ISAIAH 48:10
“See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.”
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PICCARRETA:
Oct. 18. “Sufferings are firewood, and love ignites it, while Jesus gives us the shape He wants.”
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BOH VOL 15 June 15, 1923
“My daughter, with its power, true charity can convert all things into love. Look at fire: all varieties of wood and any other thing – it converts all into fire; and if it did not have the power to convert everything into fire, it could not be given the name of true fire. The same for the soul: if she does not convert all things into love – both supernatural and natural things, joys and bitternesses, and everything that surrounds her – she cannot be said to possess true charity.”
Now, as He was saying this, He let many flames come out of His Most Holy Heart, which filled Heaven and earth, and then, uniting together, formed one single flame.
And He added:
“Continuous flames of love come from my Heart, and to some they bring love, to some pain, to some light, to others strength, etc. And because they come from the center of the furnace of my love, even though they do different offices, since one is the purpose – to send love to the creature – they are all flames which, uniting together, form one single flame.
The same for the creature: even if she does different things, the purpose must be love, so as to be able to make of her actions as many little flames which uniting together, will form the great flame that will burn everything and will transform her completely into Me. Otherwise, she will not possess true charity.”
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PRAYER OF THE DAY:
“My Jesus, I go around in all Creation, to come to know what Your Will does in It, the sorrow and the crosses It receives from creatures, so that I may recognize It in each created thing, love It, adore It, thank It, and be the first repairer and consoler of a Will so holy. I penetrate into Its acts and I recognize Its sorrows, and with Its very power, become the defender and the consoler of Your Will which, for many centuries, has been living isolated and crucified in the midst of the human family.”
Adapted from
BOH VOL 25 Sept. 17, 1927