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III C.3 The Holy Eucharist as the “Source and Summit of the Christian Life” (CCC, 1324)
(3.1) “Jesus-Host, We Know Each Other – That is Enough for Me” (Diary, # 877)
Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary, “O Jesus concealed in the Host, my sweet Master, and
faithful Friend, how happy my soul is to have such a Friend who always keeps me company. I do
not feel lonely even though I am in isolation. Jesus-Host, we know each other – that is enough
for me.”
(3.2) “One Thing Alone Sustains Me and that is Holy Communion” (Diary, # 1037)
Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary that Jesus, hidden in the Sacred Host is the Source of her
supernatural strength in weakness as well as her consolation and courage in bearing suffering. He
is also her Way to glorify God. If she missed Holy Communion, she dreaded her own terribly
flawed self. She wrote in her Diary, “One thing alone sustains me and that is Holy Communion”
(Diary, # 1037).
(3.3) Holy Communion: “Fills the Soul with God’s Light and Nourishes It” 303
(Diary, # 1278): Sr. Faustina wrote in her Diary, “I receive Holy Communion in the
manner of the Angels, so to speak. My soul is filled with God’s light and nourishes itself from
Him. My feelings are as if dead. This is a purely spiritual union with God; it is a great
predominance of spirit over nature.”
(Diary, # 1447): Sr. Faustina also noted that Jesus expressed immense grief when souls
failed to unite themselves to Him as well as when they remained cold, apathetic and distrustful of
Him during Holy Communion. His people did not seem to realize that God loves His people
greatly and wants to pour His great graces upon them for their own good:
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Ibid., Faustina, Diary, # 1278, 1447.
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