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Do not scare the cross. The truest test of love is to suffer for the beloved, and, God love so much pain suffered, the pain he suffers is as friendly as love. In the afflictions that the Lord gives you, be patient and settle the Divine Heart with joy, knowing that everything is an ongoing joke lover.
Tribulations, crosses, have always been the heritage and the portion of the chosen souls. The more Jesus wants to raise a soul to perfection, the more it increases the cross of tribulation. Rejoice, I say, to see so privileged without any merit on your part. The more troubled you are, the more you cheer for the soul in the fire of tribulation will become worthy of being placed to shine in the sky palace fine gold.
(July 14, 1914, to Raffaelina Cerase -. Ep II, p 126.)
Today for our being essentially rationalists and many hard times heart for faith, ie to believe in God, it also costs us a lot to understand the meaning of suffering, we think it is a punishment, it is disrespectful to dignity of our people or our freedom, yet never think is the caress of the hand of God who loves us. We did not think that through our pain and suffering well spent can first be Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior who suffered unto death, even death on a cross. Secondly do not think that if we unite our pain and suffering the pain and suffering of Jesus Christ, our pain and suffering is redemptive, saving souls from Jesus Christ. This beautifies us, humbles us and brings us closer to God. May the loving heart of Jesus burning with the fire of divine love grant us the grace to light the flame of atonement and generous commitment to the good of our brothers, mainly by the furthest from God. May the joy that causes us to be near the heart of Jesus and sharing their pain either as daily food to sustain us and lead us in paths of righteousness and holiness.
In these sad times, in which many souls fall away from God , I can not persuade me that you can live the true life without food for the strong. In these times when we are constantly surrounded by people who have at heart the hatred of God and blasphemy on his lips , the sure way to keep away from smelly spread around us , is to strengthen the eucharistic meal .Now, stay blameless and progress in life of perfection may not reach those who live for months without meat fed with the immaculate Lamb of God . I do not know what others think on this point ; for me , given the particular circumstances in which we live is always illusory to convince advancing towards perfection which is limited to Communion once or twice a year.
( May 9, 1914 , to Raffaelina Cerase - . Ep II , p 87 . )
The Christian who is convinced that only the mercy of God can make us docile to the Spirit of truth and holiness , which is the Spirit of the Risen Christ child , is the Christian who accepts the truth and holiness offered by our Good Father God. Is required for a deep humility and a humble living the truth in one's life to discover the work of God in humanity and in every one of the people around us . This is only attainable through the food that God gives us every day and we received undeserved and unworthy by his grace alone . This Food is the Most Holy Body and Holy Blood of Jesus Christ . Let us go regularly every day at Sacred Feast of the Wedding of the Lamb and the blancmange saciémonos sky which is his Body and Blood. Food and drink that give eternal life and keep us ever faithful to the love of God and our faith.
May 22Unite your heart to the heart of Jesus and be always simple heart , as he wants . Strive to imitate the simplicity of Jesus , taking away the heart of earthly prudence , of carnal artifices . Try to always have a pure mind in thought, always right in his ideas and always holy in its intentions ; and also will not find another more than God , his pleasure , his glory and honor thing .Reflejémonos , my dear, in Jesus, who leads a hidden life . All his infinite majesty is hidden in the shadows and silence of that modest shop in Nazareth . Therefore, let us also bring us a deeply interior life hidden in God .
( July 14, 1914 , to Raffaelina Cerase - . Ep II , p 126. )
The loving heart desires nothing more than love itself. Why we have to unite our hearts so closely to the heart of Jesus is existentially only a heart that beats in unison. Sew impossible? Not for those who believe, for those who believe that anything is possible. This is achieved by discovering the immense and amazing love God has for us . Be attentive to this as we love and discover the wonders that God works through us, with us and for us. Because Jesus loves us just as the Father loves Him and not otherwise . We love to once and for all , with an ever faithful and infinite love . With eternal love without measure. The loving heart of God can transform our lives absolutely even in the darkest moments of our lives. Even in times when dense clouds of pain, suffering and darkness cross our sea life . It is precisely this stay together that makes us realize the importance of knowing suffering and suffering well . Suffering in the heart of Jesus. When we suffer with Him then also be possible that our joy is perfect for staying always in full union as the branch is to life. Hoped for in this love and always remember that God is faithful. Experience a deep , intense and hidden in God as the fish can not be out of the water because they perish, so is your life , your mind, your soul, your body and your heart, so closely united to God through inner life his Son Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit if you break it you can die . All this in the most intimate secret that true love requires .
May 10Holiness means to be better than ourselves , means perfect victory over all our passions , mean real and constantly despise ourselves and the things of the world to prefer poverty to wealth , humiliation to glory, the pain pleasure. Holiness is to love our neighbor as ourselves and to love God. Holiness , at this point, is to love who curse us , hate us , persecute us , even to do good . Holiness is living humble, unselfish , prudent , just, patient, charitable , chaste, meek , hardworking, observant of one's duties , for no other purpose than to please God , and him only to receive the deserved reward.In short , in the language of the sacred books , holiness, oh Raffaelina , possesses in itself the virtue of transforming man into God.
( December 30, 1915 , to Raffaelina Cerase - . Ep II , p 541. )
Within the framework of Easter of the Lord Jesus , our God and Savior , we find once again faithfulness , holiness, and glory and offer blessing to all those men and women who truly believe in Him is no doubt that the holiness is quite simply to die to ourselves. Die to ourselves to shine God's love in our lives. Sounds easy but it is very difficult especially when it is anchored to the pleasures of this world. And when I say I do not mean just pleasures , or only those who themselves are bad because we stray from God, but I also mean those who are not moving away from God , they become sweet to us. For example , before a recognition from someone. When you consider yourself worthy , deserving of such recognition, and not only that, but even looking or what you claim , then you are no longer being free to love God. To die by your own " Yo" means letting the Spirit of the Risen Jesus leads and your life . It means that you can see with the eyes of Jesus Christ. It means you can live with the Holy Spirit not as a hero but as a witness of the love of God in the world, loving and serving everyone as He has taught us . Thus, holiness is the possibility of becoming one who has shared everything with You.
May 5
Our Lady Immaculate and was pleased to spiritual flower you've offered through my hands. Our good Mother found it , yes , indeed a little withered , because of the rather cold dew that fell on him ; but a very slight defect , and you must make it regains its freshness with the warmth of charity .Yes , my dear, never anything you should look too at this virtue , and although I see you well ahead on it , however I will never process add my exhortations to Abundes every day in charity, and virtue is preferred and highly recommended by the divine Teacher . That he wanted to do under a precept for all his followers , his own precept and all new, unknown to most of our ancient fathers of the Old Covenant .
( December 12, 1914 , to Raffaelina Cerase - . Ep II , p 261. )
A day before His Passion , our Lord Jesus Christ would give us an example of how we serve. This unique form of service is not a simple social work, but in the great work of charity. This is the true serve well and serve with love and for love : serving with love. Too often we strive to offer God a lot and is good to do , and do it forever. To Mary, our Mother and the Mother of Jesus usually constantly giving beautiful bouquets of roses both physical and spiritual . Have you ever wondered how to deliver these roses to our Mother ? Have you ever wondered if you like receiving them ? Have you ever wondered if those roses are supported by your works, your behavior, your way of living ? It is necessary to strive in the deep , existential and transformative experience of the charity is the mother of all virtues . Otherwise , all our other good works will pale in the darkness and the darkness caused by the lack of charity to our brothers. May Mary our Mother and model of charity exercised in service to his Prima Isabel not only receive your welcome bouquet of fresh roses, but also cultivate in you the desire to be better every day in service, under implementation charity and the desire to be always the one word and deed des testimony of this virtue in your life.
April 30
The path traced by the Christian apostle is to shed the vices of the old man , or man's land , and coated with the virtues taught by Jesus Christ. Regarding rid of vices , he says, " Mortify your members land ." Christian sanctified by baptism is not free of the rebellions of the senses and passions ; here comes the imperative to mortify our passions , while in this life.The same holy apostle experimented on himself pretty hard the rebellion of the senses and passions , so that issued this lament : "I myself with the mind serve God and flesh serve the law of sin ( ie law of lust ) . " As if he wanted to say, I myself am a servant of the law of God with my mind , but with the flesh am subject to the law of sin . All of which goes to spiritual comfort that so many poor souls , mugged by anger or lust, feel themselves a painful contrast : do not want to feel, nor have these movements , these grudges, or such vivid imaginations , these feelings sensual ; poor things , without them wanting in them arise and contrasted itself experience a violent propensity to evil in the act they want to do good.These poor creatures are some who believe offend the Lord , feeling itself that violent propensity to evil . Comfort, chosen souls , there is no sin in this , because the same holy apostle , vessel of election, itself experienced that horrible contrast : "Meeting on me - he says - in the act of wanting to do good , a force that I inclined to evil. " Feel stimuli meat, even violently , it can not be sin when the soul is not determined this with the consent of the will.
( November 16, 1914 , to Raffaelina Cerase - . Ep II , p 226. )
With his resurrection , Christ has conquered sin and death. You as a beloved child of God from your baptism you died to sin live in the freedom of God's children . What a wonderful exchange. How wonderful that you resibiste effect the day you were immersed in the sources of living water , sources of mercy. So from baptism you were dead with Christ to sin and have risen to eternal life. Yes , it is true that you continue inclined to sin . Moreover it is true that you continue sinning. Your old "I " or your old man has not left you impervious to sin. But always remember that those who do not want to sin , not sin . One thing is felt in your life , in your body that calcine you lust , and another to carry out what she drives you to perform . Repairs oh man always in the price God paid for your ransom . Nothing more and nothing less than the sacrifice of His Beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ, our God and Savior. Yes that is what God has paid for Ti to save . The debt is paid . Think, reflect and contemplate this reality and discover your true identity, discover your true value. See who no longer live for yourself , for your self , for your wickedness , for your sin but live for God, for Jesus Christ is risen and He keeps you in each of his blessed wounds, sign of redemption and salvation , sign of love for you and the auto delivery has done for you. The interiors are always going to have struggles and everyday 're fighting are certain that you are pleasing to the eyes of God. Live as resurrected and be happy even in the midst of the struggles and conflicts of every day , because it leaves in the hands of God in an attitude of child may fear nothing but their faith is increased and can give the step with confidence to the total abandonment in the Wounds of Jesus Christ , Alive and Risen .
April 29
I beg you , that you also bemoan you with this divine thought : your spiritual and physical punishment are proof of divine will , that way you want to settle more divine prototype , Jesus Christ . [ ... ] .For those who hope in the Lord feel quiet of conscience, can only come from God himself. I serve this in answer to your other question .Do not be attracted by any earthly somewhere in this world , you can not have the author's other God , who wants to separate the soul from everything but him .
( September 28, 1915 , to Raffaelina Cerase - . Ep II , p 500. )
The fundamental experience of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord and God is the assurance of God's love . So always settle beam and all the will of God. Yes , it is true that it is not always easy, even more often is nearly impossible, but the Spirit of the Risen Christ gives you strength, gives you grace, gives you the strength to keep going to the physical, moral trials and spiritual often come your way. The struggle to be faithful to God will be a constant in your life and fidelity is not great things, but always go and live around and risen Jesus Christ that leads you to the Father. A precise and accurate to walk in the will of God means , is undoubtedly the Holy Mother Church gives us the sacraments. She reminds us of The Church of the Risen Lord that if we died with Him , we shall live with Him sure sign of this is the actual baptism, feedback sign , a sign of new life , a sign of true love to God and trusting in Jesus that must be the life of every Christian. Do not give up , life with all its struggles and vicissitudes makes sense from the life of the risen Christ. Fórjate in faith , hope and charity and attain the fullness of life and also you will become witness to those around you .
I wish the humiliation of the Son of God and the glory that came of them are the subject of your daily meditations. Consider the annihilations of the Divine Word, " which - in the words of St. Paul - was divine ," " abiding in Him the fullness of divinity ," not considered vile thing lower Himself to us, to rise to the knowledge of God.This divine Word , for their full and free will , would lower Himself to become like us , hiding the divine nature under the veil of human flesh . St. Paul says that so the Word of God who came as a humbled annihilate " is annihilated himself , taking the form of a servant ." Yes , my sister, he wanted to hide so his divine nature he assumed all the similarities of man, even submitting to hunger, thirst, fatigue ; and , to use the same expression of the apostle of the Gentiles : " Similar to us , having suffered like us, yet without sin ."But where , later, the ultimate humiliation was his passion and death , you , submitting to human will to the will of his Father, endured many indignities , to suffer the most ignominious death , and death is expressed cross . " He humbled himself - according to Paul - obedient unto death, even death on a cross ." This obedience , for the dignity of that was due , so arduous than mandate and spontaneity to obey the Father of heaven , it was not as driven to it by fear of punishment , it is the only begotten of the Father , nor seduced by the interest in achieving an award, it is all the same God the Father , pleased the eternal Creator , who praised " giving it a name - says the apostle - which is superior to any other name."
( November 4, 1914 , to Raffaelina Cerase - . Ep II , p 217. )
The Christian soul that has truly discovered the immense ocean of God's love can not let a day pass without meditating on the mystery of the kind and generous Lord's Passion. Mystery as I say we manifest the love God has for us and the high price for which has saved us. Jesus Christ himself possessing all the divinity , all holiness , all the glory of the Father would not remain detached from our reality , would not save us from outside , like magic no. Did you experience throughout our poor condition, except sin . God is dwarfed to such a degree that there was another way to manifest their closeness , their love, loyalty and value each and every one we have for God. Everything God has given his life for You. Experienced all that a human person is capable of experiencing , but this annihilation , but this self-abasement , but this humble , was crueler , harder, harder, infamous discovered betrayed, alone, abandoned , denied, despised . " Man of Sorrows " . And the existential void of the universe at the time of this reality was like a thick cloud of darkness and shadow of death cover the entire universe. Only then could shine in all its splendor the symbol of the Cross and Him whom it had crucified. What glory ! What grace ! Sorry distills much the presence of the Crucified as a symbol of love and mercy of God.
March 21I know that the cross is the test of love , that the cross is a guarantee of forgiveness and love that is fed and nourished by the cross, is not true love , stays in fireworks . However, despite having this knowledge, this false disciple of the Nazarene feels in his heart that the cross he is extremely heavy and often ( no offense and do not be angry , father, to what I'm going to say ) is looking for a godly cireneo to relieve and comfort him .What merit can my love to God ? I fear so much , if my love for God is true love. And this is also one of the swords , along with many others, I press at times and makes me feel crushed.And yet , my father, I have a great desire to suffer for Jesus' sake . And how to explain that later, before the test, against my will, some relief is sought ? Much force and violence in these tests should I have to silence nature , so to speak , claiming hard to be comforted .This fight would not feel it , often makes me mourn like a child, because I think there is a lack of love and correspond to God. What about this?Email Me , when Jesus wants, and always long ; their responses on many problems, doubts and difficulties as light the hope of paradise, as beneficent dew on thirsty land.
( April 21, 1915 , Father Agustin de San Marco in Lamis - . Ep I, p 571. )
The cross is the tree of life. In the history of mankind there have been many men and women who have borne his cross heroically . They have done a simple reason : love of God and neighbor. There have been people who have not announced their pain, their suffering, their offer as victims for the salvation of souls. Maybe have also been people that have not been invented or have manufactured their own cross , but instead have embraced that life has given you. It is not easy to live in deep relationship with Jesus Christ carrying the cross . But we must always remember that without a Christian cross is not Christian. Often flee from the cross, but when you understand that it is good , healthy and beneficial , then also we gladly embrace . It is not the cross that you like, it is not you have an idyllic relationship with the cross. This is not a cross that you search . This is truly to accept the will of God in your life. The cross reveals the true love and self-denial for the good of others. The cross shows the price for the salvation of souls. The cross shows the price to be paid for the conversion of sinners. Always remember : " With Jesus to the Cross "
March 20Live peacefully and do not be worried about anything. Jesus is with you and loves you, and you you correspond to his inspirations and his grace which worketh in you . Keep obeying despite internal resistance and no relief is given in obedience and in the spiritual life , for it is written that those who obey should not account for their actions, and should only expect the reward of God and not punishment . "The obedient man - says the Spirit - will sing victory."He always remembers the obedience of Jesus in the Garden and on the Cross was with immense strength and not comforted, but due to grieve with the apostles and with his Father , and his obedience was excellent and the more beautiful the more bitter . Never , then, your soul was so pleasing to God as now you obey and serve God in aridity and darkness. Do I make myself clear? Lives calm and cheerful , and not anytime for any reason to doubt the assertions of those who today directs your soul.The way you act in God's grace , you have every reason to cheer and hope and trust in God: for it is the action that usually with the souls he has chosen as his portion and his inheritance. The prototype, the model where necessary look and shape our life is Jesus Christ.But Jesus chose the cross for a standard , and therefore wants all his followers follow the path carrying the cross of Calvary to expire after lying on it. Only this path leads to salvation.
( September 4, 1916 , to Mary Gargani - . Ep III , p 241. )
The greatest sign of obedience is the peace and tranquility that generates the certainty of the presence of God with the soul that He loves , he obeys instantly. It is necessary to correspond to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit even against their will, because when you act with intent straight no place to sin. The soul often refuses to submit to such inspirations and obey Jesus Christ , and the establishment of His Kingdom. Have no doubt. Jesus Christ gives us a living example of obedience and submission to the will of God. Jesus Christ became obedient unto death, even an ignominious death , death on a cross . This was stated since birth, his passion and death on the cross , remember that only did the will of God. Doing God's will means to be always and in tune with the Holy Spirit and not seek another direction , another light and another consolation that always be by the Master next to Tabor, comforting and loving Him , serving Him and obeying Him . Is not this the right attitude of a servant ? Always remember at all times that there is no virtue without obedience , and no glory without the cross , in the same way that there is no resurrection without death. Trust it and abandon yourself in the arms of this loving Master and you are sure that He will comfort and save you.
March 14
Trust and love , my little love and trust in the goodness of our God. You suffer , but cheer up, your suffering is with Jesus and for Jesus, and is not a punishment but a test for your salvation.Convince yourself , because , I can assure you from the Lord : Jesus is in your pains , and also in the center of your heart, you are not separate or away from the love of this good God . You experience the delight in the thought of God , but still suffer being away from fully owning and seeing offended by the ungrateful creatures. But it can not be otherwise , my little one , who loves, suffers , is the constant rule for the pilgrim soul in this land, the not fully satisfied Love is a torment, but very sweet torment. You experience it .Continued without fear , my little one, enveloping you in this mystery of love and pain at the same time, until it pleases Jesus. This state is always temporary ; come divine consolation , complete, irresistible. In this state of affliction continues, my good little girl , praying for everyone, especially for sinners , to repair many offenses as are the Divine Heart .I think one day you offered yourself a victim for sinners , Jesus heard your prayer , accepted your gift. Jesus has given you the grace to bear the sacrifice. Well,a little later still ; ! Reward is not far.
( April 9, 1918 , to Mary Gargani - . Ep III , p 312. )
My Father ! God! How difficult it is to understand and embrace the suffering in total abandonment to Your Divine Will . I wish I could relieve your pain and in your suffering , coupled with the pains and sufferings of the world. But God! If it were not such a coward , if it were not such a coward I'm sure you would have done your work in me . Trust and love . Love and trust . Only love can be trusted . And just trusting can only suffer and suffering can be trusted . This is what You teach us and ask us to be brave . Having mood and discover you still know You in pain and suffering . Amar and thus suffer only reach the fullness of bliss.
February 28
Be cautious never to talk to other people , except for the director and his confessor , of those things that the good God will favor . Always address all your actions to the glory of God, just as the apostle wants : " Whether you eat , and drink , and whatever you do , do all to the glory of God." Are renewed this holy intention from time to time . Examine the end of each action, and , if they find any imperfection not be troubled by it, but be ashamed and humble yourselves before God's goodness ; apologize Pray to the Lord and the preserve of such failure in the future.Renounce all vanity in his clothes, because the Lord allows these souls falls in those vanities.Women seeking the vanities of the dresses may never put on the life of Jesus Christ , and lose the ornaments of the soul as soon as you enter this idol in their hearts. Her dress is , as Paul wants , decent and modestly decorated , but without fur sewn , no gold, no pearls, precious garments without sounding wealth and luxury.
( August 2, 1913 , Father Agustín de San Marcos in Lamis - . Ep I, p 396. )
Both the confessor and spiritual director is the person that God has placed in the world that favors the humble, simple , passionate and pure state of your soul that is the pure temple of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit. So my dear son, always apply unto my beloved daughter and increasingly in the desire to cultivate a deep and frequent confession. Confess sins not only everyday but those that embarrass you and why do not you confess and make you suffer so much. After frequent confession cheerfully offered to the Lord of his infinite Mercy and forgiveness and love that you said that your penance confessor has seen fit to impose . Turn frequently and swiftly to your spiritual director. Unfasten the ocean of your heart open to God that book, and he knows orient wise and prudent under the action of the Holy Spirit on the right path that will lead to happiness. Renounce everything that makes you sick in soul and body , and instead embraces all that by God's grace makes you grow human and holy . Amen .
February 27
The virtues are like having a treasure , which , if you have not hidden from the eyes of the envious , I steal . The devil is always watching , and he, the worst of all the envious , looking to snatch this treasure, which are the virtues , as soon as I discovered, and makes assaulting us with this powerful enemy who is vainglory.Our Lord , always attentive to our good, to preserve us from this great enemy , warns us in several places of the gospel. Do not tell us that if we prayed , we retire to our room , shut the door and pray one on one with God, that our prayer is not known by others ; ? What , when fasting , we wash face so that we discover our fast others in dirt and pale face ; ? that by giving alms, let not your right hand know what the left is doing ?
( August 2, 1913 , Father Agustín de San Marcos in Lamis - . Ep I, p 396. )
Thanks always and at all times the gifts that God has lavished you . Recognize that everything good comes from Him and what He has to deliver. It is therefore necessary to find that all the good that you have is a gift of God's generosity . It is also convenient , healthy and successful yourself before God and recognize the virtues with which He has crowned you . When you discover and recognize beam pawn in cultivating , care for and protect a rich booty. Not for apropiártelas not to bury , but that the enemy did not snatch your hand by envy or malice . At the same time you have to take good care not to gloat for the good that God is doing in you and through you, but humbly recognize that God has looked at you with mercy and love. The depth of the Christian life must be lived between God and you . At the time you exercise you truly love God above all things, and in the radical love of neighbor , it will signal a deeper relationship with God .
February 24
St. Chrysostom , speaking of the pride , says : " The more you do works, seeking to crush the pride , the more you stimulate the ". And what is the cause of this? Let us say the same holy Doctor : "For everything bad comes from bad , only vainglory from good , and , therefore, is not extinguished with good but more inflated ."The devil, dear father, knows that a lustful , a thief , a miser , a sinner, have more reason to be ashamed and blush to boast that , and , therefore, is careful to tempt them that way , and they Save this battle. But not good saves , especially when striving to strive for perfection . All other vices which stand only are defeated and dominated by them, but the pride looks up precisely those people who fight and overcome . Is emboldened to assault their enemies , using the same victories they have achieved against her. It is an enemy that never stops , it is an enemy that enters battle in all our work and, if you are not vigilant , it makes us victims.Indeed , we, to escape the adulation of others, and prefer the hidden secrets to visible fasting , silence , speaking eloquently , be despised, to be taken into account ; contempt , honors . Oh, my God . Here again , the pride you will, as they say, stick your nose acometiéndonos with vain complacency.
( August 2, 1913 , Father Agustín de San Marcos in Lamis - . Ep I, p 396. )
Always and everywhere you need to discover the intention of all that word or deed do, as we run the danger of being deceived by the cunning of the enemy into thinking that everything we do is good and therefore putting atop our attitudes . How dangerous is not always accustomed to question and be able to evaluate our right intention . So as the Apostle of the Gentiles says , " let him who boasts boast in the Lord." Certainly all that belongs to us are our vices and sins , yet with all that, we realize that it is the Spirit of God that enables us to discover our sin and limitation. Of course when we put the light in front of a mirror is when we can see the stains , the dirt from imperfections . Similarly when we come face to God , when we let ourselves be enlightened by the light of the Holy Spirit , then all our imperfections not as a battlefield , but appear as a space for the grace of God to work in us, that cleanse us , we embellish, and we hermosee . So what we have to brag about? Everything is God's work and it's not us by his grace , by his merit and mercy. To Him be glory , praise and honor for ever and ever. Amen .
February 21
Meditate the fiat of Jesus in the garden ,how heavy would have to give blood sweat and sweat ! Also you pronounce this fiat , both prosperous and adverse things , and do not worry or break your head wondering how you pronounce it . It is known that in the difficult nature questions flees the cross, but no one can say that the soul is not subject to the will of God, when we see , despite the hard feelings against, put in practice .Want to have concrete evidence of how the will pronounce its fiat ? Virtue is known by its opposite. Posted by Lord on a test, it is difficult or easy , tell me, you feel driven to rebel against God ? Or better , say as an example the impossible: trying to rebel . O , tell me , do not you grau to simply hear these blasphemous phrases ? Well, between yes and no , there can not be , nothing in between .If your will flee the rebellion , rest assured it is subject , tacitly or explicitly , to the will of God, and therefore , she also pronounced her fiat in his own way .
( January 30, 1915 , to Raffaelina Cerase - . Ep II , p 321. )
The complete and utter abandonment to the will of God is a far deeper and truer the more painful process. It is easy to say " Yes " to the Lord in everything and in all circumstances. It is easy to say " Yes" to God and renounce the very "I " , ie selfishness. How much does it cost for a soul to pronounce the "Fiat " just as Jesus spoke . Just as I gave Mary! But when by God's grace and acting with full and absolute self-consciousness the person is entering a slowly emptying itself and is creating around himself and his life ambient increasingly absolute abandon until total abandonment. A neglect not to walk into the void , into the non-sense , to death, but the opposite . Abandonment leading to the loving arms of the Father. A drop that takes you to a complete and utter existence full of joy, grace , joy because you will find that your Savior is waiting to fill you all hope. Therefore come boldly pronounce this " Yes " Whatever your situation in which you find yourself , trust in God, in His Divine Providence and his holy will and always comfort you and He will know everything.
