JAMES 2:26
“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”
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PICCARRETA:
Oct. 8. “Sanctity is not formed by playing, but by working, suffering and loving.”
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BOH VOL 16 Aug. 28, 1923
It is not enough to possess, but one must cultivate and keep what he possesses.
“My daughter, having placed in you the ownership of my Will, I want you not only to possess It, but to know how to keep It well, to cultivate It, to expand It, so as to multiply It.
Therefore, pains, mortifications, vigilance, patience, and also my very privation, serve to expand and to keep the boundaries of my Will in your soul. It is not enough to possess, but one must know how to possess.
What good is it for a man to possess a land, if he does not take the care of sowing it, of cultivating it, of keeping it, to then reap the fruits of his toils? If he does not work his field, even though he possesses it, it can be said that he has nothing with which to satisfy his hunger. So, it is not possessing that renders man rich and happy, but knowing how to cultivate well what he possesses.
So it is with my graces, my gifts, and especially my Will, which I have placed in you as Queen. It wants from you the food – the crafting of your pains, of your acts. In everything, It wants that your will, fully submitted to It, would give It the honors and the cortege which befit It as Queen.
And in everything you do and suffer, It will have, ready, the food to feed your soul. And so, you on one side, my Will on the other, will expand the boundaries of my Supreme Will within you.”
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PRAYER OF THE DAY:
“Oh! Divine Will, how lovable, powerful and admirable You are. O please! descend into the hearts of all, and place in them this divine seed of yours, so that its fecund seed may form for You your Kingdom and make You reign on earth as You do in Heaven.”
BOH VOL 24 Sept. 2, 1928