Excerpts from the Book of Heaven and Luisa's letter
Volume 12, Feb. 16, 1921
“My
daughter, in order to enter into my Will there are neither paths nor doors nor
keys, because my Will is everywhere. It flows under one’s feet, on the right,
on the left, above one’s head - everywhere. The creature must do nothing other than remove the little stone of her
own will, which, though it is there in my Will, does not take part in, nor
does it enjoy Its effects, rendering itself as though a stranger in my
Volition. In fact, it is as if the little stone of her will prevented the water
from flowing from the shore to run somewhere else, because the stones are
blocking it. But if the soul removes the little stone of her will, at that very
instant she flows into Me, and I into her; she finds all my goods at her
disposal: strength, light, help - whatever she wants. This is why there are no
paths, nor doors, nor keys - it is
enough to want it, and everything is done. My Will takes charge of
everything, and of giving her what she lacks, and It makes her wander freely
within the interminable boundaries of my Will. All the opposite for the other
virtues: how many efforts are needed, how many struggles, how many long ways.
And while it seems that the virtue is smiling at her, one passion a little bit
violent, one temptation, one unexpected encounter, hurl her back and put her at
the start, to walk the way.”
“My
daughter, my Will has the special virtue of rendering souls little, making them become so little, that they
feel the extreme need for my Will to administer life to them. Their
littleness is such that they are unable to do one act or take one step if my
Will does not administer to them the act or the step. So they live completely
at the expense of my Will, because their littleness carries no baggage, either
of their own things, or of love of self, but they take everything from my Will
- not in order to keep it for themselves, but to give it to Me; and since they need everything, they live
dissolved in my Will.
“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.”
Volume 3, April 25, 1900
“…the soul
who is truly mine must live not only for
God, but in God. You, try to live in Me, for in Me you will find the
receptacle of all virtues, and strolling in their midst, you will nourish
yourself with their fragrance, so much so, as to become replete. And you
yourself will do nothing but give off light and celestial fragrance, because to live in Me is true virtue, and it
has the virtue of giving to the soul the same shape as the Divine Person in
whom she dwells, and of transforming her
into the very divine virtues with which she nourishes herself.”
Volume 14, May 19, 1922
“…I ask for your acts in order to multiply Myself. When you operate, I look anxiously to see
whether you operate in my Will, to receive the contentment of seeing Myself
multiplied in your act. How attentive
you should be, and let nothing escape you.”
I feel the Divine Will inside and outside of me, surprising me
whenever I'm about to do my little actions, or to say my little 'I love you' -
to invest them with Its light and make them Its own. It has such an astonishing inimitable
attention that it's almost incredible.
If the creature is not attentive in giving It her little acts, oh!, how
much It suffers. Oh! how much I too
would like to be all attentive - to imitate It by letting nothing escape me, so
that we can surprise each other. But as
I was thinking this, my sweet Jesus, visiting my little soul, all love told me:
"My blessed daughter, the soul that wants to live in my Will lives in
waiting for It; she waits for It when she loves, because she wants to love
together with It. If she operates she
awaits my Will, because It wants to be Actor and Audience. My
Will is in continuous and anxious expectation of everything the creature does,
in order to inhabit her - to be the Actor, to make her acts Its own.
Oh, how the Divine Will wants you a saint! But It wants you to call It continuously, in
order to make the day of peace arise in your soul, and make all the miseries
which prevent true sanctity, magically disappear from your heart. The Divine Fiat awaits you, to say to
you: “Give me life in your acts and I
will make you a saint. And everything
will turn into happiness.”
1 comment:
Beautiful Lynn! Sincerely, Mary Crowder
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