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From The Writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta

June 23, 1931
How the Creation manifests the Divine Paternity, and how God feels Himself Father of those
who recognize Him in His works.

I was doing my round in the Creation, to follow the acts done in It by the Divine Will. It seemed to me
that in each created thing the Adorable Will was present as noble Queen, as center of life, to make in each thing
Its sweet encounter with the creatures; but only whose who recognized It in each created thing received this
encounter. In this happy encounter the correspondences open on both sides; they celebrate together, and the
Divine Will gives and the creature receives.
But while my mind wandered by going around in the created things, my Highest Good, Jesus, told me:

“My daughter, all Creation manifests the Divine Paternity, the Power, the Love, the harmony of He who created
It. But do you know of whom do We feel Ourselves Father? Of one who remembers and recognizes all
Creation as property of her Creator, who, wanting to manifest His Paternity toward the creatures, created so
many beautiful things for love of them. So, one who recognizes them in order to requite Him by loving Him
and thanking Him, draws closer around her Celestial Father as a daughter who recognizes His goods, and that, if
He created them, it means that He wants His daughter to possess His possessions within the possessions of her Father. If you knew what Our joy and happiness is in feeling Ourselves Father, and in seeing Our children close
around Us by means of Our created things. So, the creature, by remembering and recognizing what God has
done for her, loves Us as her Father, as We love her as Our daughter; We feel that Our Paternity is not a sterile
Paternity, but fecund.

In the same way, with one who remembers and recognizes what I did and suffered in My
Life and Passion, I feel Myself Redeemer, and I give her to possess the goods of Redemption. So, My Pains,
My Works, My Steps, line up around the happy creature in order to help her, sanctify her, and make her feel,
within herself, the effects of all My Life. And with one who recognizes what Our Love has done and can do in
the order of grace, I feel Myself passionate Lover, and I give her the possession of My Love, in such a way that
she will feel such love for Me as to be unable to live without loving Me. And since true love is in always doing
My Will, I make of her a prodigy of My Love and of My Will.

“What sorrow would it not be for a father to have children and not to see them around Himself so as to
love one another and enjoy the fruit of his inmost being? And if these children did not possess the goods of
their father, would it not be an even greater sorrow? Such is Our Divinity; We extended Our Paternity in an
infinite way in all Creation; as Father, We are all eyes over Our children, that they may lack nothing; Our Arms
feel the extreme need of love to clasp man to Our Bosom so as to give him love and receive love. And when
We see the creature running to Us, wanting Our Embraces—oh! how happy We feel that Our Paternity is
recognized and can carry out the office of Father for Our children. Our generation is almost innumerable, yet, a
few children surround Us; all others are far from Us—far with the heart, with the will; far from Our likeness.
And in Our sorrow, in seeing the few children around Us, We say: ‘And the other children—where are they?
How can they not feel the need to have a Celestial Father, to receive Our Paternal Caresses, to possess Our
goods?’

“Therefore, be attentive; recognize Our Goods, Our Works, and you will feel Our Paternity in the
heavens, studded with stars that, in their meek twinkling, call you daughter and attest to you the love of your
Father. Our Paternity extends in the sun that, with its vibrant light, calls you daughter and says to you:
‘Recognize in My Light the great gift of your Father, who loves you so much, that He wants you to be the
possessor of this Light.’ Our Paternity extends everywhere: in the water you drink, in the food you take, in the
varieties of the beauties of all nature. They have a common voice, all calling you daughter of the great Celestial
Father, and, as a daughter of His, they want to be possessed by you. Now, what would be Our contentment if,
in all things created by Us, at Our tender voice calling you daughter, We heard your voice calling Us Father,
and saying to Us: ‘This is a gift of my Father. Oh! how He loves me—and I want to love Him very, very
much.’”

Scripture Meditations- O Lord, how manifold are thy works!
    In wisdom hast thou made them all;
    the earth is full of thy creatures.
²⁵ Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
    which teems with things innumerable,
    living things both small and great. (Psalm 104:24-25)

⁷ In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace ⁸ which he lavished upon us. (Ephesians 1:7-8)

Reflection– O Lord we love You, we thank You and we bless You because You show us how to love You as Father and that is in loving and thanking You for creation. You have created all of these works for us! As You tell us in Romans 1:20, though not visible, You are clearly perceived in the nature You created! And all of these works of creation were created out of love for us! That just blows me away! I have the good fortune this week to be at my place in Florida at the beach and just looking at the ocean and the palm trees and the pelicans and in the Divine Will to be able to thank You in the name of all has been making me happy! But even when the clouds are grey and it is winter in the Philly area where I live, You are still there and to be praised even if the sun is hard to see! The Sun of Your Will never sets.

Even better Lord we can know You as Father and as Savior in Redemption and all that You have done for us! We can place and I love You on all that You did in Your Incarnation from Your Conception to Your Birth and Infancy, to Your private life in Nazareth hidden from the world but repairing and re-creating all of us, to Your public life and ministry to Your Holy Death and Resurrection. Because You live we can face all of our tomorrows!

So let us be attentive and give love back for the Love that has loved each one of us from all Eternity! Let us recognize You as Father, Savior, King, and Friend and praise You in the name of all! Fiat!