“Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
Luisa’s teaching on the Divine Will
Jesus said to Luisa: “My daughter, as Adam sinned, God made him the promise of the future Redeemer. Centuries passed, but the promise did not fail, and the generations had the good of Redemption. Now, as I came from Heaven and formed the Kingdom of Redemption, before departing for Heaven, I made another promise, more solemn, of the Kingdom of My Will; and this was in the ‘Our Father.’
“And so as to give it more value, and to obtain It more quickly, I made this formal promise in the solemnity of My prayer, praying the Father to let His Kingdom come, which is the Divine Will on earth as It is in Heaven. I placed My very Self at the head of this prayer, knowing that such was His Will, and that, prayed by Me, He would deny Me nothing; more so, since I prayed with His very Will, and I asked for something that was wanted by My Father Himself.
“And after I had formed this prayer before My Celestial Father, certain that the Kingdom of My Divine Will upon earth would be granted to Me, I taught it to My Apostles, that they might teach it to the whole world, so that one might be the cry of all: ‘Your Will be done, on earth as It is in Heaven.’ A promise more sure and solemn I could not make. Centuries are like one single point for Us, but Our words are accomplished acts and facts.
“My very praying to the Celestial Father: ‘Let It come—let Your Kingdom come; Your Will be done on earth as It is in Heaven,’ meant that with My coming upon earth the Kingdom of My Will was not established in the midst of creatures; otherwise I would have said: ‘My Father, let Our Kingdom, that I have already established on earth, be confirmed, and let Our Will dominate and reign.’ Instead, I said: ‘Let It come.’ This meant that It must come, and creatures must await It with that certainty with which they awaited the future Redeemer, because there is My Divine Will, bound and committed, in those words of the ‘Our Father’; and when It binds Itself, whatever It promises is more than certain. More so, since everything was prepared by Me; nothing else was needed but the manifestation of My Kingdom—and this I am doing.
“Do you think that My giving you so many truths about My Fiat is only to give you simple news? No, no; it is because I want everyone to know that Its Kingdom is near, and to know Its beautiful prerogatives, so that all may love—may yearn to enter, to live in a Kingdom so holy, full of happiness and of all goods. Therefore, what seems difficult to you is easy for the power of Our Fiat, because It knows how to remove all difficulties, and to conquer everything—the way It wants, and when It wants.”
Book of Heaven spiritual diary of
the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta
Volume 23, February 5, 1928
The Sun of My Will
A free copy of The Sun of My Will, by Maria Rosaria Del Genio, will be sent to any member of the clergy who requests it. This biography of Luisa was published by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
The Role of Bishops and Priests
“I want to deposit this celestial doctrine in my ministers as my new apostles...”
Jesus said to Luisa: “...And just as I chose Saint Joseph to be together with Me and my Mama, as our cooperator, tutor and vigilant sentry for Me and for the Sovereign Queen, in the same way, I have placed near you the vigilant assistance of my ministers, as cooperators, tutors and depositories of the knowledges, goods and prodigies contained in my Will. And since my Will wants to establish Its Kingdom in the midst of peoples, through you I want to deposit this celestial doctrine in my ministers as my new apostles, so that first I may form with them the link of connection with my Will, and then they may transmit it into the midst of peoples. If it were not so, or were not to be so, I would not have insisted so much on having you write, nor would I have permitted the daily coming of the priest, but I would have left all my work between Me and you. Therefore, be attentive and leave Me free to do what I want in you.”
—Book of Heaven Volume 19, June 15, 1926
“These texts came forth from and have been watched over in the bosom of the ecclesial communion. One thinks of the solicitude shown for her writings by the Confessors officially appointed by theArchbishops, by St. Annibale Maria Di Francia who, in his role as ecclesiastical censor of the Archdiocese, was able to review several notebooks of her Diary and publish The Hours of the Passion, and by Luisa herself who did not hesitate to submit herself fully and in unconditional obedience throughout her life to the judgment of theChurch regarding her writings.”
+ Archbishop Mons. Leonardo D’Ascenzo
Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie, Titular of Nazareth
“These texts came forth from and have been watched over in the bosom of the ecclesial communion.”