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Now, My daughter, to give and to receive... 

are first and indispensable acts that, in clear notes, indicate... 

that We love the creature and that she loves Us. 

But this is not enough.

One must know how to receive by converting the good received into one’s nature, by eating it and masticating [kauwen] it thoroughly, in such a way as to convert the gift into the soul’s blood. 

This is Our purpose in giving Our Gifts—wanting to see the gift We gave converted into her nature, because then are Our Gifts not in danger, and We dispose Ourselves to give greater gifts.

And the creature, having converted it into her nature, places Our Gift in safety, becomes the possessor of it, and will feel within herself the good, the fount, and the good received converted into her nature. 

And since Our Gifts are bearers of peace, of happiness, of invincible strength, of celestial air, she will feel within herself the nature of peace, of happiness, of Divine Strength, that will form in her the air of Heaven. 

[10.5.1931]