From Union to Unity
This morning I found myself in such disheartenment and I saw
myself so bad, that I myself rendered myself unbearable. When Jesus came, I
told Him of my pains and the miserable state I was in, and He said to me: “My daughter, do not want to lose heart. It is my usual way to operate perfection
little by little, and not everything in one instant, so that the soul, in
seeing that she is always lacking something, may push herself and make all
efforts in order to reach what she lacks, with the purpose of pleasing Me more
and of sanctifying herself more. And I, drawn by those acts, feel compelled to
give her new graces and celestial favors, and in this way a commerce, fully
divine, forms between the soul and God. Otherwise, if the soul possessed within
herself the fullness of perfection and therefore of all virtues, she would not
find ways by which to strive, to please Me more, and so the tinder with which
to start the fire between creature and Creator would be missing. (Book of
Heaven, Sept. 5, 1899)
Jesus to Conchita, (from "Conchita, A Mothers Spiritual Diary"):
"It is not possible to imagine transformation into Christ as a static reality. Divine life, communicated to man in his earthly pilgrimage, is of itself in constant progress."
"From the outset of all Christian life, by the new birth 'of water and of the Spirit,' transformation into Christ begins, but it is but an initial transformation, a seed which must grow."
"Even on the summits of the spiritual life this vital progress continues. This life of union still mounts toward unity, of course not a unity in the order of being, but in the intentional order of knowledge and of love."
"Listen. There are many progressive degrees in the transformation. The highest degree on earth corresponds to a transformation of the creature not only in its manner of thinking and of acting which becomes divine, but which, in a certain sense, causes it to disappear an annihilate itself to give place to Me.
"This degree is the work of the Holy Spirit alone who becomes the soul of this soul and the life of this body.
"This point which leads to union, even more, to unity, is the point of perfection which approaches most the Trinity.
"The creature left to itself would be incapable of attaining this degree without the most powerful aid of Him who is the inexhaustible Source of graces, the Holy Spirit. The mystical incarnation attracts the Holy Spirit, loving, mighty and divine of the Word who possesses the soul. Transformation is in the innermost part and the most noble of the creature" (Diary, Aug. 6, 1912).
“There is still a higher stage in this Divine Will. It is total self-surrender, interiorly to
this same Will of God. This
self-surrender leads to the highest summit of perfection: It is the supreme
stage of all virtue ( Diary, June 6, 1900)Jesus to Conchita, (from "Conchita, A Mothers Spiritual Diary"):
"It is not possible to imagine transformation into Christ as a static reality. Divine life, communicated to man in his earthly pilgrimage, is of itself in constant progress."
"From the outset of all Christian life, by the new birth 'of water and of the Spirit,' transformation into Christ begins, but it is but an initial transformation, a seed which must grow."
"Even on the summits of the spiritual life this vital progress continues. This life of union still mounts toward unity, of course not a unity in the order of being, but in the intentional order of knowledge and of love."
"Listen. There are many progressive degrees in the transformation. The highest degree on earth corresponds to a transformation of the creature not only in its manner of thinking and of acting which becomes divine, but which, in a certain sense, causes it to disappear an annihilate itself to give place to Me.
"This degree is the work of the Holy Spirit alone who becomes the soul of this soul and the life of this body.
"This point which leads to union, even more, to unity, is the point of perfection which approaches most the Trinity.
"The creature left to itself would be incapable of attaining this degree without the most powerful aid of Him who is the inexhaustible Source of graces, the Holy Spirit. The mystical incarnation attracts the Holy Spirit, loving, mighty and divine of the Word who possesses the soul. Transformation is in the innermost part and the most noble of the creature" (Diary, Aug. 6, 1912).
Novena of
Abandonment by Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo (d. 1970)
Day 1
Why do you confuse yourselves by worrying? Leave the care
of your affairs to Me and everything will be peaceful. I say to you in truth
that every act of true, blind, complete surrender to Me produces the effect
that you desire and resolves all difficult situations.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of
everything! (10 times)
Day 2
Surrender to Me does not mean to fret, to be upset, or to
lose hope, nor does it mean offering to Me a worried prayer asking Me to follow
you and change your worry into prayer. It is against this surrender, deeply
against it, to worry, to be nervous and to desire to think about the
consequences of anything. It is like the confusion that children feel when they
ask their mother to see to their needs, and then try to take care of those
needs for themselves so that their childlike efforts get in their mother’s way.
Surrender means to placidly close the eyes of the soul, to turn away from
thoughts of tribulation and to put yourself in My care, so that only I act,
saying “You take care of it”.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of
everything! (10 times)
Day 3
How many things I do when the soul, in so much spiritual
and material need, turns to Me, looks at Me and says to Me; “You take care of
it”, then closes its eyes and rests. In pain you pray for Me to act, but that I
act in the way you want. You do not turn to Me, instead, you want me to adapt
your ideas. You are not sick people who ask the doctor to cure you, but rather
sick people who tell the doctor how to. So do not act this way, but pray as I
taught you in the our Father: “Hallowed be thy Name“, that is, be glorified in
my need. “Thy kingdom come“, that is, let all that is in us and in the
world be in accord with your kingdom. “Thy will be done on Earth as it is in
Heaven“, that is, in our need, decide as you see fit for our temporal and
eternal life. If you say to Me truly: “Thy will be done“, which is the same as
saying: “You take care of it”, I will intervene with all My omnipotence, and I
will resolve the most difficult situations.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of
everything! (10 times)
Day 4
You see evil growing instead of weakening? Do not worry.
Close your eyes and say to Me with faith: “Thy will be done, You take care of
it.” I say to you that I will take care of it, and that I will intervene as
does a doctor and I will accomplish miracles when they are needed. Do you see
that the sick person is getting worse? Do not be upset, but close your eyes and
say “You take care of it.” I say to you that I will take care of it, and that
there is no medicine more powerful than My loving intervention. By My love, I
promise this to you.
O Jesus, I surrendered myself to you, take care of
everything! (10 times)
Day 5
And when I must lead you on a path different from the one
you see, I will prepare you; I will carry you in My arms; I will let you find
yourself, like children who have fallen asleep in their mother’s arms, on the
other bank of the river. What troubles you and hurts you immensely are your
reason, your thoughts and worry, and your desire at all costs to deal with what
afflicts you.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of
everything! (10 times)
Day 6
You are sleepless; you want to judge everything, direct
everything and see to everything and you surrender to human strength, or
worse—to men themselves, trusting in their intervention—this is what hinders My
words and My views. Oh, how much I wish from you this surrender, to help you;
and how I suffer when I see you so agitated! Satan tries to do exactly this: to
agitate you and to remove you from My protection and to throw you into the jaws
of human initiative. So, trust only in Me, rest in Me, surrender to Me in
everything.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of
everything! (10 times)
Day 7
I perform miracles in proportion to your full surrender
to Me and to your not thinking of yourselves. I sow treasure troves of graces
when you are in the deepest poverty. No person of reason, no thinker, has ever
perform miracles, not even among the saints. He does divine works whosoever
surrenders to God. So don’t think about it any more, because your mind is
acute, and for you, it is very hard to see evil and to trust in Me and to not
think of yourself. Do this for all your needs, do this all of you and you will
see great continual silent miracles. I will take care of things, I promise this
to you.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of
everything! (10 times)
Day 8
Close your eyes and let yourself be carried away on the
flowing current of My grace; close your eyes and do not think of the present,
turning your thoughts away from the future just as you would from temptation.
Repose in Me, believing in My goodness, and I promise you by My love that if
you say “You take care of it”, I will take care of it all; I will console you,
liberate you and guide you.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of
everything! (10 times)
Day 9
Pray always in readiness to surrender, and you will
receive from it great peace and great rewards, even when I confer on you the
grace of immolation, of repentance and of love. Then what does suffering
matter? It seems impossible to you? Close your eyes and say with all your soul,
“Jesus, you take care of it”. Do not be afraid, I will take care of things and
you will bless My name by humbling yourself. A thousand prayers cannot equal
one single act of surrender, remember this well. There is no novena more
effective than this.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of
everything!
L. Bauer
L. Bauer
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