Journeying With The Saints

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1607-1611.

Whenever you are going through a trial, you always wonder why God won't make it end as soon as possible. Especially if you are praying for it to end soon. We can't understand what God is up to and it can lead to a lot of frustration. Sister Faustina's mission has had lots of trials. But, there are reasons for the trials and we'll discuss those reasons.

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1602-1606.

Have you ever thought about how much has been written about Christ? He has been the topic of thousands of books, papers, and scrolls, more than any other person in the history of the world. Nobody even comes close. There can be a tendency to reduce Christ down to just "one among many," or Social Justice Warrior Jesus, or Nice Guy Jesus. But, we must always remember, He is God and nothing less.

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1596-1601.

Another 100 numbers down! The milestones seemed to be coming quicker and quicker.

Christ is going to say something that is absolutely heartbreaking. He says, "When I enter into certain hearts it's as if I enter into a Second Passion." We are not entitled to Holy Communion. It is a beautiful gift of love. We should approach with complete humility.

Today's readings are from Notebook 6, numbers 1590-1595.

We enter into the last notebook today, Catholic Pilgrims. As per our custom, I will just read the prayer at the beginning. However, the prayer is very short, so I will read a few numbers past that. I won't be doing a reflection, though, so that you can just sit with the prayer and what Sister Faustina has to say.

Today's readings are from Notebook 5, numbers 1582-1589.

Another 10 days down! And today is the last day in Notebook 5.

We are going to go an a cool history lesson through ancient Turkey, which was called Asia Minor in the Bible. Sister Faustina writes about how Christ is fully man and fully God. This is called the Hypostatic Union and that doctrine of the faith was declared in 451 AD in...you guessed it--Turkey.

Today's readings are from Notebook 5, numbers 1576-1581.

We are two days away from entering into the last notebook of the diary. I'm thrilled we have made it so far.

Our readings will be a little longer as we dissect Sister Faustina's litany of desires. I think these desires are ones that we should desire, as well.

Today's readings are from Notebook 5, number 1571-1575.

What is true humility? I think a lot of people are confused about what true humility really is. One thing that it is not is denying our talents and gifts from God. God gave them to us for a reason and we are to use them. Sometimes, people will be threatened by our talents and gifts. They may be threatened by our lives if we are striving for sainthood. This should never make us shy away from sainthood.

This week we are reading the 46th number from "Way to Inner Peace." We are entering into the last section of the book which is titled, "You." Our topic today is on pleasures. Think about what are your favorite pleasures. Some of my favorite pleasures are: Music, homemade desserts, spending time with my family, and watching football...only if we are winning, of course.

Three Key Points: Internal pleasure, external pleasures, and purpose.

Today's readings are from Notebook 5, numbers 1566-1570.

We've all probably played that thought experiment where we ask what we would do if we only had a week or a day to live. Most people usually say that they would gather their loved ones around them and maximize their time with them. Sister Faustina is going to mention Christ's final coming. We are going to do that same thought experiment with the End Times. What would we do if we knew Christ was coming soon?

Today's readings are from Notebook 5, numbers 1560-1565.

We get some great advice today from Christ on how to fight temptations. Yesterday, Sister Faustina was fighting lots of temptations in our readings. Christ gives her some pointers, if you will. They are perfect pointers for all of us to follow.