1 CORINTHIANS 4:3-4
“In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.”
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PICCARRETA:
Sept. 17. “Each thought of yourself is a void of love that you form; you deny Jesus an act of love, and keep Jesus sighing for your little love. Think about it, and be attentive.”
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BOH Vol 11 Sept. 2, 1912
“My daughter, I cannot leave you because you do not reflect on yourself, nor do you have any Concern for yourself. For one who truly loves Me, self-reflections, self-concerns even in good, are many voids that she forms in love, therefore my life cannot fill the soul completely. I am as though put aside, in a corner, and they give Me the occasion to make my little withdrawals.
On the other hand, if one is not prone to reflections on her own concerns but thinks only of loving Me, she takes care of Me, and I fill her completely. There is not one point in her life in which she does not find mine, and if I wanted to make my little withdrawals, I would have to destroy Myself, which can never be.
My daughter, if souls knew how harmful self-reflections are! They bend the soul, they lower her, they cause her to keep her face turned inward. And the more they look at themselves, the more human they become; the more they reflect, the more they feel their miseries and become miserable.
On the other hand, thinking only of Me, of loving Me, of being all abandoned in Me, makes the soul straight; and by keeping their faces turned to look at Me alone, they rise and grow. The more they look at Me, the more divine they become; the more they reflect on Me, the richer, stronger and more courageous they feel.”
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PRAYER OF THE DAY:
“My Jesus, may i never go too far into the thought of myself. May I think of You and You alone, knowing that You will take care of my badness too.”
Adapted from
BOH VOL 11 June 12, 1913