St. Faustina on Confession

In her Diary, entry 377, St. Faustina says that the Sacrament of Reconciliation not only obtains for us God’s forgiveness, but also heals the soul of the wounds of sin.

We should derive two kinds of profit from Holy Confession: 

1. We come to confession to be healed;
2. We come to be educated – like a small child, our soul has constant need of education.

Here are some revelations our Lord gave to St. Faustina, as recorded in her Diary: 

When you go to confession, to this fountain of mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flows down upon your soul (1602).

[I]n the Tribunal of Mercy [the Sacrament of Reconciliation] … the greatest miracles take place and are incessantly repeated (1448). 

Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy (1602). 

Come with faith to the feet of My representative (1448). 

I Myself am waiting there for you. I am only hidden by the priest … I Myself act in your soul (1602).

Make your confession before Me. The person of the priest is, for Me, only a screen. Never analyze what sort of a priest it is that I am making use of; open your soul in confession as you would to Me, and I will fill it with My light (1725). 

Were a soul like a decaying corpse, so that from a human standpoint, there would be no hope of restoration and everything would already be lost, it is not so with God. The miracle of Divine Mercy restores that soul in full. Oh, how miserable are those who do not take advantage of the miracle of God’s mercy! (1448).