After struggling very much, I was feeling all oppressed and almost a little disturbed, thinking about why my adorable Jesus was not coming. Then, He came in passing and told me: “My daughter, peace is light for the soul, light for her neighbor, and light for God. Therefore, a soul who is at peace is always light, and being light, she is always united to the Eternal Light from which she draws ever new light so as to be able to give light to others also. So, if you want ever new light, be at peace.”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 17, 1905 Volume 6
… Then He [Jesus] added: “Everyone can share in the merits and in the goods produced by the Sorrows of My Mother. One who, in advance, places herself in the hands of Providence, offering herself to suffer any kind of pains, miseries, illnesses, calumnies, and everything which the Lord will dispose upon her, comes to participate in the first Sorrow of the prophecy of Simeon. One who actually finds herself amid sufferings, and is resigned, clings more tightly to Me and does not offend Me, it is as if she were saving Me from the hands of Herod, keeping Me safe and sound within the Egypt of her heart - and she participates in the second Sorrow. One who feels downhearted, dry and deprived of My Presence, and remains yet firm and faithful to her usual practices - even more, she takes the opportunity to love Me and to search for Me more, without tiring - comes to participate in the merits and goods which My Mother acquired when I was lost. One who, in any circumstance she encounters, especially in seeing Me gravely offended, despised, trampled upon, tries to repair Me, to compassionate Me, and to pray for the very ones who offend Me – it is as if I encountered in that soul My own Mother who, if She could have done it, would have freed Me from My enemies; and she participates in the fourth Sorrow. One who crucifies her senses for love of My Crucifixion, and tries to copy the virtues of My Crucifixion within herself, participates in the fifth one. One who is in a continuous attitude of adoring, of kissing My Wounds, of repairing, of thanking etc., in the name of all mankind, it is as if she were holding Me in her arms, just as My Mother held Me when I was deposed from the Cross - and she participates in the sixth Sorrow. One who remains in My Grace and corresponds to it, giving a place to no one else but Me within her heart, it is as if she buried Me in the center of her heart - and she participates in the seventh one.”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 16, 1906 Volume 7
As the confessor told me that Monsignor did not want people to come visit me, so that I might not be distracted, I said to him: “You have given this obedience more than once, but it is never sorted out — it is done for a little while, and then things go back as before; while if you give me the obedience not to speak any more, my silence would drive everyone away.” Now, having received Communion, I said to the Lord: “If it pleases You, I would like to know how things are in Your Sight. You know the state of violence in which I find myself when I am with creatures, because with You alone I feel comfortable. I cannot understand why they want to come. I show myself rustic; I use no means to attract them, but rather, unpleasant manners. Why they want to come – I don’t know. Oh, Heavens grant that I may remain alone!”
At that moment He said to me: “My daughter, the sheer Truth, naked and simple, is the most powerful magnet to draw hearts and to dispose them to face any sacrifice for love of the Truth and of the people who reveal this truth. Who disposed the Martyrs to shed their blood? The Truth. Who gave to many other Saints the strength to conduct a pure and unblemished life in the midst of so many battles? The Truth - and a naked, simple and disinterested truth. This is why creatures want to come to you. Ah, My daughter, in these sad times, how hard it is to find someone who would manifest this naked Truth, even among the clergy, the religious, and devout people! Their speaking and operating always nurses something human, of interest or other things, and the Truth is manifested as though covered or veiled. So, the person who receives is not touched by the naked Truth, but by the interest or the other human purpose in which the Truth has been wrapped, and he does not receive the Grace and the influence which the Truth contains. This is why so many Sacraments, so many Confessions, are wasted, profaned and without fruit, even though I do not abstain from giving them Light. But they do not listen to Me, because they think to themselves that if they did so, they would lose their prestige, their being well liked, their nature would no longer find satisfaction, and they would go against their own interests. But – oh, how they deceive themselves! In fact, one who leaves everything for love of the Truth will superabound in everything more profusely than others. Therefore, as much as you can, do not neglect to manifest this naked and simple Truth – it is understood, always complying to the obedience of the one who directs you; but as the opportunity arises, manifest the Truth.”
All that regards charity I have said in a veiled manner, and since obedience had told me to write everything in detail, I had the impression as if I had not obeyed. As I asked Our Lord, He told me that it was fine as it was, because one who finds himself in those defects, would understand.
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 15, 1929 Volume 26
I was repeating my acts in the Divine Volition, to follow Its acts in all of Its works; and I thought to myself: “Why repeat always the same acts? What glory can I give to my Creator?”
And my sweet Jesus, coming out from within my interior, clasped me in His arms to strengthen me, and told me: “My daughter, the repetition of your acts in the Divine Fiat breaks Its isolation and generates company for all the acts that My Divine Will does. So, It no longer feels alone, but has one to whom It can tell Its Pains, Its Joys, and entrust Its Secrets. And besides, an act continuously repeated is Divine Virtue, and has the virtue of generating goods that do not exist, of reproducing them and communicating them to all. Only a continuous act is capable of forming life and of giving life.
“Look at the sun, symbol of My Divine Will, that never leaves the creature and never tires of doing its continuous act of light. Every day it returns to visit the earth, always giving its goods; it returns to trace the goods already given with its eye of light—and many times it does not find them. It does not find the flower that it colored with the beauty of its tints, and perfumed by just touching it with its hands of light. It does not find the fruit to which, pouring its own self out, it communicated its sweetness, and that it matured with its heat. How many things the sun does not find, after it has poured its very self out with many acts, more than maternal, in order to form the most beautiful flowerings, and form so many plants, and raise so many fruits with its breath of light and of heat—because man, snatching them from the earth, has used them to nourish his life.
“Oh! if the sun had capacity of reason and of sorrow, it would turn into tears of light and of burning fire, to cry over each thing it formed and does not find. And, in its sorrow, it would not change its will by ceasing to communicate its goods to the earth in order to form again what was taken away from it; because, no matter how much wrong they might do to it, its nature is to always give its act of light in which all goods are present, without ever ceasing.
“Such is My Divine Will; more than sun, It pours Its own self out over each creature, to give her continuous life. It can be said that It invests the creatures with Its Omnipotent Breath of Light and of Love, It forms them and raises them. And while the sun gives place to the night, My Divine Will never leaves on their own the dear births that came from It—molded, vivified, formed, raised with Its Breath and Burning Kiss of Light. There is not one instant in which My Divine Will leaves the creature, and pouring Itself over her, does not communicate to her Its various tints of Beauty, Its infinite Sweetness, Its inextinguishable Love. What does My Divine Will not do for her and give to her? Everything. Yet, It is not recognized nor loved; nor do they preserve within themselves the Goods It communicates to them. What sorrow! While It pours Its own self out over each creature, It does not find the Goods It communicates; and, in Its Sorrow, It continues Its Act of Light over them without ever ceasing. So, this is why one who must live in My Fiat must have her repeated and continuous acts, so as to keep It company and soothe It in Its intense Sorrow.”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 14, 1899 Volume 1
One morning – it was the day of the Exaltation of the Cross – my sweet Jesus transported me to the holy sites; and first, He told me many things about the virtue of the cross. I don’t remember all, but just a few things: “My beloved, do you want to be beautiful? The Cross will give you the most beautiful features that can possibly be found, both in Heaven and on earth; so much so, as to enamor God, who contains all beauties within Himself.”
Jesus continued: “Do you want to be filled with immense riches — not for a short time, but for all Eternity? Well then, the Cross will administer to you all kinds of riches — from the tiniest cents, which are the little crosses, up to the greatest amounts, which are the heavier crosses. Yet, men are so greedy to earn a temporal penny, which they soon will have to leave, but do not give a thought to earning one eternal cent. And when I, having compassion for them, in seeing their carelessness for all that regards Eternity, kindly offer them the opportunity - instead of cherishing it, they get angry and offend Me. What human madness – it seems that they understand it upside down. My beloved, in the Cross are all the Triumphs, all the Victories, and the greatest Gains. You must have no aim other than the Cross, and it will be enough for you, in everything. …”
[On this date, Luisa received from Jesus the Marriage of the Cross.]
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 13, 1904 Volume 6
As I was in my usual state, after I struggled very much He made Himself seen clasped to me, holding my heart in His hands; and fixing on me, He told me: “My daughter, when a soul has given Me her will, she is no longer free to do what she pleases, otherwise it would not be a true donation. On the other hand, true donation is to keep one’s will sacrificed continuously to the One to whom it had already been given; and this is a martyrdom of continuous attention that the soul makes for God. What would you say of a martyr who today offers himself to suffer any kind of pain, and tomorrow draws back? You would say that he did not have true disposition for martyrdom, and that one day or another he will end up denying his faith. So I say to the soul who does not let Me do what I please with her will, but now gives it to Me, and now draws it back: ‘Daughter, you are not disposed to sacrifice and martyr yourself for Me, because true martyrdom consists in continuity. You may call yourself resigned, conformed, but not a martyr; and one day or another you may end up withdrawing from Me, reducing everything to a child’s game.’ Therefore, be attentive, and leave Me full freedom to do with you as I best please.”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 12, 1926 Volume 19
… Then, after I remained … for some time with Jesus, He told me: “My daughter, My Humanity possesses the Kingdom of My Will, so much so, that My whole Life was dependent upon It; and by being dependent on It, I had the Intelligence of the Supreme Volition, Its Gaze, Its Breath, Its Operating, Its Steps, Its Motion and Eternal Heartbeat. In this way I formed the Kingdom of the Supreme Fiat, Its Life and Its Goods, in My Humanity. Do you see, then, what it means to form Its Kingdom in you? I must transmit to you what My Humanity possesses, which will administer to you Its Thought, Its Gaze, Its Breath and everything I possess for the formation of It. See how much I Love this Kingdom – I place My whole Life, My Pains, My Death at Its Disposal, as Its Foundation, Guard, Defense, Support. I will leave out nothing of Myself which will not serve to maintain the Triumph and the Absolute Dominion of My Will in full vigor. Therefore do not be surprised if you see the different stages of My age and of My Works being as though repeated in you, and you see Me now as a Child, now Young, now Crucified. This is the Kingdom of My Will present in you, and My whole Life lines up inside and outside of you as guard and defense of My Kingdom. Therefore, be attentive, and when some fear assails you, think that you are not alone, but that you have My whole Life as help to form this Kingdom of Mine within you; and continue your flight, constantly, in the Unity of the Supreme Light of the Divine Will. It is there that I await you, to give you My Surprises in return - to give you My Lessons.”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 11, 1922 Volume 14
Continuing in my usual state, I was abandoning all of myself in the Holy Will of my sweet Jesus, and feeling the need to rest, I said to myself: “Also my sleep in Your Will; I want nothing else but take true rest in the arms of Your Volition.” And Jesus: “Daughter, lay your rest as a mantle over all creatures so as to cover them all, because only in My Will is there True Rest. And since It envelopes everything, as you rest in My Will, you will lay yourself over all in order to impetrate True Rest for all. How beautiful it is to see a creatures of Ours resting in the arms of Our Will! But in order to find True Rest, it is necessary that she put all of her acts, her words, her love, her desires, etc., on their way within Our Will, so that, as they take their place in It, they may receive rest and I may rest in them. Only then do all works give rest when they are fulfilled; but if they are not fulfilled, they always give some concern, something to do, which renders True Rest restless.
“Now, the fulfillment of the Work of Creation was that man would do Our Will in everything. Our Will was to be the Life, the food, the crown of the creature; and since it is not yet so, the Work of Creation is not yet fulfilled, and neither can I rest in It, nor can It rest in Me. It gives Me always something to do, and I yearn for this Fulfillment and Rest. This is why I love and want so much that the way of Living in My Will be known; nor will I ever be able to say that the Works of Creation and Redemption are fulfilled if I do not have all the acts of the creature extending in My Will like a bed to give Me rest. And I — what beautiful rest shall I not give to her in seeing her coming back on the wings of Our Will with the seal of the fulfillment of Creation? My womb will be her bed.
“Therefore, there is nothing I did, which did not have as primary purpose that man take possession of My Will and I of his. This was My Primary Purpose in Creation; the same in Redemption. The Sacraments I instituted, the many graces given to My Saints, have been the seeds, the means, to let man reach this possession of My Will. …”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 10, 1901 Volume 4
I continue to do what blessed Jesus taught me on the 4th of this month, even though sometimes I get distracted. But when sometimes I forget, it seems that Jesus places Himself on guard in my interior and does it Himself for me. On seeing this, I blush and immediately I unite myself with Him, and I make the offering of what I am doing at that moment. Be it even a gaze, or a word, I keep saying: “Lord, all the glory which creatures should give You with their mouths, but do not, I intend to give You myself with my mouth, and I impetrate for them to make good and holy use of the mouth, by uniting myself always with the very mouth of Jesus.” Now, while I was doing this in all my things, He came and told me: “This is the continuation of My Life, which was the Glory of the Father and the good of souls. If you persevere in this, you will form My Life, and I yours; you will be My Breath, and I yours.”
After this, Jesus placed Himself in order to rest upon my heart, and I upon His Heart, and it seemed that Jesus would draw His breath from me, and I would draw mine through Jesus. What Happiness, what Joy, what Celestial Life I experienced in that position! May the Lord be always thanked and blessed, who uses so many mercies with this sinner.
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 9, 1901 Volume 4
This morning my adorable Jesus was not coming. Then, while my mind was occupied with considering the mystery of the crowning of thorns, I remembered that, other times, as I was occupied with this mystery, the Lord had pleased to remove the crown of thorns from His head and to drive it onto mine. So I said in my interior: “Ah, Lord, I am no longer worthy of suffering your thorns.” And all of a sudden He came, for just a little, and told me: “My daughter, when you suffer My own thorns, You relieve Me, and in suffering them yourself, I feel completely free of those pains. When you humble yourself and believe yourself unworthy of suffering them, you repair for the sins of pride which are committed in the world.” And I added: “Ah, Lord, for as many drops as You shed, for as many thorns as You suffered, for as many wounds, so much glory do I intend to give You for as much glory as all creatures should give You if the sin of pride did not exist; and so many graces do I intend to ask of You for all creatures, so that this sin be destroyed.”
While saying this, I saw that Jesus contained the whole world within Himself, like a machine containing objects in itself. All creatures moved within Him, and Jesus moved toward them, and it seemed that Jesus would receive the glory of my intention and that creatures had returned to Him in order to receive the good impetrated by me for them. I remained stupefied, and He, seeing my stupefaction, said: “All this seems surprising, doesn’t it? What you have done seems a trivial thing, yet, it is not so. How much good could be done by repeating this intention, but is not?” Having said this, He disappeared.
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 8, 1916 Volume 11
This morning, after Communion, I felt that my lovable Jesus absorbed me completely in His Will in a special way, and I swam inside of It. But who can say what I felt? I have no words to express myself. Then Jesus told me: “My daughter, for as long as the soul is in My Will, so much of Divine Life can she say she lives on earth. How I like it when I see that the soul enters into My Will to live Divine Life in It! I like very much to see souls who repeat in My Will what My Humanity did in It! I received Communion, I received Myself in the Will of the Father, and with this I not only repaired everything, but finding Immensity and All-seeingness of everything and everyone in the Divine Will, I embraced all, I gave Communion to all; and in seeing that many would not take part in the Sacrament and that the Father was offended for they did not want to receive My Life, I gave to the Father the satisfaction and the glory as if all had received Communion, giving to the Father the Satisfaction and the Glory of a Divine Life for each one. You too – receive Communion in My Will, repeat what I did, and in this way you will not only repair everything, but will give Me to all as I intended to give Myself to all, and will give Me the glory as if all had received Communion. My Heart feels moved in seeing that, unable to give Me anything from her own which is worthy of Me, the creature takes My things, she makes them her own, she imitates the way I did them, and to please Me, she gives them to Me. And I, in My Delight, keep repeating: ‘Brava, My daughter, you have done exactly what I did.’”
Then He added: “The acts in My Will are the simplest acts, but, because they are simple, they communicate themselves to all. The light of the sun, because it is simple, is light of every eye – yet the sun is one. One act alone in My Will, like most simple light, diffuses itself in every heart, in every work, in everyone – yet the act is one. My very Being, because It is most Simple, is One Single Act, but an Act which contains everything; it has no feet but is the Step of all; no eyes, but is the Eye and the Light of all; it gives Life to everything, but with no effort, with no toil, yet it gives the Act of operating to all. So, the soul in My Will becomes simple, and together with Me she multiplies in all, and does good to all. Oh, if all comprehended the immense value of the acts, even the littlest, done in My Will – they would let not one act escape them!”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 7, 1931 Volume 29
… And I [Luisa] : “My Love, a thought afflicts me—I fear I may lack the continuation of my acts in Your Divine Will, and as I would interrupt the sound of my bell, You, offended by me, might put me aside, and will not give me any more grace to make me live in Your Will.”
And Jesus added: “My daughter, do not fear; you must know that one step gives life to another step, one good is life and support of another good, one act calls to life another act; and even evil, sin, is life of other evils and of other sins. Things never remain isolated, but almost always have their succession. Good is like the seed, that possesses the generative virtue; as long as one has the patience to sow it into the bosom of the earth, it will produce ten—twenty times as much. The same for the creature; if she has patience and remains attentive to enclose in her soul the seed of the good that she has done, she will have the generation, the multiplicity—one hundredfold, of the good acts that she has done. And if you knew what it means to do a good act! Each act is a protection that she acquires, and a voice speaking before Our Throne of the one who has done a good. For each additional act of good, so many more defenders does the creature have for her defense; and if the circumstances of life cause her to find herself in such constraints and trials that it seems that she might want to vacillate and fall, the good acts that she has done take on the appearance of assailers, and they assail Us, so that the one who has loved Us and has had a succession of many good acts may not vacillate; and they run around the creature as supporters, that she may not give up in the trial. And suppose that there had been a sequence of acts done in Our Will—oh! then in each act there is a Divine Value and Virtue defending the creature. We see in each of her acts Our Will as though engaged, therefore We Ourselves make Ourselves Defenders and Supporters of she who has given life in her acts to Our Divine Fiat. Can We perhaps deny anything to Ourselves? Or disregard Our Will operating in the creature? No, no. Therefore, do not fear, but rather, abandon yourself like a little newborn in Our Arms, that you may feel Our Support and the protection of your very acts. …”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 6, 1921 Volume 13
I was fusing all of myself in the Holy Will of my sweet Jesus, and I said to Him: “My Love, I enter into Your Will, and here I find all the thoughts of Your Mind and all those of creatures. I surround Your Thoughts with my thoughts and with those of all my brothers, and then I unite them together, making them one in order to give You the homage, the adoration, the glory, the love, the reparation of Your own Intelligence.”
While I was saying this, my Jesus moved in my interior, and standing up, told me: “Inseparable daughter of My Will, how happy I am in hearing repeated what My Humanity did in My Will. And I kiss your thoughts in Mine, your words in Mine, your heartbeat in Mine.” And as He was saying this, He covered all of me with kisses. Then I said to Him: “My Life, why do You enjoy so much and make feast every time You manifest another effect of Your Will?” And Jesus: “You must know that every time I manifest to you one more truth about My Will, it is one more bond that I form between you and Me, and with the whole human family. It is a greater union; it is a tighter link; it is sharing My Inheritances; and as I manifest them I form the deed of donation, and in seeing My children richer and sharing in the inheritance, I feel new contentments and I make feast.
“It happens to Me as to a father who possesses much land, and this land is unknown to his children - they do not know that they are children of a father so rich. Now, as the children come of age, the father keeps telling them day after day that he possesses such and such farm. On hearing this, the children make feast and cling to the father with a greater bond of love. In seeing the feast of the children, the father makes feast and prepares for them another greater surprise, saying to them: ‘Such province is mine...’ And then, ‘Such kingdom...’ The children are enchanted, and they not only celebrate, but believe themselves fortunate to be the children of this father. And the father not only makes his possessions known to his children, but he constitutes them heirs of his goods.
“The same happens to Me. Up until now I have made known what My Humanity did - Its Virtues, Its Pains - in order to constitute the human family as heir of the goods of My Humanity. Now I want to move forward, and I want to make known to it what My Will did in My Humanity so as to constitute the new generations as heirs of My Will, of the Effects and the Value It contains. Therefore, be attentive in listening to Me, and do not lose anything of the Effects and the Value of this Will of Mine, so that you may be the faithful bearer of these goods, the first link of union with My Will, and of communication with the other creatures.”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 5, 1901 Volume 4
As my beloved Jesus came back, I felt almost a fear of not corresponding to the graces that the Lord gives me, as those words which He has said to me before – “At least be grateful” – had remained impressed in me. Seeing me with this fear, He told me: “My daughter, courage, do not fear; love will make up for everything. Besides, since you have set your will of truly doing what I want, even if sometimes you should fail, I will make up for you - therefore, do not fear. Know, however, that true love is ingenious, and true ingenuity reaches everything; more so, when in the soul there is a love that loves, a love that grieves for the pains of the beloved as if they were its own, and a love that reaches the point of taking upon itself the sufferings which the beloved should suffer - which is the most heroic love, and which resembles My own Love, as it is very difficult to find one who lays down his own flesh. So, if in all of yourself there is nothing but love, if you do not satisfy Me in one way you will do it in another. Even more, if you are in possession of these three loves, it will happen to Me as to that person who is insulted, offended with all sorts of outrages by everyone, but among many, there is one who loves him, compassionates him, repays him for all. What does he do? He fixes his eyes on his beloved, and finding his recompense, he forgets all the offenses, and gives favors and graces to the very offenders.”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 4, 1927 Volume 22
I was following my round throughout the whole Creation, and I had invested heavens, sun, sea—in sum, all created things, with my “I love You, I adore You, I bless You,” to sing glory to my Creator in all Creation.
Now, while I was doing this, my sweet Jesus moved within me and told me: “My daughter, listen together with Me to all the harmonies of Creation. Listen: the sea murmurs, but in that murmuring a more beautiful note can be heard—the ‘I love You,’ the ‘I adore You,’ the ‘I bless You,’ the glory that the little daughter of My Will murmurs together with the sea; and making the whole sea murmur, she makes the waters speak her loving refrains to her Creator. Oh! how the sea acquires new notes of harmony, of beauty, new sounds more beautiful, because My little daughter emits her voice in My Divine Will, and renders the sea speaking, and gives the glory of the sea to her Creator.
“Listen: the sun too, in its light that rains down from the heavens and invests the whole earth, pours your loving notes together with it, your welcome refrains—‘I love You, I glorify You, I bless You, I adore You.’ In fact, since the Divine Will that reigns in you is one with what reigns in the sun, oh! how eloquently does the light speak, how the love of her Creator flows in the heat; how many new harmonies and notes, that are not its own, it acquires, because there is the little daughter of the Supreme Will who emits her acts in It, and making her will one with that of all Creation, she administers her voice and her acts to all created things.
“Listen: the nature of the sea, of the sun, do not have the virtue of speaking, and to find one who lives in My Will and communicates her voice, her acts to them, is the most amazing thing, it is the greatest glory that you can give to your Creator. So, there is not one created thing that is not invested by your acts, and I delight in listening to your notes and to your repeated refrains in the heavens, in the air, in the wind, in the water that rains down, in the little bird that sings—in everything; and I want that you too, together with Me, hear your own harmonies that you form in the whole Creation.
“My daughter, the littlest motion, even the littlest breath done in the Divine Will, is all of God; and because it is His own, He finds in it everything that is His. In the act done in My Divine Fiat He finds Divine Sanctity, He finds His Light, He finds His Goodness, His Love, His Power; that act lacks nothing of what belongs to God. Therefore, they can be called Divine Acts, that are the most beautiful, the holiest and the most welcome; and before these Acts, all other acts, as good as they may be, lose their value, their taste, and can never please Me. …”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 3, 1919 Volume 12
I was lamenting to my sweet Jesus about my poor state, and how I have remained like a useless being who does no good. So, what’s the purpose of my life? And my lovable Jesus told me: “My daughter, the purpose of your life is known to Me, and it is not up to you to investigate it. However, know that just fusing yourself in Me every day, and many times a day, serves to maintain the balance of all the reparations, because only one who enters into Me and takes from Me the origin of everything she does, can balance the reparations of everyone and everything. She can balance the Glory of the Father on the part of creatures, because an Eternal Beginning and an Eternal Will are within Me, and therefore I was able to balance everything: satisfaction, reparation and complete Glory to the Celestial Father on the part of all.
“Therefore, as you enter into Me, you come to renew the balance of all the reparations and of the Glory of the Eternal Majesty. Do you think this is trivial? Don’t you yourself feel that you cannot do without it, and that I do not leave you before I see you fusing yourself in each one of My Members, in order to receive from you the balance of all reparations, as you substitute yourself in the name of the whole human family? Try to repair Me for everything as much as you can. If you knew how much good the world receives when a soul, without a shadow of personal interest, but only for love of Me, rises between Heaven and earth and, united with Me, balances the reparations of all!”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 2, 1912 Volume 11
I was saying to my always adorable Jesus: “My only fear is that, somehow, You might leave me and withdraw from me.” And Jesus: “My daughter, I cannot leave you because you are fixed in Me and therefore you do no act which is self-reflexive and inappropriate to yourself, neither do you have any care for yourself. For one who really loves Me, reflection on and care of self — even in good — are like many gaps formed in love. Therefore, My Life cannot fill the soul completely; I am as though banned — cornered, and they give Me the occasion to make My little withdrawals. On the other hand, the soul who is not inclined to the concerns of her own cares but thinks only of loving Me, takes care of Me, and I fill her with everything. There is not a point in her life in which she does not find My Life, and if I wanted to withdraw, I would have to destroy Myself, which can never be.
“My daughter, if souls knew how harmful certain self-reflections are! They bend and lower the souls, making them keep their faces turned inward. The more they look at themselves, the more human they become; the more they think, the more they feel their miseries and become miserable. But if they think only of Me, of loving Me and being all abandoned in Me, their souls straighten up, and by keeping their sight on Me only, they rise and grow. The more they look at Me, the more Divine they become; the more they meditate on Me, the richer, stronger and braver they feel. The union with the Divine Volition leads the soul toward the oblivion of herself and to the contemplation of God. …”
Divine Will for every day of the year - September 1, 1900 Volume 3
He [Jesus] came and told me: “Would you be able to tell Me what it is that maintains the correspondence between the soul and God?” And I, but always through a light that came from Him, said: “Prayer.” And Jesus, approving of my answer, added: “But what is it that draws God to intimate conversation with the soul?” I did not know what to answer, but immediately the light moved in my intellect, and I said: “If vocal prayer serves to maintain the correspondence, certainly interior meditation must serve as nourishment in order to maintain the conversation between God and the soul.”
Content with that, He continued: “Now, would you be able to tell Me what it is that breaks the sweet contrasts, and removes the loving discontents which may arise between God and the soul?” Since I did not answer, He Himself said: “My daughter, only obedience has this office, because she alone decides about the things pertaining to Me and the soul. And when some contrasts arise, or when some discontent comes to mortify the soul, as obedience arises, she breaks the contrasts, removes the discontents, and puts peace between God and the soul.”
And I: “Ah, Lord, many times it seems that obedience herself does not want to meddle in it, remaining indifferent; and the poor soul is forced to remain in that state of contrasts and of huffiness.” And Jesus: “She does so for a certain time, because she too wants to delight in being present at those loving contrasts; but then she assumes her office and pacifies everything. Therefore, obedience gives peace to the soul and to God.”
Having said this, He disappeared.
Divine Will for every day of the year - August 31, 1928 Volume 24
… So, my highest Good, Jesus, told me: “My daughter, the Kingdom of My Will is all prepared within My Humanity, and I am ready to put It out to give It to creatures. It can be said that I formed the foundations, I raised the factories; the rooms are innumerable and all adorned and illuminated—not with little lights, but with as many suns for as many truths as I have manifested about the Divine Fiat. Nothing else is needed but those who would inhabit It; there will be a place and room for everyone, because It is vast, more than the whole world.
“With the Kingdom of My Will everything will be renewed in Creation; things will return to their original state. This is why many scourges are necessary, and will take place—so that Divine Justice may place Itself in balance with all of My Attributes, in such a way that, by balancing Itself, It may leave the Kingdom of My Will in Its Peace and Happiness. Therefore, do not be surprised if such a Great Good, that I am preparing and that I want to give, is preceded by many scourges. It is My Justice that claims Its Rights, so that, once balanced, It may place Itself in peace with creatures, giving them no more bother; more so, since the children of the Kingdom of My Divine Fiat will no longer offend It, and My Divine Justice will change all of Itself into Love and Mercy for them.” …
Divine Will for every day of the year - August 30, 1931 Volume 29
I was doing my acts in the Divine Volition, praying It to invest all my being, so that heartbeats, breaths, words, prayers, might come out of me as many repeated acts of Divine Will. Oh! how I would love to be a continued act of It, to be able to say: “I have in my power all Your Acts, Your very Love, and therefore I do what You do, and I am not less than You in loving You.” It seems to me that true love cannot restrict itself, but it wants to expand so much as to want the Infinite Love in its power. And since it is not given to the creature to be able to embrace it, she turns to the Divine Will in order to have it, and plunging herself into It, she says with highest contentment: “I love with Infinite Love.”
But while my little intelligence was wandering in the Divine Fiat, my always lovable Jesus told me: “My daughter, one who contents himself with the little love that the creature possesses is not of the nature of true love; more so, since the little love is subject to extinguishing, and in contenting oneself, the necessary source comes to be missing, that gives the life in nourishing the flame of True Love. This is why, My daughter, Our Paternal Goodness, in creating man, gave him all the freedom to be able to come to Us as many times as he wanted; no limit was set—on the contrary, in order to encourage him more to come to Us very often, We told him in advance that each time he would come he would be given the beautiful surprise of a New Gift. For Our Inextinguishable Love it would have been a sorrow if It did not have always something to give to Its children; even more, It anxiously awaits for their coming to give them now a surprise, now another, of gifts one more beautiful than the other. Our Love wants to banquet together with the creature and is happy with preparing the banquet at Its own expenses, so as to have the occasion to always give. It acts just like a father who wants the crown of his children around him—not in order to receive, but to give and prepare feasts and banquets, so as to amuse himself together with his children. What sorrow would it be for a loving father, if the children did not go or he had nothing to give them? For Our Paternal Goodness there is no danger that We might have nothing to give him; but there is the danger that the children would not come—and Our Love raves for It wants to give. And in order to be more sure on where the creature must put Our Gifts, It wants to find in her Our Divine Will, that will preserve the Infinite Value of Our Gifts, and the creature will no longer feel little in her love, in her prayers, in her acts, but together with Our Will she will feel that an Infinite Vein flows within her, in such a way that everything becomes infinite for her: love, prayers, acts and everything. Therefore, she will feel within herself the contentment that she is not less than Us in loving Us, because she has a Divine Volition in her power, and It runs in her acts.” …