Walking with Jesus Daily in the Divine Will-Divine Will Calendar
August 2, 1909
The soul: a toy made of gold and diamond-Volume 9
Luisa- I was thinking of what I wrote on the 27
th of last month, and I said to myself: ‘I thought I was something in the hands of the Lord; yet, I am nothing but a toy! What a most wretched object I am! Toys can be
made of clay, of earth, of paper, of a flabby elastic band, such that it is sufficient that they fall to the
ground – or just the slightest inconvenience, for them to break; and no longer being useful for the game,
they are thrown away. Oh, my Good, how oppressed I feel at the thought that one day or another You may
throw me away!’ And good Jesus made Himself heard and told me:
Jesus- “My daughter, do not oppress
yourself. When toys are made of wretched matter and they break, one throws them away; but if they were
made of gold or of diamonds, or of any other precious material, one has them fixed, and they always serve
to form the amusement of the one who has the good of possessing them. So you are for Me: a toy made of
diamonds and of purest gold, because you have my Image in you, and because I paid the price of my
Blood to purchase you, and you are adorned with the likeness of my sufferings. Therefore, you are not a
wretched object that I could throw away; rather, it costs Me very much. You can be tranquil – there is no
danger I may throw you away (Book of Heaven).
Scripture Meditation- 18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. 21 Through him you have confidence in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God (1 Peter 1:18-21).
Prayer Reflection– O Lord we bless You, we adore You and we love You because while You used the imagery of a toy (July 17, 1909) to describe our souls to Luisa, You reassure us that we are toys made of gold and diamonds. That we are made in Your image and that we were bought with a price! (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). That You will never throw us away and that we are precious to You! We are not objects, toys if You will, for use just to be destroyed when we break. No we are toys indeed made of gold and diamonds. It is the world that throws away people, but You, never! As a matter of fact in the Second Reading of today’s Mass, we are are told that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus! So let us be tranquil Lord even when we may be in dryness or darkness, and let us trust in You always knowing You always are working all things together for our good! (Romans 8:28). Fiat!
