2 CORINTHIANS 12: 9
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
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*PICCARRETA:*
Mar. 10. “I recommend that you do not think of miseries and weaknesses. The more one thinks about them, the more one feels them.”
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*BOH VOL 11 Aug. 16, 1912*
“My daughter, the thought of yourselves blinds your minds; it forms a sort of human enchantment in them, and this human enchantment forms a net around man. This net is made of weaknesses, of oppressions, of melancholies, of fears and of everything evil contained in the human nature. And the more one thinks about oneself, even under the aspect of good, the thicker the net becomes, and the blinder the soul.
On the other hand, not thinking of oneself, but thinking only of Me, and only of loving Me, whatever the circumstance, is light for the mind and forms a sweet divine enchantment. This divine enchantment also forms its net, but this net is all made of light, of fortitude, of joy, of trust; in sum, of all the goods which I Myself possess.
And the less one thinks about oneself, the thicker that net becomes, to the point that one no longer recognizes oneself. How beautiful it is to see the soul wrapped in this net which the divine enchantment has woven! How delightful, gracious and dear to all Heaven!
The opposite for the soul who thinks about herself.”
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*PRAYER OF THE DAY:*
“My Jesus, may I always stay in my place – in my nothingness – so that the All may keep Its place in me. May I die completely in Your Will: to suffering, to virtues – to everything. May Your Will be the tomb of my soul; may my soul, buried in Your Will as though inside a tomb, may die to suffering, to my virtues, to my spiritual goods, and may rise again in everything to Divine Life.”
Adapted from
*BOH VOL 11 Jul. 4, 1912*