Volume 21-March 5, 1927- How firmness in good is only of God, for once He has done an act, it never ceases. Effects of firmness
I felt myself at the summit of affliction because of the privation of my sweet Jesus, and in my interior I was saying to Him: ‘My Love and my Life, how can this be? You have departed from me without saying good-bye, without teaching me where to move my steps, or the way I must follow in order to find You. Even more, it seems to me that You Yourself have barricaded the ways so as not to be found; and as much as I may go around and call You, You do not listen to me, the ways are closed, and I, exhausted with tiredness, am forced to stop, and I long for the One whom I wish to find at any cost, but I do not find. Ah! Jesus, Jesus! come back – come to the one who cannot live without You.’ But while I was pouring out my sorrow, He just barely moved in my interior; and I, in feeling Him move, said to Him: ‘My Jesus, my Life, how can You make me wait for so long, to the point that I can bear no more? If You make Yourself seen, it is just flashes, and without saying anything to me; and so it becomes darker than before, and I remain in restlessness even more, and raving with sorrow, I search for You, I call You – but I wait for You in vain.’
And Jesus, compassionating me, told me: “My daughter, do not fear, I am here with you. What I want is that you never go out of my Will, and that you continue your acts – always, without ever moving from the boundaries of the Kingdom of the Supreme Fiat. And this will give you the firmness which will make you be like your Creator, for once He has done an act, that act has continuous life, without ever ceasing. An act ever continuous is only of God, who suffers no interruption in His acts. This is why Our firmness is unshakeable, and extending everywhere with Our immensity, it renders Our acts uninterrupted; and whatever place We lean on, We find Our firmness, which gives Us the greatest honor – it makes Us known as the Supreme Being, Creator of everything, and it renders Our Being and Our acts unshakeable. In fact, whatever place We want to lean on, We find Our firmness that sustains everything. My daughter, firmness is of divine nature and a divine quality, and it is right that We give this participation and quality of divine nature to one who must be daughter of Our Divine Fiat and must live in Our Kingdom. So, your continuing your acts in It, without ever interrupting them, reveals that you are already in possession of the quality of Our firmness. How many things firmness says: it says that the soul moves only for God; it says that she moves with reason and out of pure love – not with passion and out of self-interest; it says that she knows the good she does, and therefore she remains firm in it, without ever interrupting it. Firmness says, with indelible characters: ‘Here there is the finger of God’. Therefore, be firm in your acts, and you will have Our divine firmness in your operating.”
Scripture Meditation- Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. (James 1:12)
Prayer- Oh Lord, give us the gift of Your Firmness in always doing good and with pure intention for the love of You without interruption. We are nothing and You are all! Please act in our acting!
JOURNEY INTO THE DIVINE WILL 