piccarreta ७

Then He said to me: 

“The first thing I want you to mortify, is your will. That ‘self’ must be destroyed in you. I want you to keep it sacrificed as victim before Me, so that your will and Mine may become one. Aren’t you happy?”

“Yes, Lord, but give me the Grace, for I see that by myself I can do nothing.” And He continued, telling me: “Yes, I Myself will contradict you in everything, and occasionally by means of creatures.”

And so it happened. 

For example... 

if in the morning I woke up and did not get up immediately, the interior voice would tell me: “You rest, while I had no other bed but the Cross. Hurry up, hurry up - not so much satisfaction [tevredenheid].” 

If I walked and my sight would run a little farther, immediately He would reprimand me: “I do not want this. Do not let your sight move away from you but the length of one step, so that you won’t trip.” 

If I was in the countryside, and I saw flowers and trees, He would say to me: “I have created everything for Love of you, and you, deprive your sight of this delight for love of Me.” 

Even in the most innocent and Holy things, as for example the cloths for the altars, the processions, He would say to me: “You must take no other pleasure but in Me alone.” 

If I was sitting while working, He would say to me: “You are too comfortable. Don’t you remember that My Life was a continuous suffering - and you? And you?”

~bron~