Divine Will for every day of the year - April 3, 1899 Volume 2

After going through several days of privation and of tears, I found myself all confused and annihilated within myself. In my interior I kept saying, continuously: ‘Tell Me, O my Good, why have You moved away from me? Where have I offended You, that You no longer make Yourself seen - and if You show Yourself, You are almost concealed, and silent? O please, do not make me wait and wait any longer, for my heart cannot take any more!’ 

Finally, Jesus showed Himself a little more clearly, and in seeing me so annihilated, He told me: “If you knew how much I like humility… Humility is the littlest plant that can be found, but its branches are so high as to reach Heaven, wind their way around my throne, and penetrate deep into My Heart. This little plant is humility, and the branches which this plant produces, are confidence; so, there cannot be true humility without confidence. Humility without confidence is false virtue.” From the words of Jesus it shows that my heart was not only annihilated, but also a little discouraged.

Divine Will for every day of the year - April 2, 1921 Volume 12

I feel my poor mind as though stunned, and I lack the words to put on paper what I feel. If my Jesus wants me to write, He will deign to say in words what He infuses in Me by means of light. I just remember that, in coming, He said to me: “My daughter, in one who prays, loves, repairs, kisses Me, adores Me in My Will, I feel as if all were praying Me, loving Me, etc. In fact, since My Will envelops everything and everyone in My Volition, the soul gives Me the kiss, the love, the adoration of all; and in looking at everyone in her, I give her as many kisses, as much love, as I should be giving to all.

“In My Will the soul is not content if she does not see Me fully loved by all, if she does not see Me kissed, adored and prayed by all. In My Will things cannot be left half-done, but must be complete. And I cannot give small things to the soul who acts in My Volition; but rather, Immense things, which can be sufficient for all. I behave with the soul who acts in My Volition like a person who wanted to have a work done by ten people. Now, only one of these ten people offers himself to do the work; all the others refuse. Is it not fair that he give to that one everything which he should give to all ten? Otherwise, where would be the difference between one who acts in My Will and one who acts in his own will?”

Divine Will for every day of the year - April 1, 1916 Volume 11

This morning my sweet Jesus made Himself seen in my heart, and His heartbeat was beating in mine. I looked at Him, and He told me: “My daughter, for the one who really loves Me and does My Will in everything, her heartbeat and Mine become one. So I call them My Heartbeats, and I want them as such, around and even inside the Heartbeat of My Heart - all intent to console Me, and sweeten all My Sorrowful Heartbeats. Her heartbeat in Mine will form a Sweet Harmony, which will repeat for Me all My Life, and will speak to Me of souls, forcing Me to save them. 

“But, My daughter, what stripping is required to be the echo of My Heartbeat! It must be a life more of Heaven than of earth - more Divine than human! Even one shadow, one tiny thing is sufficient to prevent the soul from feeling the Strength, the Harmonies, the Sanctity of My Heartbeat; so she is not the echo of My Heartbeat, she does not harmonize together with Me, and I am forced to remain alone in My Sorrow and in My Joys. And I receive these Sorrows from souls who - ...who knows how much they had promised Me. But when it came to the decisions, I was left disappointed by their promises.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 31, 1929 Volume 25

“…Listen My little newborn of My Divine Will:  if man had not sinned, if he had not withdrawn from My Divine Will, I would have come upon earth—but do you know how?  Full of Majesty, as when I rose again from death.  Even though I had My Humanity similar to that of man, united to the Eternal Word, how different was My Resurrected Humanity—Glorified, clothed with Light, not subject to either suffering or dying:  I was the Divine Triumpher.  

“On the other hand, before dying, though voluntarily, My Humanity was subject to all pains; even more, I was the Man of Sorrows.  And since man had his eyes still dazzled by the human will, and therefore he was still infirm, few were the ones who saw Me Resurrected, and this served to confirm My Resurrection.  Then I ascended into Heaven, to give man the time to take the remedies and the medicines, so that he might recover and dispose himself to know My Divine Will, in order to live, not of his will, but of Mine, and so I will be able to show Myself full of Majesty and of Glory in the midst of the children of My Kingdom.  

“Therefore, the Resurrection is the confirmation of the Fiat Voluntas Tua on earth as It is in Heaven.  After such a long sorrow, suffered by My Divine Will for many centuries, of not having Its Kingdom upon earth and Its Absolute Dominion, it was right that My Humanity place Its Divine Rights in safety, and realize Its Original Purpose and Mine, of forming Its Kingdom in the midst of creatures. …”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 30, 1938 Volume 35

… I was feeling oppressed by seeing that those who surround me suffer and make big sacrifices because of me.  How painful it is to see others sacrificed!  And my sweet Jesus, squeezing me in His arms in an Act of Compassion for me, all Tenderness told me:  “My poor daughter, Courage.  I don’t want you to think about this.  You must know that I can repay and I know how to repay even the small sacrifices and attentions—and certainly the big ones.  I count everything, and I do not leave even a breath done for Me without Reward; even more, if these sacrifices are done for one who Loves Me—for one who wants to Live in My Will—I feel as if they were done for Myself.  So, in order for these sacrifices to be done in My Will, I place in them My Divine Flavor, so that they may feel the taste and the pleasure in making these sacrifices, and the need for making them—taste and pleasure in sacrifice.  They are like the salt and spices for the food, like the grease for the wheels that could barely move, but once the grease has been applied, they can run.  The Divine Taste empties the sacrifice, making it Light and pleasant.  This is the reason why, in Our Love, We Created a Holy Passion, a taste and a pleasure that makes it impossible for Us not to Love the creature.  …”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 29, 1908 Volume 8

… I remained concerned because of some chastisement, and I prayed Him to come back, for I could no longer be without Him; but I was as though bothered by that sight from before. Then, after much hardship, He came, carrying a cup filled with some liqueur. He gave me some to drink, and then He added: “My daughter, peaceful souls eat at My same table and drink at My cup, and the Divine Archer does nothing but dart through them continuously, and no dart is wasted. All of them – all of them wound the loving soul; and the soul faints, while the Divine Archer continues with His arrows which now make her die of love, now give her back new life of love. And from her wounds, the soul shoots her darts to wound the One who has so much wounded her. So, a peaceful soul is the delight and the amusement of God; while, with turbid souls, if the Divine Archer darts through them, the darts are wasted by the soul, leaving Him embittered, and forming the diabolical amusement and taste.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 28, 1917 Volume 12

Continuing in my usual state, my always lovable Jesus just barely made Himself seen — but so afflicted as to move one to pity. I said to Him: “What is it, Jesus?” And He: “My daughter, unexpected things will arise and suddenly occur; revolutions will break out everywhere. Oh, how much worse things will get!” All afflicted, He remained silent. And I: “Life of my life, tell me another word.” And Jesus, as though breathing on me, said: “I love you,” and it seemed that everyone and everything would receive new life from that “I love you.” I repeated: “Jesus, one more word.” And He: “I could not tell you a more beautiful word than ‘I love you.’ This ‘I love you’ of mine fills Heaven and earth. It circulates through the Saints, and they receive new glory; it descends into the hearts of the pilgrim souls, and some receive grace of conversion, some of sanctification; it penetrates into Purgatory, and pours upon their souls like beneficial dew, and they feel refreshed by it. Even the elements feel invested by new life in fecundating, in growing. All perceive the ‘I love you’ of your Jesus. And do you know when the soul attracts one of My ‘I love you’s’? When, fusing herself in Me, she assumes the divine attitude and, dissolving herself in Me, she does everything I do.”

And I: “My love, many times it is difficult to maintain this divine attitude constantly.” And Jesus: “My daughter, what the soul can not always do with her immediate acts in Me, she can make up for with her attitude of good will. I will be so pleased by her as to become the vigilant Sentry of each one of her thoughts, words, heartbeats, etc., placing them inside and outside of Me as My cortege, looking at them with great Love, as the fruit of the good will of the creature. Then, when the soul, fusing herself in Me, does her immediate acts with Me, I feel so much drawn toward her that I do what she does together with her, transforming her work into Divine Work. I take everything into account, and I reward everything, even the tiniest things. Not one single act of good will remains defrauded in the creature.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 27, 1902 Volume 4

Finding myself outside of myself, I went in search of my most sweet Jesus, and while going around, I saw Him in the arms of the Queen Mother. Tired as I was, all daring, I almost snatched Him, and I took Him in my arms, telling Him: “My Love, is this your promise that You would not leave me, when in the past days You have barely come, if at all?” And He: “My daughter, I was with you; only, you have not seen Me with clarity. Had your desires been so ardent as to burn the veil that prevented you from seeing Me, you would certainly have seen Me.” Then, as though wanting to give me an exhortation, He added: “You must be not only upright, but just. Into Justice enters loving Me, praising Me, glorifying Me, thanking Me, blessing Me, repairing Me, adoring Me, not only for oneself, but for all other creatures. These are rights of Justice which I demand from each creature, and which are due to Me as Creator, and one who denies to Me even one of these rights, can never be called just. Therefore, think about fulfilling your duty of justice, for in Justice you will find the beginning, the means and the end of sanctity.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 26, 1933 Volume 32

“… Now the great Work of making known My Will so that It could Reign in the midst of creatures will be a Work of Ours completely Gratuitous; and this is the mistake, that they believe that it will be the merit and on the part of creatures.  Ah yes! it will be there, as the little drops of the Hebrews when I came to Redeem them.  But the creature is always creature, therefore it will be completely Gratuitous on Our Part because, abounding with Light, with Grace, with Love to her, We will overwhelm her in a way that she will feel Strength never felt, Love never experienced.  She will feel Our Life Beating more vividly in her soul, so much so that it will be sweet for her to let Our Will Dominate.  

“This Life of Ours still exists in the soul.  It was given to her by Us at the beginning of her Creation, but It is so repressed and hidden that it is as if she did not have It.  It is like the fire under the ash that, covered and as crushed under it, it does not feel the benefit of the life of the heat.  But suppose a strong wind: the ash disperses from over the fire, and the fire makes its life seen and felt.  The same strong wind of the Light of My Fiat will place in flight the evils, the passions, that as ash hide the Divine Life in them, and feeling It vividly, they will be ashamed to not let Our Will Dominate.  My daughter time will say everything., and those who do not believe will remain confused.” …

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 25, 1934 Volume 33

… After this, I continued my abandonment in the arms of Jesus.  His Divine Heart jumped strongly, strongly with Love, with Joy, with Happiness, and with Sorrow.  And my sweet Jesus added:  “My daughter, all the Acts of My Humanity possess the Generative Virtue, therefore the mind thinks and It Generates Holy Thoughts, it thinks and It Generates Light, Science, Wisdom, Divine Knowledges, New Truths, and while It Generates It pours again in torrents into the minds of creatures, without ever ceasing to Generate.  In fact, every creature has in her mind the secret repository of these children of Mine Generated from My Mind, with the difference that some hold them honored, courted, giving them the freedom to let them produce the Good that they possess, and some hold them without taking care of them, and as suffocated.  My Gazes Generate glances of Love, of Compassion, of Tenderness, of Mercy—I never lose sight of anyone.  My Gazes multiply for everyone.  And O! the Power of My Gazes, with how much pity it pours itself over the human miseries.  It is so much that in order to place them in safety, it encloses the creature in My pupil in order to keep her defended and surrounded by Inexpressible Affection and Tenderness as to amaze the whole of Heaven.  My tongue Speaks and it Generates Words that give Life, Sublime Teachings; it Generates Prayers; it Speaks and Generates Wounds and Arrows of Love in order to give the Generation of My Ardent Love to everyone, and to make Me Loved by everyone.  My Hands Generate Works, Wounds, Nails, Blood, Embraces, in order to make Me Work of each one, balm in order to sweeten their wounds, nails in order to wound them and purify them, Blood in order to wash them, embraces in order to embrace them and carry them as in Triumph in My Arms.  …”

Divine Wil for every day of the year - March 24, 1913 Volume 11

I was feeling a certain discontent because of the privations of my always adorable Jesus, when He came and told me: “My daughter, what are you doing? I am the contentment of contentments. As I am in you and I feel some discontents, I recognize that they come from you, and therefore I do not recognize Myself completely in you, because discontents are part of the human nature - not of the Divine; while it is my Will that what is human no longer exist in you - only my Divine Life.”

I add that I was thinking to myself about the sweet Mama, and Jesus told me: “My daughter, the thought of my Passion never escaped my dear Mama, and by dint of repeating it, she was completely filled with Me. The same happens to the soul: by dint of repeating what I suffered, she arrives at filling herself completely with Me.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 23, 1910 Volume 9

As I was in my usual state, and lamenting because of His privations, He came just in passing and told me: “My daughter, I recommend that you not get out of My Will, because My Will contains such Power as to be a new Baptism for the soul - and even more than Baptism itself. In fact, while in the Sacraments there is part of My Grace, in My Will there is the whole Fullness of It. In the Baptism, the stain of original sin is removed, but passions and weaknesses remain. In My Will, since the soul destroys her own volition, she also destroys passions, weaknesses and all that is human; and she lives of the virtues, of the fortitude and of all the Divine Qualities.”

On hearing this, I said to myself: “In a little while He is going to say that His Will is greater than Communion Itself.” And He added: “Of course, of course, because the Sacramental Communion lasts a few minutes, while My Will is perennial communion; even more, eternal - entering eternity in Heaven. The Sacramental Communion is subject to some obstacles, either because of illness, or necessity, or because of those who have to administer It; while the Communion of My Will is not subject to any hindrance. If the soul only wants it, all is done. No one can prevent her from having such a great Good which forms the happiness of the earth and of Heaven - neither demons, nor creatures, and not even My Omnipotence Itself. The soul is free; no one has any right over her at this point of My Will. This is why I push It, and I want so much that creatures take It: It is the most important thing for Me; the thing which I cherish the most. All other things do not interest Me as much, not even the holiest ones. And when I obtain that the soul live in My Will, I feel triumphant - because this is the greatest Good which can exist in Heaven and on earth.” 

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 22, 1919 Volume 12

As I was in my usual state, I found myself outside of myself, and I could see all the order of created things. And my sweet Jesus told me: “My daughter, see what harmony, what order in all created things, and how all of them came out to life from the Eternal FIAT. Everything cost Me a FIAT. The most tiny star as well as the refulgent and splendid Sun, the most tiny plant just as the great tree, the most tiny insect just as the largest animal - they all seem to say among themselves: ‘We are noble creatures. Our origin is the Eternal Volition; we all carry the mark of the Supreme FIAT. It is true that we are distinct and different from one another; we have diversity of office, of light, of heat, but this says nothing: one is our value - the FIAT of a God; one our life and preservation - the FIAT of the Eternal Majesty...’ Oh, how eloquently does Creation speak of the Power of My Will, teaching that from the greatest thing to the smallest, one is the value, because they have life from the Divine Volition! In fact, a star would say to the Sun: ‘It is true that you have much light and heat; your office is great, your goods immense. The earth almost depends on you, so much so, that I do nothing in comparison to you. But the FIAT of a God made you so; therefore our values are equal - the glory which we give to our Creator is completely similar.’”

Then He added in a more afflicted tone: “It was not so in creating man. It is true that his origin is My FIAT, but this was not enough for Me. Taken by excess of Love, I breathed on him, wanting to infuse in him My own Life. I endowed him with reason; I made him free, and I constituted him king of the whole Creation. But man, ungrateful - how did he correspond to Me? Amid all Creation, he alone has become the sorrow of My Heart, the clashing note. And then, how much could I tell you about My Crafting in the sanctification of souls? Not only one FIAT, not My Breath, do I place at their disposal, but My very Life, My Love, My Wisdom. Yet, how many rejections, how many defeats My Love receives! Ah, My daughter, compassionate My hard sorrow, and come into My Will to substitute for the love of the whole human family, so as to soothe My pierced Heart!”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 21, 1914 Volume 11

Jesus continues: “My daughter, I love one who does My Will so much that I cannot manifest everything to her - or everything all at once - of how much I love her, the Grace with which I keep enriching her, the Beauty with which I keep embellishing her, and of all the Goods with which I fill her. If I manifested this altogether, the soul would die of joy, her heart would burst in such a way that she could no longer live on earth, but, in a flash, would take off toward Heaven. However, I feel an irresistible need to make Myself known, as well as My Love for her. It is too hard to love, to do good without making oneself known. I feel as if My Heart were dying, and unable to resist so much Love; I keep manifesting to her, little by little, how I love Her and all the gifts with which I continue to fill her. And when the soul feels as if filled to the brim, to the extent of no longer being able to contain them, in one of these manifestations of mine she will disappear from the earth and will bloom within the womb of the Eternal One.”

And I: “Jesus, my Life, it seems to me that you exaggerate a little bit in manifesting to me what extent a soul can reach who does your Will.” Knowing my ignorance and smiling, Jesus told me: “No, no, My beloved, I do not exaggerate. One who exaggerates may be deceitful. Your Jesus doesn’t know how to deceive you; rather, what I have told you is nothing. You will receive more surprises when, once the prison of your body is broken and you are swimming inside My Womb, the extent that My Will made you reach will be openly revealed to you.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 20, 1932 Volume 30

I was thinking about the Divine Will, and was saying to myself:  “If Our Lord Loves so much to make known a Will so Holy, and He wants It to Reign in the midst of creatures, why, then, does He want them to pray in order to obtain It?  Once He wants to, He can give It, even without so much praying Him.”  

And my sweet Jesus, surprising me, told me:  “My daughter, to know My Divine Will is the Greatest thing that I can give and that the creature can receive; and Its Reigning is the Confirmation of Its Great Gift and the carrying out of Its Will that was known.  Therefore, it is necessary to ask for It; by asking for It, she disposes herself, she forms within herself the Royal Palace in which to receive It; by asking for It, she acquires the Love in order to Love It, she acquires the qualities of Sacrifice that are needed in order to possess It.  And as one asks for It, the human will loses its ground, it is debilitated, it loses strength and disposes itself to receive the Dominion of the Supreme Volition; and God, seeing Himself prayed, disposes Himself to give It.  

“It takes the dispositions of both sides in order for Us to give Our Celestial Gifts.  How many Gifts do We want to give!  But because they are not asked for, We retain Them within Ourselves, waiting to give Them when they are asked for.  By asking, it is as if commerce were opened between Creator and creature.  If one does not ask, the commerce is closed, and Our Celestial Gifts do not descend in order to put themselves in circulation on the face of the earth.  Therefore, the first indispensable necessity in order to obtain the Kingdom of the Divine Will is to ask for It with Incessant prayers, because, as they pray, so are We reached by little letters—now of solicitation, now of supplication, now of the agreement that they want to make with Our Will, until the last letter comes, of the final accord.

“Second necessity, more indispensable than the first, in order to obtain this Kingdom:  it is necessary to know that one can have It.  Who can ever think of a Good, desire it, love it, if he does not know that he can obtain it?  No one.  If the Ancients had not known that the future Redeemer was to come, no one would have given it a thought, nor prayed, nor hoped for salvation, because the salvation, the sanctity of those times, was fixed—centralized in the future Celestial Savior.  Outside of this there was no good to be hoped for.  To know that one can have a Good forms the Substance, the Life, the nourishment of that Good in the creature.  Here is the reason for the so many Knowledges about My Will that I have manifested to you—that it may be known that they can have the Kingdom of My Will.  When it is known that a Good can be possessed, arts and industriousness are used, and the means to obtain the intent are employed.

“The third necessary means is to know that God wants to give this Kingdom.  This lays the foundations, the sure Hope in order to obtain It, and forms the final preparations in order to receive the Kingdom of My Divine Will.  When a Good is wanted and longed for, to know that the one who can give it already wants to give it, can be called the last blow of Grace, and final act, to obtain what is wanted.  In fact, had I not manifested to you that I can give and want to give My Divine Will as Dominating and Reigning in the midst of creatures, you would have remained indifferent like everyone else toward a Good so Great.  So, your interest, your prayers, have been effects of, and Births from, what you have known.  …”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 19, 1935 Volume 33

… But while I thought this, my sweet Jesus, my dear Life, surprising me, all Goodness told me:  “My blessed daughter, tell Me, what do you want?  Do you want that My Will Reigns and Lives in you as Life?  If you truly want it, everything is done, because so much is Our Love and ardent Desire that the creature possess Our Will as Life in order to let her Live of It, that as her human will truly wants it, so Ours fills the human volition with Our Supreme Volition in order to form Its Life there, and Live in her as in Its own Center.  You must know that the Divine Will and the human are two spiritual powers.  The Divine, Immense with an Unreachable Power.  The human, little power, but for however little, it has its power.  And both being spiritual, the one can pour itself into the other and form one single Life.  All the power is in the volition, and being spiritual power, it has the space of being able to place inside of its will the good that she wants, and also the evil.  In fact, what the will wants, that is what one finds inside of herself:  If she wants self-esteem, glory, love of pleasures, of riches, she will find inside of her volition the life of self-esteem, of glory, the life of pleasures, of riches, and, if she wants, sin—even sin will form its life. 

“Even more, if she wants the Life of Our Will in hers, wanted, commanded by Us with so many sighs, if she truly wants It, she will have the Great Good of possessing Our Will as Life.  And if this could not be, the Sanctity of Living in My Volition would be a difficult and almost impossible sanctity, and I do not know how to neither teach difficult things, nor do I want impossible things.  Rather it is My usual Way to make easy, for as much as it is possible for the creature, the most arduous things and hardest sacrifice.  And if necessary I place there of Mine in order to have that the little power of her will becomes sustained, aided, animated, by the Invincible Power of Mine, and so render easy the Good, or the Life of My Volition, that the creature wants to possess.  And so much is My Love, that in order to make it all the more easy, I whisper to the ear of the heart:  ‘If you truly want to do this good, I will do it together with you, I will not leave you alone, I will place My Grace, My Strength, My Light, My Sanctity at your disposition; we will both do the good that you want to possess.’ …”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 18, 1912 Volume 17

I was praying, fusing all of myself in Jesus, and I wanted each thought of Jesus in my power in order to have life in each thought of creature, and to repair with the same thought of Jesus; and so with all the rest. And my sweet Jesus told me: “My daughter, My Humanity on earth did nothing but connect each thought of creature with My own. So, each thought of creature was reflected in My Mind, each word in My Voice, each heartbeat in My Heart, each action in My Hands, each step in My Feet, and so with all the rest. With this, I offered Divine Reparations to the Father. Now, all that I did upon earth, I continue in Heaven, and as the creatures think, their thoughts pour into My Mind; as they look, I feel their glances in Mine. Therefore, a continuous electricity flows between Me and them, just as the members are in continuous communication with the head. And I say to the Father: ‘My Father, I am not the only one who is praying, repairing, satisfying, appeasing You, but there are other creatures who do within Me whatever I do. Even more, with their suffering, they make up for My Humanity, which is glorious and incapable of suffering.’

“By fusing herself in Me, the soul repeats all that I did, and continue to do. What will be the contentment of these souls who lived their lives in Me, embracing together with Me all creatures and all reparations, when they will be with Me in Heaven? They will continue their lives in Me; and as the creatures will think or will offend Me with their thoughts, these will be reflected in their minds, and they will continue the reparations which they did on earth. They will be, together with Me, the sentries of honor before the Divine Throne; and as creatures on earth will offend Me, they will do opposite acts in Heaven. They will guard My Throne; they will have the place of honor; they will be the ones who will comprehend Me the most - the most glorious. Their glory will be completely fused in Mine, and Mine in theirs. 

“Therefore, may your life on earth be completely fused in Mine. Do not do any act without making it pass into Me; and every time you will fuse yourself in Me, I will pour New Graces and New Light in you, and I will become the vigilant sentry of your heart in order to keep any shadow of sin far away from you. I will guard you as My own Humanity, and I will command the Angels to surround you like a crown, that you may be sheltered from everything and everyone.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 17, 1921 Volume 12

I was saying to my sweet Jesus: “I don’t know - the more You say You give to me by means of Your Holy Volition, the more wretched and ugly I feel. I should feel better - more good; instead, it is all the opposite.”

And Jesus told me: “My daughter, the more the grain of My Will grows in you, the more you will feel the misery of your straw. In fact, when the ear begins to form, grain and straw are one single thing; but when the life of the ear keeps forming, as the grain matures, the straw is detached from it, and remains only as defense of the grain. Therefore, the more wretched you feel, the more the grain of My Will keeps forming in you, and is close to perfect maturation. The straw within you is nothing other than your weak nature which, living together with the Sanctity and the Nobility of My Will, feels its misery even more.” …

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 16, 1902 Volume 4

Oh, how hard it is to have Him come for a little! It is a continuous heartbreak and fear that He may come no more. Oh, God, what pain! I don’t know how I live, though I live dying. 

Then He made Himself seen for a little, in a pitiful state, with one arm severed, and all afflicted He told me: “My daughter, see what creatures do to Me – how can you want Me not to chastise them?” And while saying this, He seemed to take a tall cross, the arms of which were hanging over six or seven cities; and various chastisements would occur. On seeing this, I suffered very much, and He, wanting to distract me from that pain, added: “My daughter, you suffer very much when I deprive you of My Presence. This must happen to you by necessity, because since you have been close to the Divinity for a long time, identified with It through Its contact, you have enjoyed as you pleased all the pleasure of Divine Light; and the more one has enjoyed the Light, the more he feels the privation of that Light, and the bothers, the annoyances and the pains which darkness brings with itself.” Then He repeated: “However, the most important thing for everyone, is that in each thought, word and work, one should not seek his own comfort, or the esteem and the pleasure of someone else, but the sole and only pleasure of God.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - March 15, 1908 Volume 8

This morning, I was feeling more than ever oppressed because of the privation of my highest and only good, but at the same time I was placid, without those anxieties that used to make me go round through Heaven and earth, and only when I would find Him, then would I stop. So I was saying to myself: “What a change – I feel petrified from the pain of your absence, yet, I do not cry, I feel a profound peace that invests me completely; not a contrary breath enters into me.” At that moment, blessed Jesus came and told me: “My daughter, do not want to trouble yourself. You must know that when there is a strong storm in the sea, where the waters are deep the storm is only superficial. The depths of the sea are in the most perfect calm, the waters remain tranquil, and the fish, when they detect the storm, go to nest where the water is deeper so as to be safer. So, the whole storm unloads itself where the sea contains very little water, because since there is little water, the storm has the strength to agitate it from top to bottom, and even to transport it elsewhere, to other points of the sea.

"So it happens to souls when they are completely filled with God — up to the brim, up to overflowing outside: storms have no strength to upset them even slightly, because there is no strength that can defy God; at the most, they may feel it superficially. Even more, as the soul detects the storm, she puts the virtues in order, and goes to nest in the inmost depths of God. So, while externally there seems to be a storm, it is completely false – it is then that the soul enjoys more peace, and rests, tranquil, in the bosom of God, just like the fish in the bosom of the sea.

“All the opposite for the souls who are empty of God, or contain just a little bit of God: storms agitate them all over; and if they have a little bit of God, they waste it. Nor does it take strong storms to agitate them; the slightest wind is enough to make virtues flee from them. Even more, holy things themselves, which form a delicious pasture for those former souls who enjoy them to their fill, for these souls, turn into storms. They are knocked about by all the winds; from no side is it ever dead calm for them, because reason demands that where the whole of God is not, the inheritance of peace is far away from them.”