ROMANS 5:3-4:
“Not only that, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
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PICCARRETA:
Jan 5: “As many pains as you suffer, as many tears as you shed, so many are the angels around you, gathering, full handed, the pearls which you form with your sufferings, and bringing them to Jesus as pledges of your love.”
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BOH VOL 3, April 25, 1900
I looked into His breast, and He had a little pearl, so refulgent as to invest the most holy Humanity of Our Lord with light.
Wanting to know the meaning of it, I asked Jesus what that pearl was, which, while appearing so small, spread so much light.
And Jesus: “It is the purity of your suffering which, though small, is the cause of so much light, because you suffer only for love of Me and would be ready to suffer more if I conceded it to you.
My daughter, purity in operating is so great, that one who operates with the sole purpose of pleasing Me alone, does nothing other than spread light from all of his operating. One who does not operate in an upright way, even in good, does nothing other than spread darkness.”
Then I looked into the breast of Our Lord, and He had a most clear mirror, and it seemed that those who walked in an upright way remained completely absorbed in that mirror, while those who did not, remained outside, without being able to receive any imprint of the image of blessed Jesus.”
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PRAYER OF THE DAY:
“Ah, Lord, keep me all absorbed in this Divine Mirror, that I may have no other shade of intention in my operating.”
BOH VOL 3, April 25, 1900