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And I: “Ah! yes, with all my heart I promise You. I
would die a thousand times rather than sin again. Never

again, never again.’”

And Jesus: “And I forgive you, and I apply to your soul
the merits of My Passion, and I want to wash it in My Blood.”

And as He was saying this, He raised His Blessed right
hand and pronounced the words of the absolution exactly

like the words that the priest says, when he gives absolution.
And in the act of doing this, a river of Blood poured down
from His hand, and my soul remained completely inundated
by it.

After this, He said to me: “Come, O daughter, come to
make penance for your sins by kissing My wounds.”

All trembling, I stood up and I kissed His most Sacred
wounds; and then He said to me: “My daughter, be more
vigilant and attentive, because today I give you the Grace not

to fall, ever again, into voluntary venial sin.”

Then He gave me other exhortations, which I don’t

remember too well; and He disappeared.
Who can say the effects of this confession made to Our Lord?
I felt all soaked with Grace, and it made such an impression on
me, that I cannot forget it. And every time I remember it, I feel a

shiver run through my bones, and also taken by horror in thinking
of what my correspondence is to so many Graces that the Lord

has given me.

The Lord deigned other times to give me the absolution
Himself. Sometimes He would take the form of the priest,

and I would confess as if to the priest, although I would feel
different effects; and then, once it was finished, He would reveal
Himself as Jesus; and sometimes He would come unveiled,

making Himself recognized as Jesus from the beginning. At
times He would also take the form of the confessor, so much
so, that I believed I was speaking with him, telling him all

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