JOURNEY INTO THE DIVINE WILL

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. ² And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the beach. ³ And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. ⁴ And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵ Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, ⁶ but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away. ⁷ Other seeds fell upon thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. ⁸ Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹ He who has ears, let him hear.” (Matthew 13:1-9)

Volume 36-November 26, 1983

The disposition calls for the divine work. The Divine Will places the divine motion in one who lives in It.

But while I was thinking of this, my sweet Jesus, Who feels the need to entrust His secrets to His creature, told me: “My blessed daughter, my Will wants to give, but It wants to find the disposition of the creature in order to deposit Its gifts. Disposition is like the soil in the hand of the farmer: as many seeds as he may have, if he did not possess the soil in which to cast his seeds, he would never be able to sow. And if the earth had reason and were not disposed to receiving his seeds, the poor farmer would feel as if those seeds, with which he wanted to enrich the earth, were thrown back in his face and in his eyes. The same with my Will: It wants to give, but if It does not find the soul disposed, It cannot find the place where to put Its gifts. It would feel them being thrown back in Its face, to Its great sorrow; and if It wanted to speak to her, It would find her deaf. Therefore, disposition prepares the soul, opens the divine doors, gives her ears, and she puts herself in communication. The soul first hears what my Will wants to give her, in such a way that she loves and yearns for what she is to receive. If she is not disposed We give nothing, because We don’t want to expose Our gifts to uselessness. On the other hand, disposition is like the earth for the farmer, which surrenders to anything he wants to do; it lets itself be worked, hoed, plowed, to secure the seed with which he wants to fill it. The same with Our Supreme Being: if We find the disposition, We do Our works, We prepare the soul, We purify her, with Our creative hands We prepare the place in which to put Our gifts and form Our most beautiful works. But if she is not disposed, with all Our Power We can do nothing, because her interior is cluttered with stones, with thorns, with vile passions; and since she is not disposed, she does not allow Us to take them out. How many sanctities go up in smoke due to lack of disposition. More so since, if she is not disposed, she does not adapt herself to living in Our Divine Will; on the contrary, it seems that It is not for her: Its Sanctity knocks her down, Its Purity makes her feel ashamed, Its Light blinds her. But if she is disposed, she flings herself into Its arms, and she lets Us do with her whatever We want. Even more, she remains there like a tiny little child receiving Our works with such love that We feel enraptured. And what does Our Will do? It makes Its divine motion flow in her. With this divine motion she finds all Our works in act, she kisses them, she embraces them and invests them with her little love. She finds my Conception and my Birth in act, and with her love she wants to be conceived and reborn with Me. And not only do I let her do this, but I feel such contentment that I feel requited for being born upon earth, because I find one who is reborn together with Me.