" The grace of the Lord is always attentive to your aid "

January 2

To live continually in a devout life , you do not need more than accept your generous spirit and some excellent maxims.The first I want you to have , this is St. Paul : "Everything is in good to them that love God ." And by the way , since God can and can draw good from evil even with whom will do this but with those who , without reservation, delivered to him? Even the same sins of which God in his goodness has us away , are ordained by divine providence to the good of those who serve him . If the holy king David had not sinned , would never have acquired such a profound humility and Magdalena have loved so ardently Jesus , if he does not have forgiven many sins , and Jesus could not have perdonárselos , if she would not have committed.Consider, my dear daughter, this great work of divine mercy : he becomes our miseries in favors and , with the poison of our iniquities , makes healthy changes in our souls. So tell me , what will he do with his grace of our troubles , our sufferings and persecutions that trouble us ? And so , even if you happen not to suffer afflictions of any kind, believes that if you love God with all your heart, all will become well , and although you achieve not understand where this good will come , be certain that becoming . If God puts in your eyes the mud of shame , is but to give back a clearer look and make admirable before his God, as decent and friendly show. And if God made ​​you fall is to get you what you did in St. Paul to make him fall from his horse.Therefore, it falls not make you lose courage ; encourage to renewed confidence and a deeper humility. Discouraged and impatient after it has fallen into error , is a ploy of the enemy 's weapons cede , is giving up. Therefore, you should not do it, because God's grace is always attentive to your aid .

( November 15, 1917 , to Antoinette Vona - Ep III , p 822. . )