Walking With Jesus Daily Divine Will Calendar From The Writings Of Servant Of God Luisa Piccarreta
October 31, 1906
How for each suffering, the soul acquires one more kingdom within herself– Volume 7
Luisa- Continuing in my usual state, blessed Jesus came in passing, and told me only this:
Jesus- “My daughter, each suffering
that the soul suffers is one more dominion that she acquires over herself. In fact, patience in suffering is regime, and by
ruling herself, the more she suffers, the more dominion she acquires. She does nothing but expand and enlarge her
kingdom of Heaven, acquiring immense riches for eternal life. So, for each additional pain you suffer, consider that you
acquire one more kingdom in your soul – a kingdom of grace, which corresponds to a kingdom of virtue and of glory.”
Scripture Meditation- 3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Romans 5:3-5).
Prayer Reflection- O Lord we love You, we bless You, and we adore You because suffering, while it seems hard at the time, gives us greater dominion over ourselves. Suffering leads to endurance- patience which gives us dominion over ourselves and enlarges our capacity for the Kingdom in our soul. As St. Paul tells us it is this patience and endurance that produces character and character produces hope which does not disappoint because Your Love has been poured into our hearts. We acquire a kingdom of Grace which corresponds to a kingdom of virtue and glory. In 2 Corinthians we read how the “momentary light affliction” of suffering brings about an eternal weight of glory! So let us resolve today to accept our small daily sufferings, and we all have them, with patience knowing we are bringing the Kingdom here one little kingdom of ours at a time! Fiat!
