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)

Do you frequently compare yourself to other people? Let's see what St. Faustina's Diary has to say.Turn to any page of St. Faustina’s Diary, and you’ll find spiritual gems. Like this one:

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