Turn to any page of St. Faustina's Diary and you'll find spiritual gems. Like this one:A soul that is united with God must be prepared for great and hard-fought battles. (121)

Are you afraid of God’s justice? If you do this, you don't have to be. Turn to any page of St. Faustina's Diary, and you'll find spiritual gems. Like this one:

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)