The Mercy of God

Pilate has pronounced sentence. My little children, consider attentively how My Heart suffered...

After Judas handed Me over in the Garden of Olives, he wandered off and took flight, unable to stifle the cries of his conscience, which accused him of the most horrible sacrilege. When the news of My death sentence reached his ears, he gave in to the most terrible despair and hanged himself.

Who can possibly understand the intense pain in My Heart when I saw that soul cast himself into eternal

damnation? He who had spent three years in the school of My Love learning My doctrine, receiving My

teaching, and many times hearing My lips forgive the greatest sinners.

Judas! Why do you not come and throw yourself at My feet so that I may forgive you? If you do not dare to come near Me for fear of those who surround Me and so ardently abuse Me, at least look at Me and you will see how soon My eyes will fix on you.

Souls, who are entangled in the greatest sins... If at times you have lived wandering as fugitives because of your crimes, if the sins of which you are guilty have blinded you and hardened your hearts, if in the pursuit of some passion you have fallen into greater disorder, do not allow desperation to take possession of you when the accomplices to your sin abandon you and your soul realizes its guilt. As long as man has an instant of life, he still has time to appeal to My Mercy and implore forgiveness.

If you are young and the scandals of your past life have left you in a state of degradation before men, do not be afraid! Even though the world may despise you, treat you as wicked, insult and abandon you, be certain that your God does not want your soul to be fodder for the flames of hell. He wants you to dare to speak to Him, to direct your gaze and the sighs of your heart at Him, and you will soon see that His kind and paternal hand will lead you to the source of forgiveness and of life.

If out of malice you have perhaps spent a large part of your life in disorder and indifference, and now near

eternity, desperation wants to blindfold your eyes, do not allow yourself to be deceived. There is still time for forgiveness. Listen carefully: if you have left but a second of life, take advantage of it because you could gain eternal life during that second.

If your existence has passed in ignorance and in error, if you have been the cause of great harm to people, to society, and even to religion, and for any reason you recognize your mistake, do not allow yourself to be pulled down by the burden of your sins or by the harm for which you have been instrumental. But instead, allow your soul to be penetrated with the deepest sorrow, absorb yourself in trust and turn to the One who is always waiting to forgive you.

The same happens for a soul who has spent the first years of its life in faithful observance of My

Commandments, but has little by little fallen away from fervor into a lukewarm and comfortable life….

Do not hide anything that I tell you, for it is all for the benefit of the whole of humanity. Repeat it in broad

daylight; preach it to those who truly want to hear it.

The soul who one day receives a strong jolt that awakens her, all of a sudden sees its life fruitless, empty and undeserving of eternity. The Evil One, with infernal jealousy, attacks it in a thousand ways, exaggerating her faults. He inspires in it sadness and discouragement, leading in the end to fear and desperation.

Soul that belongs to Me, do not pay attention to the that cruel enemy. As soon as you feel the movement of grace at the beginning of your struggle, come to My Heart. Feel and watch how it pours sheds a drop of its Blood upon your soul, and come to Me. You know where I am, under the veil of faith... Lift it and, with complete trust, tell Me all your sorrows, your miseries, your falls... Listen to My words with respect and do not fear for the past. My Heart has submerged it in the endless depths of My Mercy and My Love.

Your past life will give you the humility that will fill you. And if you want to give Me the best proof of love, trust Me and count on My forgiveness. Believe that your sins will never be greater than My infinite Mercy.

(From “The Passion” as dictated by Jesus to Catalina)