Walking With Jesus-Daily Divine Will Devotional From The Writings Of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta
November 1, 1903
When the soul does all of her actions for the sole purpose of loving Jesus, she walks always in daylight; it is never
nighttime for her– Volume 6
Luisa- Continuing in my usual state, I found myself outside of myself and I saw myself as a little steamboat; I was all
surprised at seeing myself reduced to that shape. In the meantime my adorable Jesus came and told me:
Jesus- “My daughter,
the life of man is a steamboat, and just as it is fire alone that allows the steamboat to move, and the more lively and the
bigger the fire, the faster it runs, while if the fire is small it moves at a slow pace, and if the fire is extinguished it remains
motionless – the same for the soul: if the fire of the love of God is big, it can be said that she flies above all things of the
earth, and she always runs and flies toward her center, which is God. If then the fire is small, it can be said that she walks
with difficulty, crawling and getting all muddy with everything that is earth. If then it is extinguished, she remains
motionless, without the life of God within herself, as though dead to all that is divine. My daughter, when the soul does
all of her actions for the sole purpose of loving Me, and wants no other recompense for her work but my love alone, she
walks always in daylight – it is never nighttime for her. Even more, she walks within the sun itself which, almost like
steam, surrounds her to let her walk within itself, making her enjoy all the fullness of light. Not only this, but her very
actions serve as light for her journey, and increase for her ever new light.”
Scripture Meditation- 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. (1 John 5:3).
Prayer Reflection- O Lord we love You, we adore You, and we worship You because You compare us to a steamboat which is propelled by fire. We are propelled by the fire of Your Divine Love. If we have a big fire in our souls, we are always running and flying toward You! If the fire is small, we have difficulty and we are muddied by the things of the Earth. Literally stuck in the mud! If the fire is extinguished by sin, we are motionless without Your Light. You tell us the best way to fly in Your Divine Fire is to do all of our actions for the sole purpose of loving You. To do so is to walk in daylight, to walk in the sun as our actions serve as light for our journey. Lord I like to think that this is what all the saints did- the ones we know and the great multitude no one can count from the First Reading today in the Book of Revelation. They lived for You even in times of great distress and now they are around Your Throne! O Lord, may we fuse our acts today with theirs for Your Glory and the good of all as Heaven rejoices not only for all of the saints but for the little children of the Divine Will here on Earth who are calling down the Kingdom!
