Journeying With The Saints

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1804-1807.

Here at the very end of the diary is a short little section on Sister Faustina's preparation for Holy Communion. This is going to take us through the end of our year together. As I was reading through it today, I felt that we just need to spend this time with Sister Faustina. We don't need any words from me. Our readings will be short and I invite you to sit back and enjoy.

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1797-1803.

We did it, Catholic Pilgrims. We have finished Notebook 6 and the meat of the diary. Let's just take some time today and relish in what we've accomplished.

Don't forget, though, that we have seven days still left together and a little bit more read from an additional little section on preparing for Holy Communion. So, don't think we are completely finished yet!

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1791-1796.

In the Catholic Church, we have seven Sacraments. But...we also have sacramentals. These are blessings, consecrations, or exorcisms. They are used to center our lives on Christ. We will use this time to talk about sacramentals and how we are to use them, as Sister Faustina talks about centering our lives on God.

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1786-1790.

I know that many of you listening are going through a really bad time--a deep, deep suffering. I hope that you have found some comfort in relating to Sister Faustina through her suffering. Today, Christ has some comforting words for those that suffer. We are in the month of June with her and we won't leave the month of June with her. Her writings end in this month.

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1779-1785.

Only 10 more days to go!

We have the conclusion of Sister Faustina's three-day retreat. Our topic today will be about drawing souls to Christ. Our lives should help and not hinder people from coming to Christ.

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1774-1778.

At the end of our readings today, Sister Faustina is going to declare her resolution. It's one we've heard before: To unite herself to Christ-Mercy. Christ is Mercy and He is love. We all need to unite ourselves to His Mercy everyday, over and over again. I hope that this diary has taught us this.

This week, we are reading from the 51st number from "Way to Inner Peace." This will be our last reading from the "You" section; next week we start the final section which is titled, "Faith." Our readings this week are probably the hardest so far, at least I think so. Don't let it scare you off because we are going to walk our way through it. Once you understand what he's saying, it's really profound and it's excellent content to contemplate. The topic for today is how things go wrong.

Three Key Points: Perfection, choices, and true goods.

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1767-1773.

We are on the third day of this mini-retreat Christ has asked Sister Faustina to do with Him. He's going to talk a lot about love of neighbors; about how we should pray for them and sacrifice them. This took me down memory lane and I started thinking of all the neighbors I've had in my life. They really do make up the fabric of our lives and we are called into relationship with them in some capacity.

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1758-1766.

There's so much packed in today's readings that I hardly know where to start. So, I narrowed it down to just one sentence. Christ is going to talk about feelings versus the will. I think this is wildly important to talk about in our day and age.

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1752-1757.

If you remember, a couple days back, Christ asked Sister Faustina to enter into a personal retreat with Him. We are starting that three-day retreat today. Christ is going to give her the things He wants her to meditate on. This will be the first day and the meditation is all about not being afraid. This is a message we frequently get in Scripture. It can be hard to live a life without fear and so are going to talk about that struggle.