Walking With Jesus-Daily Divine Will Calendar From The Writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta
October 20, 1916
Grace, like sunlight, gives Itself to all- Volume 11
Luisa- I was fusing myself in the Divine Will and the thought came to me of commending to It various people
in a special way; and blessed Jesus told me:
Jesus-“My daughter, specificity goes by itself even if you should not
place any intention. In the order of Grace it happens as in the natural order: the sun gives light to all, yet notlight of the sun in order to work, to be industrious, to learn, to appreciate things; this one makes herself rich, she
constitutes herself, and does not go around begging for bread from others. Someone else, then, keeps lazing
about, she does not want to meddle in anything, the light of the sun inundates her everywhere but for her it is
useless, she wants to do nothing with it. This one is poor and sickly because sloth produces many evils, physical
and moral, and if she feels hungry, she needs to beg for someone else’s bread. Now, is the light of the sun
perhaps responsible for these two? Or, does it give more to one and less to the other? Certainly not; the only
difference is that one takes advantage of the light in a special way, while the other does not. Now, the same
happens in the order of Grace which, more than light, inundates souls, and now It makes Itself all voice to call
them, voice to instruct them and to correct them; now It makes Itself fire and burns away from them the things
of down here, and with Its flames It puts to flight creatures and pleasures from them, and with Its burns It forms
pains and crosses in order to give to the soul the shape of sanctity It wants from her; now It makes Itself water,
and purifies her, embellishes her and impregnates her completely with Grace. But who is attentive on receiving
all these flows of Grace – who corresponds to Me? Ah, too few! And then some dare to say that to these I give
Grace for them to make themselves saints, and to others I do not, almost wanting to hold Me responsible, while
they content themselves with conducting their lives lazing about, as if the light of Grace were not there for
them.”
Scripture Meditation- 3 This is good, and it is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:3-4).
Prayer Reflection- O Lord we bless You, we adore You, and we worship You because Your Grace, like the Sun, shines on everyone! Yet we need to take advantage of the light and the sun. What good is it to live in Florida, for example, if one decides to be a couch potato. All of that sunlight is wasted! We need to get outside! The same with grace which is sufficient for all (1 Corinthians 12:9). More than light Your Grace “inundates souls, and now It makes Itself all voice to call
them, voice to instruct them and to correct them; now It makes Itself fire and burns away from them the things
of down here, and with Its flames It puts to flight creatures and pleasures from them, and with Its burns It forms
pains and crosses in order to give to the soul the shape of sanctity It wants from her; now It makes Itself water,
and purifies her, embellishes her and impregnates her completely with Grace. ” And yet we are not attentive because we think it is Your Grace when all is well but we really don’t like to be purified, we don’t like the crosses and we think there must be some mistake. And yet without Your Grace, all of our suffering, which comes to all, becomes just pain without meaning. And how many Lord want to blame You in the hard times not realizing that the light of Grace is always there for them because because You desire that all be saved and know the truth and Your Grace is always enough! Lord, let us bask in the sun of Your Grace, soaking it up even when we would rather stay inside with the shades closed because we cannot live without You! Fiat!
