wALKINg with jesus daily

Walking With Jesus- Daily Divine Will Calendar from the Writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta

September 1, 1900
Obedience puts peace between God and the soul.- Volume 3

Luisa- Since He was still not coming, I kept saying:  ‘My good Jesus, do not make me wait so long.  This morning I don’t feel like getting upset and looking for You so much, to the point of tiring myself.  Come once and for all, quickly quickly – as simple as that.’  And in seeing that He was not coming, I kept saying:  ‘It shows that You want me to get tired and even reach the point of getting upset; otherwise You do not come.’ While I was saying this and other nonsense, He came and told me: 

Jesus- “Would you be able to tell Me what it is that maintains the correspondence between the soul and God?”  And I, but always through a light that came from Him, said:  “Prayer.”  And Jesus, approving of my answer, added:  “But what is it that draws God to intimate conversation with the soul?”  I did not know what to answer,  but immediately the light moved in my intellect, and I said:  “If vocal prayer serves to maintain the correspondence, certainly interior meditation must serve as nourishment in order to maintain the conversation between God and the soul.” 

Content with that, He continued:  “Now, would you be able to tell Me what it is that breaks the sweet contrasts, and removes the loving discontents which may arise between God and the soul?”  Since I did not answer, He Himself said:  “My daughter, only obedience has this office, because she alone decides about the things pertaining to Me and the soul.  And when some contrasts arise, or when some discontent comes to mortify the soul, as obedience arises, she breaks the contrasts, removes the discontents, and puts peace between God and the soul.”

And I:  “Ah, Lord, many times it seems that obedience herself does not want to meddle in it, remaining indifferent; and the poor soul is forced to remain in that state of contrasts and of huffiness.”  And Jesus:  “She does so for a certain time, because she too wants to delight in being present at those loving contrasts; but then she assumes her office and pacifies everything.  Therefore, obedience gives peace to the soul and to God.”

Having said this, He disappeared.

Scripture Meditation– ⁴⁶ “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? (Luke 6:46).

Prayer Reflection– O Lord we love You, we bless You, and we adore You and we all want peace. The peace that only You can give. And we pray and we pray. We may even have list- morning prayer, check, rosary, check, daily lectio, check. Listen to the Hallow app to whatever the challenge of the month is- check. And we want to grow in our faith and in this gift of the Divine Will. And yet You tell us the key today in the Book of Heaven and in the Gospels. Prayer pleases You but what really puts peace in our souls when the contrasts of life arise is obedience. I am sure all reading this, if they would take a moment of examination of conscience would find, even if teeny tiny because this blog mostly preaches to the choir, areas of resistance if not outright disobedience to what it is You are asking of us in each moment. And yes, like Luisa we can have times of confusion and “huffiness” about it all and those daily internal struggles are all part of the mortifications which are good for our soul. But then You step in, bringing peace, as we continue to seek Your Will, not only to do it, but to live in it with You reigning as King of every area of our lives! So let us continue to strive to maintain the correspondence of our souls to You- thy Will be done in everything and everywhere! Fiat!