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suffering and death on the Cross for man’s sin; “to fulfill Isaiah’s prophecy of the Suffering
Servant” (Is 53:7-8; CCC, 601).
Sr. Faustina also wrote that, as the Father’s will was accomplished in Jesus, by being
totally subject to great human suffering, and so “it will be fulfilled in us in exactly the same way”
(Diary, # 1394).
And suffering, may well steer a “docile” soul to the point of union with God, in His grace
and in His Spirit; then, if He so wills it too, the soul may also experience His consoling peace
and joy that the world could not give, amid suffering and tears of pain (Jer 31:13; Jn 16:22;
Diary, # 1394; CCC 749, 1742). lx
II B.8 Doing God’s Will is Better than Self-willed Fasting or Mortification (Diary, # 1023)
(Diary, # 1023): One day, Sr. Faustina got oranges from a fellow Sister. But she was
unsure what to do; whether to eat them or to do penance to mortify herself for God, in keeping
with the Lenten Season. She then heard the voice of Jesus in her soul enlighten her, “My
daughter, you please me more by eating the oranges out of obedience and love for Me than
fasting and mortifying yourself of your own will. A soul that loves me very much must (or) ought
to live by My Will. I know your heart, and I know that it will not be satisfied by anything but My
love alone.”
II B.9 “Jesus, Mercy Itself Asks the Soul to Offer Its Misery and Helplessness to Him” 148
(Diary, # 1774-1775): Sometime during the devotions in June, Christ lovingly told Sr.
Faustina, “My daughter, My favor rests in your heart” (Diary, # 1774). She then tried what she
could to find the right words to articulate from her heart, who He truly meant to her. Yet she
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Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 1774-1775.
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