wALKINg with jesus daily

Walking With Jesus from the Writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta

August 19, 1922
The pains which the Divinity inflicted on Jesus in His interior. The pains of the Passion were shadows and similes of
the interior pains.– Volume 14

Luisa- As I was in my usual state, my sweet Jesus made me suffer part of His pains and of His deaths, which He suffered
for each creature. From my little pains I could comprehend how atrocious and mortal the pains of Jesus had been. Then
He told me: “

Jesus- My daughter, my pains are incomprehensible to human nature, and the very pains of my Passion were
shadows or similes of my interior pains. My interior pains were inflicted on Me by an Omnipotent God, and not one fiber
could dodge His blow; those of my Passion were inflicted on Me by men who, having neither Omnipotence nor Allseeingness, were not able to do what they wanted, nor to penetrate into every single fiber of mine.
My interior pains were incarnate, and my very Humanity was transformed into nails, into thorns, into scourges,
into wounds, into martyrdom, so cruel as to give Me continuous deaths; and these were inseparable from Me – they
formed my very Life. On the other hand, those of my Passion were extraneous to Me; they were thorns and nails which
could be driven inside, and eventually, they could also be removed; and the mere thought that a pain can be removed is a
relief. But my interior pains, which were formed of my own flesh – there was no hope that they might be removed, or that
the sharpness of a thorn or the piercing of the nails might be lessened.
My interior pains were so great and so many that I could call the pains of my Passion reliefs and kisses given to
my interior pains; and uniting together, they gave the last proof of my great and excessive Love for the salvation of souls.
My external pains were voices which called everyone to enter into the ocean of my interior pains, to make them
comprehend how much their salvation cost Me. And then, from your own interior pains, communicated by Me, you can
somehow comprehend the continuous intensity of Mine. Therefore, pluck up courage – it is Love that pushes Me to this.”

Scripture Meditation- ⁷ In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard for his godly fear. ⁸ Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; ⁹ and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, ¹⁰ being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchiz′edek. (Hebrews 5:7-8).

Prayer Reflection- O Lord we bless You, we love You, and we thank You because do we really know how much our salvation cost? There is an old praise and worship song, “Here I Am To Worship”, with a line- I’ll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross. And today You give us insight into a little of that for our journey on this side of Heaven. I have been sitting with this reading from the Volumes since reading it on the calendar this morning. Because it was not just during Your Passion that You suffered for us but it was from Your Incarnation (read the Nine Excesses of Love) onward. Every moment on the this Earth was a martyrdom- rejection from the beginning, a murderous tyrant, the death of innocents, the scorn of neighbors and relatives, and the dismissal and persecution of the religious authorities. The betrayal and denial of your closest friends. And that is just what we know from The Gospels- in the Book of Heaven we learn that due to Your excessive love for us, every moment carried an interior thorn and scourge. That You wept and still weep over us, not only over our weaknesses and sins, but for what the fall really did to deform our human will made beautiful united to the Divine Will in creation. And You tell us today that in our interior pains, no matter what they may be, we can comprehend just a little what You suffered in Your interior pains. The Scripture today from Hebrews tells us that You offered up prayers and supplications with loud tears to the Father and we can know for sure that You are loving us through whatever may be causing us to do the same today. You tell us to pluck up courage, it is love that pushes You. And may it be Your love that pushes us to give our fiat in all circumstances knowing that You are the God that is making all things new. May Your Kingdom come, may Your Will be done!