piccarreta ३

Then He continued, telling me: 

“I have made great designs upon you, as long as you correspond to Me — I want to make of you a Perfect Image of Me, beginning from the moment I was born up to My death. I Myself will teach you, little at a time, the way you will do it.”

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And it happened in this way: 

every morning, after Communion, He would tell me what I was supposed to do during the day. I will say everything briefly, because after so much time it is impossible to say everything. I don’t remember for sure, but it seems to me that He told me that the first thing which was necessary in order to purify the interior of my heart, was the annihilation of myself - that is, humility. 

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And He continued, telling me: 

“See, so that I may pour My Graces into your heart, I really want to make you understand that by yourself you can do nothing. I AM very much wary [op mijn hoede] of those souls who attribute what they do to themselves, wanting to make of My Graces as many thefts. 

On the other hand, with those who know themselves, I AM generous in pouring My Graces in torrents. Knowing very well that they can attribute nothing to themselves, they are grateful to Me, they hold it in that esteem which befits it, and they live with the continuous fear that, if they do not correspond to Me, I may take away from them that which I gave, knowing that it is not something of their own. 

All the opposite in the hearts which reek [ruiken, stinken] of pride. I cannot even enter into their hearts, because they are so swollen with themselves that there is no space in which to put Myself. The miserable ones take My Graces into no account, and they go from fall to fall, up to their ruin. 

Therefore, on this day I want you to make continuous acts of humility. I want you to be like a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, who can move neither a foot to take a step, nor a hand to work, but expects everything from his mother. 

In the same way, you will stay close to Me like a baby, always praying Me to assist you, to help you. Always confessing to Me your nothingness - in sum, expecting éverything from Me.”

~bron~