REVELATION 19: 7-8:

“Let us rejoice and be glad and give him the glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.”

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PICCARRETA:

Jan. 22. “Be sure that beloved Jesus will be jealous that you do not lack what is necessary, and even the storms will calm down.”

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BOH VOL 9 April 1, 1909

“My daughter, too great for you is the honor of having me as your executioner. I act just like a groom who, having to espouse his bride and send her out in public, in order to make her have a beautiful appearance and to make her worthy of himself, trusts no one, not even his spouse herself, but he himself wants to wash her, comb her, clothe her, adorn her with gems, with diamonds.

This is a great honor for a bride; more so, since she will have no such concern:

_”Will I be pleasing to my spouse or not? Will he like the way I adorned myself, or will he reproach me as a foolish one, for not having been able to guess the way to please him the best?‟_

So I do with my beloved spouses. The love I have for them is so great that I trust no one; I am even forced to act as their executioner – but a loving executioner.

And so now I give her a wash, now a comb; now I clothe her a little more beautifully, now I bejewel her – but not with the gems that come from the earth, which are things all superficial; rather, with the gems that I make come out from the depth of her soul, from the most intimate parts, and which are formed at the touch of my fingers that creates suffering; and from suffering come the gems. It converts the will into gold, and this will converted into gold by my own hands, will send out all kinds of things: the most beautiful crowns, the most magnificent garments, the most fragrant flowers, the most pleasant melodies. And with my own hands, as I have them produced, I keep arranging them to adorn her more and more.

All this happens with suffering souls; so, am I not right in telling you:

“_Too great for you the honor‟?”_

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PRAYER FOR THE DAY:

“My Jesus, I offer my little sufferings together with Yours, and with that intensity of love with which You intended to glorify the Father, to repair for our sins, and to obtain all those goods which You impetrated with Your sufferings.

I will take it as if these sufferings were a martyrdom of mine, as if the pains were the executioners, as if the bed were the cross, and my immobility, the ropes that keep me bound, so as to render myself more dear and loving to You, my highest good.”

Adapted from
BOH VOL 9 April 1, 1909