The preciousness of sufferings.

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:18)

Volume 2-March 31, 1989

This morning, my adorable Jesus made Himself seen crucified, and after He communicated His pains to me, He told me: “Many are the wounds that made Me suffer during my Passion, but one was the Cross. This means that many are the roads by which I draw souls to perfection, but one is the Heaven in which these souls must unite.
So, if one misses that Heaven, there is no other that can render them blessed forever.”
Then He added: “Take a look: one is the Cross, but this Cross was formed with various pieces of wood. This means that one is Heaven, but this Heaven contains various places, more or less glorious; and these places will be distributed according to the sufferings suffered down here, more or less heavy. Oh! if all knew the preciousness of suffering, they would compete with one another to suffer more. But this science is not recognized by the world, and so they abhor everything that can render them richer for eternity.”

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, how often we run away from the Cross, yet the Cross is our road to salvation. Let us recognize the preciousness of sufferings as You lead us on the broken and narrow road to Heaven! Fiat!

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Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Believe The Works

In any case,

I arrange everything for your good. My Divine Providence works

hard, with diligence, and without any interruption for the good of

all humanity. (Jesus) (January 29, 1964)

Today’s Readings: If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me;
but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me,
believe the works, so that you may realize and understand
that the Father is in me and I am in the Father. (John 10)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, today in the Gospels you encounter opposition from the religious leaders. So often, You encounter resistance from us as well. Even if we profess faith in You, we can struggle with doubt and unbelief. And yet Lord You arrange everything for our good! If we look back, we can see all the times that You worked miracles in our lives- moments of pure Grace and Providence even if we did not realize it at the time. What stories we all could tell and we will tell in Heaven! Lord, help us to take time today to meditate on Your Goodness and recall all those times that You worked in a mighty way or even small ways in our lives and may we do so with faith, trust, and thanksgiving!

When sacrifices are made willingly, dear Jesus places in them His divine flavors, rendering them pleasant and lovable. How God created in the creatures the passion for loving.

For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward. (Mark 9:41)

Volume 35-March 30, 1938

But I was feeling oppressed in seeing that those who surround me suffer and make great sacrifices because of me. How painful it is to see others sacrificed. And my sweet Jesus, clasping me in His arms in act of compassionating me, all tenderness told me: “Poor daughter of Mine, courage, I don’t want you to think about this. You must know that I can and know how to repay well even the small sacrifices and attentions – how much more so for the big ones. I count everything, and I do not leave without recompense even a breath done for Me. More so, if these sacrifices are made for one who loves Me, for one who wants to live in my Will; then I feel as if they were done for Myself; and in order for these sacrifices to be made willingly, I place in them my divine flavor, so that creatures may feel the taste and the pleasure in making these sacrifices, in such a way as to feel the need for making them. Taste and pleasure in sacrifice are like salt and spices for the food, like grease for the wheels, which could barely move, but once the grease is applied, they spin. The divine taste empties the sacrifice, making it light and pleasant.

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, we love You, we adore You and we glorify You because You reward even the small sacrifices made in Your Name and for You in the distressing disguise of our neighbors. You see everything and make these sacrifices sweet in Your Holy and Divine Will as if done for You alone! (Matthew 25) Fiat we love You Lord!

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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent

The Great I Am

I am grateful to you because your heart suffers with

Me, beats in Me. Never tire of contemplating My Sacred Wounds,

from which you will always draw strength. Offer yourself to the

Eternal Father. Abide within the Most Holy Trinity. (Jesus) (March 4-7, 1962)

Today’s Readings: Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you,
before Abraham came to be, I AM.” (John 8)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, today let us contemplate Your Greatness and Your Love. The God who came to Earth to free us from the bonds of sin and death. The God who loves us to the end. The God who wishes to dwell and live among us even now in trial and travail. God, You are faithful and Your Everlasting Covenant of Love is forever and always! Let us like Abraham follow You in faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5) because Your promises are true and indeed if we remain in Your Word we will never die but live with You forever! (John 8).

Peaceful souls are the delight of God.

Thou dost show me the path of life;
    in thy presence there is fulness of joy,
    in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.(Psalm 16:11)

Volume 8-March 29, 1908

This morning, on coming, blessed Jesus seemed to carry a black mantle; and drawing near me, He seemed to place me under it, saying: “In this way I will envelop all creatures, as within a black mantle.” And He disappeared.
I remained concerned because of some chastisement, and I prayed Him to come back, for I could no longer be without Him; but I was as though bothered by that sight from before. Then, after much hardship, He came, carrying a cup filled with some liqueur. He gave me some to drink, and then He added: “My daughter, peaceful souls eat at my same table and drink at my cup, and the Divine Archer does nothing but dart through them continuously, and no dart is wasted. All of them – all of them wound the loving soul; and the soul faints, while the Divine Archer continues with His arrows which now make her die of love, now give her back new life of love. And from her wounds, the soul shoots her darts to wound the One who has so much wounded her. So, a peaceful soul is the delight and the amusement of God; while, with turbid souls, if the Divine Archer darts through them, the darts are wasted by the soul, leaving Him embittered, and forming the diabolical amusement and taste.”

Prayer Meditation- Lord, it can be hard to remain peaceful but in Your Presence, no matter the darkness, there is fullness of joy! Lord help us to be Your delight and amusement in all things!

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Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Another In The Fire

With all your strength, remain continually

in My redeeming work. You will not be paid less because

you came later than those who arrived early. But, naturally, from

you I require surrender and faithfulness that must last unto death,

because it is the only way you can help from up there also. There,

our hands will gather in unity.” (Jesus) (October 4, 1962)

Today’s Readings: “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples,
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8)

Prayer Meditation- Lord You come to us today in Your Word. In fact, You come to us every day in Your Word. And You ask us to remain in You and to be Your disciples. You ask us to know the truth, the only truth that sets us free! The truth that has never left us or forsaken us but whispers gently in our storms, I am with you! Just as in the first reading from Daniel 3, we may feel like we are in the blazing furnace in the world we live in today but You, the Son of Man are with us in the fire no matter how hot it is blazing! Lord help us to praise You with Daniel- “Blessed are you who look into the depths
from your throne upon the cherubim;
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.” We praise You in this storm!

Effects of disturbance. Continuous encounter of Jesus with the soul.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (Galatians 5:22)

Volume 6, March 28, 1905

As I was in my usual state, blessed Jesus came for just a little, and since I had said to a soul who was disturbed: ‘Think of not wanting to be disturbed, not only for your own good, but more so out of love for Our Lord, because a soul who is disturbed is not only disturbed herself, but makes Jesus Christ disturbed’, later I said to myself: ‘What nonsense I spoke – Jesus can never be disturbed.’ Then, on coming, He told me: “My daughter, instead of nonsense you spoke a truth. In fact, in each soul I form a divine life, and if the soul is disturbed, this divine life that I keep forming also remains disturbed. Not only this, but it never comes to being completed perfectly.” And He disappeared like a flash.
Then I continued my usual interior work on the Passion, and as I reached the point of the encounter of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross, He made Himself seen again and told me: “My daughter, the soul also I encounter continuously, and if in the encounter I make with the soul I find her in the act of exercising virtues, and united with Me, she repays Me for the sorrow I suffered when I encountered my Mother, so sorrowful because of Me.”

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, how often in our own human wills we allow disturbance to enter in which can never be from You! Help us to not allow ourselves to be troubled but to always trust in You!

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Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Lifted Up

At that same instant, He lifted up my soul from the earth while

the sound of His words kept ringing in me. He added:

Jesus: “It is only the soul purified of its sins that I raise to Me in

this way.” (Elizabeth/Jesus) (January 13, 1966)

Today’s Readings: So, Jesus said to them,
“When you lift up the Son of Man,
then you will realize that I AM,
and that I do nothing on my own,
but I say only what the Father taught me.
The one who sent me is with me.
He has not left me alone,
because I always do what is pleasing to him.” (John 8)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, like the first reading today in Numbers, we feel that we are perishing from the snakes that bite us. Even if  we are not in physical danger, we all will perish in our sins without repentance. Lord, You are high and lifted up- the Son of Man high on the Cross that takes away the sins of the world. Help us Lord Jesus to keep our eyes above the storm around us and on You, clearly fixed on You, and lead us to everlasting life!

By living in the Divine Will, the soul finds everything in a divine and infinite way.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (John 15:4)

Volume 12-March 27, 1918

I was lamenting to Jesus for I could not even listen to Holy Mass; and Jesus told me: “My daughter, am I not the One who forms the Sacrifice? Now, since I am present in each Sacrifice, the soul who lives with Me and in my Will remains as though sacrificed together with Me – not in one Mass, but in all the Masses. And since she lives in my Will, she remains consecrated with Me in all the hosts.
Never go out of my Will, and I will let you reach wherever you want. Even more, between you and Me there will be such electricity of communication, that you will not do one act without Me, and I will not do one act without you. So, when you lack something, enter into my Will, and you will find, ready, whatever you want: as many Masses as you want, as many Communions, as much love as you want. Nothing is missing in my Will. Not only this – but you will find things in a divine and infinite way.”

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, there is nothing missing in Your Will- please abide in us! May we be united to You always in a divine and infinite way!

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Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent

Sin No More

Then, as I raise you, the sin falls away instantly and you become lighter

again. Gratitude is all I want in return. Tell Me just one word:

‘Thanks.’ (Jesus) (August 7, 1963)

Today’s Readings: Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.
Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.” (John 8)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, we, like the woman caught in serious sin and those who accused her, are all sinners. None of us could pass the test of being without sin. How easily we condemn others. Lord, You have raised all of us out of sin and death- do we reflect on this and do we thank You? Do we do our part and strive to stay not only out of serious sins but even venial sins, those little foxes that spoil the vine (Luke 13:32). Lord, we are all weak and full of faults but help us to sin no more and when we fall to turn to You in humble trust.