The Door to Heaven
Part 4 of 10 (in HTML format)
Messages #31 to #40
Why Do You Give Yourselves Halfheartedly?
DH-31
24-Aug-96
The Lord
My very beloved daughter, My Heart is very thankful for your true love this Saturday, which always reminds Me of another peaceful Saturday.
Your suffering was necessary, beloved daughter, there was a soul very dear to Me that needed your suffering. It was also necessary that those, who prayed with you, should see your suffering and remember Mine.
Go back to your normal life, beloved one, but do not go to far away from Me, pray for the souls of those who oppose the Pope, for those wicked, consecrated children who attempt to reduce him to silence.
You are My little mirror reflecting a suffering image of your Jesus. So great is My Love that I have given you My nails and My crown of thorns, even the blow on My cheek was lovingly placed on yours. The agony and immense sadness that drowns your soul is exactly what I feel with the loss of each of My children. Do you now realize how much your God suffers?
My Heart is so sensitive that the slightest generosity touches Me deep within. Just as you receive help at the precise moment, you must help others; you will be filled with blessings. Each act of generosity is a huge step, almost a leap toward the road to Heaven.
I want to annihilate all your sorrows in My Sacred Heart. Why do you give yourselves halfheartedly? Read My Messages over and over again; they contain everything that My Love and My Mercy can tell you.
Pray for My battered, wounded, infirm Church. My Church, Cross of strengthened hopes...
You Are Instruments of Love and Mercy?
DH-32
24-Aug-96
The Lord
(Personal message for R., a member of the Prayer Group)
May peace and My gratitude be with you...
Do you realize, My son, that you are the instrument through which My Message of Love and Mercy will be recognized? With the work you have just done and that I have lovingly placed in your hands, through this beloved daughter, you will be capable of moving the flawed consciences of many of My children... I Have searched for you and have waited for you for a long time. You are sensitive, loving, and I needed you to fight against indifference. You are generous and I needed you to fight against selfishness. You are trusting and I needed you to fight against pessimism. You are a warm soul and I needed you to fight against remissness and cowardice. You were very dear to Me.
I take pleasure in fulfilling any apparent emptiness My way. If over the last few days your body has been a focus of suffering, your soul has been a radiant focus of My loving presence in you... Beloved son, I bless your bread, I bless your family, I bless the fire that warms your home. I bless your daily journey, the work for your sustenance and that of other children. I bless the longings, desires and hopes of your heart in favor of My Glory... If you love Me in little things, I will love you and fulfill you in the greatest ones. Do not fear to be small at every moment, because sanctification of the just lies in his humility.
Today I have a special gift: a wonderful life plan for your evangelical spirit and complete abandonment to My Will... Soon the foreseen days will arrive and will put in My place a dirty imitation that is worth nothing. The Spirit of Love, of Truth, of Mercy will have the last word and, for My blessed Cross and My painful wounds, It will unite men in a single, glorious body near My Tabernacles. For this I need many beloved children to help Me find again and unite My lambs, but hearts like yours that decide to do it, are few.
I wanted you to witness the pain that oppresses Me day after day, and little by little I have brought about this moment in which My true soldiers will face the struggle against the power of darkness. You have seen My pain; you have seen My face and My wounds. That commits you to higher struggles for My cause, but do not fear; I will hold you. I will lift your spirit when the Evil One mistreats you. I will cover you and send My angels to cover you. You will not lack help, although at times, it will seem so.
Vote for trust, I will never fail you. Do not fear deceit if you put your loving trust in My Heart. It will always be open for you. Ask My Spirit for discernment and, as up until now, you will not lack this precious gift; It will cover you; you will know how to follow in My footsteps in truth. Trust the Divine Will of My Father, praise Him as you start your day and leave your daily fatigues to Me, since I, as His Son, will make your work fruitful.
Talk to the world about Sacramental confession, that fountain of saving water that awaits everybody, and whoever is immersed in this water will be protected from enemies of the soul. I solemnly promise you, that your voice, like a spark of fire, will fulfill its mission in the midst of the cruel battle. Your guide, the morning Star, will go before you lighting up the paths, cutting the darkness, which will dissipate because it cannot withstand the force of the Divine Light.
Talk about My presence in the Eucharist... Man knows he is blind when trying to solve so many problems. He knows by experience his ability to fall and go under, his inability to rise. He knows that if his weak human strength opposes so many enemies surrounding him, he will be conquered in mortal combat. But what man does not want to know is that help can be found in God. He does not want to accept that I am in the Tabernacle and that I long to dwell in the heart of all My children. That is why they shrink from taking Communion. If he acted in a rational way, he would hasten to find Me, to join Me in the way, the truth, the life that are one and the same as Me. Unfortunately, he invents a multitude of elaborate excuses to distance himself from the altar, but deep inside he repeats himself the same injustices of those guests invited to the great supper that I speak of in My Gospel.
Between sinners and Me in the Sacred Sacrament lies a dark sea with airs of pride, that is sent from hell itself by the father of pride. A sea of mire, like the one produced by the pleasures of the senses; a sea of melted gold, formed by the idolatrous greed of the golden calf; a sea of blood, like the one spilled by hatred in the revengeful soul. How can My Heart become part of the hearts of such unwilling men? Despite everything, they must try to receive Me, so they will not become deaf to the voices of their consciences, which tell them they cannot live without Me.
Tell them that I am calling them: Come, eat, because My Body does not live in those who do not eat... If only men would understand who it is that is inviting and leading them. If only they could comprehend the splendid palace to which they have been invited, taste the tenderness of the meal offered to them, they would find out it embraces all the delights and is sweeter than honey, whiter than milk, more generous than wine and more delicate than wheat bread. In spite of this, men continue to cry out that they are starving, when they have bread from Heaven within their grasp.
Talk about the need for penitence that exists today, the world needs it more than ever. What is more, the penitence required today is that of affection, which is the greatest penitence of all: love for humanity is the penitence imposed for this century of evil.
My Heart lives a thousand deaths, for each minute the cruel martyrdom to which the sins of indifference and infidelity carried Me, revives in Me. My Spirit suffers because even today man has not understood why I sacrificed Myself and gave Myself to the martyrdom of the Cross... Announce it to the world, those who are Mine refuse to talk about it.
Beloved one, I am with you, as I am with the simple of heart, with those who adopt My meekness, with those who silence their hearts to criticism and do not become echoes of calumnies that destroy lives... Your journey is hard, may your heart not falter, and may your fervor and enthusiasm in your work not diminish. You cannot even begin to imagine the marvel of your reward. I grant part of it to you in your worldly life to encourage you to carry on the struggle with greater determination... If you have placed everything in My hands, everything will be prepared and completed by Me.
Thank you, My son. Your Lord thanks you and pours an abundant rain of graces over you and yours. Special graces received by those who abandon the worldly races and affairs, considering them as secondary, for My Love, for the work in My Vineyard.
With your eyes closed, concentrate for a moment and see yourself, look into the depth of your heart and you will see the shine of the radiant light that sustains you, the light of God that has transmitted energy and life to you, which is the reason for existence itself. Praise and contemplate the beauty, clarity and internal light of My Love, the deepness of My Spirit in you. Superiority of a soul is secured by its discretion, understanding, peacefulness, incitement to goodness and active loyalty to My teaching. When the world tries to seduce your soul with the attractiveness of pleasure and glory, place My Heart as a seal over your heart...
Help My chosen daughter along the path I have pointed out to her (I did not want to write this part and He repeated the same thing to me twice). I want her to take to the world the sublime testimony of My Love for it. My presence will become more noticeable to both of your humanities, completely overflowing them. It is up to Me to help you, support you in your work. Ties contracted in spiritual friendships are indestructible.
Only the work of the laymen can bring the consecrated together, today when avarice, distrust, susceptibility and convenience walk about the corridors of convents, seminaries, religious orders... They have hardened their heart, turning them into rocks... I have asked the group to organize the Great Crusade of Love. For this I have given them a treaty of Love and Mercy. Once more, a lack of responsibility has gagged My wishes, and My plans have been postponed... Will you please take charge of it?
Do not lose your Grace, because I want to polish your soul to confirm it in the golden book of My blessed souls. I promise those who give Me their fidelity, to communicate to them an increasingly higher aspiration towards spiritual life. I skillfully handle the instruments I choose... Come into My Heart, take out from it all its anguishes with your resolute work and let its flames envelop your spirit uniting it to Mine as a whole.
Do Not Be Afraid To Talk About The Messages
DH-33
25-Aug-96
The Lord
(I was crying bitterly about something that happened to me and I was feeling guilty.)
Calm down, little one, do not you see I am here? It is logically human that your "bad temper" is used as a shield – write this within quotation marks – because a bad temper is something that is always vented on the first person in sight. Intransigence from obedience to the Lord, that is the exact definition. There is fear of the murmuring about the decision you might make, which is why your bad temper is used as a shield. Cast your worries away! If I am with you, who can harm you?… Remember there are highly unprofitable grounds; others, rich in their value, compensate the poor production of the first… Only I can grant to each person what belongs to him or her.
If I ever need witnesses of My Love, I know your weakness would be at My service.
Do not fear, a good soul submits to My Will, incites other souls; if they imitate and obey, good for them. If that obedience is not achieved, close that door and look for other places to take My truth, but… in peace. It is not your fault, do not worry. I will not take My Graces away from you as long as you deserve them. I can not take anything away from you. Can you not see how much your love moves My Heart? Does it not make you happy to know that you saved three new souls for Me?
I told you before that your own people would abandon you. I suffered this too, why not you?
Let Me seduce your eyes filled with tears, with the sweet reflections of hope. Contemplate Me on the Cross. That is it. Breathe deeply again. I will stabilize your spiritual balance... Do not be afraid to talk about the Messages. My Spirit makes those whom I choose columns of fire, flaming bonfires of love, so that they will be My witnesses.
DH-34
6-Sep-96 (After the Communion)
The Lord
Beloved, purify yourself by eating My Body, because it is pure Bread that gives life. Today you are helping Me with the pain on My shoulders; thank you, dearest daughter, for your commitment.
You ask Me, why is it that today, the first Friday, you have not received a sign from Me; is not your pain a sign? I do not want to make your hands useless, now that I need you so much to do My active work...
These eight months of serene and trustful acceptance have helped Me more than you could ever imagine.
Before, My Father spoke to you about the place in His Kingdom that is occupied by those who share My pain with patience and love. There, to the left of His Throne, He places the names of those who will fill His numerous abodes.
Let Me reduce the fatigue of your ascent. Now My hands are in your hands; now My feet are guiding yours. Now, with "our" – put quotation marks around the word – hands placed on their heads, I want you to bless these children in the name of the Holy Trinity. Reread the Message of January 13th on the victimized souls. So many gifts have been given to you.
Indeed, My Blood will be compared. Did I not tell you so before? It is necessary to compare it with the Holy Shroud. It is necessary to give noble arms to the people of My Church in order to preserve the faith of its members in these times when the devil of materialism poisons their blood. Before the glorious time comes when My Church, by then united, declares Me as its guide and leaves aside selfishness, the Scriptures will have to be fulfilled.
How much good it will do to the Church to give thanks for extraordinary gifts and talents. On seeing the fruits, their discernment will be evident. Wherever people walk with the Spirit, wherever there is a clear route of conversion, people will see My work.
Beloved Daughter, once again I invite you, and through you all of My children, to truly live a life in Me and with Me... I have made you a witness of My Spirit, because the Holy Spirit has come to live in you. I will send you out into the world as a witness of this Spirit... I will build an evangelizing team that is so strong that it will support any onslaught with total confidence and absolute serenity, that it will move the hearts of this generation that is so full of frivolity... I would like us to finish the work of evangelizing that is so important for those who talk for Me... You will plan trips both within this nation and abroad. When you enter the international channel, you will find doors open throughout the world, and wherever you go, I will go with you.
I say to you that My presence is more visible in true dedication to the Kingdom of My Father than anywhere else. Focus on My Glory, My children; I will willingly be at your side to help you and to give you a foretaste of My Glory...
My daughter, I know what is happening at every minute; do not worry about how infrequently I send a Message. I will not leave you. When we finish the part that we are writing, I will have completed My teachings for the group and for men of goodwill. What more can I teach you to bring you to Me? Remove everything that is a threat to peace from your path and fill yourselves with My Love. I will never leave you. And you in particular, Do you love Me?
DH-35
7-Sep-96
The Lord
Buy a Bible and give it to your husband with this dedication: Matthew 5,16...
So Much Dew Has Come Down from Heaven for You
DH-36
12-Sep-96
The Lord
Beloved daughter, My Peace be with you, thank you for helping Me with the pain that is on My shoulders; blessed be your shoulders for helping Me, just as your hands and feet have been so blessed for all these months past.
My little daughter, I know that My marks have been very deep and the pain enormous. It had to be so for everything to come out right in this document that you are preparing. It was necessary for My son NN to see and photograph what you would have to talk about. Surely, seeing reality is the best inspiration?
You have helped Me a great deal, My daughter; do not feel bad. I remain with you, but, as I told you before, I need you to work for Me. However, when I decide that it is necessary to take your pain, I will let you know in advance; be calm.
We have almost finished the course on evangelizing. I want to tell you about that. These pages are not to be handed out like the Messages. You will hand out copies as I instruct you, but you will warn people that it is forbidden to take any more copies than the duly authorized number. I know that some people will ignore this recommendation; but they have been warned and they should learn to be obedient. If they do not obey Me, what can My Church expect from such people? You just warn them, and leave the rest to Me.
Beloved daughter, so much dew has come down from Heaven for you that you should be soaked. Do not take things so superficially. Sit down and study the Messages, study the Scriptures, set to work seriously on all that you have.
Tell your husband not to be so annoyed with that son of Mine; it is their duty to warn the faithful and give them advice, but I do admit that this son was not very loyal to Me to make recommendations that were out of order... Pray for him. Forgive those who hurt you, as I forgave those who crucified Me.
Speak to the Cardinal; the child is epileptic and is damaged on the left side. Do not let the wrong things bewilder you. Please tell them to resume the treatment for this sickness. The child needs a neurologist and, above all, the complete conversion of his parents and relatives.
My beloved daughter, love of My pain. You will always be the love of My pain... the pain that I lived for you and the pain that you share with Me.
You should make more effort with the conversion of NN. This relationship is destroying their own values... EE needs to receive Me through the Communion; I agreed to work on his soul. Do not treat him as if he were a child; you should not forget that he is an adolescent and that he has to live through this phase. Give him responsibilities, with love, and give him moments of entertainment as well, with love. Before doing anything or saying anything, amen; the rest will happen on its own.
DH-37
20-Sep-96
The Lord
Be calm, My beloved daughter; I know you are afraid of suffering, and especially of humiliation. People’s comments hurt you; be calm and remember that I was also called mad; I also had My feelings tested on the Mount of Olives. Look, I am going to talk to you a little about My suffering. And this is not just for you. You will find out later.
I did not just experience sacrifice, the cross and martyrdom in My last days. I experienced such suffering right from the moment that I arrived in the world, becoming man in the totally chaste bosom of My Immaculate Mother, in the first sufferings, in the first pain of material poverty and human indifference, when I was born in that stable in Bethlehem, in the first spilling of blood in circumcision, in the flight to Egypt that portrayed a God that was persecuted and apparently beaten by the irritated pride of an evil man, in the hidden life in Nazareth and in the daily exhaustion of a public life. All My life on earth was a painful drama; the last days were only the final stages of a tragic finale.
I was a victim throughout My life and I will be for as long as there is Holy Communion. I am the Victim of the only sacrifice offered by the only Priest that could be accepted by God, because the victims of the sacrifices offered by other priests only have value if they are joined to Me, if they are joined to My sacrifice, if these human priests carry out the true functions of His ministry.
That is why every Christian is called to perfection and why every Christian is also called to the state of being a Victim – be it in a generic or remote manner. Only the chosen ones are called by Me in an individual and immediate way to this state of oblation. Only generous beings, who try to live the fullness of a Christian life tightly united with My Cross may fully reach the state of being a victim; this is the most elevated state of an aesthetic life and the most sublime expression of religious virtue, the objective of which is to glorify Me...
Do not be afraid; I am with you. Be thankful if they say you are mad; they said the same to Me. It is My plan and a great fortune for the world that, from the great multitude of mediocre Christians, there should always be some enthusiastic and generous souls who, after having fully understood the value of human existence and the depth and beauty of Christianity to its most sublime expression, ask to be intimately united with My redeeming sacrifice, and, under the guidance of My Mother, pass through all the stages of the state of being a victim, of the Victim’s offering, of the Victim’s vote... These people are the Christ-Redeemers, the Moses who save their people, the lightening rods of humanity.
You need to have an increasingly deep internal life; this constitutes the true essence of saintliness, allowing your soul to find Me fully at every moment in life, in the holiness of every moment, at every moment of your daily life, in the different stages of every agenda. You will find out that this is the only way to reach the true understanding that appears to many to be Utopia: the true relationship between action and contemplation, a relationship that will make your actions into a contemplative force and contemplation into an active intention.
It is very important for you to make this trip; do not worry about the economic aspect that will be solved. I want you to join in communion with your brothers and sisters. Everyone knows that I am present, but they are not aware that My presence depends on the fullness of the love that you live with. Therefore, as My missionary, you should present yourself to others stripped of yourself, with extreme internal poverty, ready to pay with your own self so that others may gain salvation. Remember My words: "Whosoever listens to you, also listens to Me." Your Message – put it in quotation marks – "hidden from the wise and the prudent," extracted from My living fountain, should be aimed at the humble and the children. Shout to the world about the power of My name and the immense force of My Love for everyone. It is very important that the world recognizes the need for penitence. Man should know that his works are empty because, due to his own doing, I am not in them. If this is not corrected, evil will increase.
I have said before: First love and then everything will work out. This is the only feeling that can overcome politics, selfishness, pride, cruelty, and the exaltation of the glory of man without the Scriptures. This is the feeling that, on seeing them, Men will engrave on their souls and on the new history of the world. Truth is a tree that produces excellent fruit; untruth is also a tree, but its fruit is poisonous. Remember that all you give to others, you give to Me. You are Me and I am you... Have trust in Me; I will not disappoint you.
I want you to prepare yourselves so that people can see in you a reflection of your interior life and of the power of prayer, so that your every act represents an expression of your immense love of God. An effective and powerful way of evangelizing, a response to those who sow errors and discord, are the meetings that you should have with married couples and with those who are divorced, in this basic expression of the apostolic task that is personal interaction carried out immediately, authentically and in depth according to the needs of the moment. For this reason, the women of the evangelizing group must prepare themselves.
Every brother and sister must study the specialization that each is to follow, in order to use their intellectual, psychic and physical capacities, as well as their preparation, in the best possible way. Everyone will help with this individual task.
DH-38
21-Sep-96
The Lord
Beloved daughter, My little Catalina, prepare yourself; I am going to dictate to you. We will not waste time because you have a lot to write. I want you to take all of these papers to My children. Tell them that My wish to see them walk together is quite clear. I want them to read and meditate on these last Messages that you will take.
I do not want you, like on other occasions, to spend the day writing. I want you to share things with your brothers and sisters; I want you to infect them with your love for Me; I want you to get to know each other; I want you to exchange experiences, doubts, and ways of working. I am not going to oblige you to spend the day writing; so it is very important that you get on with the task quickly and effectively, like the highly efficient secretary that you are. It is very important for them to clarify their ideas, so that they may begin to impose order on these two groups that are in no way social. They are My elected groups; I want each one of their members to give their utmost efforts.
I am going to dictate to you some topics that, although they are separate, have the same purpose: to get to know Me better; to find Me through you.
Catalina, start by telling them that I know how imperfect man is; but I also know how anxious I am to save them. Ask them if they want to help Me with this task, if they are going to collaborate with My Mother in the work of salvation.
DH-38.1
22-Sep-96 (at midnight)
The Lord
I want to talk to you about the need for human respect. I said to My Apostles that they should continue to be faithful during all persecution; that the time would come when those who kill them would be persuaded to give a present to the Lord. That is how it was: the enemies of the faith thought they would offer Me a great gift by killing the Christians. That is what many so-called Christians are doing today; they kill their souls, losing the grace of human decency in their efforts to satisfy their friends of this world. How many unfortunate souls have been sent to Hell by their need for human respect, the greatest enemy of salvation! That is why I am going to tell you now how important it is to despise the need for human respect; how you must put yourselves above it.
Truthfully, how much damage does scandal cause the world? The poor world is plagued by scandal! I have already said that scandal is a necessary evil because of man’s innate vice; therefore, how could we live in a world without scandal? Indeed, it is impossible to conceive of a world without scandal. However, it is possible to avoid any association with scandal, in order to oppose its evil habits and depraved advice. If for human respect you do not do this, then you will be unable to contradict them and would have to imitate their bad example.
Listen, My children. These so-called lovers of the world are not only proud of their wickedness, but, even worse, they want to mix with people who make fun of those who live as true Christians and who try to keep away from the temptations that offend Me. This is a sin that hurts Me very much, and I very specifically forbid it. In Ecclesiasticus [Sirach] 8,6 [verse 5 in more recent English Bible translations], you will find that I tell you not to despise the man who runs away from sin, not to make fun of him in an effort to drag him down so that he will imitate your disordered life. The terrible judgements of God are ready to punish those who mock His word; the hammers are ready to pulverize the bodies of those who are so insensitive, in this life and in the next. They mock My children, but I will mock them for the whole of eternity in Hell. They try to shame the saints in front of men, but I will make them die in shame and then send them to live among the condemned, fenced in by eternal ignominy and interminable torment.
They are doing great wickedness; it is not just sufficient for them to offend Me, they want every one else to offend Me. Very often they achieve their evil designs, because they can find a great number of lazy, weak souls who abandon good and embrace evil in order to ensure that they do not become objects of the mockery of the wicked ones.
How many of My children imitate the vices and disorder of such people just to be sure that they are not the object of comments such as "Look at the little saint!", or other similar expressions that are used between evil friends! How many of My children when insulted in such a way decide to take vengeance, not just because of the passion of their anger, but to ensure that they maintain their position of human respect, in other words, to make sure that they are not classified as foolish or weak! How many of My children, when some inappropriate comment slips out of their mouths, refuse to backtrack, as they should, so as not to loose their status before others! How many of My children, for fear of losing favor with some friend, sell their souls to the devil – just like Pontius Pilate, who condemned Me to death because he was afraid to lose his friendship with Caesar.
You should know, My dear children, that if you wish to be saved, you should despise the respect of humans and the shame that you feel when My enemies mock you. Because, as it is said in the Holy Writings, there is shame that leads to sin, but there is also shame that leads to My glory and grace. Read Ecclesiasticus [Sirach] 4,25 [verse 26 in more recent English Bible translations]. If you do not suffer with patience, you will be lead to the abyss of sin; but if you suffer for Me, you will be rewarded with My Divine Love and then eternal glory in Paradise.
Some of you may ask: Why, for wanting to save my soul, should it be that people persecute me? I would answer: That is the way of things and there is no solution. Those who serve Me will always be persecuted because the impious hate of those who follow the path of salvation. Those who lead a licentious life hate those who live a moral one, because the lives of good people are a living condemnation of those who live immorally.
Pride - that wishes vengeance for the least little thing - wants everyone to take vengeance for every little affront. The avaricious, who increase their money at the expense of justice, want everyone to earn a little bit more; drinkers want everyone to get drunk like them; the lustful, who boast about their obscenities and whose words are full of filth, would like everyone else to act and talk like them. All of these disorderly beings classify all those who do not act as they do as unsociable, rude, and lacking in honor and credibility. The men of the world are only able to talk in the language of the world. They are poor and blind; they are blinded by sin and bad habits that make them talk in the language of the devil.
Thus, it is not necessary to build up illusions on the matter. All of those who wish to live virtuously have to suffer the persecution of the world; all of the saints were persecuted.
Perhaps some might say: I am not doing anything wrong to anyone; why can I not be left in peace? Who did the saints and martyrs upset? They were full of charity and loved all men. Despite all of this, no one can deny just how badly they were treated by the world: they were ripped apart with iron nails; they were mistreated with chains; and, finally, they were killed in pain. And I, whom have I ever hurt? Despite the fact that I have consoled, healed, revived the dead and redeemed everyone at the expense of My Blood and My life, the world has mistreated Me; it has slandered Me; it has followed Me until My death in agony on the most infamous and ignominious gallows, fit only for slaves and the worst of men.
Little child, learn the lesson... The maxims of the world are always diametrically opposed to Mine. What the world appreciates is stupidity to Me, and the world views as stupidity what I appreciate: work, the sick, persecution, suffering and ignominy. I would say to whosoever feels ashamed of Me in the world: now I am ashamed; leave Me, evil one, go to Hell and join the others who are also ashamed to follow My doctrine. To these children I say: You do not want to be mocked by your companions but does it not matter to you if you are hated by Me?
You must be aware that if you do not despise the world, the world will despise and vilify your souls. But what is the world and all of the goods that it has to offer? Everything in the world is lust of the flesh and vain desire. What are expensive clothes but mud? What are honors but smoke? What are carnal delights but lust? And then, what good are all these things if they only lead to condemnation? Those who love Me and want to save Me should despise the world and all need for human respect. Each one must make every effort to work to this objective. Many need to debase themselves. For Mary Magdalene, to overcome the respect of the world, threw herself at My feet and, in the presence of a large number of people, washed My feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. That is how she became a saint and, as a result, I forgave her sins and praised the great love she had for Me (Luke 7, 47).
One day, a great saint had under his cape a pot of food for poor prisoners; on his way, he met his son pompously mounted on a horse in the company of others. The saint felt a little ashamed about them seeing what he had hidden under his cape, but what do you think he did to overcome his need for human respect? He took the pot and put it on his head so all could see, thus making himself a mockery before the world. How much mockery did I receive? On the Cross, I was mocked by the soldiers, who said: If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. The priests also mocked Me, saying to each other: He has saved others but he can not save himself. But, despite this mockery and that I could have confused them by doing a miracle, I wanted to finish My life on the Cross, showing them how to conquer the need for human respect.
My Children, console yourselves, because when men speak ill of you and censure you, that is when I praise and bless you. Is it not enough to be praised by Me, by the Queen of Heaven, by all of the angels, by the saints and by all those who are just? And if you decide that is enough for you, let those of the world say what they will, continue to work for Me. I will reward you much more in the other life if you have suffered in face of the mockery and insults of men. Everyone should behave in this world as if they and I were the only spectators. When the impious mock you, commend to Me these poor blind ones who wander the world miserably lost, and be thankful that I will give them the light that I usually refuse to give to such people so that they may follow the path of salvation.
Now, so that you may conquer your desire for human respect, you need to fix in your heart the holy resolution to prefer My Grace to all the goods and favors of the world. You need to say, as Saint Paul did: Neither death, nor life, nor the angels, nor principalities... nor any other creature may separate us from God’s love. I beg you not to fear those who may take away your life on earth, rather fear the one who can throw your body and soul into Hell. There are only two options: to follow Me or to follow the world. If you follow Me, you must abandon the world and its vanities; that is what Elias said to his people.
My real sons and daughters feel true pleasure when they are despised and mistreated for their love of Me. Just think: it would have been very easy for Moses to have escaped the Pharaoh’s wrath, allowing the rumor that he was the Pharaoh’s grandson to spread; but Moses denied it publicly and chose to be persecuted along with the other Jews, judging that My approval was a treasure that was far greater than all the riches of Egypt.
Sometimes you will be faced with so-called friends who say: What extravagances, how ridiculous they are! Why do you not do what others do? Then you would reply: Not everyone behaves just like everybody else; some people lead a holy life, but these people are few and far between, and not you. Reply with satisfaction: I want to follow these few, because the Scriptures say: Many are called, but few are chosen. Your false friends will also say: Do you not see that everybody is talking about you and mocking you? Then you will reply: If God does not mock me, then I am happy.
When it is necessary to scold these satellites of the devil, it is very important to have the courage to scold them without any further consideration. Because, when My honor is at stake, the quality and status of whoever commits the sin is irrelevant; you should just be courageous and say: That is a sin and you should not say it.
Benefits That Come From Affliction
DH-38.2
22-Sep-96
The Lord
In times of affliction, I enrich the souls I love, with My greatest Graces. See John the Baptist who, chained and cramped in jail, knew of the work I did. You do not understand it, but there is great and invaluable usefulness obtained from affliction. I do not send them to you because I want you to be harmed, but because I desire your well being, and because of this, you must receive them when I send them. And also thank Me, not only submitting to My divine Will, but rejoicing because I treat you as My Father treated Me, since My life in the world was a web of pain and sorrow. I will explain in detail:
First you will see why afflictions are useful. He who has not been tempted, what can he know? He who has a lot of experience, will be reflective and he who has learned a lot, will meditate with prudence. He who has always lived in prosperity, in comfort, does not know anything about the state of his soul. The first good effect of affliction is to open eyes that prosperity has kept closed. Saint Paul was blind when I appeared before him and then he understood the mistakes in which he lived. King Manases turned to Me when he was in jail in Babylon, he knew about his sins and made penance for them. Think about the Prodigal Son... So it is that while they live in prosperity, they only think about the world and moral corruption.
The second good benefit from affliction is to separate them from their fondness for worldly things. When the mother wants to wean her nursing child, she puts something bitter on the nipple so the child withdraws and gets used to eating. I do the same with you to separate you from worldly riches: I make worldly riches bitter so you will abhor them and love heavenly riches. I make worldly riches bitter so that you will seek another happiness, whose sweetness will not deceive you.
The third good benefit is that those who live in prosperity, stimulated by presumption, vaingloriousness, pride, the immoderate desire to acquire riches, honors and pleasures, are freed from all these temptations by means of afflictions. They make them humble to be content with the state and condition in which I have placed them. I send afflictions so they will not be condemned together with this world.
The fourth benefit is to make amends for any sins committed, much better than the penance you impose on yourselves voluntarily. What an efficient remedy suffering is to cure wounds and injuries opened by sins! Why do you complain? The affliction you suffer, as Saint Augustine said, is a medicine, not a punishment. Job calls a man whom I Myself correct fortunate, because I make the wound and heal it: I hurt and cure with My hands.
The fifth benefit is that pains remind you of Me and force you to turn to My Mercy, seeing that only I am the One who can relieve you and help you when you suffer (Matthew 11,28).
The sixth benefit is that affliction makes you acquire great merits before Me, giving you an opportunity to exercise the virtues that I love the most: humility, patience and acceptance of My Will. Do not forget that a "Thanks be to God" is worth more than a thousand thanksgivings in prosperity.
My Children, what a treasure of merits that a Christian obtains when he patiently suffers scorn, poverty and sickness. Scorn received by men is the true desire of saints who wish to be scorned for their love for Me, to resemble Me. How much they gain by suffering the discomforts of poverty! If you believe you are unhappy because poverty lives with you, you are truly unhappy and worthy of compassion, not because you are poor, but because in being poor you do not embrace your poverty and you consider yourself unfortunate.
To suffer pain and sickness patiently is to reach in advance a great part of the crown prepared for you in Heaven. If a sick man complains that because of his illness he can do nothing, he is wrong; because he can do everything, by offering God all his suffering with peace and acceptance. I punish whom I love and test those whom I receive as My children with misfortunes (Hebrews 12,6). One day I told Saint Therese: You must know that the souls My Father loves the most, are those who suffer the greatest afflictions. Learn from Job, who said: "If we have received good things from the hand of the Lord, why should we not receive also the bad?" Do you think it is unfair that he who received with joy life, health, temporary riches, should also receive sufferings, which are more useful and beneficial than prosperity? My beloved daughter, a soul strengthened by suffering, is like a flame that grows with the wind.
We will continue later... Thank you, beloved one.
Later that same day:
The more dreadful afflictions for a good soul are the temptations with which the devil incites us to offend God; but he who resists them and suffers them, imploring for divine help, acquires with them a great treasure of merits. In 1st Corinthians 10,13 read: "And God is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength; but with the trial he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to bear it." And in happiness, that you like so much, I tell you that those who cry will be comforted.
If you do not suffer afflictions with patience, your state will not be improved and danger will be greater. The only thing you can do, if you want to be saved, is to undergo many sufferings to enter My Kingdom. Do not forget that Paradise is for the poor, the humble and the afflicted.
In short, I want you to understand that afflictions, with which I test or correct you, are not for your perdition, but for your benefit or correction. When a sinner is afflicted, it is a sign that I want to have Mercy on him in the other life. On the contrary, unfortunate is he who is not touched by Me in this world, because it is a sign that I am discontent with him and reserve him for eternal punishment. The Prophet Jeremiah asked: "Lord, why do the impious prosper in everything in this world?" (Jeremiah 12,1).
When you are surrounded by suffering sent by Me, pray like Job; pray like Saint Augustine, who said: "Lord, burn, tear and do not forgive in this world, so you will forgive me in the other, which is eternal." That is why, whoever in this world is afflicted by God, has a sure sign of My Love. Whoever wants to be glorified with the Saints, must suffer in this life as the saints suffered. None of them has been well treated nor wanted by the world, but all were persecuted.
Well, I will tell you how you must behave while suffering. He who is assailed by sufferings in this world needs, above all, to move away from sin and try to be in God’s grace. If not, all that he suffers while being in sin, will be lost for him. That is, without grace, suffering would be of no benefit. On the contrary, whoever suffers with Me and by Me, with resignation, all his suffering will turn into consolation and joy. That is why My Apostles, after being offended and mistreated by the Jews, retreated with joy from the presence of the council, because they had been worthy of suffering in My Name.
So, when I send you an affliction, you must say as I do. The chalice, given to Me by My Heavenly Father, must I let this pass? Because, besides receiving affliction as something that comes from My hand, what is the patrimony of the Christian in this world but affliction and persecution? I have died on a Cross, and My Apostles suffered cruel martyrdom. Will you call yourself My imitators, when you do not know how to suffer patiently and with resignation?
Whenever you are afflicted and do not know what to do, turn to Me, for I am the only One who can comfort you. Come to Me with great trust in My Heart which is full of Mercy, and not like those who are downcast if I do not hear them as soon as they begin to beg. For these I said to Peter: Man of little faith, why have you doubted? When the graces you wish to obtain are spiritual and may be of benefit to your souls, you must be sure that I will hear as long as you pray with tenacity and as long as you do not lose your faith. Therefore, it is necessary that in suffering you never doubt that Divine Mercy will comfort you. Souls of little faith, instead of turning to Me in times of affliction, turn to human means, and even satanic means such as witches and soothsayers, forgetting to come to Me, and cannot see themselves helped in their needs. If I am not who builds the house, architects tire themselves in vain. Why did men make Me angry by turning their backs on Me and kneeling before idols in which they put their hope? Why do they say they do not want to come to Me? By chance have I been an overcast land that yields no fruit for you? Do not you know My greatest desire is for you come to Me for consolation during your afflictions; so I can give you My Graces and, at the same time, let you know that when you pray to Me I do not have to be asked twice. I am ready to assist and comfort, although many times not in the way you desire.
I do not sleep when you turn to Me and ask Me for some graces that are useful for your souls, because then I hear that you care about your well-being. Be sure that when you ask Me for temporary graces, either I will give you what you ask for, or I will give you something better; either I will grant you the grace you have asked for as long as it will benefit your soul, or other graces more useful. For example, acceptance with resignation of My Will and patience to suffer that affliction. All this increases merits for eternal life.
My children, there is so little time left for My return. Do not faint in all kinds of persecutions, be grateful for temporary afflictions... You do not know how much I love you! I do not want to lose you for all eternity! Believe Me that with every pain of a chosen one, I suffer too, but I suffer with love, knowing that I am saving you...
DH-38.3
24-Sep-96
The Lord
Later on I will talk to you about the need for prayer. Prayer is omnipotent, and being one, reaches all. I said: Ask and you will be given. However, do not forget that to be heard it is necessary to ask properly. Many ask, not all receive, because they do not ask as they should with humility, with faith, with perseverance.
I do not tolerate the proud; I refuse to listen to their prayers. Think about those proud men, who trust in their own strength and believe that they are better than everybody else; and know that their prayers will not be heard.
On the contrary, I do hear the prayers of the humble. The prayers of the humble will pass through the clouds and will not rest until it reaches Me. The prayers of those who humble themselves rise to Heaven and do not return without being listened to and attended by Me. Know that when you humble yourselves, I, Myself, go spontaneously to embrace you,. But, if you become arrogant and pride yourselves on your wisdom and actions, I move away from you and leave you alone.
I do not despise even the most dissolute sinners, when they truly repent of their sins and humble themselves in My presence, confessing themselves unworthy of My Graces.
Now, My beloved ones, let us move on to another matter. No one who has faith in Me, will be scorned. May all sinners know this. No matter how many iniquities a sinner has committed, there has never been one who has placed his faith in Me and has been abandoned. He who prays to Me with faith, obtains all he has asked for. When the graces asked for are spiritual and useful to the soul, be sure that you will receive them. That is why I have taught you that when you ask for a grace, you should call Me Father, so you will turn to Me with the same faith with which a son turns to his father who loves him.
If you heed the promise I have made you, of listening to he who prays, who can doubt that I will break My promise? I am not like men who promise and do not keep their promise, either because they are lying when they make a promise, or change their minds after they have made their promise. I cannot lie because I am the Truth; I cannot change, because I am justice, rectitude, and know the consequences of what I do. How can I fail to keep My promises to you?
For the same reason that I wish you well, I exhort and incite you to ask Me for the graces you need. That is why I say to you: "Ask and you will be given; search and you will find; call and you will be answered." How can I exhort you to ask Me for graces if I did not have the will of giving them to you? You must trust even more that I will give what you ask Me for, since it is I who forced Myself to hear your prayers.
Some may say: I have little faith in God because I am a sinner; I have been ungrateful and I know I do not deserve to be heard. His prayers are not supported by his merits, but by My Divine Mercy. As long as you ask for things that are useful for your eternal salvation and pray to Me with faith, I will listen. I have said useful things, because if they are harmful to your souls, I cannot listen. For example: if someone thinks of taking revenge for an injury or of carrying out an offense and prays for My assistance, I would not listen because he who asks for bad or unjust things offends Me.
In the same manner, if you implore divine assistance and want Me to assist you, you must not place any obstacles in the way that would make you unworthy of being heard. For example: if you ask for strength to resist backsliding into sin and do not want to avoid the opportunities to sin, I will not listen because you are placing an obstacle in your prayer. If afterwards you sin, you must not complain about Me, saying: I have asked the Lord to give me strength so I would not sin again, but I have not been heard. Because this would be to deny that you placed an obstacle, not to mention the opportunity, thus rendering your prayer useless and making Me not listen to you.
It is also necessary to warn you that the promise I made to listen to those who pray for temporary graces, such as wining a dispute, having a good harvest, being freed from a sickness or persecution, will only be granted them when these prayers are useful for your spiritual health. Otherwise I will refuse them, because I love you, knowing that such graces would be disgraces for you and would harm your soul. I deny some graces out of Mercy, and grant others for punishment. That is to say, when you do not obtain the graces you ask for, you must rejoice, because it is better for you that such graces be denied than granted...Many times you ask for the venom that will kill you. Many would have been saved, if they had died during that illness or poverty they were suffering! But, when they recovered health or obtained great honors and dignities, their pride increased, they forgot Me and condemned themselves. That is why you must let My Will grant what you ask of Me, if it is what you need.
Let us see the other side. Spiritual graces such as: forgiveness of sins, perseverance in virtue, love for Me, must be asked for absolutely and without condition, with the firm hope of obtaining them.
When I am asked for something, I do not care if it is an innocent person or a sinner who is asking for spiritual graces. Sinners: if you do not deserve to obtain graces, I have great merits before My Father; ask in My name, that is, for My merits, and I promise to obtain all you ask for.
Ask with perseverance, most of all, without getting tired of doing it. This explains why I have said: Pray without desisting, make your whole life a prayer. Let nothing stop you from praying as long as you can because, in ceasing your prayers, you deprive yourselves of divine assistance and are subdued in temptations. Perseverance in grace is an absolutely gratuitous gift that you cannot deserve, but this gift can be obtained through prayers. Ask for this grace daily.
Your perseverance until death, not only depends on one assistance, but on many; all those you expect to achieve during a lifetime, to keep yourselves in My Holy Grace. Then, this chain of divine assistance must correspond to a chain of prayers, without which I rarely grant graces. If you interrupt prayers and stop asking, I shall also interrupt the chain of assistance and you will lose perseverance. Read Luke 11,5-8.
Men get annoyed when they are importuned with a request for something, but I exhort you to repeatedly ask Me, and I do not get annoyed, on the contrary, I am pleased to see you are perseverant. When I said to you "search, call", I meant to make you understand that you must be like the poor beggars when they ask for charity and who, even when they are turned away, do not stop asking and insisting until they are given something.
DH-38.4
26-Sep-96
The Lord
Ask for perseverance at every moment: when getting up, when praying, in Holy Mass, on visiting My Holy Sacrament, when going to sleep, and specially, when the devil induces you to commit a sin. So you must always be saying: Help me, assist me, enlighten me, give me strength, do not abandon me. And this importunity with which you pray to Me, does not annoy Me; it moves Me to grant what you pray for. Ask Me for grace by means of My Mother, because there is nothing I can deny her since she is solace for sinners, assistance for the afflicted and the source of every grace.
DH-39
29-Sep-96
The Lord
Love of My Passion, congratulations! (Jesus shares a personal and family joy.) Let us work a little bit more, because you will be busy with other things later.
When My children accept My Will, then they have accepted their daily tasks just as they are, because following My Will involves doing your best, with enthusiasm, in your daily life. If My children pay little attention to things, to their daily routine, they are hindering the fulfillment of My Will.
Some children say: I will do whatever God asks of me. My Will is before them in their activities, in their daily struggles, and when there is something special that I desire, it is My Spirit that inspires them and otherwise motivates them. But, the most important thing is that which requires care in their lives: their families, homes, order in their devotion to what they were given on earth; to the responsibilities they took on before My Altar.
Quite a few people have different opinions on what is My Father's Will. They try to achieve things that go beyond their simple daily functions "in order to follow Christ". Since problems arise or they do not have enough time to do what they had intended, they reach crisis point, become exhausted and lose heart… They do not really know how to see My Will. They do not realize that if I want them to go along a different path from the one they are on, I will let them know. What can I do? Different opportunities and options arise for them; their choice is centered around that which brings them closer to a life of prayer, of peace, totally abandoned to My hands...
The way towards doing My Will is a simple way; not always easy, but satisfactory; with real, permanent values and virtues. Therefore, do not try to develop your life thinking that a certain way would please Me more. What pleases Me is when you face your daily challenges and opportunities that arise to live My Will with acceptance, enthusiasm and peace of heart, without avoiding the responsibilities that, as human beings, have been assigned to you. Competent men or women should work for their living. Wives who do not work outside the home should devote themselves to their domestic tasks, to supervising their children, their homes.
How much harm parents do to themselves and to Me when they spend their spare time on mundane entertainment: night clubs, games, the television, the telephone. Yes, the telephone, you heard right. It is not wrong to use the telephone or to chat a bit. But if the telephone robs you of hours of tranquility, prayer, finding Me, or peace at home, stay away from it. Use this time to talk with your family, to find out each member's concerns and problems.
Understand that I want you to find Me in everything you do regularly and not in places other than those I offer to you every day, such as your daily struggle, your daily bread that will nourish you for eternal life. Doing My Will is to assume all the commitments that life offers you and to take responsibility for them, whether they are moral, family, economic or social commitments.
Consecration:
The Pure of Heart Are My Brothers
DH-40
8-Oct-96
The Lord
The union of a believing heart to Mine is evident in the fruit of the Spirit (Colossians 3,15 and Galatians 5,22-23). The love that comes from Me and brings to Me is inseparable from the joy and peace of heart that invades all your internal life. But it is not just a purely internal experience of peace, but of a peace that shapes and controls all your relationships… I am your reconciliation and peace. The saving plan of the Father is revealed and fulfilled in Me, for it is a plan of peace.
When a soul devotes itself to My Sacred Heart, it has made room for My Peace; it knows that I cultivate peace plans for it and for all humanity. If My Peace dominates and triumphs in your hearts, then gratitude becomes a natural fact.
Listen: peace of heart, peace with Me and with yourselves, is an undeserved gift, which will not last unless it is accompanied by recognition. Therefore, whoever says that they enjoy peace from My Heart, must also wish this peace for others and do everything possible to transmit it.
The first thing you must do is to let your own internal peace radiate. Then add to this a wise and conscious commitment for the peace cause at all levels. The idea is to reconcile your heart and all aspirations with the Heart of the Prince of Peace whom the Father has sent to you.
Those who are pure of heart, those who were conquered by My Love, are My brothers... Therefore, My Peace, when it dominates and triumphs in My disciples' hearts, contains an extraordinary strength. They are bridges of salvation between the Redeemer and the redeemed. It makes internal, invincible fountains of energy spring forth in those who joyfully draw water from the fountains of salvation. Then, by gradually discovering and using these fountains of energy, you will be convinced, in a new way, of the good to be found in your neighbor.
A long time ago, housewives would carefully gather burning pieces of coal, placing them in the middle of the fire so the flame would not die out. In the same way, you should gather all the energies of peace and love and place them in yourselves and in your relationships with your neighbors, particularly when they give you difficulties.
A non-violent act in favor of peace does not seek to annihilate the adversary, but to make him a common friend of peace.
If there is inner energy inside you and you believe in My action that cultivates thoughts of peace, you must not distrust your adversary. You should make him understand that inside him there also exists a profound desire for peace and justice; in this way, you will be helping him to discover the good that exists inside him.
You have been talking for so many years of a moral rearmament that would have precedence over any material rearmament... You have so much more, you have the God of peace and the Gospel of peace.
Begin now, learn to discover together the internal sources of peace and to build on them the art of the non-violent solution to disputes. Learn the art of telling the truth with love, even when injustice, violence, hypocrisy must be unmasked.
Now, let us pray... We praise you, Father, we give thanks for the peace plans that you placed in Your Son's Heart. We believe that You want to give us total peace, because you sent us Your Son who is our reconciliation, our redemption, our liberation and our peace.
We thank you for today's experience of peace and joy. We humbly ask You, in the name of Your beloved Son, to forgive our negligence with regard to peace…
Yes, Your Son devoted Himself entirely to the cause of peace, to Your Glory and our salvation, we devote ourselves to You in favor of peace. Your Son devoted Himself so that we could be fully devoted. Accept our devotion and send us Your Spirit, so that our lives might produce the fruit of love, of joy and of peace…
My beloved daughter, thank you for your peace now, at this moment…