EPHESIANS 6:11
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.”
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PICCARRETA:
Mar. 26. “Do not neglect anything, give example of a firm character; be always the same with yourself. Do not let the devil laugh, because if you are not firm and always the same, the enemy will say to you: “You wanted to do good to others, and you were unable to do it to yourself.”
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BOH VOL 12 March 4, 1918
Firmness produces heroism.
Continuing in my usual state, I was lamenting to Jesus about my poor state, and He told me:
“My daughter, courage, do not move in anything; firmness is the greatest virtue. Firmness produces heroism, and it is almost impossible that one not be a great saint.
Even more, as she keeps repeating her acts, she forms two bars – one to the right, and the other to the left – which serve her as support and defense; and as she reiterates her acts, a fount forms within her, of new and increasing love.
Firmness strengthens grace and places on it the seal of final perseverance. Your Jesus does not fear that His graces may
remain without effects, and therefore I pour them in torrents over the constant soul.
From a soul who today operates and tomorrow does not, who now does one good, now another, there is not much to expect. She will not have any support, and will be bounced now to one point, now to another. She will die of hunger, because she will not have the fount of firmness, which makes love arise.
Grace fears to pour itself, because she will abuse it, and will use it to offend Me.”
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PRAYER OF THE DAY:
“My Jesus, may I possess Your firmness, so that You may reign in me, and I will be firm in trial, with a firmness which is not inconstant, but always equal to itself.
May I become firm in good, in suffering, in working, enlarging more the field around me, in which You, Jesus, may expand Your graces, and thus find in me Your shelf and support.”
Adapted from
The Hours of the Passion, 12th Hour