I desire to bestow My graces upon souls , but they do not want to accept them . You , at least , come to Me as often as possible and take these graces they do not want to accept . In this way , you will console My Heart . Oh , how indifferent are souls to so much goodness , to so many proofs of love ! My Heart drinks only of the ingratitude and forgetfulness of souls living in the world . They have time for everything , but they have no time to come to Me for graces . So I turn to you , you – chosen souls , will you also fail to understand the love of My Heart ? Here , too , My Heart finds disappointment ; I do not find complete surrender to My love . So many reservations , so much distrust , so much caution … The infidelity of a soul especially chosen by Me wounds My Heart most painfully . Such infidelities are swords , which pierce My Heart ( Diary , # 367 ).
( 10.3 ) Their “ Sins … Pierce My Heart Through and Through ” ( Diary , # 1702 )
At another time , in May 1938 , Jesus expressed His great pain to Sr . Faustina due to the many offenses of the “ chosen souls … the souls of religious and priests ;” giving a warning , “ I will allow convents and churches to be destroyed .” Sr . Faustina pleaded with the Lord , “ Jesus , but there are so many souls praising You in convents ;” and Jesus replied :
That praise wounds My Heart , because love has been banished from convents . Souls without love and without devotion , souls full of egoism and self-love , souls full of pride and arrogance , souls full of deceit and hypocrisy , lukewarm souls who have just enough warmth to keep them alive : My Heart cannot bear this . All the graces that I pour out upon them flow off them as off the face of a rock . I cannot stand them , because they are neither good nor bad . I called convents into being to sanctify the world through them . It is from them that a powerful flame of love and sacrifice should burst forth . And if they do not repent and become enkindled by their first love , I will deliver them over to the fate of this world … How can they sit on the promised throne of judgment to judge the world , when their guilt is greater than the guilt of the world ? There is neither penance nor atonement . O heart , which received Me in the morning and at noon are all ablaze with hatred against Me , hatred of all sorts ! O heart especially chosen by Me , were you chosen for this , to give Me more pain ? The great sins of the world are superficial wounds on My Heart , but the sins of a chosen soul pierce My Heart through and through …( Diary , # 1702 ).
( 10.4 ) Jesus was Hurt Very Deeply when Sr . Faustina was Distracted from God ( Diary , # 588 ): Once in January 1936 , Sr . Faustina heard Jesus ’ words spoken to her interiorly by Jesus , “ Every movement of your heart is known to Me . Know , My daughter , that
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