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April 29, 1902 - Volume 4

Luisa writes,
     This morning my adorable Jesus came for a little, telling me: “My daughter, one who wants everything from God must give all of himself to God.” And He stopped, without telling me anything else for the time being. Seeing Him close to me, I said to Him: ‘Lord, have compassion on me; don’t You see how everything is dry and withered? It seems to me that I have become so dry, as if I had never received a drop of rain.’ And He: “So much the better. Don’t you know that the drier the wood, the more easily the fire devours it and converts it into fire? One spark alone is enough to ignite it. But if it is full of humors and not well dried, it takes a big fire to ignite it, and much time to convert it into fire. The same in the soul: when everything is dry, one spark alone is enough to convert her completely into fire of divine love.” And I: ‘Lord, You are making fun of me. How ugly, then, everything is; and besides, what do You have to burn if everything is dry?’ And He: “I am not making fun of you; you yourself cannot comprehend that when not everything is dry in the soul, complacency is a humor, satisfaction is a humor, one’s own taste is a humor, self-esteem is a humor. On the other hand, when everything is dry and the soul operates, these humors have no place from which to arise, and the Divine Fire, finding only the soul naked, as dry as she was created by It, with no other extraneous humors, since it is something that belongs to It, it is extremely easy for It to convert her into Its very Divine Fire. And after this, I infuse in her a garment of peace, and this peace is preserved by interior obedience, and kept by external obedience. This peace gives birth to the whole of God within the soul – that is, to all the works, the virtues and the ways of the Humanate Word – in such a way that one can see in her His simplicity, His humility, the dependency of His infantile life, the perfection of His adult virtues, the mortification and the crucifixion of His dying. But it always begins from this: one who wants the whole of Christ must give everything to Christ.”

                                                                                      – Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta

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April 28, 1923 - Volume 15

Luisa writes,
     I felt as though immersed in the endless light of the Eternal Will, and my sweet Jesus told me:  “My daughter, my Divinity does not need to operate in order to make Its works come out – It only needs to want them.  So, I want and I do; the greatest works, the most beautiful, come out by my mere wanting them.  On the other hand, even if the creature wanted them, if she does not work, she does not move, she does nothing.  Now, to one who makes my Will her own and lives in It as in her own royal palace, the same power is communicated, as much as is possible to a creature.” 

     Now, while He was saying this, I felt myself being drawn outside of myself, and I found an ugly monster under my feet, which was biting itself out of rage.  And Jesus, being near me, added:  “Just as my Virgin Mother crushed the head of the infernal serpent, so do I want another virgin, which must be the first possessor of the Supreme Will, to press again that infernal head so as to crush it and debilitate it, in such a way as to confine it into hell, that she may have full dominion over it, and it may not dare to approach those who must live in my Will.  Therefore, place your foot on its head, and crush it.”  Made brave, I did it, and it would bite itself more, and so as not to feel my touch, it shut itself up in the darkest abysses. Then Jesus resumed His speaking:  “My daughter, do you think that the living in my Will is nothing?  No, no – on the contrary, it is the all, it is the fulfillment of all sanctities, it is the absolute dominion of oneself, of one’s passions, and of one’s capital enemies; it is the complete triumph of the Creator over the creature.  So, if she adheres and I come to letting her live in my Will, without her ever again wanting to know her own, I have nothing left to want from the creature, and she has nothing left to give Me.  All my yearnings are fulfilled, my designs realized – there is nothing left but delighting in each other.  It is true that I came upon earth to redeem man, but my primary purpose was that the Divine Will might triumph over the human will by according these two wills together and making them one, taking the human will into that Will from which it had gone out.  This was the main offense that my Celestial Father received from man, and I was to compensate Him for it, otherwise I would not give Him full satisfaction.  But in order to obtain the first purpose, first I had to issue the second – that is, to save him, to give him my hand since he had fallen, to wash him of the mud in which he was lying.  

                                                                                       – Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta

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"The Maternal Appeal - Entering the Kingdom of the Divine Will"

“Dearest child, I feel the irresistible need to descend from Heaven to make you my maternal visits… I come to invite you to enter into the Kingdom of your Mama—that is, the Kingdom of the Divine Will; and I knock at the door of your heart, that you may open it to Me…
 This book is of gold, my child. It will form your spiritual fortune… In it you will find the fount of all goods…
 If you are weak, you will acquire strength; if you are tempted, you will achieve victory…
 I, the Celestial Empress, will take care of all your needs, provided that you consent to live united with Me…
 I will go throughout the whole world… until, as Queen, I have formed my people… who would know the Divine Will and let It reign everywhere.”

                                                                                       – Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta

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April 26, 1899 - Volume 2

Luisa writes,

Today, while my loving Jesus was making Himself seen, it seemed to me

that He was sending me many flashes of light which penetrated through all of me,

when, in one instant, I found myself outside of myself together with Him, and the

confessor was there. Immediately I prayed my beloved Jesus to give a kiss to the

confessor, and to go into his arms for a little while (Jesus was a child). To make

me content, immediately He kissed the confessor on his face, but without wanting

to detach from me. I remained all afflicted, and I said to Him: ‘My little treasure,

my intention was for You to kiss, not his face, but his mouth, so that, touched by

your most pure lips, it might be sanctified and strengthened from that weakness.

In this way, it will be able to announce your holy word more freely, and to sanctify

others. O please! I pray You to make me content.’ So, Jesus gave him another

kiss on his mouth, and then He said: “I am so very pleased with the souls who

are detached from everything, not only in the affect, but also in the effect, that as

they keep stripping themselves, my light keeps investing them, and they become

just like crystals, such that the light of the sun finds no impediment to penetrate

inside of them, unlike buildings and other material things.”

Then He added: “Ah! They think that they strip themselves, but instead,

they come to be clothed not only with spiritual things, but also with corporal ones,

because my providence has a care, all particular and special, for these detached

souls. My providence covers them everywhere; it happens that they have nothing,

but they possess everything.”

After this, we withdrew from the confessor, and we found many religious

people who seemed all to have their goals set on working for their interest. 

Passing through their midst, Jesus said: “Woe – woe to one who works for the 

purpose of gaining money! You have already received your recompense.”

                                                                                       – Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta

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April 25, 1900 - Volume 3 

Luisa writes,

As I was in my usual state and not finding my sweet Jesus, I had to go

around very much to go in search of Him. Finally I found Him in the arms of the

Queen Mama, suckling milk from Her breasts. As much as I said and did, He did

not seem to pay attention to me; or rather, He did not even look at me. Who can

say the pain of my poor heart, in seeing that Jesus was not paying attention to

me? Then, after I gave vent to my tears, having compassion for me, He came into

my arms and poured from His mouth a little bit of that milk which He had suckled

from the Queen Mama.

After this, I looked into His breast, and He had a little pearl, so refulgent

as to invest the most holy Humanity of Our Lord with light. Wanting to know

the meaning of it, I asked Jesus what that pearl was, which, while appearing so

small, spread so much light. And Jesus: “It is the purity of your suffering which,

though small, is the cause of so much light, because you suffer only for love of

Me and would be ready to suffer more if I conceded it to you. My daughter, purity

in operating is so great, that one who operates with the sole purpose of pleasing

Me alone, does nothing other than spread light from all of his operating. One

who does not operate in an upright way, even in good, does nothing other than

spread darkness.” Then I looked into the breast of Our Lord, and He had a most

clear mirror, and it seemed that those who walked in an upright way remained

completely absorbed in that mirror, while those who did not, remained outside,

without being able to receive any imprint of the image of blessed Jesus. Ah, Lord,

keep me all absorbed in this divine mirror, that I may have no other shade of

intention in my operating.

                                                                                       – Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta

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April 24, 1927 - Volume 21

Luisa writes,

I was feeling embittered because of the privation of my sweet Jesus, and while I was longing for His return, He came out from within my interior, but so afflicted as to arouse pity; and I said to Him: “But, tell me, what’s wrong that You are so afflicted?”
      And Jesus: “Ah! my daughter, grave things are to happen. In order to reorder a kingdom, a house, a general uproar happens first, and many things perish—some lose, others gain. In sum, there is chaos, a greater struggling, and many things are suffered in order to reorder, renew and give a new shape to the kingdom, or the house. There is more suffering and more work to do if one must destroy in order to rebuild, than if one only had to build.
      “The same will happen in order to rebuild the Kingdom of My Will. How many innovations need to be made. It is necessary to turn everything upside down, to knock down and destroy human beings, to upset the earth, the sea, the air, the wind, the water, the fire, so that all may put themselves at work in order to renew the face of the earth, so as to bring the order of the new Kingdom of My Divine Will into the midst of creatures. Therefore, many grave things will happen, and in seeing this, if I look at the chaos, I feel afflicted; but if I look beyond, in seeing the order and My new Kingdom rebuilt, I go from a deep sadness to a joy so great that you cannot comprehend. This is the reason why you see Me now sad and now with the joy of My Celestial Fatherland.”
      I felt sad because of this uproar that Jesus had talked to me about; those grave things were terrifying—I could hear tumults, revolutions and wars in several places. Oh! how my poor heart moaned.
      And Jesus, to cheer me, took me in His arms, pressed me tightly to His most holy Heart, and told me: “My daughter, let us look beyond, that we may be cheered. I want to make things return as in the beginning of Creation, that was nothing other than an outpouring of love; and it still lasts, because whatever We do once, We do always—it is never interrupted. No tiredness of repeating an act ever enters into Us—whatever We do once, We like to do always. This is the Divine operating—to do an act that lasts for centuries upon centuries, and even for all eternity.

                                                                                   – Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta

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April 23, 1899 - Volume 2

Luisa writes,
 
Today I did my meditation on the harm that can come to our souls from the praises that other creatures give us. While I was doing the application to myself, to see whether there was complacency for human praises within me, Jesus came close to me and told me: “When a heart is full of the knowledge of self, the praises of men are like sea waves that rise and overflow, but never go out of their boundary. In the same way, human praises yell and shout, they clamor, they get close even to the heart, but in finding it full and well surrounded by the strong walls of the knowledge of self, unable to find a place for themselves, they draw back, causing no damage to the soul. So, this is what you must be careful about: taking the praises and scorns of creatures into no account.”
 
                                                                                       – Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta
 
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April 22, 1901 - Volume 4 

Luisa writes,
 
While I was all afflicted and confused, and almost without hope of seeing my adorable Jesus again, all of a sudden He came and told me: “Do you know what I want from you? I want you similar to Me in everything, both in operating and in the intention. I want you to be respectful with everyone, because respecting everyone gives peace to oneself and peace to others; and that you consider yourself the least of all; that you meditate constantly on my teachings within your mind, and keep them in your heart, so that, on the occasion, you may find them always ready to be used and put into practice. In sum, I want your life to be an outpouring of Mine.” And while He was saying this, I saw behind the Lord an intense cold and a fire coming down upon earth, which caused damage to crops. I said: ‘Lord, what are You doing? Poor people!’ But not paying attention to me, He disappeared.
 
                                                                                      – Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta
 
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April 21, 1899 - Volume 2 

Luisa writes,

This morning, while I was in my usual state, in one instant I found myself within myself, but without being able to move. I realized that someone was entering my little room; then he closed the door again, and I felt he was drawing near my bed. In my mind I thought that someone had entered furtively, without anyone of my family seeing him, and had penetrated even into my little room. ‘Who knows what he will to do me?’ My fear was so great that I felt my blood freeze in my veins, and I trembled all over. Oh! God, what to do? I said to myself: ‘My family did not see him; I feel all numb and I cannot defend myself, nor can I ask for help. Jesus, Mary, my Mama – help me! Saint Joseph, defend me from this danger!’

When I realized that he was getting upon my bed, and he curled up near me, my fear was such that I opened my eyes and I said to him: ‘Tell me, who are you?’ He answered: “I am the poorest of the poor, I don’t have a place to stay. I have come to you, if you want to keep me with you in your little room. See, I am so poor that I don’t even have clothes; but you will take care of everything.” I looked well at him; he was a five or six year old boy, without clothes, without shoes, but so very beautiful and graceful. Immediately I answered him: ‘For me, I would gladly keep you, but what will my father say? I am not a free person who can do whatever she wants; I have my parents who prevent me. As for clothing you, I can do it with my poor toils, I will make any sacrifice – but as for keeping you here, it is impossible. Besides, don’t you have a father, don’t you have a mother, don’t you have a place to stay?’

But the boy answered bitterly: “I have no one. O please! Don’t make me wander any more – let me stay with you!” I myself did not know what to do - how to keep him. A thought flashed within me: ‘Who knows whether it is Jesus? Or maybe it is some demon, to disturb me.’ So, again I said to him: ‘But, tell me the truth at least – who are you?’ And he repeated: “I am the poorest of the poor.” I replied: ‘Have you learned how to make the sign of the cross?’ “Yes”, he answered. ‘Well then, make it, I want to see how you make it.’ So he signed himself with the cross. I added: ‘And the Hail Mary – do you know how to say it?’ “Yes, but if you want me to say it, let us say it together.”

I began the Hail Mary and he was saying it together with me, when a most pure light was unleashed from His adorable forehead, and I recognized that the poorest of the poor was Jesus. In one instant, through that light that Jesus sent me, He made me lose consciousness again, and drew me outside of myself. I saw myself all confused before Jesus, especially because of my many rebuffs, and immediately I said to Him: ‘My dear little one, forgive me. Had I recognized You, I would not have forbidden You to enter. And then, why did You not tell me that it was really You? I have many things to tell You; I would have told them to You, and would not have wasted time in so many useless things and fears. Besides, in order to keep You I don’t need my family – I can keep You freely, because You don’t allow Yourself to be seen by anyone.’ But while I was saying this, Jesus disappeared; and so it ended, leaving me a pain, for not having told Him anything of what I wanted to tell Him.

– Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta

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April 20, 1900 - Volume 3

Luisa writes,

My adorable Jesus continues to come, for just a little and like a shadow, and even when He comes He does not say anything.  This morning, after He renewed in me the pains of the cross as many as two times, looking at me with tenderness while I was suffering the spasm of the piercings of the nails, He told me:  “The cross is a mirror in which the soul admires the Divinity, and by reflecting herself in it, she acquires the features and the likeness which most resembles God.  The cross must not only be loved and desired, but one must consider it an honor and a glory.  This is to operate as God and to become like God by participation, because I alone gloried in the cross and considered suffering an honor, and I loved it so much that in my whole life I did not want to be one moment without the cross.” Who can say what I understood about the cross from this speaking of blessed Jesus?  But I feel mute in expressing it with words.  Ah, Lord, I pray You to keep me always nailed to the cross, so that, having this divine mirror ever before me, I may clean all my stains and embellish myself ever more in your likeness.

                                                                                       – Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta

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