The Door to Heaven
Part 10 of 10 (in HTML format)
Messages #91 to #101
I Do Not Leave You Alone Even For A Moment
DH-91
15-Dec-96
The Lord
Why are you so worried, My little one?
(I tell Him that at last He has spoken to me again after a week's silence... I am so happy!)
I have not left you alone even for a moment. You are too busy and I respect that. If you want to talk to Me, give yourself the time to do so, organize your tasks, your time. I am not reproaching anything, I know what you were doing, things that you had to do... Rest assured that even though I stop talking to you, I am still active in you. Words are not necessary to work as Teacher of My chosen souls. I want them to be beautiful and saintly.
I know how much you are suffering, you are thinking about too many things, are you not? Well, you are wrong, they are not too many things. Satan is furious and I simply let him try to steal that which is Mine, because I know he will not be able to take away something that I conceived with such love, with such pain.
Get ready, arrange things so that tomorrow, from 20:30 you can be with Me, alone, we will go back to our dialogues. You will be, as always, My Secretary and together we will leave teachings for our brothers, the men. Read John 10,11-16 and then we will carry on.
DH-92
16-Dec-96
The Lord
(For someone who was waiting for a special Message from the Lord)
Beloved son, I am very pleased with your apostolic work. How could I not be satisfied with the dedication and devotion with which you take Me to those who are most needy?
I want to ask you for some very special help. I want you to pray for something for which I also pray. Beg the Holy Father to stop all the wickedness of man very soon. Beloved son, pray fervently for the hearts of men to be filled with a saintly and celestial peace, the peace that I brought to earth, the peace that I wished to spread to all parts.
My prayer has reduced the time that suffering will last, but to shorten it even further it is necessary to pass some very difficult tests. However, the weight of these tests may be reduced through prayer and continuous improvement.... That is why I am asking you to pray fervently and with great trust, so that the angels and the saints may also ask My Father for Mercy, joining together with Me and My Immaculate Mother.
Offer your sufferings; only through improvement, fasting and sacrifice can the grace of the great miracle give you the promised peace. The effectiveness of your prayers depends on the strength of your belief...
I bless you, little child, and with you, I bless all of those whom you love. I want to spread many blessings on all of you through the intercession of My blessed and beautiful Mother. Work for My cause; fight, put all your efforts into the delicate mission that I have assigned to you in the Congress. You cannot imagine just how important this event is for the plans of Heaven. Many blessings for this Nation, for the whole Continent and for all the World will depend on its success. Humanity should renew its fervor for My Communion. I need all those I have elected to work very hard.
My beloved son, feel me close to your breast; the beating of your heart is mixed with the beating of Mine in the essence of shared love and generosity. How can I not appreciate you giving your time to help those who are hungry for celestial bread?
I am not sending you this Message because My daughter has asked Me to; I am sending it to you because I want to, because it is My Will to reach you today.
(When I read him the Message, he told me that that morning his mother had been operated on. He said that he was very worried but had placed his trust in the Lord.)
DH-93
18-Dec-96
The Lord
My child, I want to talk to you now about charity. Whoever judges without a precise basis commits a terrible mistake. However, for our topic of reflection for today, I want you to go into greater depth with regard to the following:
It is wrong to delight with a neighbor’s misfortune when this misfortune is not going to bring a spiritual good in others. For example, an illness or an economic problem that will not make well their soul. By the same token, it is also wrong to suffer because of the good fortune of other people, only because they appear to be happy. This is because this sin is envy and envious people are followers of the devil who, because he could not bear to see man in Heaven where he lived, induced Adam to rebel against God. Those who belong to the devil imitate him; they feel envy just like him.
Another important point is to speak well of your neighbor. That is what it says in the Scriptures. You should also know that those who speak well of others are loved by all, while those who speak ill of others are repudiated, not only by man, but also by Me. The gossip’s tongue is a triple-edged sword: one edge wounds the neighbor who is the target of the malice, another wounds those who listen, and the third wounds the one who is speaking, depriving her of My grace. The worst thing of all is someone who speaks and says: Do not tell anyone; it is a secret. This is because that person is like a snake that bites without making any noise.
DH-93.1 The Sin Of Malicious Gossip
The sin of speaking ill of people behind their backs, of malicious gossip, involves not only defaming them or exaggerating some fault, but also when you let them publish some hidden fault. That is to say revealing a serious secret. However, it is not a sin to speak out about the crimes and misdeeds of people when it is done for their good or the good of others.
What justification can there be for repeating what you have heard? It can only serve to make enemies and to produce hatred that will be sources of sin. All malicious gossip should die in your breast, closed in so that it can never come out.
Another terrible fault is the spirit of contradiction, since, without need and only motivated by wickedness of spirit, some people willfully contradict what others say. This is a total lack of charity. It is better to keep quiet about things that are irrelevant. Do not be obstinate in defending points that are of no interest. In such cases, it is better to give-in to keep the peace. It is far better to keep the peace than to prove a point.
Always make sure that your words are determined by charity, so that in this way you can respect the shortcomings of your brothers.
Charity also demands that we be meek with others, especially with our enemies. When someone is annoying and bothers you with their words, reply kindly and you will see that he is immediately placated. However, if you get annoyed and respond harshly, you will increase the annoyance of the other and get more annoyed yourself, so that you will be in danger of losing the soul. When you have exploded with someone, charity demands that you be humble with the person whom you have offended and that you ask for forgiveness.
And, finally, charity also calls you to correct the one who sins and wanders from My path. Is it not cruelty to watch a blind man walk towards the edge of a precipice and not bother to warn him of the danger ahead? We have discussed this before; go back and review it.
There are people who say they love their fellow man, but then they cannot be bothered to make the minimum effort to help people in trouble. To these people I say that giving to others frees a man from death and helps him to receive Mercy and attain everlasting life. Thus, I say to you that just as you judge others, so shall you be judged. This is because I receive all acts of charity done for your brothers just as if they had been done for Me. Make sure you understand that those who have goods in this world and ignore a brother in need, close the gates of Heaven because they do not have the Love of God.
When you are not able to do good to the enemy who persecutes and slanders you, not only do I command you to forgive your enemy, but to pray for him just as I gave you the example on the Cross.
My Mother: The Woman Dressed In Sunlight
DH-94
19-Dec-96
The Lord
My sweet child, our topic for meditation today will be My Mother, who, through her Immaculate Heart, leads My children in absolute purity, since she is the women dressed with the sun. I want to tell you that I have left a large part of your formation to her, since she is the Lady of the wonderful signs.
Mary, My child, is a woman who was born so that the Scriptures could be fulfilled, to be the Mother of the Savior of humanity; she is the Virgin conceived in purity and represents the hope of humanity. Consequently, those who ask for her mercy, abandoning themselves to her and revering her, will obtain her favors, as the powerful Queen of Heaven and Earth. The angels prostrate before her because she is My Mother, the Mother of God; she is My Heart and is part of Me, because we are one and the same through the unity of the Holy Trinity...
Those who believe in Me, believe in her; those who trust Me, should trust Her; they should love her because her simplicity is covered with My light. She is blessed with the virtues given by the Holy Trinity and she spreads her sweet Mercy on all of you by Me and through her radiant glances, she passes her virtues on My behalf to all of our children.
This Advent, I want you to concentrate on the fact that there is no one like her; however, many reflect her because she offers her virtues for love of Me... How can you not listen to her? How can you not listen to those who hear her? She is the silence of beauty and the one who whispers in My ears her loving prayers for you, so that I whisper in her ears the joy of My Love.
Today, My child, I am celebrating the master plan of salvation of God the Father through the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the always pure, the always humble, she who is never approached by evil because of her virtues and beauty.
Come close to her; trust in her, because her love for you is so great that she is constantly asking Me for a new gift for you. Enjoy her last gift, with your entry into the Blue Navy of her Immaculate Heart. I want the world to know of My truth through you. I will make you just in Me and everyone will know that your delicate soul was created for Me and by Me in order to carry the gift of Divine Mercy to the men and women of today — this last desperate cry of your God to save humanity.
Prayer: towards a spiritual marriage
DH-95
20-Dec-96
The Lord
My little child, today we will talk about the meaning of union in prayer. I want you to meditate about this. When a soul rises to Heaven in prayer, she reaches a place in which I bless her with My Love and she achieves a spiritual marriage. At that moment, you come into My Hands through an empty space, which allows you to be in silence so that I can fill that vacuum with heavenly feelings. This Love is not a love of human emotions, but the profound Mystery of the Divine...
I beg you, little one, that when you reach this phase, do not fight to get out of it. On the contrary, abandon yourself even more until you reach the point at which the tide leaves you exhausted and truly close to your God. This is the purest form of prayer. It is the ecstasy of the union with Me, without words, nor the sense of touch, but in an environment of infinite peace. It requires no effort on your behalf, because the prayer of grace comes totally from Me. Simply, as on other occasions, let yourself go, do not resist.
You have no idea of how blessed are they who keep themselves free from vanity, so that My glory can be a source of spiritual food for them for only I can feed the soul far beyond all human comprehension.
There, the beginning of your transformation rises rapidly through My Grace, almost without you being able to perceive it, because it is not a product of your efforts... Do you see how you have to praise My goodness to ascend in My Love, a Love that emanates from Me to all of those I choose, even though they do not deserve it?
If you believe you have achieved something because of your own merits, then you have learned very little, almost nothing. When you allow Me to infiltrate My Love into your prayers, then you will grow, travelling at the speed of light to a fusion with your God.
Only wish to be close to Me, and I will be responsible for raising you to another dimension of life, to My Life, in which My immense goodness only knows what is good and what is perfect. What you leave behind is human comprehension, and you should not waste time with that, nor analyze it. You should be satisfied to be what you are, without knowing whom you are, but being totally sure that you owe everything to Me.
Listen, My child, stay quiet and rest, listening to the silence of the vacuum of the world, in order to hear the harmonious melodies of My harps from Heaven... It is important that you begin to make an effort to achieve the internal harmony of peace and tranquility, leaving the doors open for the Holy Trinity to enter into you and find a longed-for rest. Start, little Catalina, with acts of simplicity and being open for the necessary detachments in your normal human conduct.
Whoever Loses Me Loses more Than the Whole World
DH-96
21-Dec-96
The Lord
Little one, the topic to meditate on today will be this one: Carry out an act of deep faith and gratitude, because "... He lived among us..."
That is how it was. I became man in the bosom of My Mother; I took on human nature in the pure core of My saintly Mother. That is why those who find Me, find a great treasure, and those who lose Me, lose far more than the whole world...
DH-97
25-Dec-96
The Lord
Beloved daughter, face every moment on peace, in My Peace, because that is how you will acquire all of the knowledge that I wish to teach you. All committed people receive personal teachings from the Holy Spirit, and only by abandoning yourself to My Will will make you well mannered.
I guide My children, but I respect their free will; I will never force them with the Grace of My Truth. I do not impose My Will, except when it is absolutely necessary for the good of your souls.
I want you to know that I reach everyone in a simple, lowly way and with peace. I even free those who are bogged down on the path of wickedness if they ask Me for help. Then I transform the wickedness into love, because I am the God of Love.
Put all your unhappy anxieties, impatience and frustrations aside. Just fight to follow Me. I go uniting My flock; only I know what I have reserved for My elected groups.
I gave My children who speak with Monsignor the authority and afterwards they will work here in this task that is so important for the life of the Latin American Church... They have now been on the task for several months, but later it will be for a longer time. Make sure that you do things with order and responsibility.
Dearest daughter, pray for the truth; the Church is passing through difficult times in this country and much more in this city. Many of My priests cherish their lives of comfort and have fallen in love with luxury. The humbleness of these children will surely shake their proud hearts.
Pray for protection and for a holy awakening; pray for yourselves to remain focused on Me. Be kind to those who feel frustrated, bitter.
Only I know the depth of what stimulates your hearts, so I am able to attain good in any situation.
Beloved child, keep your relationship intact with Me first; then your love and gentleness will speak for you. I love you, My child; go and pray.
Contrition Rejuvenates the Soul
DH-98
26-Dec-96
The Lord
Beloved child, you already see the gift of the loving presence of this beautiful image.
Now listen, I want you to get out of all commitments this weekend; we have to work. I want you to apologize to all the people so you can give your time to Me.
Do not forget; prepare everything; develop the fighting spirit, because it will teach you to watch over your examination of conscience each day; that is where you will learn to improve yourself for the next day. Remember that contrition rejuvenates the soul.
Begin with the Sorrowful Mysteries...
(We had already prayed the Joyful ones in the Prayer Group.)
DH-99
27-Dec-96
The Lord
Beloved, the topic of reflection for this morning is charity; I want you to go into great depth in your evaluation of what charity is.
DH-100
28-Dec-96
The Lord
My little girl, let us talk a little about what true liberty means.
This is a blessing that I have given My creatures so that they may elect the way of good, along which they may proceed perfecting and sanctifying themselves. If freedom is the conquering spirit of good, this freedom cannot run along rivers of vain and stupid whims, and even less of selfish and humiliating passions.
It is wonderful to observe people making optimistic plans that they wish to carry out. Those who are bored, who have no plans to do anything and who do nothing, must appear so sad and worthy of compassion to you!
Little one, understand that earthly life is only a prolog to the book of eternity... Make sure you write one beautiful paragraph of this prolog every day.
And now I am going to tell you about the nature of the dust that has been falling in your house during the last few days. It is a special gift from My Mother and Her Angels. Its composition is of no importance; it is nothing out of this world. However, the smell.... does it not remind you of something? That is it; you are right, Toño.
(My guardian angel is called Toño, and sometimes I have felt his presence very much with this smell.)
Share it with those whom you love. A while ago you received another similar gift; it was the same, a foretaste of what is so abundant in Paradise: milk and honey.
The topic for your reflections tomorrow: liberty.
Whoever Loves Is Willing to Give and to Receive
DH-101
31-Dec-96
The Lord
This is the last night of the year; I want you to include all these writings in the "Door to Heaven".
If we make a balance sheet of all the personal activities of each of the members of the group, we will see that some people have worked hard and conscientiously. However, if we talk about the group in general, we will see that the love and charity between you has diminished, and jealousy and envy have increased. You have been overcome by a lethargy and lack of will power that is totally undesirable for the spiritual growth of this group that began with so much love.
But I am not going to insist... and I do not want you to do so either. Everything has to work out in the end. A real group must be formed, a group that will indeed make an effort in the year that begins tomorrow. A group that is truly special, a group with humbleness of heart, sincerity and the zeal to work for My glory. A group made up of people who do not work for their own profit and worldly goods that they will no longer be able to use.
Many members of the group do not understand that the real meaning of mutual commitment is love that those who love are willing to give and to receive. But to give, people must be generous, and to receive, they must be humble. Only the generous and humble of spirit are capable of true love. I want them to read 1st John 3,2 and to know how many things I reserved for this group. I hope they have sufficient detachment to understand what I want to say.
And now to you; you have helped Me so much this year - with your pain, with your sacrifices, with your poverty - that I am going to reward you with something that is going to make you very happy... However, your moments of impatience have not been few and far between, nor have you done well organizing yourself so as to increase the time you spend in prayer. You have not fasted enough, and on many occasions you have not had the courage to pass on My Messages when they seemed to be too strong. This is called disobedience, and I do not like it when you are more concerned about the opinions of men that about Mine... However, you have something very greatly in your favor: your love for Me. Because of this, I can forget your shortcomings because love overcomes everything.
You will read this Message on January 21, when everyone has either planned – or not planned – their yearly activities. By that day, those who are truly Mine will already have made a reality the saying "Today, far more than yesterday, but less than tomorrow," and they will have accepted that to be a saint requires a great deal of effort.
Be assured, my child, that every man has a certain amount of saintliness in him, but in order to chisel out this saintliness, it requires a great deal of effort - minute by minute, chisel stroke by chisel stroke - because saints are not improvised. People have lost so many beautiful things that We had in mind for them... Satan was able to do so much with his machinations and his ability to take advantage of their weaknesses, weaknesses that are usually a result of people being unable to see the beam in their own eye... How easy it is to criticize our friends when they are not with us.
Beloved child, I want your first prayers tomorrow to be for everyone in the whole of the universe, for all of those who have been forgotten by others, for the souls in Purgatory, for those who are doubtful in their faith, for those who consecrate their souls and bodies to the cause of the Gospel, for those who voluntarily are deprived of My merciful love and the compassion of My Mother, and for those who ask My Sacred Heart for more love. And very especially, I want you to pray for every one of the members of this group, especially for those who will leave it.
Then I want you to pray for the religious congregations, for those who have been consecrated, so that they may remember the ideal they set for themselves at the beginning, so that they may have the strength to persevere with courage remembering that the peace they enjoy comes from Me. Pray for them to have faith and hope, and to lead decent, charitable lives in which they are not concerned about worldly goods and commodities but are always seeking those of Heaven...
Pray that all committed lay people may remove from their hearts the hate, the jealousies, the envy and all other worldly spirit that they may refrain from doing evil and that they may always try to do good. That all of them may become apostles who proclaim My Word everywhere; that they have one heart and that they be one together.
How many beautiful things I have prepared for you this year. But how many things I also have to lovingly correct in that nature so imperfect. Make your love for Me grow; love Me always, every moment... more, sweetly, tenderly... Just as I love each one of My souls.
I will give you two prayers that I want you to repeat continuously:
+ "Lord God, for the saintly pains of Your Mother, for the tears that she shed in those moments, grant me and all other sinners true repentance for our sins, and give us a real desire to work in Your service."
+ "Sacred Heart of Jesus, truly present in the Holy Communion, I consecrate my soul and body to you, to be one with Your Heart, that is continuously sacrificed on the Altars of the Earth and that praises the Holy Father, beseeching You to make Your Kingdom come. Please receive me as a humble offering. Use me as You wish for the Glory of the Father and the salvation of souls.
Blessed Mother of God and of all of us never let me be separated from Your Holy Son. Please defend me and protect me in a very special way, as your daughter. Amen."
Brief Messages
22-Dec-96
The Lord
Beloved child, are you not happy that your friends come? I am arranging everything in accordance with My Mother’s holy plan.
When my children decide to work for Me, on My things, I solve their problems and settle their worries.
If My children give themselves at Christmas, how much more will I give them to show My immense gratitude. Let us work; go to the place of prayer.
26-Dec-96
The Lord
Beloved child, sweet daughter of Mine, to be saintly is to stretch out your hand to those who are in need and who do not feel able to tell you. Thank you for offering your help.
28-Dec-96
The Lord
My child, do you not love the sound of the rain?
Do you know what is the most beautiful melody that water can play?
When it is converted into the Sacramental instrument of a new life... In baptism, water becomes the instrument of My immense tenderness.
30-Dec-96
The Lord
You have to keep yourself orderly in everything in order to be an authentic reflection of Me. Just imagine if God were disorderly, how would His creation be?
I know that you cannot correct your faults in one day, but fight to overcome them so that you do not make your defects your friends.
31-Dec-96
The Lord
Are your shoes old and deformed, and do you feel ashamed to go out looking this way? Little child, if your interior being is in order, there is no reason to feel ashamed. The human being is more an inner being than the outside appearance. If your inner being were deformed or disorderly, then you should indeed feel bothered and embarrassed...
If you only knew how admired are the souls who are blessed by Heaven. Just think how the Catalina of yesterday walked by with high heels and makeup, dressed like an earthly princess, leaving behind a trail of costly perfumes; who passes today, dressed humbly, adorned with My three nails: purity, obedience and poverty,. Lift up your head; you are dressed in LOVE! (Write that last word in capital letters).
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