The Divine Will

I'm sure glad God hasn't asked me to stop drinking alcohol

But yes, indeed, I have heard (and, more importantly, observed) venial sin -- not to mention mortal sin, of course -- vanishing from the lives of those who pursue the Divine Will. I will never forget two adjacent conferences I attended. Both were clearly made for "devout, orthodox, Marian, Eucharistic" Catholics, but one was a mess (no reverence at Mass, everyone rushing out for food as soon as Mass ended, giddiness everywhere, no charity for a newcomer; in fact it was the conference I wrote about in my Remnant Faithful post), the other -- a Divine Will retreat -- was amazing. The most reverence I've seen at Mass, charity in the hearts of those present, beautiful and reverently prayed Rosaries, etc.

By their fruits.

 

From "The Triumph, The Second Coming and the Eucharistic Reign" by Fr. Stefano Gobbi, June 24,1996:

At last, the prayer of the ‘Our Father’ which Jesus taught us will be fulfilled; it will have its perfect completion. The Divine Will will be fulfilled in a perfect way by all creatures, thus bringing forth the Kingdom of the Divine Will upon this earth.

Jesus, in the ‘Our Father’ which you taught us… dear Jesus, we have been repeating it for two thousand years… you teach us that prayer is infallible – it always obtains results. What did you teach us to ask for? ‘Our Father, who are in heaven, sanctified – glorified – be your name. Your Kingdom come; your Will be done…’ Brother priests, the Father was glorified when He created the universe; the devil has obscured this glory of his by means of sin. With the redemption, Christ – the historical Christ – redeems us by means of suffering; and the mystical Christ must walk along the same path of suffering so that [each one] may personally cooperate with the great gift received in redemption. However, the definitive victory of Christ over Satan took place with his resurrection; and so the definitive victory of Christ, when He returns in glory, will consist in completely destroying the power of Satan in this world, so that this world will be able to receive his Kingdom, and once again glorify the Father in a perfect way, as it was at the beginning of creation. Therefore, the advent of Christ in glory will coincide with the greatest glorification of the heavenly Father.

‘Your Kingdom come!’ But listen…do you think that after two thousand years in which this invocation has been repeated throughout the world – ‘Your Kingdom come, Your Kingdom come…’ – that at the end, this Kingdom of Christ will not come? It will come! – for the perfect glorification of the Father. And as the Kingdom of Christ comes, all creatures will be led to fulfill the Divine Will in a perfect way, because the first to prevent us from doing the Divine Will was Satan. What was Satan’s victory in the earthly paradise? To lead our first parents to make a choice that was contrary to the Will of the Father – to the Will of God! “You may eat from all [trees], except from this one…” (cf. Gen 2:16-17). And then the serpent came, that accursed serpent… But she will crush his head – do not worry! The Pope said: ‘Her offspring – Christ in her, Mary in Christ, the mother united with the Son, the Son united with the Mother.’ Therefore, dear Mother, I am pleased that you will crush the head of that huge serpent. Crush it!

In the end, the power of Satan will be destroyed because he will be rendered powerless! Being bound, he will no longer be able to do harm; he will no longer be able to lead creatures to say ‘no’ to the Will of the Father, because creatures will say ‘yes’ to the Will of the heavenly Father. In this perfect fulfillment of the Divine Will, creation will return almost to its original state – to a new earthly paradise, in which all creatures will say ‘yes’ to the Will of the heavenly Father.

There is a mystic, Luisa Piccarreta, whose cause for beatification is in progress, who wrote great works about the Divine Will. When I was in Mexico, I was given some of these writings which relate to numerous aspects described in our book [To the Priests…]. I was im-pressed by them – I should read the exact text to you, but I don’t have it with me today. It says that every two thousand years there has been a great renewal. Two thousand years after creation there was the deluge of water. Two thousand years after the deluge of water, there was the deluge of blood: the redemption. After two thousand years there will be the deluge of fire – a spiritual fire, I think – and finally, the Kingdom of the Divine Will will come upon earth, because every creature will fulfill the Divine Will in a perfect way.

And so, I think that this return of Christ in glory will be able to bring the Kingdom of the Divine Will into the world, and each creature will be able to do the Will of the Father in a perfect way, and the Father will be glorified by these children of his who say ‘yes’ to his Will; and Christ will bring about his Kingdom – a Kingdom of holiness and of docile obedience to the heavenly Father.

Brother priests, this [Kingdom of the Divine Will], however, is not possible if, after the victory obtained over Satan, after having removed the obstacle because his [Satan’s] power has been destroyed*…this cannot happen, except by a most special outpouring of the Holy Spirit: the Second Pentecost.

 

It is "magic" - and when I tried to live that way for 25 years in my own will power I always failed; the Divine Will makes it sweet and easy!

 

You made me laugh, and remember something from early in my conversion. I was walking into the cathedral for daily Mass, and a girl my age (late 20's, early 30's) sheepishly pulled a chapel veil out of her purse and put it on. She whispered, "This feels weird, but the Blessed Mother told me to wear it." My immediate response was, "She hasn't said a word to me about that!!!"

I think the important thing is to follow the call of the still, small voice of the Holy Spirit, which will be unique for us all. Alcohol is an impediment to Living in the Divine Will for me. I used to love to appropriate St. Philip Neri's prayer when looking in the mirror: "Lord, watch out for Kathy today. She could betray you. We've seen her do it!" Living in the Divine Will is bringing me a peaceful, trusting security in God, and that prayer doesn't resonate with me anymore. (Not that I couldn't still betray Him; but I'm feeling caught up short with the absence of peace when I begin to take a step outside of His Will. An early warning system - love it!!)

You water the mountains from your chambers;

from the fruit of your labor the earth abounds.

You make the grass grow for the cattle

and plants for people’s work

to bring forth food from the earth,

wine to gladden their hearts,

oil to make their faces shine,

and bread to sustain the human heart.
Psalm 104: 13-15

 

All Things Obey God Except for Sinful Wills

Everything obeys the Divine Will except for the wills of demons and sinners.
And the angels that did not keep their own place . . . have been kept by Him in eternal chains . . . until the judgment of the great day (Jude 6).

Sin rises up against the Divine Will. It produces ugliness, unhappiness, sickness, and death.

Because God did not make death, and He takes no delight in the death of the living (The Wisdom of Solomon 1:13).

 

Have any of you guys living in the DW noticed a change in the effect of your prayers when praying in intercession or say praying for healing with somebody?

 

My prayers have become much simpler. "Your ways, Your means, Your timing, Your Will."
Some time back Elizabeth Scalia (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/theanchoress/ spoke of her way of praying: when someone needs intercession, she just brings them to the Lord in prayer and says, "Lord, the one that you love is sick...the one that you love is suffering...the one that you love is clueless.."

I'm getting out of the business of bossing God around. I do ask Jesus, in His Divine Will, to pray in me, so I don't miss a specific intercession I'm called to. Otherwise, I have a lot more trust in God's attention and a lot less fretting over the needs of those I pray for.

 

One of the first people I was asked to pray with after coming into the DW, had a mental breakdown and she asked me to pray with her one day whilst visiting the hospital. I have known this lady for over 40 years and I couldn't get it into my head at how bad she was! Anyhow I prayed with her, trying to remember how to do it in the DW. I kept up the prayer as intercession for the following weeks. As far as I know she has very few real friends and much less prayerful ones. She made a remarkable recovery within a couple of months and is back in good health again and living a normal life now, thanks be to God!

 

I went along to a charismatic renewal day for Pentecost Sunday, it was my first time going to something like that since being introduced to the DW. While the day was brilliant and the leader extremely gifted, I felt I had outgrown it somewhat and even though I would recommend it to everyone, don't think I would go again myself. It seems the DW is on a totally new (to me) and very different level.

 

mail@divinewilluk.com

I came across the above web site by Tony Hickey from Manchester UK with details of forth coming retreats in London and other venues in the UK and Ireland re the Divine Will. I understand Tony Hickey is an expert on the subject and the web site has lots of interesting links.
I hope the above works!

 

Tony Hickey wrote a small little booklet years ago on living in the Divine Will. It's a wonderful overview of important readings and prayers taken from the Book of Heaven - small but very informative. Hopefully they are still available and you will be able to obtain one at the retreat.

 

Vol. 4 January 13, 1903 Luisa sees the Most Holy Trinity.
As I was in my usual state, I seemed to see the Most Holy Trinity. They were looking at One Another, and in those gazes Their beauty was so great that They would remain ecstatic at the mere gazing upon One Another. In this state They overflowed with love, and were as though stirred by that love, to then become more intensely ecstatic. So, all of Their good and delight was comprised within Themselves, and the whole of Their eternal life, beatitude and exercise, was enclosed in this word alone: ‘Love’. And the whole beatitude of the Saints was formed by this perfect operating of the Most Holy Trinity. While I was seeing this, the Son assumed the form of the Crucified, and coming out from Their midst, He came to me, sharing with me the pains of the crucifixion. And while remaining with Me, He brought Himself once again into Their midst, and offered His sufferings and mine, satisfying for the love that all creatures owed Them. Who can say Their delight, and how satisfied They were by the offering of the Son! It seemed that, since in creating the creatures nothing had come out of Their interior but contained flames of love; so much so, that in order to give vent to this love They began to create many other images of Themselves - only when They receive what They have given, are They then satisfied - that is, love They gave, love They want. So, the most awful affront is to not love Them. Yet, Oh God, three times holy, who is there that loves You?

 

And if you can get the cds accompanying the booklet better again!

 

There are times I have asked the Lord to make up for my inadequacies in prayer for fasting. In the above, the simplicity of Jesus makes more sense. Better it would be for me to be lost in the adequacy of Jesus' fasting and intercession!

For a number of years, I have watched the couple of drops of water placed in the wine at the Offertory "disappear" and have prayed that in similar fashion I be lost in Christ. Now I perceive when after the Consecration we pray...

In humble prayer we ask you, almighty God: command that these gifts be borne by the hands of your holy Angel to your altar on high in the sight of your divine majesty...

May Jesus offer me along with Himself as gift since I have been lost in Him to begin with!

Just a thought.

Safe in the Flames of the Sacred Heart!

 

That is so beautiful it made me cry! Thank you for loosing yourself in our dear Lord. He loves you very much!

 

“My daughter, my words are full of truth and of light, and they carry with them the substance and the virtue of transmuting the soul into the same truth, into the same light, and into the very good which they contain, in such a way that the soul not only knows the truth, but feels within herself the substance of operating according to the truth that she has known. Moreover, my truths are full of beauty and of attraction, in such a way that the soul, taken by their beauty, lets herself be enraptured by them.

In Me everything is order, harmony and beauty. See, I created the heavens; they alone could be enough - but no, I wanted to adorn them with stars, almost studding them with beauty, so that the human eye might enjoy more from the works of its Creator. I created the earth, and I adorned it with many plants and flowers. I created nothing which did not have its ornament. And if this is in the order of created things, much more so in my truths, which reside in my Divinity, such that, while it seems that they reach the soul, they are like solar rays which, while they hit and warm the earth, yet never depart from the center of the sun. And the soul remains so enamored with my truths, that she finds it almost impossible not to put into practice the truths that she has known, even at the cost of her life.

On the other hand, when it is the enemy or the speculation of fantasy that want to speak about truths, they bring neither light, nor substance, nor beauty, nor attraction - they are empty truths, without life, and the soul does not feel the grace to sacrifice herself in order to put them into practice. So, the truths that your Jesus tells you are full of life and of everything that my truths contain. Why do you doubt?” Vol. 14,,Mar. 7, 1922

 

Beautiful. Just beautiful!

 

I was at a concert in Europe recently with close to 100,000 others. While it was brilliant and very enjoyable it struck me that this experience is only part of God's plan B for our lives. His plan A was that we should live in his DW, and all we have here no matter how good it is, is falling far short of what could have been, but hopefully will soon be again!

 

My husband and I recently watched a movie about Mother Theresa (The Letters), and after the movie I thought about how much this holy women did for God. It made me feel like I do nothing compared to her and I felt quite sad. Then I remembered what Our Blessed Mother tells us in the Queen book day 17, "...it is not the diversity of states that prejudices sanctity, but the lack of Divine Will and the fulfillment of one's own duties to which God calls the creature. All states are holy, marriage too, provided the Divine Will is present..." Mother Theresa was called to this mission and I am called to another. When I lived in Hanceville, AL near Mother Angelica's shrine, I remember a story Mother told about her asking Mother Theresa to be on her show and Mother Theresa replied, "I have my mission and you have yours." May I always say "Fiat" to all God calls me to. Jesus, I trust in you!

 

Today is the Feast Day of St. Annibale Maria Di Francia - June 1
(or in English: Hannibal Di Francia)




The Chaplet of the Divine Willby St. Annibale Maria Di Francia

Saint Hannibal di Francia was one of Luisa’s extraordinary Confessors and was responsible for first publishing Luisa’s books, "The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will" and "The Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ". He was also responsible for granting the "Nihil Obstat" to the first 19 volumes which were then given the "Imprimatur" by Archbishop Joseph Leo. In his last years, Saint Hannibal wrote the little "Chaplet of the Divine Will" and recited this prayer several times a day during his last sickness.

The Little Rosary of the Divine Will begins with the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be, and continues by praying on every "Hail Mary" bead: "Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven."

A “Glory Be” is prayed on every "Our Father" bead, and at the end pray:

"Lord Jesus, we praise you, we love you, we bless you, and we thank you who are God with the Father and the Holy Spirit in your Holy and Eternal Divine Will. Amen"