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DIVINE WILL SNIPPET
(Extracts from the Book of Heaven by Luisa Piccarreta)
Compiled by Ann Ellison

April 26, 2021

THE THREE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, DEAR LUISA!

 

Hello, dear Divine Will Family,

Well, I am back! It is good to be back, although I did enjoy being with my family in Birmingham. They are wonderful and a very loving family, as every family should be.

I want you to think about one thing: your deficiencies in the demonstration of love for God! Wow, that is something to think about, isn’t it? I have been doing some thinking about that and I was stunned at how many deficiencies I had! When Jesus has me share in His sufferings, do I do it gladly and with joy….or do I complain?? When He wants me to wait in a line for 15 minutes, do I use that time to do rounds of reparation, or just to talk to Jesus about things I want to understand better about living in His Will, or to tell Him how grateful I am that He loves me so much, or show Him the love I feel for Him during that wait by doing rounds of love of Him, or do I complain and come back at another time when it is not so busy. Of course, our duties are very important and if you are really busy with duties, it is understandable why you would come back at another time. But, if you are not so busy, why not wait and offer it all up to Jesus for His glory, for His Kingdom to come and for the salvation of all souls? It teaches us patience, and self-giving for love of God!

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DIVINE WILL SNIPPET

(Extracts from the Book of Heaven by Luisa Piccarreta)
Compiled by Ann Ellison

April 16, 2021

THE MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD AND OUR MOTHER, MARY!

Dear Divine Will Family,

We haven’t had anything about Mary in a while and with May coming, I thought it would be very appropriate. She is our exemplar and our immense help in striving to live this Life of God reigning in our souls!

Also, I will be taking a little get-away after this Snippet. I leave today to go visit my 90 year old sister and her family. She may be 90, but she doesn’t look it nor does she act it. She is full of vitality and fun. Good holy fun, as is her daughters. It’s going to be a get together for the girls…my sister, her three daughters, an awesome daughter-in-law and myself. My daughter was supposed to join us, but business is keeping her away, much to our disappointment. It’s a time for everyone to get away to recharge.

Kathy and I had an incredible Lent and a wonderful Easter weekend! Absolutely beautiful. God was so very good to us and we have been thanking Him without end.

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DIVINE WILL SNIPPET

(Extracts from the Book of Heaven by Luisa Piccarreta)
Compiled by Ann Ellison

April 14, 2021

POINT #29 (ACCEPTING HUMILIATIONS WITH SERENITY)
FOR RAPID GROWTH IN THE DIVINE WILL

“…not even humility can enter Our Will—
only those who know themselves to be nothing!”

Dear Divine Will Family,
This is the last of the 30 Points for the Rapid Growth in Divine Will. If these are truly going to work for you, it is most important to continue studying them. Until this knowledge is rooted deeply in your soul, are you going to truly LIVE in the Divine Will constantly as Jesus expects? Can you say you are living in His Holy Will in a constant manner? Through study and practice in the Divine Will will we all achieve this. When Jesus sees your loving efforts, because you love His Will so much, He will help tremendously.

What is your foundation in your Catholic Faith? Is it sparse to say the least? Were you catechized properly in your Faith? Many were raised in the Faith when it began getting watered down, even to the point where some less serious sins were excused or was “not a big deal”! And now even Mortal Sins are overlooked and not spoken about. Hell does not even exist to some Catholics!! Many are lackadaisical, there’s rarely any reverence in Church anymore. No one seems to know there is a Tabernacle in the front…praise God that we do have our Tabernacle front and center…but I do wonder what good it does for most of the souls who attend our Masses. I wonder how people would act if Jesus appeared in front of them, right there on the Altar?? Would they even recognize Him? I pray they would all bow with great reverence….but I want to say to them now, “He is here, right in front of you…don’t you see Him!!”

I wept through most of Divine Mercy Sunday Mass! Very few souls joined us during this very special Gift from God, and we tried to convey to them the importance of this day. Hardly anyone took a pamphlet. How must Jesus have felt? It crushed me for Him. And the souls going out of Mass laughing with friends, still in Church, not paying any attention to Jesus? Lord, forgive them for they know not what they do! I rarely look up to watch anyone, truly. I am not interested in people watching. I am normally in my prayers after receiving Our Lord, but for some reason, I watched today…I don’t know why, but I did. Every act, and Jesus means it, every act that we do, good, bad or indifferent, we will stand in judgement before God! That is a terrifying thought. And another reason I don’t watch people.

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DIVINE WILL SNIPPET

(Extracts from the Book of Heaven by Luisa Piccarreta)
Compiled by Ann Ellison

April 12, 2021

POINT #28 (DEVELOPING SILENCE)
FOR RAPID GROWTH IN THE DIVINE WILL

Dear Divine Will Family,

How can you hear God and know His Will for your life, if you have not developed silence in your mind and in your heart?

Knowing and learning from Thomas Fahy for almost 27 years, I know the value of silence. No one could have taught me that better than Tom! I truly believe that through his silence, he developed the constant thought of God! I know that virtue is a gift from God, but because Tom was so silent most of the time, thinking only of God and His Holy Will, God granted this gift to Tom. I feel this way strongly because I lived with Tom and Kathy for so many years, and every time I approached Tom, if he wasn’t busy with the business end of having this organization, he was in the Volumes learning more or contemplating a concept or an insight that God had given him. He was always, always, always thinking of God and the knowledge he was learning from the Volumes.

Talking to Tom about worldly things, or just simple conversation was a waste of his time and he would shut you off in a minute! The only thing I can think of that he would talk about at times other than God or the Volumes were his cute little grade-school jokes he enjoyed so much, or maybe about souls who needed prayer or help in some way. If you called him, he only wanted to talk about God, concepts or insights into the Gift of Living in the Divine Will. I think a lot of his friends can confirm that….of course he was very interested in the prophecies of Garabandal, but only because they pertained to the coming of the Kingdom.
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DIVINE WILL SNIPPET

(Extracts from the Book of Heaven by Luisa Piccarreta)
Compiled by Ann Ellison

April 9, 2021

POINT #27 (TRUST AND CONFIDENCE)
FOR RAPID GROWTH IN THE DIVINE WILL

Dear Divine Will Family,
This is one subject that I have written about several times because it is so very, very important for your life in the Divine Will. If you do not have trust and confidence in God, then you are always living in fear. You don’t know what to do in this situation or that situation. Listen to what Jesus said in Volume 1 about trust…this is so important to memorize and practice!

“Don’t you want to trust Me? Don’t you know how much I love you? Don’t you see that everything I allow—either through creatures, from demons, or directly from Me—is truly for your good—and serves only to lead each soul to the state I have chosen for her?”

Our actions when we are afraid or when scruples creep up on us all indicate fear and lack of trust. We sometimes don’t realize it, and we certainly don’t mean it, but that is exactly what our actions show.
With trust and confidence, in God’s love and care for you, there is no fear or being timid! You trust God to take care of you all the time and in every situation. You have confidence in His plan for your life. You live with courage and with the strength of the Angels and Saints in Heaven.

Do you really think He doesn’t care what happens to you? Do you think He isn’t going to take care of you?? Do you think He doesn’t know what situation you are dealing with and the outcome if you bend to the will of evil people? It is truly an insult to Him and His love, mercy and compassion for His children. And His power to take care of you. You are saying that He is a neglectful Father and He will abandoned you! I remember reading where Jesus said that confidence constrains Him to do what the creature wants…always provided it is God’s Will. But He pays attention to trust and confidence in the creature, much more than fear and scruples. He acts more readily when He sees courage and confidence in Him.

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DIVINE WILL SNIPPET

(Extracts from the Book of Heaven by Luisa Piccarreta)
Compiled by Ann Ellison

April 7, 2021

POINT #26 (TAKING SPIRITUAL THINGS)
FOR RAPID GROWTH IN THE DIVINE WILL

Dear Divine Will Family,
Happy Easter Octave! May it be filled with love, peace and joy!

Back when Adam was first created, he was a perfect and when he drew his first breath it was as a divinized human being because when God blew the breath of life into Adam’s body, He also blew in the Gift of His Divine Will! So, when Adam awoke, his actions were already being animated by God in a perfect way because there was no sin in Adam. He was so pure and beautiful, with a snow white soul! And his first words were, “I love You, my God, my Father, the Creator of my being!” And Jesus told Luisa that they created Adam just to hear the words, “I love You!” Can you imagine?? God created the entire universe, all the animals, and man just to hear the words, “I love You!” It is something we should say to Him in His Will with His love a thousand times a day!! And along with that “I love You” an “I thank You!” God loves a grateful heart and that is something else we should say to Him a thousand times a day!! “I love You and I thank You with your Will and with your Love!” At least a thousand times a day. It will help keep you mind on God all day and God will bless you enormously a thousand times a day!! You are also, with that “I love You and I thank You” giving God all the glory that other souls owe Him, and you are saying to God I love You and I thank You for all creatures, past, present and future! You are pleading for His Kingdom to come upon the earth fully and completely in all souls! Listen to what Jesus say about what acts done in the Divine Will do!

Jesus says this: “My daughter, the acts done in my Will, identifying themselves with my Divine acts, rise even into Heaven. They circulate in all; they embrace all centuries, all points, and all creatures. Moreover, as they remain fixed in my Will, in every offense that creatures give Me-not only in the present time but also to the end of the centuries-these acts are, and will be, the defenders of my Throne. Furthermore, rising to my defense, they will do the reparations, which oppose the offenses that creatures will do.”

Jesus also said: “Divine Will is more united to us than our souls are to our bodies!” and also, “Divine Will permeates every fiber of our body and souls!”
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