JAMES 1:12
“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him”
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*PICCARRETA:*
Dec. 16. “When dear Jesus wants to give, He asks, in order to prepare the space in which to place His gifts, His light, His graces in our hearts.”
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BOH VOL 22 Aug. 15, 1927
“It is my usual way to ask for small sacrifices โ depriving oneself of a pleasure, of a desire, of a small interest, of a vanity, or detaching oneself from something which seems to do one no harm. These small tests serve as little shelves on which to place the great capital of my grace in order to dispose them to accept greater sacrifices.
And when the soul is faithful to Me in the small tests, then I abound in grace and ask for greater sacrifices, so as to be able to abound yet more in giving, and I make of her a portent of sanctity.
How many sanctities begin from a small sacrifice; and how many, after denying Me a small sacrifice, as it seemed to them that it was something of no importance, have remained scrawny in good, cretinous in comprehending it, weak in walking on the way that leads to Heaven. Poor ones, they can be seen crawling and licking the earth in a way that arouses pity.
Therefore, my daughter, it takes greater attention to small sacrifices than to great ones, because the small ones are the strength of the great, dispose God to give grace, and the soul to receive it.โ
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PRAYER OF THE DAY:
“My sweet Jesus, may I never let You lack the breath of my love, I give You at least that which is necessary to You in order to let You grow. May Your Will be my Life, in order to have You remain in Your palace with decorum and with the sumptuousness that You, my Jesus, merits.โ
Adapted from:
BOH VOL 33 Sept. 28, 1935