From Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta, Little Daughter of the Divine Will: Sept. 7th - "Remove that which disturbs you. Be at peace, expecting everything from your Celestial Mama, and abandoning yourself in the Divine Will." I shall try to post a "light" each day if it be God's Will. In the Heart of Jesus & Mary
"It is not our occupations that take us away from Him, but our will - the thought of ourselves - that make us put Jesus aside, even in good."
"Jesus feels the need to make of the creatures the repeaters of His Life, and He does so on the stake of suffering and love."
IMPORTANT FOR OUR DAY: "If the Divine Fiat is known, the kingdom of the enemy is over. Here is all his rage."
"The thing that most facilitates living in the Divine Will is to do whatever we can - and because God wants it; a Fiat is impressed in our act and the Divine Life is formed."
"Never deny anything to the Divine Will. To deny something to It, not letting oneself be dominated by It, means to break the sanctity, to tear it to shreds, in such a way that we ourselves will not be able to make head or tail of anything."
"The world is exactly at the same point as when I was about to come upon earth. All were awaiting a great event, a new era, as indeed occurred. The same now; since the great event, the new era in which the Will of God be done on earth as It is in Heaven, is coming – everyone is awaiting this new era, tired of the present one, without knowing what this new thing, this change, is about, just as they did not know it when I came upon earth. This expectation is a sure sign that the hour is near. But the surest sign is that I am manifesting what I want to do, and that turning to one soul*, just as I turned to my Mama in descending from Heaven to earth, I communicate to her* my Will and the goods and effects It contains, to make of them a gift for the whole of humanity." *Luisa Piccarreta Book Of Heaven Vol 15 - July 14, 1923
In the late 1980s there was a retired priest who lived in the rectory of the parish my family attended. He was a very holy man and his name was Father Norcott. At the time, one could say I was in the prime of life: in my mid-30s, with a young family, and at the pinnacle of my career (though I did not then realize it). Interestingly enough, every occasion I would go up to receive Holy Communion from Fr. Norcott, he would say, "The Body of Christ, Little Terry." I was bewildered as to why he would call me little (I'm 6'2"), but never asked him why. Not long afterward, we left that parish for another, and I never saw Fr. Norcott again. This memory of his calling me "Little" has come back to me strongly the last few months. I now believe it is directly connected to this idea of smallness. With so little room in my heart, every attachment must be uprooted to make room for Jesus. He will enlarge my heart to infill it with His Love only to the degree that I'm willing to be a conduit for others (for His Divine Will). That is why I ask with trembling at each consecration of the Precious Blood, that I may learn to pour out my blood for the sake of many. It is funny that I'm willing to share this very private act of surrender; perhaps it is that I now see a little more clearly the correlation between Little Terry and the Smallness of living in the Divine Will. Thank you, lynnfiat! Safe in the Father's Lap!
So true. So scriptural. I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church . . . —Colossians 1:24
"How could anyone live without a Will so holy? It would be as though living without breathing, without motion, without principle for which we have been created."
