Divine Will for every day of the year - October 22, 1926 Volume 20

…“Each truth about My Eternal Fiat contains more power and prodigious virtue than if a dead man were resurrected, a leper were healed, a blind one could see, or a mute could speak.  In fact, My words on the sanctity and power of My Fiat will resurrect the souls to their origin; they will heal them from the leprosy produced by the human will.  They will give them the sight to be able to see the goods of the Kingdom of My Will, because until now they have been like blind.  They will give speech to many mute who, while they were able to say many other things, only for My Will were like many mute without speech; and then, the great miracle of being able to give to each creature a Divine Will that contains all goods.  What will It not give them when It will be in possession of the children of Its Kingdom?  

“This is why I keep you all occupied with the work of this Kingdom of Mine—and there is much to do in order to prepare the great miracle that the Kingdom of the Fiat be known and possessed.  Therefore, be attentive in crossing the endless Sea of My Will, so that the order between Creator and creature may be established; in this way, through you, I will be able to make the great miracle that man return to Me—into the origin from which he came.” …

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 21, 1921 Volume 13

I was thinking about the Passion of my sweet Jesus, and upon coming, He told me: “My daughter, every time the soul thinks about My Passion, remembers what I suffered, or compassionates Me, she renews within herself the application of My Pains. My Blood rises to inundate her, and My Wounds place themselves on the path to heal her if she is wounded, or to embellish her if she is healthy — as well as My Merits, to enrich her. The commerce she produces is amazing; it is as if she placed on a counter everything I did and suffered, earning twice as much. In fact, everything I did and suffered is in Continuous Act of giving itself to man, just as the Sun is in continuous act of giving light and heat to the earth. My Work is not subject to exhaustion; if the soul just wants it so, and as many times as she wants, she receives the Fruit of My Life. So, if she remembers My Passion twenty, a hundred, a thousand times, so many more times will she enjoy Its Effects. But how few are those who make a Treasure of it! With all the good of My Passion, one can see souls who are weak, blind, deaf, mute, crippled — living cadavers, such as to be disgusting. This, because My Passion is put into oblivion.

"My pains, My Wounds, My Blood are Strength which removes weaknesses, Light which gives sight to the blind, Tongue which loosens the tongues and opens the hearing, Way which straightens the crippled, Life which raises the dead... All the Remedies needed for the whole humanity are in My Life and Passion. …”

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 20, 1917 Volume 12

[Jesus speaking]

“…For many centuries I have held within Me, more than a birth, all My Human Acts done in the Sanctity of the Eternal Volition in order to give them to the creature. And when they give themselves, they will raise the human acts of the creature to Divine Acts, and will adorn her with the most beautiful Beauties, making her live with the Life of My Will; giving her the Value, the Effects and the Goods which My Will possesses. Therefore, more than mother, I agonize, I anguish, I burn with desire to deliver this birth from My Will. The time has come; there is nothing left but to find one who would receive the First Birth, so as to continue with other births in other creatures. This is why I tell you — be attentive; enlarge your heart to be able to receive all the Value, the Effects, the Knowledge which My Will contains, so that I may place the First Birth in you. How much joy will you give Me! You will be the beginning of My Happiness upon earth. I could say that the human will rendered Me unhappy in the midst of creatures; and My Will Operating in the creature will restore My Happiness.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 19, 1922 Volume 14

For many centuries I have held within Me, more than a birth, all My Human Acts done in the Sanctity of the Eternal Volition in order to give them to the creature. And when they give themselves, they will raise the human acts of the creature to Divine Acts, and will adorn her with the most beautiful Beauties, making her live with the Life of My Will; giving her the Value, the Effects and the Goods which My Will possesses. Therefore, more than mother, I agonize, I anguish, I burn with desire to deliver this birth from My Will. The time has come; there is nothing left but to find one who would receive the First Birth, so as to continue with other births in other creatures. This is why I tell you — be attentive; enlarge your heart to be able to receive all the Value, the Effects, the Knowledge which My Will contains, so that I may place the First Birth in you. How much joy will you give Me! You will be the beginning of My Happiness upon earth. I could say that the human will rendered Me unhappy in the midst of creatures; and My Will Operating in the creature will restore My Happiness.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 18, 1906 Volume 7

As I was in my usual state, blessed Jesus just barely came and told me: “My daughter, the works which I like the most are the hidden works because, free from any human spirit, they contain such preciousness within themselves, that I keep them as the choicest inside My Heart; so much so, that in comparing a thousand external and public works with one internal and hidden work, the one thousand external ones remain below the single internal work, because in the external works the human spirit always takes its part.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 17, 1925 Volume 18

After two days of most bitter privations of my highest Good, Jesus, I felt Him move in my interior.  I seemed to see Him in my interior, sitting, with His head leaning on one side, upon my shoulder; with His mouth turned toward my mouth, in the act of administering the words to me.  I clasped Him to myself, and I began to listen to Him, abandoning all of myself in Him.  So, it seemed that He was saying to me:  “My daughter, My Will is more than food.  Food gives strength to the body, it warms it, it increases the blood, it enlivens the intelligence if it is dim, it puts liveliness in all the members, and pushes the creature to new works and sacrifices.  On the other hand, one who is on an empty stomach, not giving the necessary food to her body, is weak, cold, lacking in blood, her intelligence dim, exhausted in all of her members; and this leads her to melancholy and pushes her to do nothing, with no desire to sacrifice herself in anything.  Poor one, she feels life missing in all of her person; and this is so true that, when an illness is mortal for a creature, she abandons food, and by abandoning food, she disposes herself to death.

“Now, since the Eternal Wisdom has established that the soul too should have food, she was assigned the Supreme Will as delicious Food.  So, one who takes this Food is strong in doing good; she is as though soaked with love for her God.  This Food increases the Divine Blood in order to form the growth of the Life of God within her.  Like sun, it is reflected in her intelligence, to make her know her Creator and be formed in His likeness.  It puts liveliness in the whole soul, in order to put all virtues in force, and it pushes her to new works and to sacrifices unheard-of.  The Food of My Will gives itself in every instant, at each breath, at night, during the day, in each thing, and as many times as one wants; nor is there any danger, as with corporal food, that in taking too much of it, it may do harm and even produce illnesses — no, no; rather, the more one takes of it, the more it fortifies and raises the soul to the likeness of her Creator.  One can remain with one’s mouth always opened, in the act of taking this Celestial Food.  All the opposite for one who does not take this Food of My Will.  For one who does not take it at all, it can be said that she disposes herself to die eternally.  As for one who seldom feeds herself, she is weak and inconstant in good, she is cold in love, she is lacking in Divine Blood, in such a way that the Divine Life grows as though anemic within her.  The light of her intelligence is so dim, that she knows little or nothing of her Creator; and not knowing Him, His likeness is so far away from her, for as much as she is far away from the Food of His Will.  She is without liveliness in doing good, because she does not have sufficient Food; and now patience escapes her, now charity, now detachment from everything; so, the poor virtues live as though strangled, without enough Food of My Will.  Ah! if one could see a soul without this Celestial Food, one would weep over her, so many are the miseries and the rubbish with which she is covered.  However, there is more for one to compassionate if one sees a creature starved of corporal food, because many times she lacks the means in order to buy it; but the Food of My Will is given out for free, therefore one who does not take it deserves condemnation; and the condemnation is formed by herself, because she has rejected the Food which gave her life.” …

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 16, 1923 Volume 16

…my Jesus moved in my interior, and taking my hands in His, pressed them tightly to His Heart and told me: “My daughter, in order for My Will to descend upon earth, it is necessary that your will raise up to Heaven. And in order to raise up to Heaven and to live in the Celestial Fatherland, it is necessary to empty it of all that is human, of all that is not Holy, pure and upright. Nothing can enter into Heaven to live a communal Life with Us, if it has not been completely divinized and transformed into Us; nor can My Divine Will descend upon earth and carry out Its Life as within Its own center, if It does not find the human will emptied of everything, in order to fill it with all the goods which My Will contains… It will be nothing other than a most thin veil, which will serve Me to cover Myself and to dwell within it, almost like a Consecrated Host, in which I form My Life, and I do all the good I want – I pray, I suffer, I enjoy. And the Host does not oppose; it leaves Me free. Its office is to be there to keep Me hidden, and in mute silence, to comply to preserve My Sacramental Life. This is the point we are at: your will is about to enter Heaven, and Mine is about to descend upon earth. Therefore, yours must have life no longer; it must have no reason to exist. 

“This happened to My Humanity, which, though having a human will, was all intent on giving life to the Divine Will. It never decided by itself, not even to breathe, but it took and gave also its breath in the Divine Will. And so the Eternal Will reigned in My Humanity on earth as It does in Heaven; It lived Its terrestrial Life in it, and My human will, fully sacrificed to the Divine, impetrated that, at the appropriate time, It would descend upon earth, to live in the midst of creatures, just as It lives in Heaven. Don’t you want to give My Will the first place on earth?”

Now, while He was saying this, I seemed to find myself in Heaven, and as though from one single point, I could see all generations; and prostrating myself before the Supreme Majesty, I took the reciprocal Love of the Divine Persons, Their Perfect Adoration, the Ever Unique Sanctity of Their Will, and I offered Them in the name of all as the return of love, adoration, submission and union which every creature should give to her Creator. I wanted to unite Heaven and earth — Creator and creature, that They might embrace and exchange the Supreme Kiss of the union of their wills.

Then my Jesus added: “This is your task – to live in Our midst and to make all that is Ours your own, giving it to Us on behalf of your brothers; so that, drawn by what is Ours, We may be bound to the human generations, and give them the Supreme Kiss of the union of their wills to Ours, which We gave to man in Creation.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 15, 1919 Volume 12

…my lovable Jesus moved in my interior and told me: “My daughter, as soon as the soul enters My Volition and decides to live in It, all doubts and fears depart from her. It happens as to a daughter of a king, who, no matter how much people say that she is not the daughter of her father, pays no attention. On the contrary, she keeps on going, proud, saying to everyone: ‘It is useless for you to say the contrary, or to put doubts and fears in me. I am the true daughter of the king — he is my father. I live with him; even more, his very Kingdom is mine...’

“Therefore, among the many goods which living in My Will brings, It also brings the state of security. And since she makes all that is Mine her own, how can she fear about her possessions? Therefore, fear, doubt, hell, lose their way and cannot find the door, the way, the key to enter the soul. Even more, as soon as the soul enters the Divine Volition, she strips herself of herself, and I clothe her of Me, with Royal Garments; and these Garments place on her the seal that she is My daughter. My Kingdom is hers, as much as It is Mine; and defending Our Rights, she takes part in judging and condemning others. Therefore, how can you want to go fishing for fears?”

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 14, 1906 Volume 7

As I was in my usual state, I found myself outside of myself with baby Jesus, and He seemed to say to a priest: “Self-esteem poisons Grace in you and in others. In fact, since by your office you must administer Grace, if souls detect that what you say and do, you do in order to be esteemed – and it can easily be detected when this poison is present – Grace does not enter alone, but together with the poison that you have. So, instead of rising again to life, they find death.”

Then He added: “It is necessary that you strip yourself of everything in order for you to be filled with the All, which is God. And by having the All within you, you will give the All to all those who will come to you; and in giving the All to others, you will find everything at your disposal, in such a way that no one will be able to deny you anything – not even esteem; even more, from human you will have it divine, which befits the All who dwells in you.” …

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 13, 1916 Volume 11

I was doing the Hours of the Passion, and blessed Jesus told me: “My daughter, in the course of my mortal Life, thousands and thousands of Angels were the cortege of my Humanity, gathering everything I did – My Steps, My Works, My Words, and even My Sighs, My Pains, the drops of My Blood – in sum, everything. They were the Angels in charge of My custody, and of paying Me honor; obedient to My every wish, they would rise to and descend from Heaven, to bring to the Father what I was doing. Now these Angels have a special office, and as the soul remembers My Life, My Passion, My Blood, My Wounds, My Prayers, they come around this soul and gather her words, her prayers, her acts of compassion for Me, her tears and her offerings; they unite them to Mine, and they bring them before My Majesty to renew for Me the Glory of my own Life. The delight of the Angels is so great that, reverent, they listen to what the soul says, and pray together with her. So, with what attention and respect must the soul do these Hours, thinking that the Angels hang upon her lips to repeat after her what she says.”

Then He added: “After the so many bitternesses that creatures give Me, these Hours are sweet little sips that souls give Me; but for the many bitter sips I receive, the sweet ones are too few. Therefore, more diffusion, more diffusion!”

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 12, 1903 Volume 5

… And Jesus: “My daughter, this Crowning of thorns contains many meanings, and as much as I may speak, there is always much left to be said. In fact, the reason why My Head wanted to be honored by having, not a general share, but its distinct and special portion of suffering, and its own shedding of Blood, almost competing with the Body — is almost incomprehensible to the created mind. The reason is that it is the head that unites the whole body and all of the soul, in such a way that, without the head, the body is nothing; so much so, that one can live without the other members, but it is impossible to live without the head, because it is the essential part of the whole of man. In fact, if the body sins or does good, it is the head that directs it, since the body is nothing other than an instrument. Therefore, since My Head was to give back Regime and Dominion to men, and earn for them that New Heavens of Graces and New Worlds of Truths might enter the human minds, rejecting the new hells of sins because of which men reach the point of rendering themselves vile slaves of vile passions; wanting to crown the whole human family with glory, with honor and with decorum, I wanted to crown and honor My Humanity first, though with a most painful crown of thorns, symbol of the Immortal Crown which I was giving back to creatures, taken away from sin.

“In addition, the crown of thorns means that there is no glory and honor without thorns; that there can never be dominion over passions and acquisition of virtues without feeling oneself being pricked deep in one’s flesh and spirit, and that true reigning is in mastering oneself by the pricks of mortification and of sacrifice. 

“Moreover, these thorns signified that I am the True and Only King, and only one who constitutes Me King of her heart enjoys peace and happiness, and I constitute her queen of My own Kingdom. So, all those rivulets of Blood which poured from My Head were many little streams which bound the human intelligence to the knowledge of My Sovereignty over them.” …

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 11, 1901 Volume 4

After various days of privation and of silence, this morning, as He came, He continued to be silent, and even though I kept Him almost always with me, as much as I tried, I could not manage to have Him speak a single word. He seemed to have something in His interior that embittered Him, so much so, as to render Him taciturn; something which He did not want me to know. Now, while Jesus was with me, I seemed to see the Queen Mama; and upon seeing Jesus with me, She told me: “It is you who keeps Him? Thank goodness He is with you, for if He has to pour out His just Fury, if He is with you, you hold Him back. My daughter, pray that He would hold back the scourges, for the evil ones are all ready to come out, but they see themselves bound by a Supreme Power that prevents them; and even if Divine Justice will permit it, since they would not be able to do it when they please to, there will be this good: they will recognize the Divine Authority over them, and will say: ‘We did this because we were given the power from above.’ My daughter, what a war is being nourished in the moral world – it is horrifying to see it! Yet, the first nourishment that should be sought in society, in families and by each soul, should be that of peace. All other nourishments become unhealthy without it – be they even virtues themselves, charity, repentance; without peace, they bring neither health nor true sanctity. Yet, this nourishment so necessary and salutary has been discarded by today’s world, and they want nothing but turbulence and wars. My daughter, pray, pray.” 

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 10, 1925 Volume 18

As I was in my usual state, my poor mind found itself within an extremely high atmosphere.  I seemed to see the Divinity, and upon one knee of the Celestial Father, the Queen Mama, dead, as if She had no life.  Surprised, I thought to myself:  ‘My Mama is dead; but what a happy death – to die on the knees of our Creator!’  But, looking more closely, I saw Her will as though detached from Her body, held in the hands of the Divine Father.  Amazed, I looked, and I could not give myself a reason for what I was seeing; but a voice coming from the Divine Throne said:  “This is the elect among all the elect; She is the all beautiful; She is the only creature who gave Us Her will as gift, and left it, dead, upon Our knees, in Our Hands.  And We, in exchange, gave Her the Gift of Our Will.  Greater gift We could not give Her, because by acquiring this Supreme Will, She had the power to make the Word descend upon earth, and to have the Redemption of mankind be formed.  A human will would have no power nor attraction over Us; but a Divine Will, given by Ourselves to this incomparable creature, won over Us, conquered Us, enraptured Us; and unable to resist, We surrendered to Her petitions to make the Word descend upon earth.  Now We are waiting for you to come to die upon Our other knee, giving Us your will; and We, in seeing it dead in Our hands, as if it no longer existed for you, will give you the gift of Our Will, and through you – that is, through this Will of Ours given to you – Our Fiat will return to live upon earth.  These two wills, dead upon Our knees, will be the ransom for many rebellious wills, and We will keep them as a precious pledge, which will repay Us for all the evils of the other creatures, because with Our Will they will be able to satisfy Us.”

The voice could no longer be heard, and I found myself on the other paternal knee, in the act of breathing my last, and dying.  But at that moment I found myself inside myself, but I am unable to say what I felt within me; only, I prayed from the heart that my will might never again enter into me, but only the Divine might have life in me.  Ah! It alone is the Bearer of all Goods and the Repeater of Jesus within souls; and echoing the Fiat of Creation, It embraces everything and everyone as though in one breath, and requites God for the work of Creation, Redemption and Sanctification.  The Divine Will operating in us can do anything; It is the true Queen who reigns and rules over everything.  …

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 9, 1926 Volume 20

I was doing my round in the Supreme Volition according to my usual way, and my sweet Jesus showed a globe of Light within my interior; and as I repeated my acts in the Divine Fiat, it became larger, and the rays that came out of it became longer.  

And my always beloved Jesus told me:  “My daughter, the more often you go around in My Will in order to repeat your acts, the larger the sphere of this globe of Light becomes; and the more Power of Light it possesses, the more its Rays can extend, that must illuminate the Kingdom of the Eternal Fiat.  Your acts, fused—dissolved in My Will, will form the special sun that must illuminate a Kingdom so Holy.  This Sun will possess the Creative Power, and as it extends Its rays, it will leave the mark of Its Sanctity, of Goodness, of Light, of Beauty and of Divine Likeness.  Those who will let themselves be illuminated by Its Light will feel the Power of a New Continuous Creation of Joy, of Contentments and of Goods without end.  

“Therefore, as My Will dominates all the acts of those who live in It, the Kingdom of My Will will be a Continuous Creation.  So, the creature will remain under a New Continuous Act of this Supreme Volition, that will keep her so absorbed as to leave no field of action to her own self.  This is why I love so much that the Kingdom of My Will be known—for the Great Good that creatures will receive, and for the free field of action It will have.  

“In fact, the Supreme Will is now hindered by their own ‘self’; but when It becomes known, Its Rays, vivifying, penetrating and full of vivid Light, will eclipse the human will, that will be dazzled by Its refulgent Light, and in seeing the Great Good that comes to it, it will give freedom of action to My Will, giving It total Dominion.  So, in this Kingdom, a New Era, a New Continuous Creation, will begin for My Will.  It will put out everything that It had established to give to creatures, had they always done Its Will, and that It had to keep within Itself for many centuries, as though in deposit, to then release them for the good of the children of Its Kingdom.” …

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 8, 1919 Volume 12

Continuing in my usual state of pains and privations, I have been spending it with Jesus almost in silence, completely abandoned in Him like a little child. Then, making Himself seen in my interior, my sweet Jesus told me: “My daughter, confidence in Me is the little cloud of Light, in which the soul remains so wrapped that all fears, all doubts, all weaknesses disappear from her. In fact, not only does confidence in Me form this cloud of Light which involves her completely, but it feeds her with opposite foods, which have the virtue of dispelling all fears, doubts and weaknesses. 

“In fact, confidence in Me dispels fear, and nourishes the soul with pure love; it dissolves doubts, and gives her certainty; it takes away weakness, and gives her fortitude. Even more, it makes her so daring with Me, that she attaches herself to My Breast — and she suckles and suckles, and feeds herself; nor does she want any other food. And if she sees that, in suckling, nothing comes out — and I permit this in order to excite her to the highest confidence — she does not get tired, nor does she detach herself from My Breast; on the contrary, she suckles more strongly, she knocks her head against My Chest, while I laugh to Myself, and I let her. 

“The trusting soul is My Smile and My Amusement. One who has confidence in Me, loves Me, esteems Me, believes I am Rich, Powerful, Immense; on the other hand, one who has no confidence, does not really love Me; she dishonors Me, believes I am poor, powerless, small... What an affront to My Goodness!”

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 7, 1934 Volume 33

 “…There is no greater happiness for the creature than being able to say, and be certain of, being Loved by God.  And there is no greater happiness for Us than being Loved by one who was Created by Us only in order to Love Us and to complete Our Will.  Now the creature, while she finds herself in her Creator, would want that everyone would Love Him, that they would recognize Him.  And in virtue of the Divine Fiat with which she is animated, she wants to make arise and call again all the acts of creatures in God in order to tell Him:  ‘I give You everything, and I Love You for everyone.’  Therefore together with the Divine Volition she makes herself the thought of every intelligence, the look of every eye, the word of every voice, the heartbeat of every heart, the motion of every work, the step of every foot.  What thing does the one who Lives in My Will not want to give Me?  Everything and everyone.  

“Therefore she says to My Will:  ‘I feel the need of possessing Your Love, Your Power, in order to be able to have a Love that says to You for everyone:  ‘I Love You.’  In fact, in her Our Will lets Us find the Love and the exchange of all the acts of creatures.  O! My Will, in what Power and labyrinth You cast the soul, the one who Lives in You.  It is such and so much that the human littleness feels itself drowned by Love, and as refreshment feels the need of retracing everything, in order to say its continuous refrain:  ‘I Love You, I Love You,’ as outpouring of the Great Love that My Divine Will gives to her.  This is Our Life, all of Love, Our Story woven ab eterno [from eternity] all of Love.  The one who Lives in Our Will must be the same; there must be such accord between her and Us, as to form one single Act and one single Love.  …”

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 6, 1909 Volume 9

After I received Communion, my always lovable Jesus came for a little while, and since I had had a discussion with the confessor on the nature of true love, I wanted to ask Jesus whether I was right or wrong, and He said to me: “My daughter, it is exactly like that, as you were saying – that true love facilitates everything, excludes any fear, any doubt, and all of its art is in taking possession of the beloved; and when it has made her its own, love itself provides her with the means in order to preserve the object acquired. Now, what fear, what doubt can a soul have about something that belongs to her? What can she not hope for? Even more, when she has come to take possession of it, love becomes daring and reaches the point of taking excesses up to the incredible. True love can say: ‘There is no longer yours and mine — I am yours, and you are mine; so, we can dispose of each other, delight in each other, enjoy each other. If I have acquired you, I want to use you as I please.’ 

“How can the soul, in this state of true love, go fishing for defects, miseries, weaknesses, if the object acquired has condoned her everything, embellishes her with everything, and the object that she possesses keeps purifying her continuously? These are the virtues of true love: to purify everything, to triumph over everything, to reach everything. In fact, what love can there be for a person whom one fears, about whom one doubts, from whom one does not hope for everything? Love would lose the best of its qualities. It is true that even in the saints one can see this; and this shows that in the saints love can be imperfect and can have its variety, according to the state in which they find themselves. …”

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 5, 1906 Volume 7

Continuing in my usual state, I found myself outside of myself together with Baby Jesus. This time it seemed He felt like playing. He would press Himself against my breast and in my arms, and while looking at me with great love, now He would clasp me, now He would push me and almost knock against me with His little head, now He would kiss me so strongly that it seemed He wanted to enclose me and identify me with Himself. While He would do this, I would feel great pain — so much so, as to feel faint. But even though He would see me suffer like that He would not pay attention to me; on the contrary, if He would see from my face that I was suffering, since I would not dare to tell Him anything, He would do it harder, and would make me suffer more. Now, after He well gave vent to Himself, He told me: “My daughter, I am your master, and I can do with you whatever I want. Know that, since you are mine, you are no longer the master of yourself; and if you arbitrate something, even just one thought, one desire, one heartbeat, know that you are making a theft from Me.”

At that moment, I saw the confessor who, not feeling very well, wanted as though to unload his sufferings onto me; and all hurriedly, He pushed him away with His hand, and said: “I have to unload my own pains first, which are many, and then you can do it.” And while saying this, He drew near my mouth and poured a most bitter liqueur. Then I commended the confessor to Him, praying Him to touch him with His little hand, and to make him get well. He touched him and said: “Yes, yes.” And He disappeared.

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 4, 1907 Volume 8

Continuing in my usual state of privation, and therefore with little suffering, I was saying to myself: “Not only of Jesus am I deprived, but also the good of suffering is taken away from me. Oh, God! You want to put me to fire and the sword, and touch the things which are most dear to me, and which form my very life: Jesus and the Cross. If I am abominable to Jesus because of my ingratitude, He is right in not coming; but you, O Cross – what have I done to you, that you left me so barbarously? Ah, did I perhaps not welcome you when you came? Did I not treat you as my faithful companion? Ah, I remember that I loved you so much that I could not be without you, and sometimes I even preferred you to Jesus. I didn’t know what you had done to me, that I could not be without you. Yet, you left me! It is true that you have done much good to me; you were the way, the door, the room, the secret, the light in which I could find Jesus. This is why I loved you so much. And now, everything is over for me.”

While I was thinking of this, blessed Jesus came for just a little and told me: “Daughter, the Cross is part of one’s life, and only one who does not love his own life, does not love the cross, because it was with the Cross alone that I grafted the Divinity to lost humanity. Only the Cross continues Redemption in the world, grafting anyone who receives it into the Divinity; and if one does not love it, it means he knows nothing of virtues, of perfection, of love of God, and of true life. It happens as to a rich man who has lost his riches, and is presented with the means to reacquire them again — and maybe even more. How much does he not love this means? Does he perhaps not put his own life into this means in order to find life again in his riches? Such is the Cross. Man had become so very poor, and the Cross is the means not only to save him from misery, but to enrich him with all goods. Therefore, the Cross is the richness of the soul.” And He disappeared, while I remained more embittered, thinking of what I had lost.

Divine Will for every day of the year - October 3, 1922 Volume 14

[Jesus speaking] “…My very hidden Life, My interior Pains and everything I did, always had at least one or two spectators; and this, with reason, out of necessity, and in order to obtain the purpose of My Pains themselves. The first spectator was My Celestial Father, from Whom nothing could escape; since He Himself was the One Who inflicted those pains upon Me, He was Actor and Spectator. If My Father had seen and known nothing, how could I satisfy Him, give Him Glory, and bend Him to Mercy for mankind at the sight of My Pains? Their purpose would have failed. 

“Secondly, My Mama was spectator of all My Pains of My hidden Life, and this was necessary. Having come from Heaven to earth to suffer, not for Myself, but for the good of others, I had to have at least one creature in whom I was to place that good which My Pains contained, and therefore move My dear Mama to thank Me, to praise Me, to love Me and to bless Me, letting Her admire the excess of My Goodness; so much so that, captured, enraptured and moved at the sight of My Pains, She prayed Me that in the face of the Great Good which My Pains brought to Her, I would not exempt Her from being identified with My own Pains in order to suffer them, to repay Me, and to be My perfect imitator. If My Mama had seen nothing, I would not have had My first imitator — not a ‘thank you’, no praise. My Pains and the Good they contained would have remained without effect because, since no one would have known them, I could not have made the first prop, and the purpose of the Great Good which the creature was to receive would have been lost. See how necessary it was that at least one creature be aware of My Pains?

“If for Me it was so, I want it to be so also for you. Even more, I tell you that I want the Confessor acting together with Me, as spectator and depository of the pains I make you suffer, so that he too may share in their good; and having him with Me, I may excite him more in the faith and infuse in him light and love, to make him comprehend the truths I keep manifesting to you.” …