JOURNEY INTO THE DIVINE WILL

The more the blows of the cross knock the soul down, the more light she acquires.

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Vol. 6 – August 14, 1904

The more the blows of the cross knock the soul down, the more light she acquires.

As I was a little in suffering, blessed Jesus, on coming, said to me: “My beloved daughter, the more the iron is beaten, the more light it acquires; and even if the iron did not have rust, the blows serve to keep it shiny and free of dust. So, whoever comes close to that iron, can easily reflect himself in it as if it were a mirror. The same for the soul: the more the blows of the cross knock her down, the more light she acquires, and she maintains herself dusted of any slightest speck, in such a way that whoever comes close to her can reflect himself in her as if she were a mirror. And, naturally, being a mirror, she performs the office of it – that is, to show whether faces are stained or clean, whether they are beautiful or ugly. Not only this, but I Myself delight in going to reflect Myself in her; and finding in her no dust or any other thing that may prevent Me from reflecting my Image in her, I love her more and more.”

Scripture Meditation- But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, he shall be blessed in his doing. (James 1:22-25)

Prayer- O Lord we bless You, we adore You and we worship You because in these earlier volumes You are showing us how to be a Divine Mirror. As hard as crosses can be these are what You use to polish us until we shine so that when we look in the mirror we see You free of the dust of our sins and faults which can make it hard to see ourselves as we are, so often forgetting as St. James tells us what we really look like. May we be doers of the Word, not hearers only, not fearing the Cross even when it knocks us down because it is through Your Grace that we acquire Your Light and Your Likeness!