1 JOHN 3: 6-7
“Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.”
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PICCARRETA:
Sept 22. “Union with Jesus floors all sins, love kills all passions, and abandonment in Him and trust are the nourishment in order to grow in sanctity.”
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BOH VOL 8 March 13, 1908
The warmth of the union with Jesus dispels from the soul the cold of human inclinations.
“Such are the souls who have reached union with Me: the warmth of my union dispels from them the cold of human inclinations which, like cold, renders them sterile and stripped of leaves and of divine fruits. The frosts of passions, the snows of disturbances, block the fruits of Grace in the soul.
But since they remain in the shadow of their union with Me, nothing makes an impression on them anymore, nothing enters into their interior which may disturb our union and our rest; the whole of their lives turns within my center.
So, their inclination, their passion, is for God; and if sometimes there is a little break, it is nothing but a simple hiding of Myself in order to give them a surprise of greater consolations, and therefore be able to enjoy in them more delicious fruits of patience and of heroism, which they have exercised during my hiding.
All the opposite happens to imperfect souls: they really seem like plants born in cold regions; they are subject to all impressions; so, their lives live more from impressions than from reason and virtue. Inclinations, passions, temptations, disturbances and all the events of life are like colds, snows, frosts, hails, which prevent the development of my union with them; and when it seems that they have had a beautiful flowering, a new failure, something that upsets them, is enough to make this beautiful flowering wither and fall to the ground. So, they are always at the beginning; they produce very few fruits, and they almost tire my patience in cultivating them.”
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PRAYER OF THE DAY:
“My beloved Jesus, may Your Will reign in my soul. And since Your Will wants to continue Its “l love you” of Creation, may I follow lts Eternal love; and calling each thought and act, as well as all created elements, It says and makes me say “l love You”, and with Your very Will, I ask for Your Kingdom, so as to bind It once again in the midst of creatures.”
Adapted from
BOH VOL 22 June 26, 1927