Journeying With The Saints

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1315-1317. We all know, as Catholics, that there are the corporal works of mercy and the spiritual works of mercy. The spiritual works of mercy are a little intimidating because sometimes people don't like us offering those types of mercy. However, Christ is going to talk about the importance of performing spiritual works of mercy. I thought today woul...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1309-1314. Whew! I'm on my soapbox today! We have seen in this diary just how much Sister Faustina loves Christ. She spends massive amounts of time in prayer, she goes to Mass all the time. You  know that her heart belongs to God and her attitude is the proper response to God. Recently, my teenage daughter heard a message of low standards when it comes...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1304-1308. Milestone Day! Only 100 more days are left in our readings. Congratulations on tuning in everyday.  Sister Faustina is visited by a young woman who she feels will be a stray sheep. People leave the faith for numerous reasons. However, there are things we can do to make sure that we are never the reason why someone leaves. Ultimately, it's in...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1299-1303. Milestone Day! Another 100 numbers down! Our topic today is on leadership. I'm sure you all have had a good leader and a bad leader at some point in your life. Mother Superior goes with Sister Faustina to look over some oof the Divine Mercy image and holy cards. Sister Faustina talks about all the wonderful ways Mother Superior has been a go...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1294-1298. Have you ever done something you know you shouldn't have and you realize pretty quickly that you were in the wrong, so you run   to fix it? If you are like me, that doesn't happen very often because of pride. It's rare that when we've done wrong that we go and fix it as fast as possible. Sister Faustina says something wrong to two poor needy...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1288-1293. Have you ever noticed that some people at Mass just half-heartedly come up to receive Communion? There is a certain body language of people who fully understand what they are going up to receive. And there is a body language of those doing it merely out  of habit. Christ talks about today about how it pains Him to have people receive the Sac...

This week we are reading from the 38th number in "Way to Inner Peace." We are leaving the learning section and moving into the wisdom section. Today's topic is called, "Stick Out Your Tongue." You may be wondering what in this world this may be about. It's all about our voice and the way we speak to each other. Words have a lot of power: They can cut someone to the quick or they can help give peop...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1284-1287. We are going to read a very good prayer of thanks. Sister Faustina is going to spend a lot of time thanking God. On the other end, I will share a recent story of when I was hit hard at Mass with the realization of how ungrateful I was acting. When I stopped to think about how ungrateful I was acting, I recognized just how many blessings God...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1278-1283. Another ten days down! Sister Faustina shares with us that her brother is coming to visit her. She seems a little anxious about it. The last part, though, is what we are mostly going to focus on. She gives us some details about what it is like to work at the gate. She contrasts how she treats the poor at the door with how another treats the...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1272-1277. This is my longest podcast to date. The reason is because Sister Faustina brings up the A word. Yes, she speaks of abortion. It's too important a topic to not give due diligence. I hope you will hang in there for this longer, but highly important podcast.   

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers  1266-1271. Sister Faustina gets a new job. She moves from the garden to the gate. Also, today, she is treated pretty poorly by several of the sisters in the house. We're going to talk about how we treat people when we do our job. That can mean any job whether it be paid, volunteer work, or work in the home.   

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1262-1265. We will be reading mostly a longer prayer from Sister Faustina. I would encourage you to get into a very prayerful mindset. The biggest thing to focus on is the fact that she is saying, "No matter what, Lord, I will bless you." And that is the attitude of a true saint.   

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1256-1261. I heard a really good homily that talked about the struggle for us to understand when innocent people suffer. I thought it would be a good thing for us to talk about because we see Sister Faustina suffering and, also, her confessor and spiritual director. Trying to get this message of Divine Mercy has caused a lot of suffering for all three...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1251-1255. We are going to hear a term that I have never heard before. It's called "holy indifference." Normally, when we speak in spiritual terms, being indifferent is not a good thing to be. But, holy indifference? I had to stop and think about what that exactly means.   

This week we are reading the 37th number from "Way to Inner Peace." This is the last section on learning and next week we move into the wisdom section. Our topic is on memory--a favorite topic of mine. I'm one of those people that likes to think back to the past, draw up old memories; I'm kind of an old soul. This reading doesn't have too much to do with spirituality but more on how we live out ou...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1246-1250. It can kind of be troubling when we read about a saint that performs mortifications. It's hard for us to understand, it makes us a little queasy, and we aren't quite sure if it's something good to do. My daughter asked me the other day about Sister Faustina performing mortifications. She wanted to know what I thought about it and what Jesus...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1243-1245. As we look around our world we can tell that things aren't great. I'm sure every time period has thought that things were getting really bad and the end was near. However, in the past, most were able to hold on to their belief in God. Collectively, as a whole, nowadays we aren't turning to God. Instead, we are putting ourselves up as gods an...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1239-1242. Have you ever had a person show you kindness and you totally buy into it and then it turns out not to be sincere? It always makes us a little tender in our heart, doesn't it? When we put our trust in someone that shows us kindness and then it turns out that they were looking to set snares, it makes it hard to deal with that person. So what a...

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1234-1238. We will talk today about why it's so hard for us to give others mercy. It's not hard for Christ, but, man, it sure is hard for us. I thought of some reasons about why it is so difficult for us as humans.   

Today's readings are from Notebook 4, numbers 1231-1233. Milestones day today! We have finished another 10 days and we move into Notebook Four.  It will be short and sweet today. There is a prayer at the beginning of Notebook 4. We will pray along with her and then leave it at that while looking forward to what is in store in this new notebook.   

Today's readings are from Notebook 3, numbers 1224-1230. We will finish up the Novena today by covering three days. The readings will be a little longer but when we are done, we will finish up Notebook 3. Here are the souls we are to bring today. Day 7: Those souls that venerate and glorify God's mercy. Day 8: Souls in the prison of Purgatory. Day 9: Lukewarm souls

Today's readings are from Notebook 3, numbers 1218-1223. We are continuing on with our condensed Novena. On Day 5, Christ wants heretics and schismatics brought to Him. On Day 6, He wants meek and humble souls and, also, the souls of children. Take a moment to think about the souls you would like to offer up as your intentions.   

This week we are reading from the 36th number from "Way to Inner Peace." There are two kinds of truth: Speculative and Practical. Speculative truth is not exceptionally hard for us to accept, e.g. the ocean is salty. Though this kind of truth is increasingly being denied. Practical truth is harder for us to accept because it deals with morality and its acceptance may require change in our behavior...

Today's readings are from Notebook 3, numbers 1214-1217. We are continuing on with our Novena we started yesterday. We can't do the full nine days because of time constraints. So, we are lumping some days together.  Christ has asked that certain souls  be brought to Him each day.  Day 3: We are to bring devout and faithful souls.  Day 4: We are to bring pagans and non-believers.

Today's readings are from Notebook 3, numbers 1209-1213. Sister Faustina is going to be doing a Novena to the Divine Mercy. Christ has asked her to do this and He is going to tell her what souls He wants brought to Him each day. We won't be able to do each day one day at a time, but we can bring souls to Christ.  Today we will bring all sinners for Day One and for Day Two we will bring priests and...