Glossary

Celestial Fatherland

Heaven, where we will dwell with God in eternity.

Cenacle

The Cenacle, also known as the Upper Room in the bible, is traditionally considered the site of the Last Supper, where Jesus shared the Passover meal with his disciples.  It is where the Holy Spirit came to the Apostles at Pentecost.  It is also where the resurrected Christ appeared to the Apostles and where the first church community regularly assembled.

Because of what the Upper Room represented to the early Church, we also want our gatherings to be sacred and to be a place where the Holy Spirit is present.  For this reason, we call our meetings where we share the knowledge of the Divine Will ‘cenacles’.

Creature

In the Book of Heaven, Jesus affectionately refers to man, human beings, as creature.  This is because we were created by God, and differentiates us with God who is eternal, without beginning or end, and is uncreated.  By referring to humans as “creatures,” Jesus emphasizes the fact that humanity is created by God and is entirely dependent on Him for existence.

Concupiscence

Man’s tendency towards evil, because of original sin. The human will, apart from God’s most pure and holy Divine Will is weak and inclined to evil.

Empyreum

This is another word for Heaven.

Fiat

The Latin Fiat translates into English as, “Let there be, or let it be, or let it be done.” The

writings speak of the Supreme Fiat: this is synonymous with the Supreme (Divine) Will.  In addition, the Writings often refer to ‘the Fiat’ which usually refers to the Divine Will.

Intellect (the power of the soul)

The Lord Jesus tells us in the Book of Heaven that God created man’s soul with three powers (sometimes called faculties) intellect, memory and will.  They are a divine image which the soul contains.   The primary action of the intellect is to occupy itself with nothing but knowing God in all things.

The intelligence and the memory are meant to be the support, the defense, and the strength of the free will of man to always choose to love God in all things.

Magisterium of the Catholic Church

The official teaching authority of the Church, constituted by the Pope and the bishops in union with him. Its authority comes from Christ, and its guidance comes from the Holy Spirit.

Memory (the power of the soul)

The Lord Jesus tells us in the Book of Heaven that God created man’s soul with three powers (sometimes called faculties) intellect, memory and will.  They are a divine image which the soul contains.   The primary action of the memory is to occupy itself in remembering nothing other than God, and His love in all things.

The intelligence and the memory are meant to be the support, the defense, and the strength of the free will of man to always choose to love God in all things.

Volition

The word volition means the act of willing, or choosing.  It is a free, unforced choosing of something as in “she left of her own volition.”

In the Book of Heaven, volition[i] can be used in reference to man or to God.

Will (the power of the soul)

The Lord Jesus tells us in the Book of Heaven that God created man’s soul with three powers (sometimes called faculties) intellect, memory and will.  They are a divine image which the soul contains.   The primary action of the will is to want nothing but God.

The intelligence and the memory are meant to be the support, the defense, and the strength of the free will of man to always choose to love God in all things.

The will of man is the power of the soul which most resembles God.  It has the place of honor in man and God constituted it queen of the whole of man. It was the free will of man that caused the break between the Divine Will and man.  Therefore, God wants the will of man, and with it, He has everything.

Understanding of “Divine Will” and “Divine Volition”:

The word “Will” translates from the Italian “Volontà”.  We know from the Writings of Luisa that the Will of God is the boundless “container” which contains all the Acts of God, and that the Will of God and the Acts of God possess the same qualities as the Nature of God – they are Infinite, Omnipotent, Eternal, as God is.

The word “Volition” translates from the Italian “Volere”.  This word indicates the “will in act”.

This distinction could be relevant in the case of a human will and of human acts, which are finite and limited (as they possess the same qualities as the human nature), therefore they have a beginning and an end; so we could distinguish between whether they are in act, or not.  But when we speak about “Will of God” and “Volition of God”, the distinction does not exist.  In fact, the Will of God is, yes, the “boundless container” of all the Acts of God, but we know that the Acts of God are always in act, always present, and therefore there is no distinction between whether these Acts are in act, or not – the Acts of God are simply always and eternally in act.

Therefore, though there may be a semantic difference between the words “will” and “volition”, when referring to God any actual distinction disappears, because in God, “Will” and “Will in act” (Volition) are exactly the same.  So, when we find the two words in the Writings of Luisa, we can interpret them in the same way.  Just as in Italian, “Divina Volontà” and “Divino Volere” are used interchangeably and mean exactly the same, so do “Divine Will” and “Divine Volition”.