He wishes , to the extent of my power to do so , even if the will of God were to be as hard and difficult for me as was the will of the Heavenly Father for His Son , as He prayed in the Garden of Olives . I have come to see that if the will of the Heavenly Father was fulfilled in this way in His well-beloved Son , it will be fulfilled in us in exactly the same way : by suffering , persecution , abuse , disgrace . It is through all this that my soul becomes like unto Jesus . And the greater the sufferings , the more I see that I am becoming like Jesus . This is the surest way . If some other way were better , Jesus would have shown it to me . Suffering in no way takes away my peace . On the other hand , although I enjoy profound peace , that peace does not lessen my experience of suffering . Although my face is often bowed to the ground , and my tears flow profusely , at the same time my soul is filled with profound peace and happiness ” ( Diary , # 1394 ).
ii Ibid ., NAB ( New American Bible ) – Vatican . va . “ Colossians 1:24 , 2 Corinthians 1:5-7 ,
12:7-10 ; Romans 8:18 ; Hebrews 2:10 ; 1 Peter 4:13 .” Internet . http :// www . vatican . va / archive / ENG0839 /_ INDEX . HTM Accessed January 17 , 2016 . Colossians 1:24 “ Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake , and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of His body , which is the Church .” 2 Corinthians 1:5-7 5 “ For as Christ ' s sufferings overflow to us , so through Christ does our encouragement also overflow .” 6 “ If we are afflicted , it is for your encouragement and salvation ; if we are encouraged , it is for your encouragement , which enables you to endure the same sufferings that we suffer .” 7 “ Our hope for you is firm , for we know that as you share in the sufferings , you also share in the encouragement .” 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 7 “ Because of the abundance of the revelations . Therefore , that I might not become too elated , a thorn in the flesh was given to me , an angel of Satan , to beat me , to keep me from being too elated .” 8 Three times I begged the Lord about this , that it might leave me , 9 but He said to me , " My grace is sufficient for you , for power is made perfect in weakness ." I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses , in order that Christ ’ s power may dwell with me . 10 Therefore , I am content with weaknesses , insults , hardships , persecutions , and constraints , for the sake of Christ ; for when I am weak , then I am strong .” Romans 8:18 : “ I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us .” Hebrews 2:10 : “ For it was fitting that He , for whom and through whom all things exist , in bringing many children to glory , should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering .”
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