From The Writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta
December 23, 1921 One who operates and lives in the Divine Will gives Jesus the field to issue new works, new love and new power. Effects of the sleep of Jesus.
I felt all immersed in the Divine Will, and my sweet Jesus, on coming, told me: “Daughter of my Will, as you operate and live in my Will, you make other new acts come out from within my Will, and you give Me the field for new works, new love and new power. How happy I feel that the creature, by living in my Will, gives Me the field to act. On the other hand, one who does not live in my Will folds my arms and renders my Will useless for her, while my Being is led to motion, to work, by the irresistible force of my love. And only one who lives in my Will gives Me free field, and I animate even the littlest acts of my Divine Volition; I do not disdain to place the seal of divine virtue even on the lowliest things. This is why I love so much one who lives in my Will, and I surround each of her acts with so much grace, with such dignity and decorum – because I want the honor, the glory, of my divine operating. Therefore, be attentive, and think well that if all that you do, you do not do in my Will, you will give uselessness to your Jesus. Ah! if you knew how idleness weighs on Me, how it saddens Me – you would be more attentive, wouldn’t you?”
Then, after this, I was about to close my eyes to sleep, and I said to myself: ‘My sleep too in your Will. Even more, may my breath be transformed into yours, so that what Jesus did when He would sleep, I may do as well. But then, did my Jesus really sleep?’ And Jesus came back and added: “My daughter, my sleep was extremely brief, but I did sleep. However, I did not sleep for Myself, but for creatures. I, as the Head, represented the whole human family, and I had to lay my Humanity over all in order to give them rest. I could see all creatures covered with a mantle of disturbances, of struggles, of restlessness – some were falling into sin, and remained sad; some were dominated by tyrannical passions which they wanted to conquer, and remained disturbed; some wanted to do good, and struggled in order to do it. In sum, there was no peace, because true peace is possessed when the will of the creature returns into the Will of its Creator, from which it came out. Outside of the center, shifted from the origin, there is no peace. So, while sleeping, my Humanity laid Itself over all, wrapping them as though within a mantle, just like the hen when it calls its chicks under its maternal wings to make them sleep. In the same way, extending Myself over all, I called all my children under my wings, to give to some forgiveness of sin, to some victory over passions, to some strength in the struggle – to give peace and rest to all. And in order not to strike fear in them, and to give them courage, I did this while sleeping. Who would fear someone who is sleeping?
Now the world has not changed; rather, it is in struggles more than ever, and therefore I want someone who would sleep in my Will, to be able to repeat the effects of the sleep of my Humanity.” Then, with an afflicted tone, He repeated: “And my other children – where are they? Why do they not all come to Me, to receive rest and peace? Let us call them – let us call them together.” And it seemed that Jesus would call them by name – one by one. But few were those who would come.
Scripture Meditation- 23 Whatever your task, work heartily, as serving the Lord and not men, (Colossians 3:23).
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High,
who abides in the shadow of the Almighty,
2 will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence;
4 he will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. (Psalm 91).
Reflection- O Lord we love You, we adore You and we worship You because You are with us in our daily work and in our sleep because we can never flee Your Presence (Psalm 139.). Fused in Your Divine Will You truly work in our working and breathe in our breathing animating even the littlest acts. And yet works not done in Your Will are useless to You so let us never lose an opportunity to let You act in all that we say, do and think each day for Your Glory and for the good of all! Even in sleep You cover all of us under Your Protective Wings to strengthen us and give us peace! May we sleep in Your sleeping for the good of all and to call all back into Your Will that all would find Your Peace this season!
JOURNEY INTO THE DIVINE WILL 