To know..in what a soul's true greatness consists (Jesus to St. Faustina)

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In her Diary, St. Faustina wrote:

1. Jesus you have given me to know and understand in what a soul’s true greatness consists: not in great deeds but in great love. Love has its worth, and it confers greatness on all our deeds. Although our actions are small and ordinary in themselves, because of love they become great and powerful before God.

Mary our Mother surely must have smiled as she watched little Faustina growing daily in grace and in writing the words above – so descriptive of Mary our Mother’s own “greatness”: “Behold your Mother” (John 19:27); “Behold the Handmaid of the Lord” (Luke 1:38) and:

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
my spirit rejoices in God my savior.
For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness…(Luke 2: 46-48)

Mother most lowly, Mother ever open to, and filled with, God’s Love, pray for us.
St. Faustina, humble servant of God’s Mercy, pray for us.