wALKINg with jesus daily

Walking With Jesus- Daily Calendar From The Writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta

August 25, 1921
The more knowledge one has about the Divine Will, the more value his acts acquire.- Volume 13

Jesus- “Every time I speak to you
about my Will and you acquire new understanding and knowledge, your act in my Will receives more value and you
acquire more immense riches. It happens as to a man who possesses a gem, and knows that this gem is worth a penny: he
is rich one penny. Now, it happens that he shows his gem to a skilled expert, who tells him that his gem has a value of five
thousand liras. That man no longer possesses one penny, but he is rich five thousand liras. Now, after some time he has
the opportunity to show his gem to another expert, even more experienced, who assures him that his gem contains the
value of one hundred thousand liras, and is ready to buy it if he wants to sell. Now that man is rich one hundred thousand
liras. According to his knowledge of the value of his gem, he becomes richer, and feels greater love and appreciation for
the gem; he keeps it in custody more jealously, knowing that the gem is all his fortune, while before he held it as a trifle.
Yet, the gem has not changed – that which it was, so it is now; he is the one who has changed, by understanding the value
that the gem contains.
Now, the same happens with my Will, as well as with virtues. According to how the soul understands their value
and acquires knowledge of them, she comes to acquire new values and new riches in her acts. Therefore, the more you
know my Will, the more your act will acquire value. Oh, if you knew what seas of graces I open between you and Me
every time I speak to you about the effects of my Will, you would die of joy and would make feast, as if you had acquired
new reigns to dominate!”

Scripture Meditation- The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

⁴⁵ “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, ⁴⁶ who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. (Matthew 13:44-45).

Prayer Reflection- O Lord we love You, we adore You, and we bless You because You really ARE the pearl of great price, the treasure hidden in the field. And for all that You are we should be exchanging all that we have and are without You which is our nothingness! Because nothing else matters! Lord, as we read the Book of Heaven, You are teaching us bit by bit about the gift of gifts, the sanctity of sanctities. And speaking for myself, yes, at first, I did not understand its value at all, then I did little by little as I prayed the Hours of the Passion, and now Lord to paraphrase St. Augustine, I yearn for Your knowledges! And thank You Lord for those other “experts”- priests in the Divine Will, religious sisters in the Divine Will, and so many holy lay people who are reading and whom I pray with daily who have shown me the value of these writings by their love for them and have passed it on to me. Each day, as always through Your Word in Scripture and that will never change, but now in the Book of Heaven I can hear Your Voice; and I know that these gems are my fortune. But not for me to keep for myself and not for me to spread even all by myself, but are for for Your Glory and the good of all as I unite my tiny acts of each day to Your One Divine Act! Thank You Jesus!