The Transfiguration

THE FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION

“When Jesus will return in His divine glory and appear to all humanity, each one will be called to undergo the same experience as Peter, James and John underwent on Mount Tabor, because Jesus will manifest Himself in His splendor and his humanity will be completely transfigured in the most brilliant light of His divinity.”   “To the Priests, MMP, #597 Aug. 6, 1997

Volume 21 - March 22, 1927

Luisa: Continuing in my usual state, I was following the Divine Will in the creation; and going from one created thing to another, I called my sweet life, dear Jesus, to come to follow the acts of His Will in all created things, together with me.  But not seeing Him, I felt the nail of His privation pierce me through, and in my sorrow I said to Him: ‘My Jesus, I don’t know what to do in order to find You.  I have You called by your Justice within the sea, by your Power in its roaring waves – and You do not listen to me.  I have You called by your light in the sun, by the intensity of its heat which symbolizes your love – and You do not come?  I have You called by your immensity, by all of your works in the vastness of the vault of the heavens – and it seems it is not for You.  But, tell me at least:  what should I do to find You?  If I do not find You, in your own Will - in the midst of your works which are your boundaries, where can I find my Life?’

But while I was pouring out my sorrow, He moved within me, telling me:  “How beautiful is my daughter – how beautiful it is to see your littleness as though dissolved in my Will, searching for Me in the midst of my works, and not finding Me.”

And I: ‘My Jesus, You make me die.  Tell me:  where do You hide?’

And Jesus: “I hide within you.  If you hear the voice of someone, in hearing his voice you can say that he is near you.  Now, my Will is the echo of my voice; if you are in It, going around all the works of my Fiat, you are already in the echo of my voice.  And since you are in It, I am near you or inside of you, and with my Fiat I give you the gift of letting you go around, up to where my voice reaches, and up to where my Fiat extends.” 

Surprised, I said: ‘My love, so your voice becomes very, very long, because there is no point in which your Will is not.  And Jesus added: “My daughter, indeed there cannot be will or voice without the person who emits them.  So, just as my Will is everywhere, there is no point which is not reached by my voice which brings my Fiat to all things.  Therefore, if you are in my Will, in the midst of Its works, you can be more than certain that your Jesus is with you.”

After this, I was thinking about the great good that the Divine Will brings to us; and while I was all immersed in It, my sweet Jesus added:  “My daughter, when the sun rises, it dispels the darkness and makes the light arise.  It changes the humidity of the night, with which the plants are so invested as to become oppressed, numb and melancholic; but as the sun rises, it turns that humidity into pearls, studding everything – plants, flowers and all nature.  Its silvery halo brings back joy and beauty, taking away the torpor of the night; and with the enchantment of its light, it seems to take all nature by the hand, in order to vivify it, embellish it, and give life to it.  The sea, the rivers, the springs, are frightening, but it makes the variety and the vividness of their colors stand out. 

In the same way, as my Will rises, all the human acts are invested with light; they take their place of honor in my Will, and each one receives its special shade of beauty and the vividness of the Divine colors, in such a way that the soul is transfigured and enveloped with an indescribable beauty.  As the sun of my Will rises, it puts to flight all the evils of the soul; it takes away the torpor produced by passions; even more, before the light of the Divine Fiat, the very passions lap up that light, and aspire to convert into virtues, to pay homage to my Eternal Will.  As It rises, everything is joy.  And even the pains, which, like seas at night, are frightening for the creatures - if my Will rises, It puts to flight the night of the human will, and removing every fear, It forms Its golden background in those pains.  With Its light, It invests the bitter waters of the pains, and crystallizes then into a sea of sweetness, in such a way as to form an enchanting and admirable horizon. 

Lynne Bauer, JMJ