Galatians 2:20:
“I have been crucified with Christ; and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
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Piccarreta:
Apr. 26. “It seems to me that dear Jesus surrounds you with these pains in order to give you strength, and with tender and loving voice, He says to you: “My child, give these pains to Me, that they may form my arms, my heart, my steps – my whole Life, to be able to live within you.”
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BOH VOL 12 July 4, 1917
All the pains of creatures were suffered before by Jesus. One who does the Divine Will is together with Jesus in the Tabernacle.
Continuing in my usual state, I was feeling a little in suffering, and my adorable Jesus, on coming, placed Himself in front of me, and it seemed that between me and Jesus there were many electric wires of communication; and He told me:
“My daughter, each pain that the soul suffers is one more communication that the soul acquires. In fact, all the pains that the creature could suffer were suffered before by Me in my Humanity, and took their place in the divine order. And since the creature cannot suffer them all together, my goodness communicates them little by little; and as it communicates them, the chains of union with Me keep growing. And not only with pains, but with anything good that the creature can do; so do the links of connection develop between Me and her.”
Another day I was thinking to myself of the good that other souls receive by being in front of the Most Holy Sacrament, while I, poor one, was deprived of it.
And blessed Jesus told me: “My daughter, one who does my Will is together with Me in the Tabernacle, and takes part in my pains, in the coldness, in the irreverences, in everything, which the very souls who are in my Sacramental Presence do. One who does my Will must excel in everything; and the place of honor is always reserved for her.
Therefore, who receives more good: one who is before Me, or one who is with Me? For one who does my Will I do not tolerate even one step of distance between Me and her, or division of pains or of joys. I may keep her on the cross – but always with Me. ”
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PRAYER FOR THE DAY:
“My jesus, may I always be in Your Will: to have the first place over Your Sacramental Heart. May You feel my heart palpitating in Yours, with Your own love and pain. May You feel my will in Yours, which, multiplying in everyone, may give You, with one single act, the reparations of all and the love of all; and Your Will in mine, which, making my poor humanity Your own, may elevate it before the Majesty of the Father as Your continued victim.”
Adapted from
BOH VOL 12 July 4, 1917