Constantly Comparing Yourself?
Constantly Comparing Yourself?
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:
Today, during Mass, I saw the Lord Jesus in the midst of His sufferings, as though dying on the cross. He said to me, My daughter, meditate frequently on the sufferings which I have undergone for your sake, and then nothing of what you suffer for Me will seem great to you. You please Me most when you meditate on My Sorrowful Passion. Join your little sufferings to My Sorrowful Passion, so that they may have infinite value before My Majesty” (Diary, 1512).
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