My kingdom in human soul

"My delight is to act in a human soul and to fill it with My mercy and to justify it. My kingdom on earth is My life in the human soul."

-Diary, 1784

be my mercy flow out through your heart

"I desire that your heart be an abiding place of my mercy. I desire that this mercy flow out upon the whole world through your heart. Let no one who approaches you go away without that trust in my mercy which I so ardently desire four souls."

-Diary, 1777

my love will never change

"Before I made the world, I loved you with the love your heart is experiencing today and, throughout the centuries, My love will never change."

-Diary, 1754

no wrath

"I am mercy itself for the contrite soul. A soul’s greatest wretchedness does not enkindle me with wrath; but rather, my heart is moved towards it with great mercy."

-Diary, 1739

I forget and rejoice at their return

"I cannot love a soul which is stained with sin; but when it repents, there is no limit to My generosity toward it. My mercy embraces and justifies it. With My mercy, I pursue sinners along all their paths, and My Heart rejoices when they return to Me. I forget the bitterness with which they fed My Heart and rejoice at their return."

-Diary, 1728

reflect my mercy

"Be always merciful as I am merciful. Love everyone out of love for Me, even your greatest enemies, so that My mercy may be fully reflected in your heart."

-Diary, 1695

shield and take care

"If souls would put themselves completely in My care, I myself would undertake the task of sanctifying them, and I would lavish even greater graces on them. There are souls who thwart My efforts, but I have not given up on them; as often as them as they turn to Me, I hurry to their aid, shielding them with My mercy, and I give them the first place in My compassionate Heart."

-Diary, 1682

a single drop

"Look into My Heart and see there the love and mercy which I have for humankind, and especially for sinners. Look, and enter into My Passion. … See how little you have written about it; it is only a single drop."

-Diary, 1563-65

Day of Mercy

"In the Old Covenant I sent prophets wielding thunderbolts to My people. Today I am sending you with My mercy to the people of the whole world. … Before the Day of Justice I am sending the Day of Mercy."

-Diary, 1588

trust

"The graces of my mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is – trust. The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive. … I rejoice that they ask for much, because it is my desire to give much, very much. On the other hand, I am sad when souls ask for little, when they narrow their hearts."

-Diary, 1578

handling temptation

"Do not fight against a temptation by yourself, but disclose it to the confessor at once, and then the temptation will lose all its force. Second, during these ordeals do not lose your peace; live in My presence; ask My Mother and the saints for help. …Know that by fighting bravely you give Me great glory and amass merits for yourself. Temptation gives you a chance to show Me your fidelity."

-Diary, 1560

throw as a child into the arms of its beloved mother

"When a soul sees and realizes the gravity of its sins, when the whole abyss of the misery into which it immersed itself is displayed before its eyes, let it not despair, but with trust let it throw itself into the arms of My mercy, as a child into the arms of its beloved mother. These souls have a right of priority to My compassionate Heart, they have first access to My mercy. … I delight particularly in a soul which has placed its trust in My goodness."

-Diary, 1541

will shield them

"All those souls who will glorify My mercy and spread its worship, encouraging others to trust in My mercy, will not experience terror at the hour of death. My mercy will shield them in that final battle…"

-Diary, 1540