Is there someone in your life who frequently annoys you? Here's how St. Faustina dealt with those who troubled her.

Saint Faustina wrote:"Our meals shall be such that not even the poor will have any reason to envy us" (546). So, it's no surprise that St. Faustina didn't eat meat on Fridays even outside of Lent. That was Canon Law. But since St. Faustina's time, Canon Law has allowed us, depending on our bishops conferences, to choose another penance on Fridays in place of abstaining from meat. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops allow a substitute penance. Nevertheless, the USCCB gives "first place to abstinence from flesh meat" (24, Pastoral Statement on Penance and Abstinence)

Turn to any page of St. Faustina's Diary, and you'll find spiritual gems. Like this one. St. Faustina wrote:Saint Joseph urged me to have a constant devotion to him. … He looked at me with great kindness and gave me to know how much he is supporting this work [of mercy]. He has promised me … special help and protection. (1203)