JOURNEY INTO THE DIVINE WILL

From The Writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta

Vol. 24 – September 24, 1928

How it is Will of God for Him to give His Kingdom, but the creature must dispose herself. Example of a father. The only purpose of the whole Creation: that the Fiat reign in the midst of creatures. The way that Jesus has in telling His truths.

I was thinking to myself: ‘Jesus desires so much to give us the great gift of the Kingdom of His Fiat; He yearns to – He wants to. Now, why does He want us to pray in order to give It to us?’ And my always lovable Jesus, moving in my interior, told me: “My daughter, indeed it is my Will to give the Kingdom of my Divine Volition, nor can I help wanting and yearning to give the great gift of It. If it were not so – if I did not yearn for the return of man into the royal palace of my Divine Will – I would go against the order of Our creative work which, with highest wisdom, created man so that he might live of Our own, and dwell in the Kingdom of Our Fiat, given to him by Us as his inheritance. By going out of It, man formed disorder in Our creative work; and how can We tolerate letting Our most beautiful work remain disordered? Centuries upon centuries have passed, and more centuries may pass, but We will not change; this will always be Our most important point – Our only purpose and special interest: that Our creative work be restored and reordered as it came out of Our creative hands, and that it live in the Kingdom of Our Divine Will.

We, Our Adorable Majesty, find Ourselves in the condition of a father whose son was once happy, of a rare beauty which brought him joy and happiness, and lived as the owner of the inheritance of the father – given to him by the father. This son, voluntarily, left the paternal inheritance, he rendered himself unhappy, and broke the beautiful and pure joys between father and son. Now, what would the sorrow of the father not be, and his sighs, his tears and his unshakeable will for his dear son to return to be happy? More so, since the inheritance given to the son exists – the father himself keeps it in custody, and he longs for his son to take possession of it once again. But in the midst of so much sorrow, tears and sighs of this father, his will is resolute: he wants his unhappy son to desire – to pray that his paternal inheritance, his lost happiness, be returned to him. This disposes the son to receive and to appreciate his happy state, the return of his inheritance; and the father, drowned with love for his dear son, will say: ‘Your praying has formed a right over my heart that burns for you. Take again what you lost – you have deserved it. I am content as long as I see you happy, and I can say: “My son is no longer unhappy, but happy”.’

Now, We are more than a father – even more, his love is a shadow compared to Ours, and Our Divine Will in unshakeable – no one will be able to change It: the unhappiness of man is a disorder for the work of Creation, and We want Our rights in Our work; just as it came out of Us, so do We want it to return to Us. Our love drowns Us, Our justice demands it, Our goodness claims it, Our very happiness longs for it and does not tolerate unhappiness in Our work. Our Divine Will, surrounding Us like a crown, renders Us immutable and wants Its Kingdom to be possessed. But in spite of this, We want the creature to pray – to yearn for the good We want to give. This forms a right over Our paternal Heart, and a shelf within his heart to be able to receive what We want to give, so that We may be able to say to him in Our emphasis of love: ‘My son, you have deserved it, and We have given you what We wanted to give you.’ One who prays disposes himself; that which is obtained by praying is appreciated, is kept safe. And since the knowledge of my Divine Will, the possession of Its Kingdom, is not an individual good, but a general one, in order to obtain it, I have you pray for all, in the name of all and of each thought, word and act of creature, so that you may form the right in Our divine paternity that all may receive the Kingdom of Our Fiat, as well as the dispositions within themselves to be able to possess It. So the Queen of Heaven did, to impetrate the Kingdom of Redemption. She had a prayer, a sigh, an act, for all and for each one – She let no one escape Her; and by this, She gave to each one the right to be able to receive their Redeemer. So I did to redeem them, and so I want you to do for the Kingdom of my Divine Will.”

After this, I continued thinking: ‘And why has the Lord so much interest, and He loves so much that His Holy Will be known and reign in the midst of creatures?’ And my sweet Jesus added: “My daughter, because the first purpose, act and end of Creation was that Our Divine Will alone reign; and in order for It to reign, it is necessary to know It. It was Our Will that entered the field of action in Creation, that imposed Itself on the ‘nothing’ with Its creating Fiat, and created heavens, suns and many beautiful works – and also man. And in all the works It created It placed the seal of Its omnipotent Fiat as the indelible sign that It would remain inside each of Its works as ruling King inside his Kingdom. So, the purpose of Creation was not Our power, Our goodness, Our justice, Our immensity, and the like; and if all of these, Our attributes, concurred in It, it was as consequence, not as purpose. And if We do not obtain the purpose, it is for Us as if We had done nothing; and since all created things were made for man, and man for Us, here is why, by necessity of love, by right of justice, for the honor and decorum of Ourselves and of all Our works, and as the fulfillment of Our purpose, We want Our Divine Will to reign in man as origin, life and end of his whole being. If you knew how much my Fiat suffers in looking at man; It looks at him, and says in Its sorrow: ‘I made him with my own creative hands! He is my work – he is the very one whom I so much delighted in creating! Yet, I am not inside of him as in my Kingdom; he broke my seal, and putting Me out, he destroys for Me the purpose for which I gave him life.’ See then, how it is of absolute necessity that my Divine Will be known and reign; and until it is so, Our most beautiful works cannot produce for man the goods which they contain; the very work of Redemption is without fulfillment.”

Then, I continued thinking: ‘And why does my beloved Jesus not speak about His very Fiat as often as before?’ And Jesus added: “My daughter, it is Our usual way to give the truths We want to manifest sip by sip, because the creature is incapable of receiving, all at once, all Our truths within her soul. And at the same time, We use this in order to let the life of the truth We have manifested mature within her. And taking great delight in seeing in the creature, matured, the beautiful works which the life of Our truths produces, We feel drawn by the beauty of Our manifestations to manifest yet more truths; and this is why We give time – to have the time and the occasion to take delight in giving more communications. Did We not do the same in Creation? We could have created everything that exists all at once and with one single Fiat, but We did not do it. When Our Fiat was being pronounced and Our works were coming out, We delighted in looking at the beauty and magnificence of Our works, and these moved Us to pronounce more Fiats, so as to form other beautiful works. So I am doing with you. Don’t you know that what regards my Divine Will and Its Kingdom is nothing other than the continuation of Creation – the narration to man that was to be continued had he not sinned, and had he possessed my Kingdom of the Fiat? But since he rejected my Divine Will, he interrupted the narration of the story of my Will; more so, since my Will had no more reason to make it, for he no longer possessed Its Kingdom. And after so many centuries, my Will has resumed Its narration to make Itself known – a sign that It wants to give Its Kingdom. Therefore, what I manifest to you about my Divine Will is nothing other than the continuation – continuing from the beginning of Creation in order to narrate the life of the Divine Will.”

Scripture Meditation-  ²⁰ And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. ²¹ And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.  ²² But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; ²³ and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry; ²⁴ for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to make merry. (Luke 15:20-25)

Prayer Reflection O Lord we love You, we bless You and we adore You because You so long to give us the Kingdom even though we are all prodigals. Let us return to You not only to be redeemed but to allow You to sanctify us and return us to our purpose receiving all that You so long to give us!