How Doubts, Fears, Are Wounds To Love

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. (James 1:6)

Volume 29- October 4, 1931

“Good daughter, courage, you oppress yourself too much; and your oppression causes you to reduce yourself to the extremes, and casts you into the sad doubt that your Jesus does not love you and that maybe He will no longer come to you. No, no, I do not want this doubt. Oppressions, doubts, fears, are wounds to my Love and debilitate your love for Me, depriving you of the surge and the flight to run always toward Me in order to love Me. And once the continuous current of love toward Me is broken, you remain like a poor infirm one, and I no longer find the powerful magnet of your continuous love that draws Me to you. Now, you must know how all the acts of my Divine Will, which are innumerable, reduce themselves all to one single point and act. This is the greatest marvel of Our Supreme Being – to form, to possess, to see all possible and imaginable acts in one single act. In the same way, all the acts done by the creature in Our Will reduce themselves to one single act. Now, in order to have the virtue of enclosing all acts within one single act, she must form and possess within herself the continuous love, my perennial Will, which will give origin to all the acts and will make them start from within the virtue of one single act. See, then, all the acts you have done in my Will have unified together in one single act, and they form your cortege, your support, your strength, your light that never goes off; and they love you so much that, making themselves arms, they keep you as the dear apple of my Fiat’s eye, because in It were they formed and received life. Therefore, do not oppress yourself; enjoy the fruits of my Volition, and if you see that I delay my coming, wait for Me with patient love, and when you least expect it, I will surprise you and will make my usual little visit, and I will be happy to find you in my own Will, always in act of loving Me.”

Nowhere to Rest Our Heads- All That You Can’t Leave Behind

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Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures

Memorial of Saint Francis Assisi

Nowhere to Rest Our Heads- All That You Can’t Leave Behind

After this, I placed my daughter C in charge of the house: “From now on, you will be the little owner of this house and I will not cook anymore.” She was surprised and asked what I would do. “Whatever you ask, I will do and I will eat whatever you give to me.” – “Mother,” she said, “you are acting like a hermit.” (Elizabeth) (1961-1962)

Today’s Readings: As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding
on their journey, someone said to him,
“I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus answered him,
“Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”

Prayer Meditation- O Lord, no matter where we live and where we rest our heads the truth is that we are all pilgrims, sojourners on this Earth. We can’t take it with us so whether we are slowly giving up stuff and downsizing, retiring or changing careers or dealing with other losses little by little of health, loved ones, and our previous lives by choice or by chance the only certainty in life is You! And we say we want to follow You but do we really count the cost (Luke 14:28-29) and whether we are building on a solid foundation when we are building those lives of ours. Because to follow You is to die to ourselves so that You live through us (Galatians 2:20) and to do that means we are stripped down to all that we can’t leave behind which at the end of the day is love and nothing else. Today we honor O Lord, mendicant preacher, St. Francis of Assisi who did indeed leave it all behind and we thank you for his gracious words such as “remember when you leave this Earth you can take with you nothing that you have received but only what you have given” So Lord help us to live with open hands and open hearts ready to give it all in this life that we would freely enter Heaven where we will finally rest our heads and our hearts! Fiat!

Jesus continues His life in the world, not only in the Most Holy Sacrament, but also in the souls who are in His Grace

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

Volume 4, October 3, 1903

I was thinking about the Hour of the Passion in which Jesus took leave of His Mother to go to His death, and they blessed each other, and I was offering this Hour to repair for those who do not bless the Lord in everything, but rather, they offend Him, in order to impetrate all those blessings which are necessary for us to preserve ourselves in the grace of God, and to fill the void of the glory of God, as if all creatures were blessing Him. While doing this, I felt Him move in my interior, saying: “My daughter, in the act of blessing my Mother I also intended to bless each creature individually, and all in general, in such a way that everything is blessed by Me: thoughts, words, heartbeats, steps and movements made for Me. Everything – everything has been given value by my blessing. Even more, I tell you that everything good that creatures do, was all done by my Humanity, so that all the works of creatures might first be divinized by Me. Furthermore, my life, real and true, still continues in the world, not only in the Most Holy Sacrament, but in the souls who are in my Grace; and since the capacity of the creature is very limited, and one of them alone is unable to catch everything I did, I act in such a way as to continue my reparation in one soul, praise in another, thanksgiving in another; in some others my zeal for the salvation of souls, in another my sufferings, and so with all the rest. According to how they correspond to Me, I carry out my life within them. Therefore, think of what constraints and pains they put Me into – while I want to operate in them, they do not pay attention to Me.” Having said this, He disappeared, and I found myself inside myself.

The Little Spark That Lights the Fire From Heaven

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Tuesday of the Twenty Sixth Week of Ordinary Time

The Little Spark That Lights the Fire From Heaven

Come close. “You, little spark, no matter how small you are, were created by Me and from Me. Draw close to Me without fear.” (Jesus) (August 21, 1962)

Today’s Readings: When the disciples James and John saw this they asked,
“Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven
to consume them?” (Luke 9)

Prayer Meditation- Lord we just celebrated the memorial of St. Therese, the champion of the Little Way! Lord I thank You for her, I cannot imagine how lost I would be white knuckling it on the narrow way- so thankful for the elevator that leads right to You! Because if we stay little, the helpless children we really are; as You see us struggle up the stairway of sanctification, You will lift us up in this “totally new” way to holiness which is really the heart of The Gospel! So let us draw close to You without fear- no need to call down fire from heaven like we are some kind of  big deal but let us be little sparks that keep the lamps of our souls burning for Your Merciful Love!

Jesus takes her to Heaven, and the Angels ask Him to show her to all the peoples.

For he will give his angels charge of you
    to guard you in all your ways. (Psalm 91:11)

Volume 4- 10/02/01

This morning my adorable Jesus came and transported me outside of myself, into the midst of the peoples. Who can say the evils, the horrors, that could be seen? Then, all afflicted, He told me: “My daughter, what a stench emanates from the earth! Yet, it was supposed to be one with Heaven, and since in Heaven they do nothing but love Me, praise Me and thank Me, the echo of Heaven was to absorb the earth and form one only; but the earth has rendered itself unbearable. Therefore come, and unite yourself with Heaven, and in the name of all, come to give Me a satisfaction for them.” In one instant I found myself amidst Angels and Saints. I am unable to say how, but I felt an infusion in me of what the Angels and Saints were singing and saying; and I, like them, did my part in the name of the whole earth. After this, all content, my sweet Jesus said, addressing everyone: “Behold an angelic note from the earth! How satisfied I feel!” And while saying this, almost to repay me, He took me in His arms, He kissed me and kissed me over and over again, showing me to the whole Celestial Court as the object of His dearest delights. On seeing this, the Angels said: “Lord, we pray You, with a prodigious sign of your omnipotence, show to the peoples what You have operated in this soul, for your glory and for the good of souls. No longer keep the treasures that You poured into her hidden, so that, as they themselves would see and touch your omnipotence in another creature, this might be cause of emendation for those who are evil, and of greater spur for those who want to be good.”

Least Among You

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Memorial of Guardian Angels

Least Among You

“You are the smallest, the most ignorant and the least meritorious soul that I ever found so as to bring these graces. In spite of that, through your littleness and humility, I want to send forth my messages.” (Mary) (January 14, 1963)

Today’s Readings: “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me,
and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
For the one who is least among all of you
is the one who is the greatest.” (Luke 9)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, we can feel so small and powerless- in this world it is so easy to feel that we are just not enough. And we try to make up for it by making ourselves seem bigger- like the disciples we try to make ourselves the greatest but inside we just feel this insecurity, like John who in the next line of the Gospel wants to eliminate the competition because “ he does not follow in our company”. It seems in so many ways we are just jockeying for position. But Lord it is not always the smartest ones or the most talented or the ones with the most resources that You use. Because it is through littleness and humility that You work best- Your grace is sufficient for us no matter what we know is lacking in ourselves because Your power is made perfect in our weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

Love for Jesus forms the transformation of the soul in Him

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. (John 13:34)

Volume 9-October 1, 1910

Having received Communion I felt all transformed in blessed Jesus, and I said to myself: ‘How can one maintain this transformation with Jesus?’ And in my interior it seemed that Jesus was saying: “My daughter, if you want to be always transformed in Me – even more, to be one single thing with Me – love Me always and you will maintain your transformation with Me. In fact, love is fire, and whatever woods are thrown into the fire, small or big, green or dry, they all take the form of fire and convert into fire itself; and after these woods have been burned, one can no longer discern which wood was one and which another, neither the green one nor the dry one – one can see nothing but fire. The same when the soul never ceases to love Me. Love is fire that transmutes the soul in God; love unites, its flames invest all of the human operations and give them the form of the divine operations.”

If There Is Any Encouragement In Christ

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Today’s Consuming Fire Meditation- – A Daily Dose of the Flame of Love Diary Served Up with Today’s Scriptures

Twenty Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time- Memorial of St. Therese

If There Is Any Encouragement In Christ

Jesus: “I did not say that to discourage you. I want to encourage you so that you do not seek relief by looking to the earth in your battles. Look only at Me. I want that, while snuggling yourself right against Me and surrendering to Me in your arduous struggles, you never stop looking only upwards.”  (Jesus) (February 7, 1963)

Today’s Readings: Brothers and sisters:
If there is any encouragement in Christ,
any solace in love,
any participation in the Spirit,
any compassion and mercy,
complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love,
united in heart, thinking one thing. (Philippians 2)

Prayer Meditation- O Lord we adore You, we worship You, and we glorify You because today is the day of the Memorial of St. Therese and even though it is a Sunday which supersedes the Memorial, Mother Church gives us the beautiful second reading about encouragement and being of the same mind as You. St. Therese has to be the most encouraging saint- she has told us that You do not look at the greatness of our actions but the love with which we do them! That love comprises all vocations, that love is everything, and that it embraces all times and all places  because it is eternal! That the least act of pure love is of more value than all the other works put together! O Lord we love You in all of Your Saints! And how do we possess this love and encouragement in You Lord and complete Your joy? By not looking at the earth but only at You Lord surrendering all of our struggles with the confidence of a little child!

Jesus asks her to console His afflicted Mother.

But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Mag′dalene. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” ²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. (John 19:25-27)

Volume 4-September 30, 1900

This morning my most sweet Jesus was not coming, and I had to exercise much patience in waiting for Him; I even reached the point of trying to go out of my usual state, for I felt no more strength to continue it. He was not coming, suffering seemed to have fled from me, I felt my senses within myself – there was nothing left but to add an effort to go out. But while I was doing this, blessed Jesus came, and forming a circle with His arms, He surrounded my head. At that touch, I no longer felt myself within myself, and I saw Our Lord very indignant with the world. As I wanted to placate Him, He said to me: “Do not want to occupy yourself with Me for now, but I pray you to occupy yourself with my Mother. Console Her, for She is very afflicted because of the heavier chastisements I am about to pour upon the earth.” Who can say how afflicted I was left?

Encircling Wall Of Fire

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Memorial of Saint Jerome

Encircling Wall of Fire

The fire of charity is burning me and I want only what the Lord wants. (Elizabeth) (September 18, 1965 )

Today’s Readings: But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD,
and I will be the glory in her midst.”

Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion!
See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD. (Zechariah 2)

Prayer Meditation- Lord, You have promised that You will never leave us or forsake us, that if we keep Your Word You will make Your home with us (John 14:23). As promised, at Baptism and Confirmation You have poured out Your Spirit on us- and this Spirit lives in us, the same one that raised Jesus from the dead. (Romans 8:11). Lord, You appeared to Moses as flaming fire and for us who have received the Holy Spirit You are indeed a consuming fire! (Hebrews 12:29). Lord fan the flames of faith in us and be for us an encircling wall of fire and the glory in our midst so that we will indeed what only want You want. Consume us with the fire of Your Love!