Divine Will for every day of the year - July 26, 1926 Volume 19

“… Now, the sun is the image of My Will which, more than sun, shoots its rays to convert those who want to live in Its Kingdom completely into light and love.  These people are the image of the four degrees of the living in my Will.  One can say that the first one does not live in Its Kingdom, but only in the light which, from my Kingdom, the Sun of my Will diffuses to all.  One can say that he is outside of Its boundaries, and if he enjoys a limited light, it is because of the nature of light, which diffuses everywhere.  His nature, his weaknesses and passions form as though a house around him; they form infected and putrid air; and in breathing it, he lives as sickly and without liveliness of strength in doing good.  But in spite of all this, he is resigned; he bears to his best the encounters of life, because the light of my Will, mild as it may be, always brings its good.  The second is the image of one who has entered the first steps of the boundaries of the Kingdom of the Supreme Will.  This one enjoys not only more light, but also the heat, therefore the air he breathes is pure; and in breathing it, he feels passions die within him, he is constant in good, he bears the crosses not only with resignation, but with love.  However, since he is at the first steps of the boundaries, he looks at the earth and feels the weight of the human nature.  On the other hand, the third is the image of one who has advanced into the boundaries of this Kingdom; and Its light is such and so great as to make him forget everything.  He no longer feels anything of himself; good, virtues, crosses, change into his own nature; the light eclipses him, transforms him, and just barely allows him to look from afar at what no longer belongs to him.  The fourth is the happiest, because he is the image of one who not only lives in My Kingdom, but has acquired It. This one undergoes the total consummation in the Supreme Sun of My Will; the eclipse caused by Its Light is so intense, that he himself becomes light and heat, nor can he look at anything else but light and fire; and all things convert for him into light and love.

“Therefore, there will be a difference of degrees in the Kingdom of My Will according to how much creatures will want to take from Its Goods.  But the first degrees will be spurs and paths in order to reach the last one.  For you, then, who must make It known, there is all the necessity to live in the last degree.”