The power of 'not feeling like it'.
The power of 'not feeling like it'.
Turn to any page of St. Faustina’s Diary, and you find spiritual gems. Marc Massery, a staff writer for the Marian Fathers at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, reflects on one such gem:
All [the power of sacrifice] rests in the will, and so these contrary feelings, far from lowering the value of the sacrifice in My eyes, will enhance it. Know that your body and soul will often be in the midst of fire. Although you will not feel My presence on some occasions, I will always be with you. Do not fear; My grace will be with you.… (1767) #DiscoveringTheDiary #SaintFaustina
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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)
Turn to any page of St. Faustina’s Diary, and you find spiritual gems. Like this one: Lie down and take your rest. I have let you experience in three hours what I suffered during the whole night … My host, you are refreshment for My tormented Heart (1054 - 1056) #StFaustina #DiscoveringTheDiary
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)
