*EPHESIANS 5: 15 – 17*

“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.”

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*PICCARRETA:*

Dec. 14. “Let us be attentive, and let us not waste time with things which do not belong to the Divine Will.”

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*BOH VOL 1*

So, from the beginning, the Divine Master began to strip my heart of all creatures, and through an interior voice, He would tell me:

“I am all that is beautiful and that deserves to be loved. See, if you do not remove this little world that surrounds you – that is, thoughts of creatures, imagination – I cannot enter freely into your heart. This murmuring in your mind is a hindrance to letting you hear my voice more clearly, to pouring my graces, to truly enamoring you of Me.

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So, I would feel Him upon me for the whole day; He reprimanded me in everything. For example, if I let myself be carried away in conversing a little too much with my family, even of indifferent things which were not necessary, the interior voice would tell me:

“These discourses fill your mind with things that do not belong to Me; they surround your heart with dust, such as to make you feel my grace as weak, no longer alive.

O please! imitate Me when I was in the house of Nazareth – my mind was occupied with nothing but the glory of the Father and the salvation of souls; my mouth uttered nothing but holy discourses. With my words I tried to repair for the offenses against the Father, to dart through hearts and draw them to my love – and primarily my Mother and St. Joseph.

In a word, everything called upon God, everything was done for God, and everything referred to Him. Why could you not do the same?”

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*PRAYER OF THE DAY:*

“My sweet Jesus, I promise You that I will be all Yours. You Yourself will put Your hand in the work. I can do nothing, but I do not fear because You will do everything; I give You my will – this is enough for You.”

*Adapted from BOH VOL 1*