Divine Will for every day of the year - August 18, 1926 Volume 19

… After this, my always lovable Jesus came back and made Himself seen all worried, suffering and as though restless because of the great offenses of creatures.  I wanted to calm Him, give Him rest, but I could not manage to.  Then the thought came to me of doing my usual acts in the Supreme Fiat, and as I was doing this, Jesus would calm down and take rest.  Then He told me:  “My daughter, the acts in My Will are more than solar rays which are such that, if one wants to look at them, one’s sight is eclipsed by the light, in such a way that one can neither look nor distinguish anything any more.  If the light of the sun has so much power, much more do the acts done in My Will.  The Light of My Will has the Power to eclipse and take evil away from creatures, that they may not do worse things; and with the Power of its Light it prevents the offenses from reaching Me.  And just as the light of the sun, because it contains the simile of the Eternal Sun of the Supreme Fiat, contains all colors and from them derive innumerable effects which unleash countless goods for the human generations, while one seems to see nothing but radiant and white light — the same for the Eternal Sun of My Will:  while It is the Light of My Will alone, inside of It there are as though many colors, all the Divine similes, enclosed, which contain Infinite Effects and unleash fountains of Love, of Goodness, of Mercy, of Power, of Science – in sum, all the Divine Qualities.  Therefore the working of My Will contains such Power and Harmony as to favor the rest of your beloved Jesus.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 17, 1912 - Volume 11

As I was praying, my blessed Jesus told me: “My daughter, the thought of oneself makes the soul smaller, and from her littleness she measures My Greatness, almost wanting to constrain Me. On the other hand, one who does not think of herself but thinks of Me becomes greater within My Immensity and renders Me the honor due to Me.”

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

I was thinking to myself: “Why does blessed Jesus have so much interest, and He wants and loves so much that His Will be done? What Glory can He receive from a poor and vile creature who surrenders her will into His most high, most holy and most adorable Will?”

Now, while I was thinking about this, my adorable Jesus, with unspeakable tenderness and sweetness, told me: “My daughter, do you want to know why? Because My Love, My Supreme Goodness, is so great that every time the creature does My Will and operates because I want it, I give her of My own, and in order to always give her of My own, I want her to do My Will. Therefore, all the reason and the interest for which I want her to do My Will, is to find occasions and means to be able to always give. It is My Love that does not want to be still; It wants to always run, flying toward the creature – but to do what? To give. And by doing My Will, she comes closer to Me and I to her; and I give and she takes. On the other hand, if she does not operate to do My Will, she keeps her distance from Me, becoming as though foreign to Me, and therefore she cannot take what I wanted to give her. And if I wanted to give her of My own, it would be noxious and indigestible for her, because her palate, rough and contaminated by the human will, would not allow her to taste or appreciate the Divine Gifts. Therefore, all the interest is because I want to always give of My own.

“My Glory, then, is My own Glory which I receive through the work of the creature who does My Will. It is a Glory which descends from Heaven and rises again straight at the foot of My Throne, multiplied by the Divine Will which has been exercised by the creature. On the other hand, the glory that those who do not do My Will can give Me, if there were any at all, would be a glory foreign to Me, which many times reaches the point of nauseating Me. More so, since when the creature operates to do My Will, by giving her of My own, I unite to that work My Sanctity, My Power and Wisdom, the beauty of My Works, an incalculable and infinite Value… I could say that these are fruits of My Lands, works of My Celestial Kingdom, Glory of My Family and of My legitimate children; so, how could they not be pleasing to Me? How could I not feel the enrapturing power of My Supreme Volition in those works of the creature, who works only to do My Will? Oh, if all knew the good of It, they would not let themselves be deceived by their own will!”

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 15, 1925 Volume 18

After this, I began to think about the feast of my Celestial Mama Assumed into Heaven; and my sweet Jesus, with a tender and moving tone, added:  “My daughter, the true name of this Feast should be Feast of the Divine Will.  It was the human will that closed Heaven, broke the bonds with its Creator, made miseries and sorrow enter the field, and put an end to the feast that the creature was to enjoy in Heaven.  Now, this creature, Queen of all, by doing the Will of the Eternal One always and in everything – even more, it can be said that Her life was Divine Will alone – opened the Heavens, bound Herself to the Eternal One, and restored in Heaven the feasts with the creature.  Every act She did in the Supreme Will was a feast that She started in Heaven, it was suns that She formed to adorn this feast, it was melodies that She sent to delight the Celestial Jerusalem.  So, the true cause of this feast is the Eternal Will Operating and Fulfilled in My Celestial Mama.  It operated such Prodigies in Her as to astonish Heaven and earth, chain the Eternal One with indissoluble bonds of Love, and capture the Word even into Her womb.  The very Angels, enraptured, repeated among themselves:  ‘From where comes so much glory, so much honor, such greatness and prodigies never before seen, in this excelling Creature?  Yet, it is from the exile that She is coming.’  Astonished, they recognized the Will of their Creator as Life operating in Her; and, trembling, they said:  ‘Holy, Holy, Holy — honor and glory to the Will of Our Sovereign Lord.  And glory, and trice Holy — She who let this Supreme Will operate.’

“So, it is My Will that, more than anything, was and is celebrated on the day of the Assumption into Heaven of My Most Holy Mother.  It was My Will alone that made Her ascend so high as to distinguish Her among all.  Everything else would have been as nothing, had She not possessed the prodigy of My Will.  It was My Will that gave Her Divine Fecundity and made Her the Mother of the Word.  It was My Will that made Her see and embrace all creatures together, becoming the Mother of all, and loving all with a Love of Divine Maternity.  And making Her the Queen of all, It made Her rule and dominate.  On that day, My Will received the first honors, the glory and the abundant fruit of Its Work in Creation, and It began Its Feast, which It never interrupts, for the glorification of Its Operating in My beloved Mother.  And even though Heaven was opened by Me, and many Saints were already in possession of the Celestial Fatherland when the Celestial Queen was assumed into Heaven, however, She Herself was the primary cause, having fulfilled the Supreme Will in everything, and therefore we waited for She who had honored It so much and contained the True Prodigy of the Most Holy Will, to make the first Feast for the Supreme Volition.  Oh! how the whole of Heaven magnified, blessed and praised the Eternal Will, upon seeing this sublime Queen enter the Empyreum, in the midst of the Celestial Court, all circumfused by the Eternal Sun of the Supreme Volition!  They saw Her all studded with the Power of the Supreme Fiat; there had been not even a heartbeat in Her which did not have this Fiat impressed on it.  And, astonished, they looked at Her and said to Her:  ‘Ascend, ascend higher.  It is right that She who so much honored the Supreme Fiat, and through whom we find ourselves in the Celestial Fatherland, have the highest throne and be our Queen.’  And the greatest honor that My Mama received, was to see the Divine Will glorified.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 14, 1915 Volume 11

Continuing in my usual state, Jesus just barely came. He was so tired and exhausted that He Himself called me to kiss His Wounds and dry His Blood, which was flowing from each part of His Most Holy Humanity. So, after I went over all His members making various adorations and reparations, my sweet Jesus, relieved and leaning on me, told me: “My daughter, My Passion, My Wounds, My Blood, all that I did and suffered — everything is in continuous action in the midst of souls, as if I were operating and suffering at that very moment. They serve Me as the supports on which I can lean, and on which souls can lean so as not to fall into sin, and be saved. Now, during these times of chastisements, I am like the person who lives up in the air, with no ground underneath, and between continuous blows: My Justice knocks Me from Heaven, and creatures with their guilt from the earth. 

"Now, the more the soul remains around Me, kissing My Wounds, repairing Me, offering My Blood — in a word, re-doing all that I did during the course of My Life and My Passion — the more supports she forms so that I can lean on them and not fall, and the larger the circle becomes in which souls find the support not to fall into sin, and be saved.

“Do not get tired, My daughter, of being around Me, and of going over My Wounds, over and over again. I Myself will administer the thoughts, the affections, the words, so that you may remain around Me. Be faithful to Me — time is tight. Justice wants to display Its fury, and creatures irritate It. It is necessary to multiply more supports; so, do not fail the work.”

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

I was feeling very afflicted, and my lovable Jesus, moving in my interior, told me: “My daughter, courage, I don’t want you afflicted; because for one who lives in My Will, the Smile of Heaven, the Contentment of the Blessed, the Peace of the Saints caress the whole of her being. My Will contains the substance of all Joys, the fount of all Happinesses, and one who lives in My Will, even in sorrow, feels Pain and Joy, Tears and Smile, Bitterness and Sweetness, kneaded together within her. Contentment is inseparable from My Will.

“You must know that as you think in My Will, as you speak, as you work, as you love, etc., you deliver to My Will as many children for as many thoughts as you make, for as many words as you say, for as many works and acts of love as you emit. These children multiply to the infinite in My Will and go around throughout Heaven and through the entire earth, bringing New Joy, New Glory and Contentment to Heaven, and New Grace to the earth; going through all hearts, carrying My Sighs, My Moans, the pleas of their Mother who wants them saved, and who wants to give them Her Life.

“Now, these children, birth from My Will, in order to be recognized as My children, must resemble and have the same manners of the Mother who delivered them. If they look sad, they will be put out of Heaven, being told: ‘Sadness cannot enter our Residence’. They will not find their way into the creatures, because in seeing them sad, creatures will doubt that they are true legitimate children of My Will. Besides, one who is sad does not have the grace to creep into others, to conquer them and dominate them. One who is sad is not capable of heroism, and of giving himself for the good of all. Many times these children are aborted, dying during labor, without coming out to the Light of the Divine Will.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 12, 1910 Volume 9

As I was in my usual state, I found myself outside of myself and I saw some Priests, as well as Jesus, who made Himself seen in my interior all dislocated and with His limbs detached. Jesus pointed at those Priests, making me understand that even though they were Priests, they were members, detached from His Body; and lamenting He said: “My daughter, how offended I am by Priests! The superiors do not watch over My Sacramental lot, and expose Me to enormous sacrileges. These whom you see are separated members, and although they offend Me very much, My Body has no more contact with their wicked actions; but the others who pretend they are not separated from Me and continue their actions as Priests – oh! how much more they offend Me! To what an atrocious slaughter I am exposed, how many chastisements they draw – I can bear them no more!”

And as He was saying this, I saw many Priests running away from the Church and turning against the Church to wage war against Her. I looked at those Priests with great sorrow, and I felt a Light that made me comprehend that the origin of this and all the evil of Priests is in dealing with souls about human things, things all of a material nature, without a strict necessity. These human things form a net for the Priest which blinds his mind, hardens his heart to Divine things, and prevents his step on the path that befits him in the office of his ministry. Not only this, but it is a net for souls, because they bring what is human, and receive what is human, and grace remains as though excluded from them. Oh! how much evil is committed by these – how many slaughters of souls they make!”

May the Lord enlighten everyone.

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 11, 1906 Volume 7

Finding myself in my usual state, I saw my adorable Jesus with a Cross in His hand, all full of white pearls. Giving it to me as Gift, He placed it on my breast, and it sank into my heart as inside a room. Then He told me: “My daughter, the Cross is a Treasure, and the safest place in which to keep this valuable Treasure is one’s own soul. Or rather, it is a safe place when the soul is disposed to receive this Treasure with patience, with resignation and with the other virtues, because the virtues are as many keys that secure it, so as not to spoil it or expose it to thieves. But if it does not find especially the gold key of patience, this Treasure will find many thieves, who will steal it and spoil it.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 10, 1931 Volume 29

…So, I was thinking to myself:  “How ugly the human nature is without the Divine.”  And my sweet Jesus told me:  “My daughter, ugly is the human nature that lives without My Will, because it was created by the Supreme Being to live united together with the Divine Fiat.  So, by living without It, a shift takes place in the human nature; in this shift, the order, the strength, the love, the light, the sanctity, the very reason, are shifted.  All of these beautiful qualities are present in the creature, because they were placed by God as within a sacrarium; but they are present outside of their place—all in disorder; and since they are out of place, one is against the other:  passions fight sanctity, weakness fights strength, human love fights the Divine, the creature the Creator, and so forth.  The human nature without the Divine Will transforms itself into ugly, it turns upside down, and in its disorder it wages war against its Creator.  It happens as with the soul and the body, which were created by God to live life together:  if the body wanted to live separate life from the soul, would it not have the sad lot of undergoing such transformation as to no longer be recognized from what it was?  As Our Divinity created man, Our Infinite Wisdom concurred with It, which, as the Artisan and as the Expert who possesses the whole science of the art of being able to Create, in Our All-Seeingness saw that, in order for this man to be Our Honor and a work Worthy of Our Creative Hands, and Our Glory and also his, he was to be formed as body and soul; and We gave charge to Our Will as primary life of the soul and of the body.  So, what the soul is to the body, Our Will was to be for both one and the other.  Therefore, the creature was created, and had in her beginning: body, soul, human will and Divine Will—all together, that were to live life in common, with highest accord.  And Our Will, that held the primacy, was to make Itself nourisher and preserver and dominator of this creature.

“So, if without Our Divine Will the human nature is ugliness, united with Ours it is of a rare and enchanting beauty.  In its creation, the seed of light was placed in it by Us, and Our Fiat, more than most tender mother, extends with Its wings of light over this seed, and caresses it, delights it, kisses it, nourishes it, makes it grow, and communicates to it, with Its heat and light, all the varieties of the Divine Beauties.  And the human nature receives the participation, remains under the mighty and continuous influence of a Strength, of a Sanctity, of a Love fully Divine, and it grows beautiful, lovable and admirable to all.  Therefore, the human nature, the way it was created by Us, is not ugly, but beautiful, nor do We know how to do ugly things; but it can render itself ugly by not keeping to the ways in which it was created and wanted by Us.  See, then, how necessary it is that creatures do and live in Our Will—because It enters the first act of their creation.  …”

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 9, 1905 Volume 6

Continuing in my usual state, I was feeling a little disturbed, and blessed Jesus, on coming, told me:  “My daughter, the soul who is at peace and whose whole being tends completely into Me, drips with drops of light which fall upon My garment and form My ornament.  On the other hand, the soul who is disturbed drips with darkness, which forms the diabolical ornament.  Not only this, but disturbance impedes the course of grace and renders it unable to operate good.”  Then He added:  “If the soul becomes disturbed over everything, it is a sign that she is full of herself.  If she becomes disturbed with something that happens to her, but does not with something else, it is a sign that she has something of God, but there are many voids to be filled.  If, then, nothing disturbs her, it is a sign that she is all filled with God.  Oh! how much harm disturbance does to the soul – to the point of rejecting God and of filling her completely with herself.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 8, 1906 Volume 7

This morning blessed Jesus came for just a little, and since I was all tired because of His privation, He told me: “My daughter, in order for the soul to reach her central point, it is necessary that she run always, without ever stopping, because by running, her path will become smoother, and as she keeps going, the point which she must reach in order to find her center will be manifested to her; and along the way, the Grace which is necessary to her journey will be administered to her, in such a way that, helped by Grace, she will not feel the weight of her toiling, or of life. All the opposite for one who walks and stops. In fact, just by stopping, she will feel the tiredness of those steps which she has already taken, and will lose stamina for the journey. By not walking, she will not be able to see her point, which is a good most high, and will not be attracted to it. Not seeing her run, Grace will not give itself in vain, and her life will become unbearable, because idleness produces boredom and bother.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 7, 1929 Volume 26

I was continuing my acts in the Divine Volition, and I thought to myself:  “How can the Divine Will come to reign?  What will be the means, the helps, the graces in order to dispose the creatures to let themselves be dominated by It?”  

And my always beloved Jesus, moving in my interior, all goodness and tenderness, told me:  “My daughter, the principal means in order to make My Divine Fiat Reign upon earth are the Knowledges about It.  The Knowledges will form the ways, will dispose the earth to become Its Kingdom; they will form the cities, will act as telegraphs, as telephone, as postal service, as trumpeters, in order to communicate, city to city, creature to creature, nation to nation, the news, the important knowledges about My Divine Will.  And the knowledges about It will cast into the hearts the hope, the desire to receive a good so great.  

“From here one cannot escape:  a good cannot be wanted nor received if it is not known; and if it were received without knowing it, it is as if it were not received.  Therefore, the foundations, the hope, the certainty of the Kingdom of My Divine Will will be formed by the Knowledges about It.  This is why I have told so many of them—because they will be the Riches, the Nourishment, and the New Suns, the New Heavens, that the peoples of the Kingdom of My Volition will possess.

“Now, when the knowledges about My Fiat will make their way, disposing those who will have the good of knowing them, My more than Paternal Goodness, in order to show the Excess of My Love, will place My very Humanity, all the good I did, in each creature, at her disposal, in a way that they will feel such strength and grace as to let themselves be dominated by My Divine Will.  And My Humanity will be in the midst of the children of My Kingdom, like Heart in their midst, for the decorum and the honor of My Fiat, and as antidote, grace and defense from all the evils that the human will has produced.  The Ardor of My Love that wants It to Reign is such and so great, that I will perform such excesses of Love as to win the most rebellious wills.” …

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 6, 1916 Volume 11

As I was in my usual state, my sweet Jesus came for just a little and in passing, and He said to me: “My daughter, My love feels an irresistible need for souls who live in My Will to multiply, because they are the places of My quarters. My love wants to do good to all, but sins prevent Me from pouring My Benefits upon them, therefore I keep searching for these quarters; in them I am not prevented from pouring My Graces, and through them, the towns and the people that surround them take part in them. Therefore, the more quarters I have on earth, the greater vent can I give to My Love, and the more it pours itself out into benefits for the good of humanity.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 5, 1904 Volume 6

Continuing in my usual state, blessed Jesus came for just a little, in the act of ruling and dominating everything, and of reigning with the crown of King on His head and with the scepter of command in His hand.  While I was seeing Him in this position, He told me (though in Latin, but I will say it according to what I understood):  “My daughter, I am the Ruler of kings and the Lord of lords.  To Me alone is this right of justice due, which the creature owes Me; and by not giving it to me, she denies Me as Creator and Master of everything.”  While saying this, He seemed to take the world in His hand and turn it upside down, so that creatures would submit to His Regime and Dominion.  At the same time I could also see how the Lord Ruled and Dominated my soul, with such mastery that I felt all submerged in Him.  From Him came the regime of my mind, of my affections, of my desires; many electric wires passed between me and Him, through which He directed and dominated everything.

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 4, 1925 Volume 17

…But while my heart was drowned in pains, my sweet Jesus came out from within my interior, and taking me in His arms, He placed my arms around His neck, and I abandoned my head upon His breast, in an act which expressed that I could not take it anymore. And Jesus, squeezing me tightly to Himself, leaned His knees on my breast, pressing very intensely, and said to me: “My daughter, you must die continuously.” And while he was saying this, He made me share in various pains. Then, assuming a more affable look, added: “My daughter, what do you fear, if the Power of My Will is in you? It is so true that My Will is in you, that in one instant It transformed you into My Pains, and you offered yourself to receive them with love. While you were suffering, you stretched out your arms to embrace My Will; and as you embraced It, everything that lives in My Will – the Angels, the Saints, My Celestial Mama, and the very Divinity – felt the grip of your embrace, and they all ran toward you to embrace you; and in chorus, they said: ‘How pleasing and dear is the embrace of our little exiled, who lives on earth in order to do the Will of God alone, just as we do it in Heaven! She is our joy; she is the new and only feast which comes to us from the earth.’

“Oh, if you knew what it means for a soul to live in My Will! There is no division between her and Heaven. Wherever My Will is, she is. Her acts, her pains, her words, are in act and operative in every place in which My Will is. And since My Will is everywhere, the soul places herself in the order of creation, and through the electricity of the Supreme Will, she is in communication with all created things. Just as the created things are in order and harmony among themselves, each one is the support of the other, and not one of them can move; and if even one thing created by Me moved – may this never be – the Creation would become all upset; there is a secret accord among them, a mysterious force, such that, while all the spheres live in the space, suspended in the air, without any support, by the power of communication which they have among themselves, each thing sustains the other – in the same way, one who does My Will is in communication with all, and is sustained by all the works of her Creator. Therefore, everyone recognizes her, loves her, and offers her the electricity, the secret, in order to live together with them, suspended between Heaven and earth, all sustained only by the power of the Divine and Supreme Will.” 

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 3, 1916 Volume 11

… Then, this morning, I was praying and lamenting to Jesus for He was not answering me, especially because He does not stop chastising, and I said to Him: “Why pray if You do not want to answer me? On the contrary, You tell me that the evils will get worse.” And He: “My daughter, good is always good. Even more, you must know that each prayer, each reparation, each act of love, any holy thing that the creature does, is one more paradise that she acquires. So, the simplest holy act will be one more paradise; one act less, a paradise less. In fact, every good act comes from God, and therefore in every good act the soul takes God; and since God contains Infinite, Innumerable, Eternal, Immense Joys — so many that the very Blessed will not arrive at enjoying them all throughout all Eternity — it is no wonder, then, that since each good act acquires God, God is almost bound to substitute them with as many contentments. So, if the soul suffers even distractions for love of Me, in Heaven her intelligence will have more light and will enjoy as many more paradises for as many times as she has sacrificed her intelligence; and so much more will she comprehend God. If she suffers coldness for love of Me, so many paradises will she enjoy of the variety of contentments which are present in My Love; if darkness, so many more contentments in My Inaccessible Light; and so with all the rest. This is what one prayer more or one less means.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 2, 1925 Volume 17

I was praying and fusing myself in the Holy Divine Will. I wanted to wander everywhere, up to the Heavens, in order to find that Supreme “I love you” which is not subject to any interruption. I wanted to make it my own, so that I too might have an “I love you” which is never interrupted, and which might echo the Eternal “I love you”; and by possessing the source of the true “I love you” within me, I might have an “I love you” for each one and for all — for each motion, for each act, for each breath, for each heartbeat, and for each “I love you” of my Jesus Himself. And while I seemed to reach the womb of the Eternal One, making Their “I love you” my own, I kept repeating, everywhere and upon each thing, a lullaby of “I love you’s” to my Supreme Lord. Now, while I was doing this, my thought interrupted my “I love you”, telling me: “What are you doing? You could be doing something else! And then, what is your “I love you”? How special could this “I love you” of yours really be?’

And my sweet Jesus, as though moving hurriedly in my interior, told me: “What are you saying? How special is for Me the “I love you” directed to Me?! My daughter, the “I love you” is everything! The “I love you” is love, it is veneration, it is esteem, it is heroism, it is sacrifice, it is trust toward the one to whom it is directed. The “I love you” is to possess the One who encloses the “I love you”. The “I love you” is a little word, but it weighs as much as Eternity! The “I love you” encloses everything, involves everyone; it diffuses itself, it restricts itself, it rises up high, it descend down to the bottom, it impresses itself everywhere, and it never stops.

What, my daughter! How special can your “I love you” really be?! Its origin is eternal. In the “I love you” the Celestial Father generated Me, and in the “I love you” the Holy Spirit proceeded. In the “I love you” the Eternal FIAT made the whole creation, and in the “I love you” It forgave guilty man and redeemed him. Therefore, in the “I love you” the soul finds everything in God, and God finds everything in the soul. This is why the value of the “I love you” is infinite, it is full of life and of energy; it never tires, it surpasses everything and triumphs over everything. And so, this “I love you” directed to Me - I want to see it and hear it on your lips, in your heart, in the flying of your thoughts, in the drops of your blood, in the pains and in the joys, in the food you take – in everything. The life of my “I love you” must be long – long within you, and my FIAT which reigns in you will place on it the seal of the Divine “I love you”.” …

Divine Will for every day of the year - August 1, 1899 Volume 2

This morning my most gentle Jesus, carrying me outside of myself, made me see the corruption into which mankind has decayed. It is horrifying to think about it! While I was in the midst of these people, almost crying, Jesus was saying: “Oh, man, how you have disfigured, deformed, disennobled yourself! Oh, man, I made you so that you might be My living temple, but you have made of yourself the dwelling of the devil. Look, even the plants, by being covered with leaves, flowers and fruits, teach you honesty and the modesty you must have with your body; but you, having lost any modesty and even the natural reserve you should have, have become worse than the animals, so much so, that I have nothing else to which to compare you. You were My image, but now I no longer recognize you; even more, I am so horrified at your impurities, that the mere sight of you nauseates Me, and you yourself force Me to flee from you.”

While Jesus was saying this, I felt tortured with the pain of seeing my beloved Jesus so embittered, so I said to Him: “Lord, You are right that You find nothing good in man any more, and that he has reached such blindness as to no longer be able even to keep to the laws of nature. So, if You want to look at man, You will do nothing but send chastisements; therefore I pray You to keep Your gaze on Your Mercy, and in this way everything will be remedied.” As I was saying this, Jesus told me: “Daughter, give Me a refreshment for My Pains.” In the act of saying this, He removed the crown of thorns, which seemed to be sunken into His adorable Head, and He drove it into mine. I felt most bitter pains, but I was content that Jesus was being refreshed. After this, He told me: “Daughter, I greatly love pure souls, and just as I am forced to flee from the impure, I am drawn by the pure, as by a magnet, to dwell with them. To pure souls I gladly lend My Mouth to let them speak with My own Tongue, therefore they have to make no effort to convert souls. With these souls, I delight not only in continuing My Passion within them, and so continuing Redemption, but what is more, I greatly delight in glorifying My own Virtues in them.”

Divine Will for every day of the year - July 31, 1906 Volume 7

Continuing in my usual state, blessed Jesus came for a little, and embracing me wholly, He told me: “My daughter, simplicity is to virtues as condiment to foods. For a simple soul there are neither keys nor doors to enter into Me, nor are there for Me to enter into her, because from all sides she can enter into Me, and I into her. Even more, to better say it, she finds herself in Me without entering because, by her simplicity, she comes to resemble Me, Who am most simple Spirit, and only because I am most simple I am present everywhere and nothing can escape my hand. A simple soul is like the light of the Sun – in spite of any fog, or of the fact that its rays pass through whatever rubbish, it remains always light, it gives light to all, and it never changes. In the same way, a simple soul, no matter what mortification or displeasure she may receive, does not cease to be light for herself and for those who have mortified her. And if she sees evil things, she does not become stained, but remains always light; nor does she change, because simplicity is that virtue which most resembles the Divine Being. Only through this virtue can one participate in the other Divine Qualities, and only in the soul who is simple are there no impediments or obstacles for Divine Grace to enter and to operate. In fact, since both one and the other are light, one light easily unites and transforms into the other.”

But who can say what I comprehended about this simplicity? I feel as though a sea is in my mind, and I am able to manifest but a few little drops of this sea, and those disconnected among themselves.

Deo Gratias.

Divine Will for every day of the year - July 30, 1904 Volume 6

This morning blessed Jesus was not coming, and I, finding myself outside of myself, went round and round in search of my highest and only Good; and not finding Him, my soul felt itself dying at each instant.  But what increased my torment was that while I felt I was dying, I would not die, for if I could die I would reach my intent, to be forever in the center - God.  Oh, separation, how bitter and painful you are!  There is no pain that can be compared to you.  Oh, divine privation, you consume, you pierce, you are a two-edged sword that cuts on one side, and burns on the other.  The pain you give is immense, as immense as is God.  Now, while wandering about, I found myself in Purgatory, and my sorrow and my crying seemed to increase the sorrow of those poor souls deprived of their life, God.  Among them there seemed to be quite a few priests, one of whom seemed to be suffering more than the others; and he said to me:  “My grave sufferings come from the fact that in life I was very attached to family interests, to earthly things, and I had a little attachment to some people.  This produces so much evil for the priest as to form an iron shell, covered with mud, that enwraps him like a garment, and only the fire of Purgatory and the fire of the privation of God - which is such that, compared to it, the first fire disappears - can destroy this shell.  Oh, how much I suffer!  My pains are unutterable.  Pray, pray for me.”  I felt even more tormented and I found myself inside myself.

Later, I saw just the shadow of blessed Jesus, and He told me:  “My daughter, what were you searching for?  For you there are no other reliefs and helps but Me alone.”  He disappeared like a flash, and I was left saying:  “Ah, He Himself tells me this – that He alone is everything for me?  And yet, He has the courage to leave me without - deprived of Him.”