The Divine Will renders the soul little. Luisa is the littlest of all.

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 18:10)

Volume 12-March 23, 1921

And then He said to me: “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.
Listen: I went round the earth over and over again; I looked at all creatures, one by one, in order to find the littlest of all. Among many I found you – the littlest of all. I liked your littleness and I chose you. I entrusted you to my Angels, so that they might keep you, not to make you great, but to preserve your littleness; and now I want to begin the great work of the fulfillment of my Will. Nor will you feel greater because of this; on the contrary, my Will will make you smaller, and you will continue to be the little daughter of your Jesus – the little daughter of my Will.”

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, Your Kingdom is for the little ones, not the wise (Matthew 11). Makes us little Lord, little children who depend on You for every act and every step, direct our steps Lord always in union with You! May our feet journey together!

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Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Seeking Only God

“O God, what have You done with me? Why do I no longer

value earth? My eyes see nothing. My ears do not perceive the

world’s voice. My heart beats only in You and for You. My lips desire

only to praise You. I want to bless You but I cannot find words

worthy of You. (Elizabeth) (April 8, 1962)

Today’s Readings: “I do not accept human praise;
moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you.
I came in the name of my Father,
but you do not accept me;
yet if another comes in his own name,
you will accept him.
How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another
and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God? (John 5)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, how many of us have been not seeking Your Praise but the praise of others. We have cared more about human respect than what You think of us in so many ways, even those who as the Gospel says, search the Scriptures but somehow miss You! Lord, let us hear Your Voice so that we would know what is pleasing to You! Let us see nothing but You!

How one who lives in the Divine Will lives in the echo of the voice of Jesus. Effects of the rising of the Sun of the Divine Will in the soul.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
    he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
    from those who walk uprightly. (Psalm 84:11)

Volume 21-March 22, 1927

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 have been invested, in a way that they lie there, oppressed, torpid and melancholic; but as the sun rises, it turns that humidity into pearls, pearling everything – plants, flowers; and over all nature its silvery aura brings back gaiety 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 it life. The sea, the rivers, the springs, strike fear during nighttime, but as the sun rises, the sun’s rays dispel the fear, and investing them down to the bottom, it forms in them a golden and silvery bed, it crystallizes the waters, and forms in them the most beautiful enchantment. So, all nature rises again by means of the sun; if it were not for the sun, it could be called a work without life.
My Will is more than sun. As It rises in the soul, It clothes her with light; all of her acts are pearled with divine light, in such a way that they convert into more than most refulgent diamonds and precious ornaments. Before the Sun of my Will rises, they are like night dew, which oppresses the plants and gives them no tint of beauty; but with the rising of the sun, that dew forms the most beautiful ornament for all plants, and gives to each one of them its tint of beauty, and makes the variety and the vividness of their colors stand out. In the same way, as my Will rises, all the human acts become invested with light, they take their place of honor in my Will; each one of them receives its special tint of beauty and the vividness of the divine colors, in such a way that the soul becomes 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 which passions have produced; even more, before the light of the Divine Fiat, passions themselves lap up that light and aspire to convert into virtues, to pay homage to my Eternal Will. As It rises, everything is gaiety, and even the pains which, like seas at nighttime, strike fear in the poor creatures, if my Will rises, It puts to flight the night of the human will, and taking every fear away, It forms Its golden bed in those pains, and with Its light, It invests the bitter waters of the pains, and It crystallizes them into a sea of sweetness, in such a way as to form an enchanting and admirable horizon. What can my Will not do? It can do everything, and It can give everything; and wherever It rises, It does things worthy of Our creative hands.”

Prayer Meditation- O Lord we love You, adore You and glorify You in the Sun of Your Will- please live in us and rise in us each day!

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Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent

He Never Forgets Us

“Cannot I work a miracle?” He replied. “I will so bless this

impossible problem that it will be straightened out. I cannot

deny my Mother anything when she uses her Flame of Love.” (Jesus) (August 3, 1962)

Today’s Readings: For the LORD comforts his people

and shows mercy to his afflicted.

But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me;

my Lord has forgotten me.”

Can a mother forget her infant,

be without tenderness for the child of her womb?

Even should she forget,

I will never forget you. (Isaiah 49)

Prayer Meditation- O Lord where would we be without Your Mercy and Your Compassion. You comfort us in all afflictions. We can feel forsaken but You will never forget us! And You have given us Our Beautiful Mother who pleads for us constantly- Mother pour out The Flame of Love into our broken hearts today!

The irresistible need of Jesus to make known to the soul how He loves her and all the gifts with which He keeps filling her.

So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. (1 John 4:16)

Volume 11-March 21, 1914

Jesus continues: “My daughter, I love one who does my Will so much, that I cannot manifest to her everything – or everything at once – of how much I love her, the grace with which I keep enriching her, the beauty with which I keep embellishing her, and all the goods with which I keep filling her. If I manifested to her everything together, the soul would die of joy, her heart would burst in such a way that she could no longer live on earth, but, in a flash, would take flight toward Heaven. However, I feel an irresistible need to make Myself known, as well as the love I have for her. It is too hard to love, to do good, without making oneself known. I feel my Heart as though crack, and unable to resist so much love, I keep manifesting to her, little by little, how I love her and all the gifts with which I keep filling her. And when the soul feels filled to the brim, to the point of no longer being able to contain them, in one of these manifestations of mine she will disappear from the earth and will emerge within the bosom of the Eternal One.” And I: ‘Jesus, my Life, it seems to me that You exaggerate a little bit in manifesting to me where a soul who does your Will can reach.’ And Jesus, compassionating my ignorance, smiling, told me: “No, no, my beloved, I do not exaggerate. One who exaggerates seems to want to deceive; but your Jesus knows not how to deceive you – on the contrary, what I have told you is nothing. You will receive more surprises when, once the prison of your body is broken and you are swimming inside my bosom, the point that my Will made you reach will be openly revealed to you.”

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, Your love for us is so great and full of surprises always! Let us fly to You to Heaven as You show Yourself to us little by little and glory to glory!

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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent

Do You Want To Be Well?

“Because your soul has been purified of the anguish of

doubts, you now have been given the power to rise to the heavenly

Father and be immersed in the delightful and joyful contemplation

of the Holy Trinity. (Jesus) (October 22-23, 1963)

Today’s Readings: Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your mat, and walk.”
Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked. (John 5)

Prayer Meditation- Lord today we read about a man who was ill for a long time. He was defeated, could not even get himself to the cure. And You asked him, as You ask us now. do we want to be well? That seems like an absurd question – of course we want to be well. And yet, after the man is cured, You tell him something else that is interesting. You tell him that he is now well and not to sin anymore. May we use this time, as we progress toward Holy Week, as a time of purification from our attachments, some of which we never knew were so strong, and let us abandon ourselves to Your Mercy and Your Never Failing Love!

Jesus and Saint Joseph console father in his difficulties.

Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brethren^[h] James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶ And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?” (Mathew 13:55)

Volume 5, March 20, 1903

As I was outside of myself, I saw father all in difficulty with regard to the grace that he wants; and once again, blessed Jesus with Saint Joseph were saying to him: “If you get down to work, all your difficulties will disappear, and will fall off like fish scales.”

Prayer Meditation- A short reading for today but appropriate for the Solemnity today, Lord! O Lord, in our rounds let us visit the workshop with St. Joseph and the Holy Family and make all of their acts our own for Your Glory and for the good of all souls past, present, and future.

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Solemnity of St. Joseph

Go to Joseph

Your most worthy patron is Saint Joseph. Do not forget him, invoke him every day. He will gladly help making our Cause a success. (Jesus) (April 10, 1962)

Today’s Readings: Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, help us today, in this time of world crisis and fear, to go to St. Joseph, protector of the Holy Family and terror of demons with faith and trust that through his intercession and through the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary You will act. Fiat!

Jesus explains the easiest and most profitable way to suffer.

 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.(Romans 8:18)

Volume 4, March 19, 1901

This morning, as I was all oppressed and in suffering, much more so, because of the privation of my sweet Jesus, after much waiting, I saw Him for just a little and He told me: “My daughter, the true way of suffering is in not looking at whom the sufferings come from, or at that which one suffers, but at the good that must come from those sufferings. This was my way of suffering. I looked neither at the executioners, nor at the suffering, but at the good I intended to do by means of my suffering, also for the very ones who gave Me suffering. And looking at the good that was to come to men, I disregarded everything else, and with intrepidness I followed the course of my suffering. My daughter, this is the easiest and most profitable way to suffer – not only with patience, but with unconquered and courageous heart.”

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, it can be so hard to see the good that comes from suffering united with You but yet we know that you bring all things together for good for those who love You (Romans 8:28). Let us take solace and comfort that there is no suffering that You do not understand and that You will never let us go!

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Fourth Sunday of Lent

I Was Blind But Now I See

Even among yourselves, some well-intentioned souls make serious

sacrifices from time to time. Yet, they are blind because of

earthly goods and material interest. (Jesus)July 11, 1975)

Today’s Readings: One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see.” (John 9)

Prayer Meditation- Today Lord in the Gospel we read about the man born blind and how You opened his eyes so he can see. Lord, You have opened our eyes to You and made us new creations. And yet, so often, we can slide back into spiritual blindness due to earthly goods and material interest. We lose our ability to see only You! Open the eyes of our hearts Lord that we would not be blind but would see as You see!