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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 14, 1923 Volume 15

[Jesus speaking]

“…Now, My daughter, let’s come to My Will.  Do you think it is a Sanctity like the other sanctities?  A good, a grace, almost like the others which I have given for many centuries to the other Saints and to the whole Church?  No, no!  This is about a new era — about a Good which must serve all generations; but it is necessary that I first centralize all this Good in one creature alone, just as I did in Redemption by centralizing everything in My Mama.  Take a look at how things proceed in a parallel way:  in order to make Redemption come and to dispose souls for It, I made the promise of the future Messiah, so that, by hoping for Him to come, they would not only dispose themselves, but find, they too, their own salvation in the future Redeemer.  Now, in order to dispose souls to live in My Will, to let them partake in the goods It contains, and to make man return to the path of his origin, just as he was created by Me, I Myself wanted to pray as the first, making My Voice resound from one end of the earth to another, and even up high in Heaven, saying:  ‘Our Father, who art in Heaven’.  I did not say ‘My Father’, but I called Him Father of the whole human family, so as to engage Him in that which I was going to add:  ‘May all hallow Your Name, so that your Kingdom may come, and your Will be done on earth as It is in Heaven’.  This was the Purpose of Creation, and I asked the Father that it be fulfilled.  As I prayed, the Father surrendered to My Supplications, and I formed the seed of a Good so great; and so that this seed might be known, I taught My Prayer to the Apostles, and they transmitted it to the whole Church, so that, just as the people of the future Redeemer found salvation in Him and disposed itself to receive the promised Messiah, in the same way, with this seed formed by Me, the Church might pray and repeat My very Prayer many times, and might dispose Herself to receive the good of recognizing and loving My Celestial Father as their Father, in such a way as to deserve to be loved as children and receive the great Good that My Will be done on earth as It is in Heaven.  …”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 13, 1922 Volume 14

I was continuing my usual prayers, and my lovable Jesus, surprising me from behind my shoulders, called me by name, telling me: “Luisa, daughter of my Will, do you want to live always in my Will?” 

And I: ‘Yes, O Jesus.’ 

And He: “But is it really true that you want to live in my Will?” 

And I: ‘It is really true, my Love, nor would I adapt myself to live from another will.’ 

And Jesus, again: “Do you say it firmly?”

Now, seeing myself confused, almost fearing, I added: “My Life, Jesus, You make me fear with these questions. Explain Yourself better. I say it firmly, but always helped by You, and in the strength of your Will, which involves me completely, in such a way that I could not do without living in your Volition.” And He, heaving a sigh of relief, repeated: “How happy I am of your triple affirmation! Do not fear, these are nothing but reassurances, reaffirmations and confirmations, so as to impress in you the triple seal of the Will of the Three Divine Persons. You must know that one who lives in my Will must rise up high - but so high as to live in the womb of the Most Holy Trinity. Your life and Ours must be one; therefore it is necessary, it is decorous that you know where you are, and with Whom you are; that you conform to whatever We do, and that, not by force, but willingly, with love and with full knowledge, you live in Our Womb.

Now, do you know what Our Divine Life is? We amuse Ourselves very much in releasing from Us new images of Ourselves. We are in Continuous Act of forming Our Images, so much so, that Heaven and earth are filled with Our images - their shadows flow everywhere. The Sun is Our image, and Its light is the shadow of Ours, which covers all the earth. The heavens are Our Image, which extend everywhere and carry the shadow of Our own Immensity. Man is Our Image, who carries Our Power, Wisdom and Love within himself. So, We do nothing other than continuously produce Our Images, which resemble Us. Now, one who must live in Our Will, living in Our Womb, must form many other copies of Ourselves together with Us; she must be with Us in Our Work; she must let copies and shadows of Us come out of herself, filling the whole earth and Heaven.

Now, in creating the first man, We formed him with Our hands; and breathing over him, We gave him life. Once We made the first, all the others take origin from the first, and are copies of the first. Our Power, flowing through all generations, reproduces his copies. Now, since We constitute you Firstborn Daughter of Our Will, it is necessary that you live with Us in order to form the first copy of the soul who lives in Our Will, so that, as she lives in Us, she may receive Our attitude, and may learn with Our Power to operate according to Our way. Once We have made of you the first copy of the soul who lives in Our Will, more copies will come. 

The road of Our Will is extremely long — it embraces Eternity. And as it seems that one has navigated the way, much remains to do and to receive from Us in order to learn Our Ways, and to form the first copy of the soul who lives in Our Will. This is the greatest work We must do; therefore We must give you much, and it is appropriate to dispose you much, so that you may receive. This is the reason for my repeated questions: it is to dispose you, to enlarge you and elevate you in order to accomplish my designs. I care so much about it, that I would leave everything aside to reach my purpose. Therefore, be attentive and faithful.”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 12, 1918 Volume 12

Finding myself in my usual state, I felt an extreme need of Jesus, and of leaning all of myself within Him. And my sweet Jesus came and told me: “My daughter, lean yourself completely within Me. You will find Me always ready — you will never lack Me. Even more, the more you lean within Me, the more I will pour Myself into you. And since many times I feel the need to lean, I will come to you and I will lean within you, using My own Support, which I have formed in you. And when I see that you despise the support of creatures, I will love you twice as much, and I will redouble My Support.”

Then He added: “When the soul does everything to please Me, to love Me and to live at the expense of My Will, she becomes like a member of My Body; and I glory in these members as if they were My own. Otherwise, they would be like members dislocated from Me, which give Me pain — and not only to Me, but to themselves and to their neighbor. These are members which spurt a purulent material, such as to infect and to dry up even the good that they do.”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 11, 1924 Volume 16

[Jesus speaking]

“…However, know that I do not want to force you. I have never liked force, so much so, that when I came upon earth and I wanted to go and be born in Bethlehem, I went, yes, knocking at door after door to have a place in which to be born, but I did not force anyone… If I wanted, with My Power, I would have used force to obtain a place less uncomfortable in which to be born, but I did not want to do so. I contented Myself with knocking and asking for shelter, and without insisting, I moved on to knock at other doors. And since no one wanted to receive Me, I was content with going to be born in a cave, in which animals gave Me free access and did their first adorations to their Creator, instead of forcing anyone to let Me enter. However, this refusal cost very much to the people of Bethlehem, because they never again received the good of my soles treading their lands, or of seeing Me in their midst again. I like spontaneous things, not forced; I like that the soul make all that I want her own, as though it were hers and not Mine, and that freely, with love, she give Me what I want. Force is for slaves, for servants, and for those who do not love. This is why I move on from those souls, just as I did with the people of Bethlehem, who were not ready to let Me enter into them and to give Me full freedom to do whatever I wanted with them.” …

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 10, 1912 Volume 11

Continuing in my usual state, as soon as blessed Jesus came, He told me: “My daughter, the souls who will shine the most, like bright gems in the crown of My Divine Mercy, are the souls who have more trust, because the more trusting they are, the more they give space for the attribute of My Mercy to pour into them all the Graces that they want. On the other hand, the soul who does not have real trust closes the graces within Me, remaining poor and unequipped, while My Love remains contained within Me and suffers greatly.

“In order not to suffer so much, and to be able to freely pour out My Love, I deal more with those souls who trust than with the others. With these souls I can pour out My Love, I can play, I can cause loving contrasts, since there is no worry that they may feel ashamed or afraid; rather, they become more brave and take everything in order to love Me more. Therefore, trusting souls are the outpouring and the amusement of My Love — the most graceful and the richest ones.”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 9, 1932 Volume 30

… So, I was feeling immersed in the so many Truths of the Supreme Fiat, and my always Lovable Jesus, visiting His little girl, told me:  “My little daughter of My Volition, you must know that if Our Supreme Being gave to the creature all the heavens, the sun, the earth, the sea, He would not give as much as when He communicates the Truths on the Divine Will.  In fact, all other things would remain outside of the creatures, while the Truth penetrates into the inmost fibers of her soul; and I keep molding the heartbeats, the affections, the desires, the intellect, the memory, the will, to Transform her completely into the Life of the Truth.  And as I go on molding her, I keep repeating the Prodigies of the Creation of Man, and by the touch of My Hands I destroy the seeds of evil, and I make the Seeds of the New Life Rise Again.  The creature feels My Touch and, as I keep molding her, the New Life is then given to her again.  On the other hand, the heavens, the sun, the sea, do not have the Transforming Virtue of making of the creature a heaven, a sun, a sea — all the Good is limited to the outside, and nothing more.  See, then, how many Goods are enclosed in My having Manifested to you so many Truths?  Therefore, be attentive in corresponding to a Good so Great.”

Then, I continued to think about the many Truths on the Divine Will—how many Joys, how many Divine Transformations!  They Themselves have been the Revealers of the Supreme Being; I would never have known my Creator, my Celestial Father, if the Holy Truths had not acted as Messengers, bringing to me the many Beautiful News of His Adorable Majesty. …

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 8, 1918 Volume 12

Returning to the point about living in the Divine Will, I was told that it was like living in the state of union with God; and my always lovable Jesus, in coming, said to me: “My daughter, there is a great difference between living united with Me and living in my Will.” As He was saying this, He stretched His arms toward me and told me: “Come into my Will, even for one instant, and you will see the great difference.”

I found myself in Jesus. My tiny atom was swimming in the Eternal Volition. And since this Eternal Volition is one single Act that contains, altogether, all the acts, past, present and future — since I was in the Eternal Volition, I took part in that single Act which contains all acts, as much as it is possible for creature. I took part also in the acts which do not exist, and which must yet exist, until the end of the centuries, and until God will be God. And for these acts too I loved Him, I thanked Him, I blessed Him, etc. There was no act which escaped me. I took the Love of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and I made it mine, just as their Will was mine; and I gave it to Them as if it were my own. How happy I was to be able to give Them their own Love as though my own! And how They found their full contentment and complete outpouring in receiving their own Love from me, as if It were mine! But who can say everything? I lack the words.

Now, blessed Jesus told me: “Have you seen what living in my Will is? It is to disappear and to enter the sphere of Eternity; it is to penetrate into the Omnipotence of the Eternal One — into the Uncreated Mind, and take part in everything and in each Divine Act, as much as it is possible for a creature. It is to make use, even while on earth, of all the Divine Qualities; it is to hate evil in a Divine Way. It is extending oneself to everyone without exhaustion, because the Will which animates this creature is Divine. It is the Sanctity which is not yet known, which I will make known, and which will place the last ornament, the most beautiful and the brightest among all other sanctities. It will be the Crown and the Fulfillment of all the other sanctities. 

Now, to live united with Me is not to disappear — two beings appear together; but one who does not disappear cannot enter into the sphere of Eternity to take part in all the Divine Acts. Ponder well, and you will see the great difference.”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 7, 1901 Volume 4

… I saw my adorable Jesus for a little, in the act of His Resurrection, with His Face so refulgent as to not be comparable to any other splendor. It seemed to me that the Most Holy Humanity of Our Lord, though It was living flesh, was so bright and transparent that one could see with clarity the Divinity united to the Humanity. Now, while I was seeing Him so glorious, a light that came from Him seemed to tell me: “My Humanity received so much glory by means of Perfect Obedience which, destroying the ancient nature completely, gave Me back the New Nature, Glorious and Immortal. In the same way, by means of obedience, the soul can form within her the perfect resurrection to virtues. For example: if the soul is afflicted, obedience will make her rise again to joy; if restless, obedience will make her rise again to peace; if tempted, obedience will administer to her the strongest chain with which to bind the enemy, and will make her rise again victorious over the diabolical snares; if she is besieged by passions and vices, by killing them, obedience will make her rise again to virtues. This, to the soul, and in due time, it will also form the resurrection of the body.”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 6, 1922 Volume 14

…Now, in this state I tried to fuse myself in the Holy Will of God, and I said: ‘My Love, in your Will what is Yours is mine; all created things are mine. The Sun is mine, and I give it to You in return, so that all the light and heat of the Sun, each drop of its light and heat, may tell You that I love You, I adore You, I bless You, I pray to You for all. The stars are mine, and in every flickering of the stars I seal my ‘I love You’, infinite and immense, for all. The plants, the flowers, the water, the fire, the air, are mine, and I give them to You in return, that all of them may say to You, in the name of all: “I love You with that same eternal Love with which You created us...” But if I wanted to say everything it would take too long. 

Then Jesus, moving in my interior, told me: “My daughter, how beautiful are the prayers and the acts done in my Will! How the creature is transformed in God the Creator Himself, and gives Him the return for what He has given to her! I created everything for man and I gave everything to him as gift! In my Will the creature rises up to her God and Creator, and finds Him in the act in which He created all things to give them to her as gift; and, trembling before the multiplicity of so many gifts, not having within herself the Creative Power to create as many things for as many as she has received — she offers her own things to requite Him in love. 

"I gave you Sun, stars, flowers, water, fire, air…, to give you Love; and you, grateful, accepted them, and putting My Love in circulation, you gave Me the return for them. So, I gave you Sun, and Sun you gave to Me; I gave you stars, flowers, water…, and you gave them back to Me. The notes of My Love resounded again over all created things, and with one voice they gave Me the Love which I made flow over the whole Creation. In My Will the soul places herself at the level of her Creator, and, in His own Will, she receives and she gives. Oh, what a contest between creature and Creator! If all could see it, they would remain stupefied at seeing that in my Will the soul becomes a little god — but everything by virtue of the Power of My Will.”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 5, 1914 Volume 11

Continuing in my usual state, my adorable Jesus made Himself seen inside an immensity of Light, while I was swimming inside this Light, feeling It flowing in my ears, in my eyes, in my mouth - in everything. Jesus told me: “My daughter, if the soul who does my Will works, her work becomes Light; if she speaks, thinks, desires, walks, etc., her words, thoughts, desires and steps all turn into Light — but Light drawn from my Sun. My Will attracts the soul who does My Volition with so much force that it makes her spin continuously around this Light; and as she spins, she takes more Light which keeps her captured within Me.”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 4, 1929 Volume 25

My abandonment is in the Holy Volition, that, like powerful magnet, draws me to Itself, to administer to me, sip by sip, Its life, Its light, Its prodigious, admirable and adorable knowledges.  So, my mind was wandering within It, and my sweet Jesus, moving in my interior, told me:  “My daughter, the first who will do My Divine Will and will live in It, will be like the yeast of Its Kingdom.  The many knowledges that I have manifested to you about My Divine Fiat will be like the flour for the bread, that, in finding the yeast, becomes fermented—as much flour as one puts in.  But the flour is not enough—it takes the yeast and the water in order to form the true bread, to nourish the human generations.  

“In the same way, the yeast of the few who live in My Divine Volition is necessary to Me, as well as the multiplicity of the knowledges about It, that will serve as the mass of light that will give all the goods that are needed in order to nourish and make happy all those who want to live in the Kingdom of My Divine Will.  Therefore, do not worry if you are alone and few are those who know, in part, what regards My Divine Will; as long as the little portion of the yeast is formed, united to Its Knowledges, the rest will come by itself.” …

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 3, 1899 Volume 2

After going through several days of privation and of tears, I found myself all confused and annihilated within myself. In my interior I kept saying, continuously: “Tell Me, O my Good, why have You moved away from me? Where have I offended You, that You no longer make Yourself seen - and if You show Yourself, You are almost concealed, and silent? O please, do not make me wait and wait any longer, for my heart cannot take any more!” 

Finally, Jesus showed Himself a little more clearly, and in seeing me so annihilated, He told me: “If you knew how much I like humility… Humility is the littlest plant that can be found, but its branches are so high as to reach Heaven, wind their way around my throne, and penetrate deep into My Heart. This little plant is humility, and the branches which this plant produces, are confidence; so, there cannot be true humility without confidence. Humility without confidence is false virtue.” From the words of Jesus it shows that my heart was not only annihilated, but also a little discouraged.

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Divine Will for every day of the year - April 2, 1913 Volume 11

I was all afflicted because of the privation of my sweet Jesus, when Jesus came from behind my shoulders; He placed His hand on my mouth, removed the bed sheets which were so close as to prevent me from breathing freely, and then told me: “My daughter, the soul who does My Will is My breath; and since My Breath contains all the breaths of creatures, I administer breath to all from within the soul who does My Will. This is why I moved the bed sheets away; I too felt My breathing hampered.” And I: “Ah, Jesus, what are you talking about? Rather, I feel that You have left me and that You forgot all the promises that You made to me.” And He: “My daughter, don’t say this — you offend Me, and force Me to make you feel what it really means to be left by Me.”

Then He added with an air of sweetness: “One who lives in My Will vividly represents the period of My Life upon earth: on the outside I appeared just as a Man, but at the same time I was also the beloved Son of My dear Father. In the same way, the soul who does My Will has, externally, the skin of humanity; while internally there is My Person, inseparable from the Most Holy Trinity both in Love and in Will — just like Me. So, the Divinity says: ‘This is another daughter that We keep on earth. For love of her, We sustain the earth, because she does everything in Our place.’”

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Divine Will every day of the year - April 1, 1922 Volume 14

… Afterwards, I followed the Hours of the Passion, and I followed my sweet Jesus in the act in which He was clothed and treated as a madman. My mind was wandering in this mystery, and Jesus told me: “My daughter, the most humiliating step of My Passion was precisely this: being clothed and treated as a madman. I became the amusement of the Jews — their rag. Greater humiliation My Infinite Wisdom could not bear. Yet, it was necessary that I, Son of God, suffer this pain.

“By sinning, man becomes mad — greater madness there cannot be. And from king as he is, he becomes the slave and the amusement of the most vile passions which tyrannize him and, more than a madman, chain him as they please, casting him into mud, and covering him with the most filthy things. Oh, what great madness sin is! In this state, man could never be admitted before the Supreme Majesty. Therefore I Myself wanted to bear this pain, so humiliating, in order to plead for man that he might leave this state of madness, offering Myself to My Celestial Father to suffer the pains which the madness of man deserved. Each pain I suffered in My Passion was nothing other than the echo of the pains which creatures deserved. That echo boomed over Me, and subjected Me to pains, to scorn, to derisions, to mockeries, and to all torments.”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - March 31, 1927 Volume 21

I felt all immersed and abandoned in the Divine Will, and while I continued my acts in It, my sweet Jesus, moving in my interior, told me:  “My daughter, the soul who lives in My Divine Will is the triumph of It.  As the soul does her acts in It, It puts out Its Bilocating Virtue that, hovering throughout the whole Creation, extends Its Divine Life in It.  So, the soul who lives in My Will gives Me the occasion to bilocate My Life for as many acts as she does in It, and therefore, not only is she the Triumph of My Will, but It receives more honor from the soul who acts in It than from the whole Creation.  

“In fact, in creating each thing, God placed in some the shadow of His Light, in some the notes of His Love, in some others the image of His Power, in others the flowerings of His Beauty; so, each created thing has something that belongs to its Creator.  But in the soul who lives in the Divine Fiat, God places all of Himself—He centralizes His whole Being in her; and bilocating in her, He fills the whole Creation with the acts that the soul does in His Will, in order to receive love, glory and adorations from her, for each thing that came out of Our Creative Hands.

“So, one who lives in It places herself in relation with all created things; and taking to heart the honor of her Creator, through the same relations that she receives, for each thing, from the smallest to the greatest thing created, she sends the requital of her relations for all that her Creator has done.  Therefore, all communications are open between the soul and God; the creature enters the Divine Order, and enjoys perfect harmony with the Supreme Being—and because of this, she is the true triumph of My Will.  …”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - March 30, 1938 Volume 35

[Jesus speaking] “… You must know that I can repay and I know how to repay even the small sacrifices and attentions—and certainly the big ones.  I count everything, and I do not leave even a breath done for Me without Reward; even more, if these sacrifices are done for one who Loves Me—for one who wants to Live in My Will—I feel as if they were done for Myself.  So, in order for these sacrifices to be done in My Will, I place in them My Divine Flavor, so that they may feel the taste and the pleasure in making these sacrifices, and the need for making them—taste and pleasure in sacrifice.  They are like the salt and spices for the food, like the grease for the wheels that could barely move, but once the grease has been applied, they can run.  The Divine Taste empties the sacrifice, making it Light and pleasant.  This is the reason why, in Our Love, We Created a Holy Passion, a taste and a pleasure that makes it impossible for Us not to Love the creature.  

“It was this Passion of Love that made Us feel the extreme need to prove Our Love for the creatures with Our Works.  In fact nobody begged Us to Create a Heaven, a sun and many other things.  After We Created them, We looked at them and found so much taste and pleasure that, in Our Emphasis of Love, We exclaimed:  ‘How Beautiful Our Works are!  But We will receive more Glory and more delight from Them, when Our Works will give Themselves to the creatures to Love them and to make them love Us.’  Then, to Our Passion of Love and to the extreme need to Love, more folly and delirium of Love was added, to the extent that We could not remain satisfied only by Our Works.  Love reached such an Excess that We felt the need to give Life as well.  

“What did this necessity to Love that I felt within Me not make Me do?  It made Me suffer Unheard-of Pains, feel the most humiliating Humiliations—and even Death, among atrocious spasms.  But Our Passion of Love is not satisfied if We do not let the creature participate in It.  Therefore, in the sacrifices that We have her make, We Create the Holy Passion, providing It with flavor and pleasure, to have her make the Most Beautiful Conquests.  This Passion becomes ingenious, finding a thousand New Forms, and it seems It cannot remain or Live without being Operative.  If there is not a passion and taste for sacrifice—even in holy works—it seems that these works are just painted—not alive; they have a coldness and an apathy that produce more disgust than savor, and maybe more evil than Good.  Therefore, My daughter, don’t be concerned for the sacrifices that others make for you.  Actually, I must tell you that they do it for Me, not for you; and I will Infuse so much Grace, taste and pleasure so as to empty the sacrifice.  Then, according to the love with which they will do it, I will pour Myself into them, and as they make that sacrifice wanted by Me, I will make My Life grow within them. …”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - March 30, 1931 Volume 29

… And Jesus:  “My good daughter, do not fear, humiliation is bearer of glory; over the contempt of creatures arises the Divine Appreciation, and their abandonment is the call of the faithful company of your Jesus; therefore, let Me do.  If you knew how Divine Justice is armed, you would not be opposed; on the contrary, you would pray Me to make you suffer so as to spare, in part, your brothers.  More regions will be devastated, and misery is at the doors of cities and of nations.  My Heart feels such tenderness in seeing to what a state of desolation and of confusion the earth will be reduced; and this tenderness of Mine, so sensitive toward creatures, is offended by the hardness of the human heart.  Oh! how intolerable to Me is the hardness of the human heart; much more so before Mine, which is all loving tenderness and goodness toward them.  A hard heart is capable of all evils and reaches such extent as to make a mockery of the pains of others, and it changes the tendernesses of My Heart toward it into sorrows and deep wounds.  The most beautiful prerogative of My Heart is tenderness; all the fibers, the affections, the desires, the love, the heartbeats of My Heart have tenderness as their origin.  So, My Fibers are tender, My Affections and Desires are most tender, My Love and heartbeats are so tender as to reach the point of melting My Heart out of tenderness; and this tender love makes Me arrive at loving the creatures so much, that I am content with suffering Myself rather than seeing them suffer.  A love, when it is not tender, is like a food without condiment, like a beauty that is aged, incapable of attracting anyone to make itself loved; it is like a flower without fragrance, like a dry fruit without humor and sweetness.  A love that is hard, without tenderness, is unacceptable and would have no virtue of making itself loved by anyone.  Therefore, My Heart suffers so much in seeing the hardness of creatures, that they reach the point of changing My graces into scourges.” …

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Divine Will for every day of the year - March 29, 1908 Volume 8

This morning, on coming, blessed Jesus seemed to carry a black mantle; and drawing near me, He seemed to place me under it, saying: “In this way I will envelop all creatures, as within a black mantle.” And He disappeared.

I remained concerned because of some chastisement, and I prayed Him to come back, for I could no longer be without Him; but I was as though bothered by that sight from before. Then, after much hardship, He came, carrying a cup filled with some liqueur. He gave me some to drink, and then He added: “My daughter, peaceful souls eat at My same Table and drink at My Cup, and the Divine Archer does nothing but dart through them continuously, and no dart is wasted. All of them – all of them wound the loving soul; and the soul faints, while the Divine Archer continues with His arrows which now make her die of love, now give her back new life of love. And from her wounds, the soul shoots her darts to wound the One who has so much wounded her. So, a peaceful soul is the delight and the amusement of God; while, with turbid souls, if the Divine Archer darts through them, the darts are wasted by the soul, leaving Him embittered, and forming the diabolical amusement and taste.”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - March 28, 1917 Volume 12

Continuing in my usual state, my always lovable Jesus just barely made Himself seen — but so afflicted as to move one to pity. I said to Him: “What is it, Jesus?” And He: “My daughter, unexpected things will arise and suddenly occur; revolutions will break out everywhere. Oh, how much worse things will get!” All afflicted, He remained silent. And I: “Life of my life, tell me another word.” And Jesus, as though breathing on me, said: “I love you,” and it seemed that everyone and everything would receive new life from that “I love you.” I repeated: “Jesus, one more word.” And He: “I could not tell you a more beautiful word than ‘I love you.’ This ‘I love you’ of Mine fills Heaven and earth. It circulates through the Saints, and they receive New Glory; it descends into the hearts of the pilgrim souls, and some receive grace of conversion, some of sanctification; it penetrates into Purgatory, and pours upon their souls like Beneficial Dew, and they feel refreshed by it. Even the elements feel invested by New Life in fecundating, in growing. All perceive the ‘I love you’ of your Jesus. And do you know when the soul attracts one of My ‘I love you’s’? When, fusing herself in Me, she assumes the Divine Attitude and, dissolving herself in Me, she does everything I do.”

And I: “My Love, many times it is difficult to maintain this Divine Attitude constantly.” And Jesus: “My daughter, what the soul can not always do with her immediate acts in Me, she can make up for with her attitude of good will. I will be so pleased by her as to become the Vigilant Sentry of each one of her thoughts, words, heartbeats, etc., placing them inside and outside of Me as My cortege, looking at them with Great Love, as the fruit of the good will of the creature. Then, when the soul, fusing herself in Me, does her immediate acts with Me, I feel so much drawn toward her that I do what she does together with her, transforming her work into Divine Work. I take everything into account, and I reward everything, even the tiniest things. Not one single act of good will remains defrauded in the creature.”

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Divine Will for every day of the year - March 27, 1918 Volume 12

I was lamenting to Jesus for I could not even listen to Holy Mass; and Jesus told me: “My daughter, am I not the One who forms the Sacrifice? Now, since I am present in each Sacrifice, the soul who lives with Me and in My Will remains sacrificed together with Me — not in one Mass, but in all the Masses. And since she lives in My Will, she remains consecrated with Me in all the Hosts.

“Never go out of My Will, and I will let you reach any place you want. Even more, there will be such electricity of communication between you and Me, that you will not do one act without Me, and I will not do one Act without you. Therefore, when you lack something, enter into My Will, and you will find, ready, whatever you want: as many Masses as you want, as many Communions, as much love as you want. Nothing is missing in My Will. Not only this — but you will find things in a Divine and Infinite Way.”

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