Being Patient
Being Patient
Do you struggle to be patient sometimes? Saint Faustina wrote:
"True works of God always meet opposition and are marked by suffering. If God wants to accomplish something, sooner or later He will do so in spite of the difficulties. Your part, in the meantime, is to arm yourself with great patience" (270).
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Forty-eight times in St. Faustina's Diary, Jesus tells St. Faustina not to be afraid. That's right. We counted.
Turn to any page of St. Faustina’s Diary, and you’ll find spiritual gems. Like this one:I remind you, My daughter, that as often as you hear the clock strike the third hour, immerse yourself completely in My mercy, adoring and glorifying it; invoke its omnipotence for the whole world, and particularly for poor sinners; for at that moment mercy was opened wide for every soul. In this hour you can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking; it was the hour of grace for the whole world — mercy triumphed over justice (Diary, 1572).
Turn to any page of St. Faustina's Diary, and you'll find spiritual gems. Like this one: I accept everything that comes my way as given me by the loving will of God, who sincerely desires my happiness. And so I will accept with submission and gratitude everything that God sends me. I will pay no attention to the voice of nature and to the promptings of self-love. (1549)
