A Light for your Journey...

... "But do you know what was the first act that this noble Queen did when, coming out of the maternal womb, She opened Her eyes to the light of this low world?

As She was born, the Angels sang lullabies to the Celestial Baby, and She remained enraptured; Her beautiful soul went out of Her little body, accompanied by angelic cohorts, and went around Heaven and earth, gathering all the love that God had spread throughout the whole Creation; and penetrating into the Empyreum, She came to the foot of Our throne, offered Us the requital of the love of all Creation, and pronounced Her first ‘thank You’ in the name of all.

Oh! how happy We felt in hearing the ‘thank You’ of this Little Baby Queen.
And We confirmed in Her all the graces, all the gifts, such as to make Her surpass all other creatures together.

Then, throwing Herself into Our arms, She delighted with Us, swimming in the sea of all contentments, remaining embellished with new beauty, with new light and with new love.
She pleaded once again for mankind, praying Us, with tears, to let the Eternal Word descend in order to save Her brothers.

But as She was doing this, Our Will let Her know that She should descend to the earth, and immediately She left Our contentments and joys, and departed, in order to do… what? Our Will.

What powerful magnet Our Will was, dwelling on earth in this newborn Queen!

No longer did the earth appear alien to Us; We no longer felt like striking it, making use of Our justice.
We had the power of Our Will which, in this innocent child, restrained Our arms, smiled at Us from the earth, and turned justice into graces and sweet smile; so much so, that unable to resist this sweet enchantment, the Eternal Word hastened His course.

Oh! prodigy of my Divine Will - to You everything is due, through You everything is accomplished, and there is no greater prodigy than my Will dwelling in the creature."

B.H. December 8,1922

 

"Lesson of the Queen of Heaven:
My child, listen to Me: if you knew how much I love you, you would trust your Mama more, and would let not even a word of mine escape you.

You must know that I not only keep you inscribed in my Heart, but inside this Heart I have a maternal fiber that, more than Mother, makes me love my child.
Therefore, I want to let you hear the great prodigy that the Supreme Fiat operated in Me, so that you, by imitating Me, may give Me the great honor of being my daughter-queen.

I was conceived in the interminable light of the Divine Will; and in the midst of these divine seas, as my littleness could not contain them, I formed gigantic waves, to send them back as homage of love and glory to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Now, my child, listen to your Mama: know that I love you very much, and would like to see your soul filled with my same seas. These seas of mine are swollen, and want to pour themselves out; but in order for them to do this, you must empty yourself of your will, so that the Divine Will may take the second step over you, and constituting Itself as origin of life in your soul, It may call the attention of the Celestial Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, to pour Themselves upon you with Their overflowing seas.

But in order to do this, They want to find Their own Will in you, because They do not want to entrust Their seas of power, of wisdom and of unspeakable beauty to your human will."

The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will - Day 2

 

"All the effort of the enemy is to prevent the knowledge of the Divine Will from coming to light, because he would lose his kingdom on earth."

 

"This is our great hope and our invocation; 'Your Kingdom come!' a kingdom of peace, justice and serenity, which will re-establish the original harmony of creation." Pope John Paul II, Papal Address on Psalm 97, Nov. 6, 2002

 

This is another GREAT quote, Lynnfiat, Thank you!
It's almost like St JPII quoting Luisa, which he is not.

God's Plan is to bring us back to the Garden of Eden kind of life on earth, where His Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

This is also the presentation of Antonio Yagüe in his last video -still only in -Spanish-

It seems to me, again, that God is providing us with inspired and authorized voices to confirm us in the faith in order to be able to navigate the Tribulation and beyond. May we prepare ourselves with our Fiat and dedication, and may we also help others jump into Our Blessed Mother's Ark/wagon for the trip.

 

“ My daughter… You should know that I always love my children, my beloved creatures. I would eviscerate Myself in order not to see them stricken, so much so, that in the deadly times to come I have put them all IN THE HANDS OF MY CELESTIAL MOTHER; TO HER I HAVE ENTRUSTED THEM, SO THAT SHE HOLDS THEM SECURED FOR ME UNDER HER MANTLE ”

… Now, as He said this , my dear Jesus made me truly see, that THE SOVEREIGN QUEEN DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN WITH INDESCRIBABLE MAJESTY, and with tenderness all maternal, She visited in the midst of the creatures in all the nations, and MARKED HER DEAR CHILDREN AND THOSE WHO SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED BY THE SCOURGES; WHOMEVER MY CELESTIAL MOTHER TOUCHED, THE SCOURGES DID NOT HAVE POWER OVER THEM. OUR SWEET JESUS GAVE THE RIGHT TO HIS MOTHER TO SAVE WHOMEVER SHE PLEASED.

How moving it was to see the Celestial Empress go around the whole world; to see Her take them in her Maternal hands. She held them close in her bosom and hid them under her mantle, so that no evil might be able to harm those people who her Maternal goodness held in her custody, guarded and defended.

Oh! If everyone could see with how much love and tenderness the Celestial Queen did this task, they would cry in consolation and would love Her Who loves us so very much”.

B.H. Vol 33 June 6, 1935

 

Let us continue to do our "acts" in reparation to God and to give Him to glory that all should give Him. Fiat!

 

From the writings of Saint Maximilian Kolbe:
"The will of Mary Immaculate is so closely united with the Will of God that they seem to be only one will...Her will is united to and identified itself in the closest way with the Will of God. She lives and operates only in God and through God. So we should not be afraid to say that our only and deepest wish is to do the Immaculate's will as accurately as possible. By doing this, we shall belong to Her every day more. And She shall take possession of our whole being." "The first seven centuries were only the preparation, the idea, the cause. Now comes the realization of that truth, the manifestation of the Immaculate Virgin to souls; Her introduction to souls with all the blessed effects which follow from it. In every country there must arise Cities of Mary Immaculate...you will soon see tears flowing from the eyes of the most hardened sinners; prisons will be emptied; honest worker will unite; families will overflow with virtue, peace, and happiness; all discord will be banished, for it is now the new era."

 

This morning, after I struggled very much, the Queen Mother came with the Baby in Her arms, and She gave Him to me, telling me to keep Him courted with continuous acts of love.
I did as much as I could, and while I was doing this, Jesus told me:
“My beloved, the most pleasing and most consoling words for my Mother are:
‘Dominus Tecum’ [‘The Lord is with Thee’].
In fact, as soon as they were pronounced by the Archangel, She felt the whole of the Divine Being being communicated to Her, and therefore She felt invested with divine Power, in such a way that, in the face of the divine Power, Her own dissolved; and so my Mother remained with the divine Power in Her hands.”

B.H. Vol 4 January 10, 1903

 

On this glorious Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Queen of Mexico and Empress of the Americas -and still savoring the mystery of the Immaculate Conception, another beautiful text dedicated to Our Blessed Mother and Queen of the Divine Will.

"I was thinking about the Immaculate Conception of my Queen Mama, and after I received Holy Communion, my always lovable Jesus made Himself seen in my interior as though inside a room, which was all light.
In this light He showed everything He had done during the course of His Life.
One could see, lined up in order, all His merits, His works, His pains, His wounds, His Blood - everything that the Life of a Man and God contained, as though in the act of preserving a soul so very dear to Him from the slightest evil that could possibly shadow Her.

I was amazed at seeing so much attention of Jesus, and He said to me:
“To my little newborn I want to make known the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, conceived without sin.

First you must know that my Divinity is one single act; all acts concentrate into a single one.
This is what it means to be God – the greatest portent of Our Divine Essence: not to be subject to succession of acts.

And if to the creature it seems that We do now something, and now something else, it is, rather, that We make known what is present in that single act; in fact, since the creature is incapable of knowing it all at once, We make it known little by little.

Now, everything that I, Eternal Word, was to do in my assumed Humanity formed one single act with that single act which my Divinity contains.

Therefore, before this noble creature was conceived, everything that the Eternal Word was to do upon earth already existed; and so, in the act in which this Virgin was conceived, all my merits, my pains, my Blood - everything that the Life of a Man and God contained, lined up around Her conception, and She was conceived in the endless abysses of my merits, of my Divine Blood, and in the immense sea of my pains.

By virtue of them, She remained Immaculate, beautiful and pure; my incalculable merits barred the enemy’s way, and he could do no harm to Her.

It was right that the one who was to conceive the Son of a God, be first conceived in the works of this God, to be able to have the virtue of conceiving that Word who was to come to redeem mankind.

So, first She was conceived in Me, and then I was conceived in Her.

There was nothing left but to make it known to creatures at the appropriate time; but in the Divinity it was as though already done.

Therefore, the one who most gathered the fruits of Redemption – or rather, who received Its complete fruit – was this excelling creature.

Having been conceived in It, She loved, esteemed and kept as Her own, everything that the Son of God did upon earth.

Oh, the beauty of this tender little one! She was a prodigy of grace, a portent of Our Divinity. She grew up as Our Daughter; She was Our decorum, Our joy, Our honor and Our glory."

B.H. Vol 16 - 8 Dec 1923

 

"I was thinking in my mind:
‘It is true that the Queen Mama was conceived in the endless merits of my Jesus, but Her blood, Her body, were conceived in the womb of St. Anne, who was not exempt from original sin. So, how can it be that She inherited nothing of the many evils that we all have inherited from the sin of our first father Adam?’

And Jesus:
“My daughter, you have not yet understood that all evil is in the will.
It was the will that overwhelmed man - that is, his nature; it was not his nature that overwhelmed the will of man.
His nature remained at its place, just as it was created by Me - nothing changed.
It was his will that changed; it put itself against no less than a Divine Will, and this rebellious will overwhelmed his nature, debilitated it, contaminated it, and rendered it a slave to most vile passions.

It happened as to a container full of perfumes or of precious things: if it is emptied of those and then filled with rot or with vile things, does the container perhaps change?
What is placed inside of it changes, but the container is always the same; at the most, it becomes more or less estimable, depending on what it contains.
Such was man."

B.H. Vol 16 - 8 Dec 1923

 

The appeal of the queen of heaven for her children to come into the Kingdom of the Divine Will.

From "The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will"

Dearest daughter, I feel the irresistible need to come down from Heaven to make you my maternal visits. If you assure me of your filial love and faithfulness, I will remain always with you in your soul, to be your teacher, model, example and most tender Mother.


I come to invite you to enter the Kingdom of your Mama - the Kingdom of the Divine Will - and I knock at the door of your heart, that you may open it to me. You know, with my own hands I bring you this book as a gift; I offer it to you with maternal care so that, in reading it, you may learn in your turn to live from Heaven and no longer from the earth.


This book is of gold, my daughter. It will form your spiritual fortune and your happiness also on earth. In it you will find the fount of all goods: if you are weak, you will acquire strength; if you are tempted, you will achieve victory; if you have fallen into sin, you will find the compassionate and powerful hand which will raise you again. If you feel afflicted, you will find comfort; if cold, the surest way to get warm; if hungry, you will enjoy the delicious food of the Divine Will. With It you will lack nothing; you will no longer be alone, because your Mama will keep you sweet company and with all her maternal care will take on the commitment to making you happy. I, Celestial Empress, will take care of all your needs, provided that you agree to live united with me.


If you knew my anxiety, my ardent sighs, and also the tears I shed for my children! If you knew how I burn with desire that you listen to my lessons, all of Heaven, and learn to live from the Divine Will!


In this book you will see wonders; you will find a mama who loves you so much as to sacrifice her own beloved Son for you, in order to allow you to live of that very life from which she lived on earth.


Do not give me this sorrow - do not reject me. Accept this gift of Heaven I am bringing you; welcome my visit and my lessons. Know that I will go all over the world; I will go to each individual, to all families, to religious communities, to every nation, to all peoples, and if needed, I will go about for entire centuries until, as Queen, I have formed my people, and as Mother, my children, who may know the Divine Will and let It reign everywhere. Here is the purpose of this book. Those who will welcome it with love will be the first fortunate children to belong to the Kingdom of the divine Fiat, and with gold characters I will write their names in my maternal heart.


Do you see, my daughter? That same infinite love of God, Who wanted to use me in the Redemption to make the Eternal Word descend upon earth, calls me into the field once again, entrusting to me the difficult task, the sublime mandate to form the children of the Kingdom of His Divine Will on earth. Therefore, with maternal care I put myself to work, preparing for you the way which will lead you to this happy Kingdom. For this purpose I will give you sublime and celestial lessons, and, finally, I will teach you special and new prayers, through which you will bind the heavens, the sun, the creation, my own life and that of my Son, and all the acts of the saints, so that in your name they may beseech the adorable Kingdom of the Divine Volition.


These prayers are the most powerful because they bind the divine work itself. Through them God will feel disarmed and won over by the creature. Confident of this help, you will hasten the coming of His most happy Kingdom, and with me you will obtain that the Divine Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, according to the desire of the Divine Master.


Courage, my daughter; make me content, and I will bless you.

 

I don't know how familiar people are with Louisa Piccarreta and the significance of her writings -and that means most of the quotes shared in this thread.

We follow private revelations as encouragement for our times, often even without knowing if they are true or false.

In the case of Luisa Piccarreta's writings, they have been declared free from error by the official censors of her Cause for Canonization at the Vatican. The official support of the Church highlights the value of her writings not just as pious reflections of Luisa but as true private revelation from Heaven to a holy soul always under the scrutiny of Church authorities. These writings underline the official truths of the Church and bring them to the front again and again with new language and poignancy. They are real treasures especially for our times.

This is a summary of Luisa's life -taken from several Web pages:

The Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta was born in Corato in the Province of Bari, Italy on April 23, 1865 Luisa was born on the Sunday after Easter and was baptized that same day. Divine Providence led the little girl down paths so mysterious that she knew no joys other than God and his grace. When she was nine, Luisa received Jesus in the Eucharist for the first time and Holy Confirmation, and from that moment learned to remain for hours praying before the Blessed Sacrament.

Jesus’ voice led Luisa to detachment from herself and from everyone. At about eighteen, from the balcony of her house in Via Nazario Sauro, she had a vision of Jesus suffering under the weight of the Cross, who raised his eyes to her saying: “O soul, help me!”. From that moment an insatiable longing to suffer for Jesus and for the salvation of souls was enkindled in Luisa. So began those physical sufferings which, in addition to her spiritual and moral sufferings, reached the point of heroism.

Luisa, having accepted the role of victim, came to experience a most peculiar condition: every morning she found herself rigid, immobile, huddled up in bed, and no one was able to stretch her out, to raise her arms or move her head or legs. it required the presence of a priest who, by blessing her with the sign of the Cross, dispelled that corpse-like rigidity and enabled her to return to her usual tasks (lace-making).

For the next 64 years until her death Luisa stayed in bed basically not eating, drinking or sleeping. Luisa was nourished by receiving the Most Holy Eucharist during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass daily said in her room. This special permission was given by Pope Leo XIII and Pope Saint Pious X. Luisa also lived on the food of the Divine Will, which Jesus said in the Gospels, “a food that you do not know of….”

During that time through great sufferings and a sublime call to holiness Jesus taught Luisa about the fulfillment of the Our Father: Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, the prayer that Jesus taught His Apostles, since now is the time for the Kingdom of God to reign on earth as in Heaven. She was a unique case in that her confessors were never spiritual directors, a task that Our Lord wanted to keep for himself. Jesus made her hear his voice directly, training her, correcting her, reprimanding her if necessary and gradually leading her to the loftiest peaks of perfection. Luisa was wisely instructed and prepared during many years to receive the gift of the Divine Will.

Jesus dictated 36 Volumes of the doctrine of the Divine Will, which He gave the title "The Kingdom of the Fiat in the Midst of Creatures. Book of Heaven -- The Recall of the Creature into the Order, to Its Place and into the Purpose for Which He was Created by God, to teach Luisa how to “Live” in the Divine Will; this is different than the devotional life of the Saints which is “doing” the Will of God. In addition to the 36 Volumes Jesus dictated the book, “The Hours of the Passion” and Our Lady dictated the book, “The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will” to Luisa.

St. Annibale Maria di Francia became her extraordinary confessor and edited her writings, which were little by little properly examined and approved by the ecclesiastical authorities. On October 7, 1928, when the house of the sisters of the Congregation of Divine Zeal in Corato was ready, Luisa was taken to the convent in accordance with the wishes of their founder St. Annibale, who had already died in Messina.

Luisa died in Corato in the odor of sanctity on March 4, 1947. Upon completion in 2005 of the diocesan inquiry for her Cause of Beatification in the Archdiocese of Trani, Luisa’s Process continues in the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of the Saints where her writings have been found free of doctrinal error (July 23, 2010).

The Archbishop of Trani, has reiterated (XI-2012) approval for the existence of groups formed to study Luisa’s writings. He also reaffirmed his moratorium on the current publication for public use of most of her writings (not included The 24 Hours of the Passion, The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will and others) while he is preparing to present a typical and critical edition of her works.

The significance of her teachings is that they open the door for all and each one of us to follow in those unheard of before level of sanctity, except for the Blessed Virgin and Mother of God. But She is inviting us -as we see in the last post- to enter Heaven already while on earth by showing us the way to the Gift of Living in the Divine Will.

 

Jesus continues speaking from the previous post [ B.H. Vol 16 - 8 Dec 1923]

"... Being conceived in a creature from the human race did no harm to my Mama, because Her soul was immune to any sin; there was no division between Her will and that of Her God.
The divine currents found no obstacle or opposition in pouring themselves upon Her; in every instant She was under the pouring rain of new graces.
So, with this will and this soul, all holy, all pure, all beautiful, the container of Her body which She received from Her mother remained fragrant, rehabilitated, ordered, divinized, in such a way as to remain exempt also from all the natural maladies by which the human nature is invaded.

Ah! She was precisely the One who received the seed of the Fiat Voluntas Tua on earth as It is in Heaven, which ennobled Her and restored Her to Her origin, as man was created by Us, before he sinned; even more, She surpassed it.
She was embellished even more through the continuous flows of that Fiat which alone has the virtue of reproducing images fully similar to the One who created them; and by virtue of this Divine Will that acted in Her, it can be said that what God is by nature, She is by grace.

Our Will can do anything and reach anywhere, when the soul gives Us the freedom to act, and does not interrupt Our work with her own will.”

 

"I thought to myself: ‘What beautiful Christmas holidays is Jesus making me spend - it shows how He loves me!’

And He, moving in my interior, added: “My daughter, for one who doe s my Will it is always Christmas.

As the soul enters my Will, I am conceived in her act; as she goes on performing her act, I carry out my Life; as she completes it, I rise again, and the soul remains conceived in Me, carries out her life in Mine, and rise s again in my own acts.

See, then, how Christmas holidays are for those who prepare themselves and place themselves in my grace once a year, and so they feel something new about my birth within themselves.
Bur for one who does my Will it is always Christmas - I am born again in each one of her acts.

So, would you want Me to be born in you once a year?
No, no, for one who does my Will, my birth, my Life, my death and my resurrection must be a continuous act, never interrupted; otherwise, what would be the difference, the immeasurable distance, from the other sanctities?”

B.H. Vol 16 - Dec 26, 1923

 

Christmas Novena (The Nine Excesses of Love)
From the writings of Luisa Piccarreta

Volume 1
Luisa: “With a Novena of Holy Christmas, at the age of about seventeen, I prepared myself for the Feast of Holy Christmas, by practicing various acts of virtue and mortification; and, especially, by honoring the nine months which Jesus spent in the maternal womb with nine hours of meditation each day, always concerning the mystery of the Incarnation.”


FIRST EXCESS OF LOVE
As for example, for one hour, with my thought, I brought myself to Paradise, and I imagined the Most Holy Trinity: the Father, sending the Son upon earth; the Son, promptly obeying the Will of the Father; the Holy Spirit, consenting.

My mind was confused in contemplating a mystery so great, a love so reciprocal, so equal, so strong among Themselves and toward men; and then, the ingratitude of men, and especially my own. I would have remained there, not for one hour, but for the whole day; but an interior voice told me: “Enough – come and see other greater excesses of my love.”

Please join me in the holy Novena of Christmas. I will try to post one Excess of Love each day of the Novena. Lynne

 

"I was thinking about the Holy Magi, when they visited the little baby Jesus in the grotto of Bethlehem; and my always lovable Jesus told me:
“My daughter, see the order of my Divine Providence: for the great portent of my Incarnation, I chose and used a Virgin, humble and poor; and the Virgin Saint Joseph as my custodian, who acted as a father to Me, and who was so poor that he needed to work in order to sustain our lives. See how in the greatest works – and the mystery of the Incarnation could not be greater – We use people whose outward appearance attracts no attention from anyone, because dignities, scepters, riches, are always fumes which blind the soul, and prevent her from penetrating into the celestial mysteries in order to receive a great act of God - and God Himself.

But in order to manifest to the peoples the coming of Myself, Word of the Father, upon earth , I wanted and used royal authorities, learned and erudite men, so that, by their authority, they might diffuse the knowledges of the incarnate God and, eventually, also impose themselves to the peoples.

In spite of this, the star was seen by everyone, yet only three of them move, pay attention and follow it.

This says that, among all, these alone possessed a certain dominion over themselves, which formed a little empty space in their interior.
So, beyond the appearance of the star, they felt my call which echoed within their interior; and heedless of sacrifices, of gossip, of mockeries – because their were leaving for an unknown place and they had to hear much of it – disregarding everything and dominating themselves, they followed the star united to my call, which resounded in their interior as more than a speaking star. It enlightened them, it attracted them, and said many things about the One whom they were to visit; and, drunk with joy, they followed the star."

B.H. Vol 20 - Jan 6 1927

 

SECOND EXCESS OF LOVE

Then, my mind brought itself into the maternal womb, and remained stupefied in considering a God so great in Heaven, now so annihilated, restricted, constrained, as to be unable to move, and almost even to breathe.

The interior voice told me: “Do you see how much I have loved you? O please, make Me a little space in your heart; remove everything which is not Mine, so you will give Me more freedom to move and to breathe.”

My heart was consumed; I asked for His forgiveness, I promised to be completely His own, I poured myself out in crying; but – I say this to my confusion – I would go back to my usual defects. Oh Jesus, how good You are with this miserable creature!

 

I just received an email saying that Fr. Valenta passed away yesterday. Please pray!

 

... "See then, how in order to give the great gift of the Incarnation, it took a Virgin who had no human will, who was more of Heaven than of earth, and who was disposed to this great portent by a continuous miracle. So, We had no need of external things and of human appearances, which might draw the attention of the peoples.

However, in spite of this, also to manifest Myself, I wanted men [the Magi] who had dominion over themselves, and who would make a little space within their interior, to let the echo of my call resound in it.

But was not their surprise in seeing the star stop, not over a royal palace, but over a vile hovel?

They did not know what to think, and convinced themselves that there was a mystery – not human, but Divine.

When they animated themselves with faith, entered the grotto and, kneeling, adored Me, as they bent their knees, I revealed Myself, and I let my Divinity shine forth from my little Humanity, and they recognized Me as the King of kings – the One who had come to save them.

Immediately, they offered themselves to serve Me and to lay down t heir lives for love of Me; but my Will made Itself known, and sent them again into their region, to let them be the messengers of my coming upon earth in the midst of those peoples.

See then, how necessary dominion of oneself and emptiness of heart are, to let my call resound, and to be fitting for knowing the truth and for manifesting it to others.”

B.H. Vol 20 - Jan 6 1927