The Sign In Order To Know Whether One Loves Only Jesus. How One Who Loves Him Is United With Him

5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.  (John 15:5)

Volume 11, February 28, 1912– This morning, as my adorable Jesus came, I said to Him: ‘O my Heart, my Life and my All, how can one know whether one loves You only or others also?’
“My daughter, if the soul is completely filled with Me up to the brim, to the point of overflowing outside – that is, if she thinks of, searches for, speaks about and loves nothing but Me – it seems that everything else does not exist for her; rather, it bores, it bothers her. At the most, she gives the scraps and the last place to that which is not God, as if it were her last thought, word or act for a necessary thing of the natural life. This is nothing but giving the scraps to one’s nature; this is what saints do. I did it too, with Myself and with the Apostles, giving some dispositions on where to spend the night or what to eat. Giving this to one’s nature does no harm either to love or to true sanctity, and it is a sign that the creature loves Me only.
But if the soul alternates among various things – now she thinks of Me, now of something else; now she speaks about Me, and then she speaks at length about something else, and so with the rest – it is a sign that she does not love Me only, and I am not content with it. Then, if only her last thought, her last word, her last act is for Me, it is a sign that she does not love Me, and if she gives Me anything at all, she gives Me nothing but scraps. Yet, this is what most creatures do.
Ah, my daughter, those who love Me are united with Me like the branches are united to the trunk of the tree. Can there ever be separation, oblivion or different nourishment between the branches and the trunk? One is their life, one the purpose, the fruits are the same; even more, the trunk is the life of the branches, and the branches are the glory of the trunk – they are all the same thing. This is how the souls who love Me are with Me.”

Prayer Meditation- O My Jesus, to love nothing but You, to really put You first place! May we truly abide in You that we would bear much fruit that will last! Without You we can do nothing! Let us love others with Your Love, rooted and grounded in You!