*PSALM 40:8*
“I desire to do Your Will, my God; Your law is within my heart.”
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*PICCARRETA*:
Dec. 20. “May the continuous word on your lips be: “I want to do your Will and live in It!”
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*BOH VOL 16 April 11, 1924*
“…Know that I do not want to force you. I have never liked force; so much so, that when I came upon earth and wanted to go and be born in Bethlehem, I went, yes, knocking at door after door to have a place in which to be born, but I did not force anyone.
Had I wanted to, with my power I could have used force in order to obtain a place less uncomfortable in which to be born, but I did not want it; I contented Myself with only knocking and asking for shelter, and without insisting, I moved on to knock at other doors.
And since no one wanted to receive Me, I contented Myself with going to be born in a grotto, in which animals gave Me free entrance and did the first adorations for their Creator, rather than forcing anyone to let Me in.
However, this refusal cost the people of Bethlehem very much, because they never again received the good that my soles would tread upon their lands, or of seeing Me in their midst again.
I like spontaneous things, not forced ones; I like for the soul to make what I want her own, and, as though it were hers and not mine, to give Me what I want freely with love for Me.
Force is for slaves, for servants, and for those who do not love. This is why, just as with those people of Bethlehem, I move on from those souls who are not ready to let Me enter into them and to give Me full freedom to do whatever I wanted with them.”
On hearing this, I said: “My Love, Jesus, no, I do not want to be forced, but, freely, I want to remain in this state, even at the cost of mortal pains. And You – never leave me, and give me the grace to always do your Will.”
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*PRAYER OF THE DAY:*
“Jesus my Love, what I want is that You give me the grace to always, always do your Will – this is enough for Me. How much I fear that I might not do this. Is this not the greatest misfortune – not doing your Will, even in the littlest thing?”
*BOH VOL 13 Jan. 5, 1922*