I am a widow and mother of 8 children. This story is so powerful! It is a great temptation to let the light go out with the death of your beloved. One day at a time... next best thing...all for the Glory of God. God gives. God takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. FIAT

Fr Mark Thank you for your captivating lessons today which I heard via Zoom (you're a wonderful teacher because you make it all so interesting and well explained by examples ). Everything you said today really resonated with me - I was exactly the same at school ! Now in my sixties reading Divine Will and discussing it really holds my attention .. it's the lost treasure humanity is searching for. MYSTICAL MOTHER OF DIVINE WILL Dear Father, I visited my sister and she asked me about being a Mystical Mother...I got caught in the trap of trying to "explain" my reasons...I was hurt because she was a little dismissive of it...then as i listened to the second half of your talk... you talked exactly about this! It was a healing balm to my soul! Im so incredibly happy and blessed to be part of this beautiful group of Mystical Mothers! God bless you all! Erin from Prescott Valley, Arizona Wow! I was just yesterday asking God if shouldn't it be that the natural thing is for people to live in His Will? Isn't it that to live by the human will is abnormal? And now here is this subject. Dear Fr Mark, Thank you and thank You Eternal Word, Jesus for these beautiful lessons. What a gift to be a mystical mother and we have been given the best guide in our Lady. I can see God’s Divine Plan in it all! God bless you in His Will from Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 ️

Thank you so much Fr Mark. So many pearls of wisdom. I loved the sage advice of not making decisions during Lent and Advent. Thank You, Lord, with Your Will.

Father Mark, My heart has always desired to be the Mother of a Priest. I've introduced our cenacle members to this great gift of adoption and we are looking forward to Adopting a Priest on April 12th - the Feast of Our Lady of the Revelation. I'm looking forward to showing them this video. I love your presentations. You are de-LIGHT-ful, Thank you for your holy priesthood and all the glory it is giving to God and all of Heaven and earth. In the Will, Gail Anne

Thank you Fr Mark. Such rich food for our souls and the gift of eternal life and the call to listen to the Holy Spirit and adjust my sails to do God's will. As we advance towards Lent I pray for the grace to be faithful and attentive to the gift of the Divine Will and spiritual Mother.

May 1, 1921 The human will casts dissimilarity between Creator and creature. All is harmony for one who lives in the Divine Will. Continuing in my usual state, I found myself outside of myself in the midst of a multitude of people. Up high there was the Queen Mama, speaking to that people and crying, so much so that, holding a bunch of roses on Her lap, She bathed them with Her tears. I could not understand anything of what She was saying; I could only see that the people wanted to make tumults, and that the Celestial Mama was praying them, crying, to calm down. Then She detached one rose and, pointing to me in the midst of so many people, She threw it to me. I looked at it; the rose was beaded with the tears of my dear Mama, and those tears were inviting me to pray for peace among the peoples. Afterwards, I found myself together with my sweet Jesus, and I prayed to Him for peace among the peoples; and He, drawing me to Himself, spoke to me about His Most Holy Will, telling me: "My daughter, my Will contains the creative power, and just as my Will gave life to all things, so It has the power to destroy them. Now, the soul who lives in my Volition also has the power to give life to good and to give death to evil. Within Its Immensity, she finds herself in the past, and wherever there are voids to my glory, offenses not repaired, love not given to Me, she fills the voids of my glory; she makes for Me the most beautiful reparations, and she gives Me love for all. In my Will, she diffuses herself in the present, she extends to future centuries, and everywhere and for everyone she gives Me that which Creation owes Me. In the soul who lives in my Will I feel the echo of my power, of my love, of my sanctity; in all of my acts I feel the echo of her own. She runs everywhere - before Me, behind Me, and even inside Me. Wherever my Will is, hers is there too; as my acts multiply themselves, hers too multiply. Only the human will puts disharmony between creature and Creator; one single act of human will puts confusion between Heaven and earth, and casts dissimilarity between Creator and creature. On the other hand, all is harmony for one who lives in my Will; her things and mine harmonize together; I am with her on earth, and she is with Me in Heaven - one is the interest, one the Life, one the Will. See, Creation did not move from my Will in anything: the sky is always azure and starry; the sun is full of light and heat. The whole of Creation is in perfect harmony; each thing is the support of the other. It is always beautiful, fresh, young; it never grows old, nor does it lose one shade of its beauty; on the contrary, it seems to rise every day more majestically, giving a sweet enchantment to all creatures. So would man have been, had he not withdrawn from my Will; and so are the souls who live in my Will: they are the new heavens, the new suns, the new earth, all flowery - even more, more varied with beauty and enchantment."

May 1, 1904 The eye that delights only in the things of Heaven has the virtue of seeing Jesus, while one who delights in the things of the earth has the virtue of seeing the things of the earth. As I was in my usual state, I was thinking about Our Lord at the moment when, as He reached the top of mount Calvary, He was completely stripped and was embittered with gall; and I was praying to Him, saying: ‘My adorable Lord, I see in You but a garment of blood adorned with wounds; for taste and pleasure, I see bitternesses of gall, and for honour and glory, I see confusion, opprobriums and crosses. O please! do not permit, after You have suffered so much, that I look at the things of this earth as anything other than dung and mud, that I take any other pleasure but in You alone, and that all my honour be anything else but the cross.” And He, making Himself seen, told me: “My daughter, if you did otherwise you would lose the purity of eye, and as a veil would form before your sight, you would lose the good of seeing Me. In fact, the eye that delights only in the things of Heaven has the virtue of seeing Me, while one who delights in the things of the earth has the virtue of seeing the things of the earth, because his eye, in seeing them as different from what they are, sees them and loves them.”

May 1, 1926 How one who lives in the Divine Will is nourished by the Divine Breath, while one who does not live in It is an intruder and a usurper of the goods of God, and receives them as alms. The Divine Will has a continuous motion that never stops. I felt all immersed in the Supreme Volition, and my sweet Jesus came out from within my interior, and squeezing me tightly to Himself, He placed His mouth close to my lips, and sent me His omnipotent breath. But who can say what I felt within me? That breath penetrated deep into my most intimate fibres; it filled me completely, to the point that I no longer felt my littleness, my existence, but only Jesus within all of me. Then, after repeating several times this act of sending me His breath, as it seemed He was not content if He did not see me completely filled with that divine breath, He told me: “My daughter, since you are born in my Will, it is necessary, it is right and decorous that you live, grow and be nourished in It, and that you acquire the prerogatives of a true daughter of my Volition. No extraneous feature, nor anything which does not belong to my Will must appear in you. Therefore, from your physiognomy, from your manners, from your speaking, and even from the way you love and pray, it must be recognized that you are the daughter of my Will. Do you see, then, how I love you, and with what jealousy I keep you and nourish you? With my very breath, because only my breath can preserve, whole and permanent, the Life of my Will in one who must live in my Volition. And so, that breath which, with so much love, I released from my bosom in the creation of man, to infuse in him my likeness, I continue to infuse in the soul who lives in my Will, in order to form my true images and the great portents which I had established to form in Creation, and for which all things were made. This is why I long so much for one who lives in my Will, because she alone will not leave Me disappointed in the purpose of Creation. She alone will enjoy, by right, the things created by Me, because since my Will is one with hers, what is mine is hers and, by right, she can say: ‘The heavens, the sun, the earth and all the other things, are mine. Therefore I want to enjoy them, also to give honor to that Supreme Will which created them, and which reigns in me.’ On the other hand, the soul in whom my Will does not reign has no right, and if she enjoys them, she is a usurper, because they do not belong to her – she is an intruder in my goods; and because my goodness is great, I let her enjoy them as alms, but not by right. This is why many times the elements unload themselves over man, to his harm – because he has no right, and what is left for him of the things of the earth is the alms that the Creator sends to him. But one who lives in my Will is like a queen in the midst of Creation, and I greatly delight in seeing her reign in the midst of my goods.” After this, I continued to pray, and my sweet Jesus came back, making Himself seen with two fountains of light coming out of His Most Holy hands. One of them descended over my poor soul, and through a device which was formed in the hands of Jesus, while descending, it went up again. It seemed to be a continuous current which, while descending, ascended. Jesus was all delighted in the midst of these fountains of light, and was all attentive so that one of them would remain all centralized in me. Then He said to me: “My daughter, this fountain of light which descends from my hands is my Will which descends from Heaven and makes Its way into the soul in order to accomplish what It wants to do within her. This action of my Will forms the other fountain of light which, through my hands, ascends again toward Heaven to bring the fulfillment of my Will from the creature to the Eternal Creator. But while ascending, at the same time it descends again doubled, to continue its divine action in the creature. My Will has a continuous motion – It never stops. If Its motion could be stopped, which cannot be, life would cease for the whole Creation – for the sun, for the starry heavens, for the plants, for the water, for the fire, for creatures – all of them would be reduced to nothing. Therefore, with Its continuous motion, my Will is life of each created thing; It bindseverything; It is more than air which, with Its breath, makes all the things which came out of Our hands, breathe, develop and vegetate. See, then, what an affront is given by creatures, because while my Will is life of everything and centre of all things, and without It nothing and no good would exist, they do not want to recognize Its dominion, nor Its life which flows within them. This is why one who recognizes the Life of my Will within herself and in all things is the triumph of Our Will and the conquest of Our victories; she is the recompense of Our Love to Our continuous motion. Our Will binds this creature to the whole Creation, making her do all the good that my Will Itself does. So, everything is hers; and I love her so much that I am unable to do anything without her, because by virtue of my Will, we have the same life, the same love, one single heartbeat and one single breath.” And while saying this, He threw Himself into my arms, as though faint with love, and he disappeared.

May 1, 1925 The three unique missions: the mission of the Humanity of Our Lord; the mission of Mary Most Holy; the mission of Luisa, firstborn daughter of the Divine Will. I was thinking about the many things that my beloved Jesus has told me on His Most Holy Will, and some doubts arose within my soul, which it is not necessary to write on paper. I will only say what my highest Good told me: “My daughter, in certain missions or offices, such gifts, graces, riches and prerogatives must be enclosed within them, that if it wasn’t for the mission or the office occupied, it would not be necessary for one to possess the whole magnitude of what he possesses, which has been given to him because of the necessity to carry out that office. My Humanity was given by my Divinity the mission of the salvation of souls and the office of Redeemer – of redeeming them. Because of this office, I was entrusted their souls, their pains, their satisfactions; so, I enclosed everything. And if my Humanity had not enclosed even just one soul, one pain, one satisfaction, the office of Redeemer would not have been complete - I would not have enclosed within Myself all the graces, the goods and the light which it was necessary to give to each soul. And even though not all souls are saved, this says nothing; I was to enclose the goods of all, so that, on my part, I might have the necessary and superabundant graces for all, in order to be able to save all. This was befitting to Me for the decorum and the just honour of my office of Redeemer. The same happens to the sun which is above your horizon: it contains so much light as to be able to give light to all; and even if not everyone wanted to enjoy its light, because of the unique office of sun which it has, it possesses even that light which creatures might refuse. If this was befitting to the sun, because it was created by God as the unique sphere which was to warm the earth and embrace it with its light – in fact, when one thing or one office is unique, in order to be able to carry out its office, it is necessary for it to contain so much of that good as to be able to give it to all, without exhausting one atom of it in giving it to others – much more befitting was it to Me, who was to be the new Sun of souls; who was to give light to all and embrace everything with my light, to be able to bring them to the Supreme Majesty, and offer to It an act which would contain all acts, and make superabundant light descend upon all in order to place them in safety. In addition to Myself, there is my Celestial Mama, who was given the unique mission of Mother of a Son-God, and the office of Co-Redemptrix of mankind. For Her mission of Divine Maternity, She was enriched with so much grace, that all that belongs to the other creatures, both celestial and terrestrial, united all together, will never be able to equal Her. But this was not enough to draw the Word into Her maternal womb; She embraced all creatures, She loved, repaired, adored the Supreme Majesty for all, in such a way as to accomplish, Herself alone, all that the human generations owed God. So, in Her virginal Heart She had an inexhaustible vein toward God and toward all creatures. When the Divinity found in this Virgin the requital of the love of all, It felt enraptured, and formed in Her Its Conception. And as She conceived Me, She took on the office of Co- Redemptrix, and She took part in, and embraced together with Me, all the pains, the satisfactions, the reparations, the maternal love toward all. So, in the Heart of my Mother there was a fibre of maternal love toward each creature. This is why, when I was on the Cross, in truth and with justice I declared Her the Mother of all. She ran together with Me in the love, in the pains - in everything; She never left Me alone. If the Eternal One had not placed so much grace in Her as to be able to receive the love of all from Her alone, He would never have moved from Heaven to come upon earth to redeem mankind. Here is the necessity, the befittingness, that, having the mission of Mother of the Word, She embrace and surpass everything. When an office is unique, it comes as a consequence that one must let nothing escape him; one must have everything under one’s eyes, so as to be able to hold out that good which one possesses; one must be like a true sun which can hold out light to all. So it was for Me and for my Celestial Mama. Now, your mission of making the eternal Will known is braided with mine and with that of my dear Mother. And since it is to serve for the good of all, it was necessary to centralize this eternal Sun of my Volition in one creature, so that, as unique mission, this Sun might let Its rays blaze from one alone, so that all might take the good of Its light. Therefore, for the decorum and honour of my Will, I was to pour into you such graces, light, love and knowledge of It, as the herald and preparation which befitted the dwelling of the Sun of my Volition. Even more, you must know that, just as my Humanity, because of Its office of Redeemer, conceived all souls, in the same way, because of your office of making my Will known and reigning, as you keep doing your acts in my Will for all, all creatures remain conceived in your will; and as you keep repeating your acts in my Will, you form so many sips of life of Divine Will as to be able to nourish all the creatures which, by virtue of my Will, are as though conceived in yours. Do you not feel how, in my Will, you embrace everyone, from the first to the last creature which is to exist upon earth; and, for all, you would want to satisfy, love, please this Supreme Will, binding It to all, removing all obstacles that prevent Its dominion within creatures, making It known to all; and you expose yourself, even with pains, to satisfy this Supreme Will for all, which so much loves to make Itself known and to reign in the midst of creatures? To you, firstborn daughter of my Divine Volition, it is given to make known the qualities, the value, the good It contains, and Its eternal sorrow of living unknown, hidden, in the midst of the human generations; even more, despised and offended by the evil, and placed by the good at the level of the other virtues, as if It were a little lamp, like the other virtues, and not a Sun, which my Will is. The mission of my Will is the greatest that can exist; there is no good which does not descend from It; there is no glory which does not come from It. Heaven and earth - everything is centred in It. Therefore, be attentive, and do not want to waste time; everything I have told you for this mission of my Will was necessary - not for you, but for the honour, the glory, the knowledge and the sanctity of my Will. And since my Will is one, one was to be she to whom I was to entrust It, and through whom I was to make Its rays blaze, to do good to all.”

May 1, 1900 The Eucharist and the Cross. Suffering is not to be feared. After I received Communion, my sweet Jesus made Himself seen all affability; and as it seemed that the confessor was placing the intention of the crucifixion, my nature felt almost a repugnance to submit itself. My sweet Jesus, to cheer me, told me: “My daughter, if the Eucharist is the deposit of the future glory, the cross is the disbursement with which to purchase it. If the Eucharist is the seed which prevents corruption – like those aromatic herbs that prevent decomposition when applied to cadavers – and gives immortality to soul and body, the cross embellishes and is so powerful that if debts have been contracted, it becomes their guarantor, and it more surely obtains the restitution of the debt’s deed. And after it has satisfied every debt, it forms for the soul the most refulgent throne in the future glory. Ah, yes, the cross and the Eucharist alternate, and one operates more powerfully than the other.” Then He added: “The cross is my flowery bed, not because I did not suffer harrowing spasms, but because by means of the cross I delivered many souls to grace, and I could see many beautiful flowers bloom, which would produce many celestial fruits. So, in seeing so much good, I held that bed of suffering as my delight, and I delighted in the cross and in suffering. You too, my daughter – take pains as delights, and delight in being crucified on my cross. No, no, I do not want you to fear suffering, almost wanting to act as a sluggard. Up, courage! Be brave and, on your own, expose yourself to suffering.” As He was saying this, I saw my good guardian Angel ready to crucify me; I stretched out my arms on my own, and the Angel crucified me. Oh, how good Jesus delighted in my suffering! And how content I was, that such a miserable soul could give pleasure to Jesus! It seemed a great honour for me to suffer for love of Him.

May 1, 1920 The Sanctity of one who lives in the Divine Will is a continuous ‘Glory Be’. One who lives in the Divine Will, living on a high place, must bear the pains of those who live down below. My misery makes itself felt more and more. I was saying in my interior: ‘My Jesus, what life mine is!’ And He, without giving me time to say anything else, quickly answered: “My daughter, for one who lives in my Will, Sanctity has only one point - a continuous ‘Glory be’, followed by ‘As it was in the beginning, it is now and ever shall be, world without end.’ There is nothing in which she does not give glory to God - complete in everything, always stable, always equal, always queen, without ever changing. This Sanctity is not subject to setbacks or losses - but to always reigning. Therefore, Its foundation is the ‘Glory be’, and Its prerogative is the ‘As it was in the beginning, etc.’” As I continued to lament about His privations and the subtractions of suffering - while He gives it out abundantly to others - my always lovable Jesus came out from within my interior, and placing His head on my shoulder, all afflicted, told me: “My daughter, one who lives in my Will lives on a high place; and one who lives on a high place can look down below with more clarity. She has to take part in the decisions, in the afflictions and in everything which befits persons who live on a high place. Don’t you see this in the world? Sometimes only father and mother do - and sometimes also the eldest child is able to take part in the decisions and in the sufferings of the parents. While they are under the nightmare of painful sufferings, uncertainties, intrigues, losses, the other little children don’t know anything about it; rather, they let them play, and continue the course of ordinary family life, not wanting to embitter those tender lives, without a useful purpose for them, and for the parents. The same happens in the order of grace. One who is little, and still growing, lives down below; therefore, purges are necessary in order to make her grow in sanctity. It would be as if one wanted to talk about business, intrigues, pains, to the little ones of the family - they would be stunned, and would not understand a thing. But one who lives in my Will, living on a high place, must bear the pains of those who live down below, see their dangers, help them, take such serious decisions as to make one tremble, while they remain tranquil. Therefore, calm yourself; we will have a communal life in my Will, and together with Me you will take part in the sufferings of the human family. You will watch over the great storms which will arise again; and while they play in the midst of danger, you will cry with Me over their misfortune.”

May 2, 1915 Pains of Jesus because of the chastisements. The souls who live in the Divine Will are the closest to the Humanity of Jesus; they live in Him and in all creatures, and impetrate good for all. My days are more and more so very bitter. This morning my sweet Jesus came in such a state of suffering that it cannot be described. On seeing Him suffer so much, I would have wanted to give Him relief at any cost. Not knowing what to do, I pressed Him to my heart, and drawing near His mouth, with mine I tried to suckle part of His interior bitternesses. But – nothing! No matter how hard I tried to suckle, nothing would come out. I returned to my efforts, but it was all in vain. Jesus was crying, and I too was crying in seeing that I could not alleviate His pains in any way. What a cruel torment! Jesus was crying because He wanted to pour [His bitternesses into me], but His Justice prevented Him from doing it; I was crying in seeing Him cry, and because I could not help Him. These are pains which no words can describe. Then, sobbing, Jesus told me: “My daughter, sins snatch scourges and wars from my hands. I am forced to allow them, and at the same time I cry and suffer with the creature.” I felt I was dying for the pain, and Jesus, wanting to distract me, added: “My daughter, do not lose heart. This too is in my Will, because only the souls who live in my Will can confront my Justice. Only those who live in my Volition have free access to share in the divine decrees and plead for their brothers. Those who dwell in my Will are the ones who possess all the fruits of my Humanity because my Humanity had Its limits, while my Will has no limits, and my Humanity lived in my Will – immersed in It, inside and out. Now, the souls who live in my Will are the closest to my Humanity. Making my Humanity their own - because I gave It to them - they can present themselves before the Divinity as invested with It, like another Me, and they can disarm Divine Justice and impetrate scripts of forgiveness for the perverted creatures. Since they live in my Will, they live in Me; and since I live in everyone, they also live in everyone and for the good of all. They live hovering in the air like sun, and their prayers, acts, reparations and everything they do, are like rays which descend from them for the good of all.”

May 2, 1917 How Jesus died little by little. Finding myself in my usual state, I was lamenting to my sweet Jesus because of His privations, telling Him: ‘My Love, who could ever imagine that your privation had to cost me so much? I feel I am dying, little by little. Each one of my acts is a death that I feel, because I cannot find the life. But dying and continuing to live is even more cruel - it is double death.’ My lovable Jesus came flashing by and told me: “My daughter, courage and firmness in everything. And then, don’t you want to imitate Me? I too died little by little. As the creatures offended Me in my steps, I felt a tearing in my feet, but with such bitterness of spasm as to be capable of giving Me death. And while I felt like I was dying, yet, I would not die. As they offended Me with their works, I felt death in my hands, and at the cruel torment, I agonized, I felt faint; but the Will of the Father sustained Me. I died, and I did not die. As the evil voices and the horrendous blasphemies of creatures were reflected in my voice, I felt like suffocating, my word being choked, poisoned; I felt death in my voice, but I did not die. And my tortured Heart? As It palpitated, I felt the evil lives in my heartbeat, souls being ripped from Me; and my Heart was continuously torn and lacerated. I agonized and died continuously in each creature, in each offense; yet, Love, the Divine Will, forced Me to live. This is the reason for your dying little by little. I want you together with Me - I want your company in my deaths. Aren’t you happy?”

May 2, 1938 How the Divine Will asks for the human will in every instant in order to say to her: “You have not denied anything to me, nor can I deny you anything.” How her little sea of love forms in the divine sea. The creation the sweet enchantment of the manifestation of the divine love toward creatures. My flight continues in the Divine Volition, and oh, how one remains surprised, in seeing that in every instant he asks for the human will, in order to make of it one of his loving portents! How one remains moved in seeing that a divine Fiat asks creatures for their human will! And my sweet Jesus in seeing me moved, repeating his brief little visit with me, all goodness said to me: “My daughter, it is always our love that with an irresistible force pushes us toward the creature and puts us in (an) attitude of asking, as if we might have need of her, in order to say to her: ‘You have loved me, and I love you. You have given yourself, and I give to you.’ “Now you must know where our love arrives. Every time that we ask for her will, and she gives us the gift, so many lives she gives us for how many times she gives it to us, and we in order to give her the occasion, the merit of giving us not one time her life but so many times for how many times we ask her, we are always in (the) act of asking her, and does it seem little to you that the creature can say to us: ‘So many lives have I given you, and not one time, but thousands of times, for how many times you asked it of me?’ And we not only love her with double love, for how many times she gives us her will, we remerit it each time, but we feel glorified and loved the more, for how many lives she has given us. “This is none other than our exuberant love, the finesse, the stratagems, the excesses, the follies of our working love, that does not know how to be without inventing new ways in order to have that we work/(are involved) with the creature, and in order to be able to say: ‘How many times we have asked her, she has never denied us; neither can we deny her.’ Is this not a trade of insuperable love, which only a God can do? “Besides this our love is not stopped, we always search for the creature to unify her with us; as she loves in our Will, so we make them form her tiny little sea of love in the interminability of our immense sea of love, and this in order to feel that her love is in ours, and she loves with ours; it will be very little, and this we know, that the created love can never arrive to the creative love but our contentment (is) inexpressible, that she loves in ours and with our love; a divided love, separated from us, can never please us, neither can it wound us, and then it would lose the most beautiful (part) of the love. And every time that she loves us in our Fiat, so much more grows her tiny little sea of love in our divine sea, and we feel more glorified and loved in seeing augmented the love of our creature.” After this I was making my round in the creation, in order to trace all the acts done by the Divine Will. And my always amiable Jesus added: “My blessed daughter, creation is the sweetest enchantment of the manifestation of our love toward creatures, there is the azure sky with its stars, the radiant sun, the air, the wind, the sea, always fixed, they are never moved, in order to say to man our love that never ceases; there is then in the low earth, flowers, plants, trees, the little grass, that all have a voice, a motion, a life of love of their Creator, in order to say to everyone, even the littlest thread of the grass, the story of love of he who has created them toward man. “Now, the things created in the low earth it seems that they die, but it is not true, rather they re-arise more beautiful; this is none other than the new resurrection of the love of God toward creatures, and in order to make a sweet surprise of love, while it seems that they die they re-arise more beautiful, and it puts the human eye under the new enchantment of the flowerings and of the fruits in order to be loved; one can say that every flower and plant brings the kiss, the I love you of its Creator to he who looks at it and takes possession of it. And therefore our supreme love waits that in everything he recognize us and send us his I love you, but in vain we wait. “In all created things our supreme being manifests our power, wisdom, goodness, (the) order of our love and we offer it to man so that he love us with love (that is) powerful, wise, full of goodness, that is that the image of our divine love be in him. And this one who lives in our Will can receive, because we can say, that she lives of our life; instead outside of him love is weak, wisdom is insipid, goodness is changed into defects, order into disorder; poor creature, without our Will, how it makes us pity! Even more so that we love the creature with incessant love and he wants to find in her the love that never ceases; and when she doesn’t love us it forms great voids in her soul of our love, and our love not finding his love in these voids does not have a place to rest itself, it remains suspended, goes wandering, races, flies and does not find one who receives it, and it cries, suffers agonies of sorrow and says: I am not loved, I love and I don’t find one who loves me. Then he added with a tender accent: “Dearest daughter, (if) you might know where my love arrives for who lives in my Divine Will, you would love me so much, that it would burst your heart for joy, and yours and my love would make you remain consumed, devoured of pure love for me. Now you must know that my Divine Will is the gatherer of all that which the creature does that lives in him; all that which becomes done in my Fiat does not exit, it remains in our fields of light, and my Will delighting himself goes gathering the motion, the love, the breath, the step, the words, the thoughts, all that which she has done in our Volition, in order to incorporate it in our own life. If I didn’t do this there would be missing a breath, a motion and all that which the creature has done in our Volition, to our life. Hence being parts of our life, we feel as the need that they continue their breath in ours, her motion, her step in ours. “Therefore we call one who lives in our Volition: our breath, heartbeat, motion, our love; to separate from us even the breath of one who lives in him, we can not do it, nor do we want it, we would feel (our) life torn. Therefore as she moves, breathes, and so on, my Will puts himself in festival and goes gathering that which the creature does and feels of loving him so much, as if he contributed to form the breath, the motion in the creature and the creature as if she contributed to give the breath, the motion to God. They are the excesses and the inventions of our love that then is content, when it can say: ‘That which I do she does, we move, we sigh and we love together.’ And then we feel the happiness, the glory, the exchange of our creative work, that as it went forth from our paternal bosom in a flame of love thus it returns to us all love into our divine bosom.”

May 2, 1930 The Divine Will always runs towards the creature to embrace it and make it happy, and has the virtue to empty it of every evil. The course of the “I love you” in the Divine Volition. My abandonment in the Divine Fiat continues. Its light eclipses me, Its strength enchains me, and Its beauty rapts me, so much so that I fell myself nailed - without being able to move from the thought of such a Holy Volition, nor can I keep myself form looking at It. Its Life kills mine, and I lose myself in Its immensity. But while my mind was losing itself in the omnipotent Fiat, my sweet Jesus moved in my interior, and holding me tightly in his arms, said to me: “My daughter, my Divine Will always runs as the first act of life towards the creature, to make it happy, to embrace it, and to empty it of the weight of all the human acts, because all that which is not my Will in the creature is hard, heavy, and oppressive. My Will empties the creature of everything that is human and makes everything light with Its breath. Therefore, the sign if the soul lives in my Divine Will is if it feels happiness within itself, because my Will is happy by Its own nature, and It cannot give unhappiness to whoever lives in It, because It does not possess unhappiness, nor does It want it, nor can my Divine Will change Its nature. So, whoever lives in my Fiat, feels within itself the virtue that gives happiness, and feels a vein of happiness flow in everything that it does, which makes every act light, every pain and sacrifice. This happiness brings with it the emptying of all evils and fills the creature of invincible strength, in such a way that with all truth, the creature can say: ‘I can do everything, and I can arrive to do everything, because I feel myself transmuted in the Divine Will, which has disbanded weaknesses, miseries, and passions from me. My very will, made happy from the Divine Will, wants to drink Its Divine happiness in large sips, and does not want to know how to live of anything if not of Divine Will’.” The unhappinesses, the bitternesses, the weaknesses, and the passions do not enter into my Will, but remain outside of It. The balsamic air of my Will sweetens and fortifies everything. And, the more the soul lives in my Will and repeats its acts in my Divine Volition, the more levels of happiness, of sanctity, of strength, and of Divine beauty does it acquire. And even in the very created things, the soul feels the happiness that those created things bring of its Creator. My Divine Will wants to make the creature who lives in It, feel the nature of Its happiness. So, my Divine Will makes the creature happy in the light of the sun, in the air that it breathes, in the water that it drinks, in the food that it eats, and in the flower that entertains it. In summary, in everything, my Will makes the creature feel that my Will does not know how to give anything other than happiness to the creature. Therefore, Heaven is not far from the soul, but inside of the soul, which wants to see it happy in everything.” Then, I was continuing my round in Creation to follow the Divine Fiat in every created thing. I was looking everywhere to put my usual “I love You”, to reciprocate Him for his so much love dispersed in all the universe. But my mind wanted to interrupt my course of my continuous “I love You”, by saying to me: “Is the life of this ‘I love You’ that I go repeating - in me?” While I was thinking this, my sweet Jesus, holding me tightly to Himself, said to me: “My daughter, you have forgotten that one ‘I love You’ in my Divine Will has the virtue of: Having been said one time, it never finishes to say ‘I love You, I love You’. The ‘I love You’ in my Divine Will is life, and as life, it is not able to stop living, it must have its continuous act. My Fiat does not know how to do finite acts, and everything that the creature does in It, acquires continuous life. And since the breath, the heartbeat, and the continuous movement are necessary for to live, so the acts done in my Divine Will, having their beginning in It, are changed into life. And as life, they acquire the continuation of the same act, without ever stopping. Therefore, your ‘I love You’ is none other than the continuation of your first ‘I love You’. Being life, your first ‘I love You’ wants food for to grow. It wants the breath, the heartbeat, and the movement to live. And by repeating your ‘I love You’, your first ‘I love You’ feels the heartbeat, the breath, the movement, and grows in the fullness of love, and (repeating your ‘I love You’s) serves to multiply as many lives of love for as many ‘I love You’s you say. If you only knew how beautiful it is to see all Creation - strewn with so many lives of love for as many ‘I love You’s that you say. Therefore, on ‘I love You’ calls and recalls with insistence the other ‘I love You’. That is why you feel a need, a necessity of love to follow the course of your ‘I love You’. True good never remains isolated, much more so in my Divine Will, which being Life and has no beginning nor end, everything that is done in It is not subject to an end, nor to being interrupted. Therefore, one ‘I love You’ serves to call back to life another ‘I love You’ and to maintain it in life. The ‘I love You’s are steps of life of love that the creature does in my very Volition. So, don’t stop. Continue the course of your ‘I love You’ for the One who loves you so much.”

May 2, 1905 The three types of resurrection which suffering contains. As I continued to be in suffering a little more than usual, on coming, my good Jesus told me: “My daughter, suffering contains three types of resurrection. First, suffering makes the soul rise again to grace. Second, as suffering advances, it gathers the virtues and the soul rises again to sanctity. Third, as suffering continues, it perfects the virtues, it embellishes them with splendour, forming a beautiful crown; and the soul, crowned, rises again to glory on earth, and to glory in Heaven.” Having said this, He disappeared.

May 2, 1899 How all Heaven is veiled in the Church. This morning, Jesus aroused much compassion; He was so afflicted and in suffering that I would not dare to ask Him any question. We would look at each other in silence; every now and then He would give me a kiss, and I would kiss Him; and He continued to make Himself seen in this way several times. On the last time He made me see the Church, telling me these exact words: “All Heaven is veiled in my Church. Just as in Heaven one is the head, which is God, and many are the saints, of different conditions, orders and merits, so in my Church, in which all Heaven is veiled, one is the head, which is the Pope, and the Sacrosanct Trinity is veiled even in the triple tiara that covers his head; and many are the members that depend on this head – that is, different dignities, various orders, superior and inferior, from the littlest to the greatest, they all serve to embellish my Church. Each one, according to its degree, has the office entrusted to it, and by the exact fulfilment of the virtues it comes to give from itself a splendour so very fragrant to my Church, that the earth and Heaven are perfumed and illuminated, and the people are so drawn by this light and by this fragrance, that it is almost impossible for them not to surrender to the truth. I leave it to you, then, to consider those infected members which, instead of shedding light, cast darkness. How much torment they cause in my Church.” While Jesus was saying this, I saw the confessor near Him. Jesus stared at him with His penetrating gaze; then He turned to me and told me: “I want you to have full confidence in the confessor, even in the smallest things; so much so, that there must be no difference for you between Me and him, and according to your confidence and faith in his words, so I will concur.” In the very act in which Jesus was saying these words, I remembered about certain temptations of the devil which had produced a little bit of distrust in me. But Jesus, with His vigilant eye, immediately corrected me, and at that very moment I felt that distrust being removed from within my interior. May the Lord be always blessed, who has so much care for this soul, so miserable and sinful.

May 2, 1923 When the ‘Fiat Voluntas Tua’ has its fulfillment ‘on earth as it is in Heaven’, then will the complete fulfillment of the second part of the Our Father occur. I felt my poor mind as though dissolved in the immensity of the Eternal Volition, and my sweet Jesus, returning to speak about the Most Holy Will of God, told me: “My daughter, oh! how well your acts done in my Will harmonize. They harmonize with mine, with those of my beloved Mama, and one disappears within the other, forming one single act. It seems that Heaven is on earth, and the earth is in Heaven. And the echo of one in three and of three in one, of the Sacrosanct Trinity – oh! How sweet it sounds to Our hearing, how it enraptures Us, but so much as to capture Our Will from Heaven to earth. And when my ‘Fiat Voluntas Tua’ has its fulfillment ‘on earth as it is in Heaven’, then will the complete fulfillment of the second part of the Our Father occur - that is, ‘Give us this day our daily bread.’ I said: ‘Our Father, in the name of all, I ask You for three kinds of bread every day: the bread of your Will, or rather, more than bread, because if bread is necessary two or three times a day, this one is necessary at each moment and in all circumstances. Even more, it must be not only bread, but like balsamic air that brings life - the circulation of the Divine Life in the creature. Father, if this bread of your Will is not given, I will never be able to receive all the fruits of my Sacramental Life, which is the second bread we ask of You every day. Oh! how my Sacramental Life feels discomforted, because the bread of your Will does not nourish them; on the contrary, it finds the corrupted bread of the human will. Oh! how disgusting it is to Me! How I shun it! And even though I go to them, I cannot give them the fruits, the goods, the effects, the sanctity, because I do not find Our bread in them. And if I give something, it is in small proportion, according to their dispositions, but not all the goods which I contain; and my Sacramental Life is patiently waiting for man to take the bread of the Supreme Will, in order to be able to give all the good of my Sacramental Life. See then, how the Sacrament of the Eucharist - and not only that one, but all the Sacraments, left to my Church and instituted by Me - will give all the fruits which they contain and complete fulfilment, when Our bread, the Will of God, is done on earth as it is in Heaven. Then I asked for the third bread - the material one. How could I say: ‘Give us this day our bread’? I could do so in view of the fact that, as man would do Our Will, what was Ours would be his, and so the Father would no longer have to give the bread of His Will, the bread of my Sacramental Life and the daily bread of natural life, to illegitimate, usurping, evil children, but to legitimate and good children, who would share in the goods of their Father. This is why I said: ‘Give us our bread.’ Then will they eat the blessed bread; everything will smile around them, and Heaven and earth will carry the mark of the harmony of their Creator. After this I added: ‘Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.’ So, charity also will be perfect. Once man has eaten the bread of my Will as my Humanity ate it, then will forgiveness have the mark of heroism, as I had it on the Cross. Then will the virtues be absorbed into my Will and receive the mark of true heroism and of divine virtues; they will be like many little rivulets, which will gush forth from the bosom of the great sea of my Will. And if I added, ‘And lead us not into temptation’ - how could God ever lead man to temptation? - it was because man is always man, free in himself, since I never take away from him the rights I gave him in creating him; and he, frightened and fearful of himself, tacitly cries out, and prays without expressing it with words: ‘Give us the bread of your Will, that we may reject all temptations; and by virtue of this bread, deliver us from every evil. Amen.’ See, then, how all the goods of man find again their connection, the tight bond of the ‘Let Us make man in Our image and likeness’, the validity of each of his acts, the restitution of the lost goods, as well as the signature and the assurance that his lost happiness, both terrestrial and celestial, is given back to him. Therefore, it is so necessary that my Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, that I had no other interest, nor did I teach any other prayer but the ‘Our Father’. And the Church, faithful executor and depository of my teachings, has it always on Her lips, and in every circumstance; and everyone - learned and ignorant, little and great, priests and lay people, kings and subjects - all pray that my Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Do you not want, then, that my Will descend upon earth? But just as Redemption had Its beginning in a Virgin - as I was not conceived in all men in order to redeem them, even though whoever wants it, can enter the good of Redemption and each one can receive Me in the Sacrament for himself alone – in the same way, now my Will must have Its beginning, possession, growth and development in one virgin creature. And then, whoever disposes himself and wants it, will enter the goods which the living in my Will contains. Had I not been conceived in my beloved Mama, Redemption would never have taken place. In the same way, if I do not operate the prodigy of making one soul live in my Supreme Will, the ‘Fiat Voluntas Tua on earth as it is in Heaven’, will not take place in the human generations.”

May 3, 1916 In the Divine Will the soul prays like Jesus; she satisfies the Father and repairs for all, as He did. While I was praying, my lovable Jesus placed Himself close to me, and I could hear that He too was praying. So I began to listen to Him, and Jesus told me: “My daughter, pray, but pray as I pray – that is, pour all of yourself into my Will, and in It you will find God and all creatures; and making all things of creatures your own, you will give them to God as if all were one single creature, because the Divine Volition is the owner of all. Then you will place at the feet of the Divinity the good acts in order to give honour to It, and the bad ones in order to repair for them through the sanctity, power and immensity of the Divine Will, from which nothing can escape. This was the life of my Humanity upon earth. As holy as It was, I still needed this Divine Volition in order to give complete satisfaction to the Father, and to redeem the human generations. In fact, only in this Divine Volition could I find all generations, past, present and future, and all of their acts, thoughts, words, etc., as though in act. And in this Holy Will, letting nothing escape Me, I took all thoughts into my mind, and for each of them in particular I brought Myself before the Supreme Majesty, and I repaired for them. And in this same Will, I descended into each mind of creature, giving them the good which I had impetrated for their intelligences. In my gazes I took the eyes of all creatures, their words in my voice, their movements in my movements, their works in my hands, their affections and desires in my Heart, their feet in my steps; and making them my own, in this Divine Volition my Humanity satisfied the Father, and I placed the poor creatures in safety. And the Divine Father was satisfied, nor could He reject Me, He Himself being the Holy Will. Would He perhaps reject Himself? Certainly not. More so, since in these acts He found perfect sanctity, unreachable and enrapturing beauty, highest love, immense and eternal acts, invincible power. This was the whole life of my Humanity upon earth, from the first instant of my conception up to my last breath, to continue it in Heaven and in the Most Holy Sacrament. Now, why can you not do this as well? For one who loves Me everything is possible. United with Me, in my Will, take and bring the thoughts of all before the Divine Majesty within your thoughts; the gazes of all in your eyes; in your words, movements, affections and desires, those of your brothers, in order to repair for them and impetrate for them light, grace and love. In my Will you will find yourself in Me and in all, you will live my life, you will pray with Me. The Divine Father will be happy, and the whole of Heaven will say: ‘Who is calling us from the earth? Who is it that wants to compress this Holy Will within herself, enclosing all of us together?’ And how much good can the earth obtain by making Heaven descend upon earth!”A sample

May 3, 1926 How only in the Divine Will is prayer universal. How the Divine Will, bilocating, reigns in the soul as in Its own dwelling. The Divine Will holds supremacy over the Divine Being, and is the ruler of all the divine attributes. I was about to fuse myself in the Holy Divine Volition according to my usual way, and I said: ‘Supreme Majesty, I come in the name of all, from the first to the last man which will exist on earth, to give You all the homages, the adorations, the praises, the love that each creature owes You, and to make all reparations, for all and for each sin.’ Now, while I was saying this, my lovable Jesus moved in my interior and told me: “My daughter, this way of praying is only of my Will, because It alone can say: ‘I come in the name of all before the Supreme Majesty’. In fact, with Its all-seeingness and immensity, It sees everything and embraces everyone; so It can say – not as a manner of speaking, but in reality: ‘I come in the name of all, to do for You all that the creatures owe You’. No human will can say – in reality: ‘I come in the name of all’. This is the sign that my Will reigns in you.” While He was saying this, my Jesus continued to pray in a loud voice. I followed Him, and, together, we found ourselves before the Supreme Majesty. Oh! how beautiful it was to pray with Jesus. All things were invested by His words and acts; and since His Will was everywhere and in each created thing, one could hear His creative words, His adorations, and everything He was doing, being repeated everywhere. I felt myself becoming even smaller, being together with Jesus; I was all amazed, and He added: “My daughter, do not be surprised; it is my Will that, bilocating, while reigning in God, reigns in the soul at the same time; and with Its divine ways, It prays, loves and operates within her. So, it is impossible for Us not to enjoy, not to love, not to listen to Our Will bilocated in the creature; on the contrary, It alone brings to Us, as if on Its lap, Our joy, happiness and love which overflowed from Our womb in Our work ‘ad extra’ – the Creation. It repeats the feast for Us, It renews in Us the joy We felt in creating so many beautiful things, worthy of Us. How not to love the one who gives Us the occasion to bilocate Our Will, by letting It reign within herself, to give Us divine love, adoration and glory? Therefore, the living in my Will is the prodigy of prodigies, because everything is in the will, both for God and for the creature. How many things We could do, but because We do not want them, We do not do them. When We want something, We are all love, all power, all eyes, hands and feet; in sum, all of Our Being is centralized in that act which Our Will wants to do. On the other hand, if Our Will does not want it, none of Our attributes moves; it seems they have no life for anything that Our Will does not want to do. So, Our Will holds supremacy - dominion over Our Being, and It is the ruler of all Our attributes. This is why the greatest thing We could give to the creature was Our Will, and in It We centralized Our whole Being. Could there be a love more intense, a miracle more sensational than this? Even more, as much as We can give to the creature, it seems nothing to Us compared to giving her Our Will, reigning and dominating in her. In fact, the other things We can give her are the fruits of Our works, of Our dominions; while by giving her Our Will, it is not fruits, but Our very Life and Our very dominions. What has more value: the fruits or the life? Certainly the life, because by giving the Life of Our Will, with It We give the fount of all Our goods; and one who possesses the fount of goods does not need the fruits. Even if the creature gave Us everything, or made the greatest sacrifices, but did not give Us her little will in order to let Ours reign, she would still give Us nothing. Even more, when things are not produced by Our Will, as great as they might be, We look at them as extraneous to Us – as things which do not belong to Us.” I was thinking of what Jesus had told me, and I said to myself: ‘Is all this possible? That the Divine Will reaches the point of bilocating in order to reign in the creature as in Its own dwelling – in Its divine womb?’ And Jesus added: “My daughter, do you know how this happens? Imagine a little and poor hovel, in which a king, taken by love for it, wants to reside. So, the voice of the king can be heard coming from within that hovel; from it come his commands, as well as his works. Inside of the hovel there are foods apt to nourish the king, and the chair worthy of him, on which He can sit. So, the king has changed nothing of that which befits his royal person; he has only changed His residence – from the royal palace, of his own will and with greatest delight, he has chosen the hovel. The little hovel is the soul; the king is my Will. How many times do I not hear the voice of my Will that prays, speaks, teaches, in the little hovel of your soul? How many times do I not see my works come out of it, and I rule, vivify and preserve all created things from your little hovel? My Will does not take into account your littleness - on the contrary, It likes it greatly; what It looks for is absolute dominion, because through absolute dominion It can do whatever It wants, and place whatever It likes.”

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Background Context to Question: Hoping this message can get to Fr Byrne or Fr Celso. Very interested in being a spiritual / mystical mother for priests in the Divine will if God so calls. I have consecrated myself and my family to our Blessed mother. I belong to the Apostolate of family consecration for the benefit and lifting up for families. Since I gave my all to Mary to Jesus am I able to make this consecration, which is specifically for priests, to Mary also? Or is this something I have to discern what God wants from me? Does it take the place of my original giving of myself to Jesus through Mary. So, I always let Mary decide who needs the prayers the most even as I hold dear ones to my heart especially families as families are under attack and need His grace and prayer. Mary ultimately knows best. [ I also belong to 7 sisters apostolate in the United States where I take turns during the week praying for our associate priest with 6 other ladies. My day is Thursday we each make a holy hour for the priest and all the benefit for it go to our priest and in my heart all priests too, so our parish priests are always covered in prayer. I always pray it in the divine will for the priest as if Jesus is doing it and I pray that God will repair and redo the priest whole life with other prayers for him. If I join mystical mothers for priest, does it mean, I have 2 priests I pray for in the divine will? ] Looking for some guidance on these 2 questions. Thank you and God bless! Looking forward to understanding better and thank you for your help. Fr. Mark's Reply: Bless your heart, dear XXX, as we enter this new Jubilee Year of Hope and follow Our Lady, Star of the Sea, as she guides us through the tides and currents of our life in Christ. I enjoyed your email. You seemed to me to be someone who lives in a rich, spiritual palace, with many rooms and much fruitful gardens to delight the King. If you want to add another room to your soul or plant another flower patch and extend your garden you could become a Mystical Mother. Mystical Mothers would fit very well into the house the Lord has already built in your soul and also with the consecration you have made to give all your merits and blessings to Our Lady to be distributed as she wills. But Mystical Mothers is different from the other expressions you have embraced in your love for priests. A Mystical Mother does not do something in particular such as prayers and reading all the information posted. Instead, she gives the gift of her life to a priest as a mother, and his life is gifted to her, as a son, through the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Sonship of Christ the Lord. It is a sharing of lives, whatever you may be doing at any moment, each day. Your life flows to the priest and his life flows to you if you want. It is like the LASER light. It takes some of the light radiating in all directions from the light source and enhances it by increasing the intensity of the light and directing it in one, particular direction. You have your lights on but this commitment would take some of that light and focus it in a special expression of life. We must never think in sentences that begin, 'I must.... I have to...I should...' but rather say to ourselves 'I will as God wills....' whatever this day brings. Your life is already 'in flow' in the life of the Holy Trinity and the Saints. Mystical Mothers just ask for that life to be directed into giving life to a priest. It replaces nothing of what you are doing at the moment but rather bears a new fruit; and, yes, you'll have at least one more priest in the Divine Will - and he'll have you for his mother. We carry you in our hearts and our prayers before the Lord and Our Lady and we delight to share our lives together in the communion of the People of God which is the Church. Peace to you, Fr. Mark, solt

Background Context to Question: When one adopts a Priest, if I recall correctly you referred to the bond of mother and baby using the analogy of baby in the womb attached to the placenta, the flow from one to the other and all the benefits etc. Also, therefore between the mystical mother and the adopted priest, there is a flow between the two souls, spiritually and with reference to suffering etc. (good and bad). To me this would suggest perhaps such a bond would create a 'Soul Tie' and whilst soul ties can have either positive or negative effects - to my knowledge it would not be wise to enter into such a bond. I did ask a priest regarding the matter, but he wasn't familiar with the term 'Soul Tie'. I am assuming you may be familiar with the term; I would refer Sr. Miriam James Heidland SOLT as a point of reference who would be very familiar with the term in her work and Fr. Chris Alar MIC comments on the subject. Fr. Mark's Reply: A 'Soul Tie' is any affective bond we make from the heart with someone special such as a friend, a spiritual companion, a family member, or a romantic interest. It can be either natural or supernatural or both. And it generally begins quite naturally. This is an overflow of the Covenant bond of the Communion of the Most Holy Trinity and a promise of the Communion of Saints when the number of the elect is complete. We are created for 'Soul Ties'. But these bonds can become toxic if one or both in the relationship loses Divine grace and the human will dominates. Then they should be unloosed. It is more likely to happen when we chose someone for self-affirmation or selfish reasons. In the adoption of a priest it cannot happen that the relationship would become toxic to your harm because you do not choose the priest directly but give the gift of yourself to Our Lady and let her choose. And your do not even know who the priest is. This way, through her Motherly care and the protection of the Divine Will. you cannot be harmed.

Background Context to Question: Dear Father Mark, I had been following the Mystical Mothers for a time and was so enthralled by it I decided to adopt a priest. Now I am having doubts, thinking I cannot keep up with everything I have to do and I am a poor mother. Can you please help me to sort this all out with some advice, I feel like I have been a traitor. Thank you for your much needed direction dear Father. Fiat Fr. Mark's Reply: Bless your heart, dear XXX, as we enter this new Jubilee Year of Hope and follow Our Lady, Star of the Sea, as she guides us through the tides and currents of our life in Christ. Please feel free to withdraw from your decision to adopt a priest. Having doubts may be the sign from the Lord and Our Lady that they have a different way for you to gift yourself to them. It is not a betrayal. You responded in the generosity of your heart and the Lord is moved by your desire to love him. That is enough. We must never think in sentences that begin, 'I must.... I have to...I should...' but rather say to ourselves 'I will as God wills....' whatever this day brings. A Mystical Mother does not do something in particular such as prayers and reading all the information posted. Instead, she gives the gift of her life to a priest as a mother, and his life is gifted to her, as a son, through the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Sonship of Christ the Lord. It is a sharing of lives, whatever you may be doing at any moment, each day. Your life flows to the priest and his life flows to you if you want. Your life is already 'in flow' in the life of the Holy Trinity and the Saints. Mystical Mothers just ask for that life to be directed into giving life to a priest. And so there is nothing for you 'to keep up with' as you phrased it. We carry you in our hearts and our prayers before the Lord and Our Lady and we delight to share our lives together in the communion of the People of God which is the Church. Peace to you, Fr. Mark

Background Context to Question: Hoping this message can get to Fr Byrne or Fr Celso. Very interested in being a spiritual / mystical mother for priests in the Divine will if God so calls. [ I have consecrated myself and my family to our Blessed mother. I belong to the Apostolate of family consecration for the benefit and lifting up for families. Since I gave my all to Mary to Jesus am I able to make this consecration, which is specifically for priests, to Mary also? Or is this something I have to discern what God wants from me? Does it take the place of my original giving of myself to Jesus through Mary. So, I always let Mary decide who needs the prayers the most even as I hold dear ones to my heart especially families as families are under attack and need His grace and prayer. Mary ultimately knows best. ] I also belong to 7 sisters apostolate in the United States where I take turns during the week praying for our associate priest with 6 other ladies. My day is Thursday we each make a holy hour for the priest and all the benefit for it go to our priest and in my heart all priests too, so our parish priests are always covered in prayer. I always pray it in the divine will for the priest as if Jesus is doing it and I pray that God will repair and redo the priest whole life with other prayers for him. If I join mystical mothers for priest, does it mean, I have 2 priests I pray for in the divine will? Looking for some guidance on these 2 questions. Thank you and God bless! Looking forward to understanding better and thank you for your help. Fr. Mark's Reply: Bless your heart, dear XXX, as we enter this new Jubilee Year of Hope and follow Our Lady, Star of the Sea, as she guides us through the tides and currents of our life in Christ. I enjoyed your email. You seemed to me to be someone who lives in a rich, spiritual palace, with many rooms and much fruitful gardens to delight the King. If you want to add another room to your soul or plant another flower patch and extend your garden you could become a Mystical Mother. Mystical Mothers would fit very well into the house the Lord has already built in your soul and also with the consecration you have made to give all your merits and blessings to Our Lady to be distributed as she wills. But Mystical Mothers is different from the other expressions you have embraced in your love for priests. A Mystical Mother does not do something in particular such as prayers and reading all the information posted. Instead, she gives the gift of her life to a priest as a mother, and his life is gifted to her, as a son, through the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Sonship of Christ the Lord. It is a sharing of lives, whatever you may be doing at any moment, each day. Your life flows to the priest and his life flows to you if you want. It is like the LASER light. It takes some of the light radiating in all directions from the light source and enhances it by increasing the intensity of the light and directing it in one, particular direction. You have your lights on but this commitment would take some of that light and focus it in a special expression of life. We must never think in sentences that begin, 'I must.... I have to...I should...' but rather say to ourselves 'I will as God wills....' whatever this day brings. Your life is already 'in flow' in the life of the Holy Trinity and the Saints. Mystical Mothers just ask for that life to be directed into giving life to a priest. It replaces nothing of what you are doing at the moment but rather bears a new fruit; and, yes, you'll have at least one more priest in the Divine Will - and he'll have you for his mother. We carry you in our hearts and our prayers before the Lord and Our Lady and we delight to share our lives together in the communion of the People of God which is the Church. Peace to you, Fr. Mark, solt

Background Context to Question (Follow up query from a consecrated religious ) I agree with Fr Mark to make interior consecration, but just to help me how to do it or to have any reference/experience done by others on this area, mystical motherhood, please share with me what you can as you are doing already. Thanks a lot Fr. Mark's Reply Our Lord and Our Lady, bless you dear Sr. XXX. Regarding the right words to make an interior consecration, I would simply use your own words that express that desire of your heart to be a mother to a priest and to be assigned a specific priest as your spiritual son to be assigned to you by the Blessed Virgin Mary. She knows the best choice for this priest-son and for you to be his mother. Maybe say: Lord Jesus, you are the Eternal High Priest and you said that anyone who does the Will of the Father is your mother (Matt 12:50). I gift myself to you as your mother and to be the mother of a priest-son in union with your Mother and I welcome this gift of new life to be assigned to me by Our Mother Mary as an eternal covenant bond in the Communion of the Saints and the Mystical Body of Christ which is the Church. I will attach here to this email, the 'Adoption Certificate' and you can pray the prayer on it. Peace to you. Fr. Mark, solt Link to consecration prayer on adoption certificate

Background Context to Question: You made a reference to Frank Duff and the creative work of The Legion of Mary. Previously I was very involved and committed to The Legion of Mary for over 10 years; we had 3 months mandatory discernment prior to taking the 'Promise' and I feel this oath/commitment to Mystical Mothers requires even greater discernment (personally). Fr. Mark's Reply: Yes, it is not the same as the Legion of Mary. It is like it in some ways and the Legion was, as other works of the Church were, a preparation for this fullness of life in the Divine Will. Do you need great discernment? I don't think so. You are being asked by the Lord and Our Lady if you want to gift them your life to be united in the Mystical Body with the life of a priest and so you may become a giver of life. The only requirement is that you do so freely, free of fear and delighted to give yourself in gift. > It is not something that needs your full understanding because it is not something that takes place at the level of your intellect. It is, rather, an appeal to your will which is deeper than your memory and your intellect, and you may respond if you trust it is an invitation from the Lord himself. Thus, you simply entrust yourself or not, like a child who instinctual is drawn towards or withdraws from something that he senses are good or bad. > > Peace to you, > > Fr. Mark, solt P.s. I’ll be adopting all the Mystical Mothers of Priests and co-signing their certificates. Yikes But Jesus asks me to embrace all for all time in the Divine Will so as the little lamb of Mary I say ‘Fiat’

Background Context to Question: My other concern is in relation to what we might refer to as 'The Nine Levels of Prayer' or the 'The Seven Mansions of Teresa of Avila'. I would imagine for one to enter into this new work of Mystical Mother, one would perhaps have a prayer life that has reached the higher aspects of the Unitive Way, Transforming Union, Mystical Union etc. I appreciate that this work itself is incorporated into the Divine Will and we don't necessarily use the above terms. Fr. Mark's Reply: Yes, the gift of living in the Divine Will is granted by God to those who have died in their human will and supersedes the spiritualities and methods of prayer and even the levels of union that have been precursors in the history of the life of the Holy Spirit. Thus, it is not even a spirituality and has no method. Souls are given a very simple instruction - be attentive and do whatever you see your heavenly Father doing. Some souls have been lifted very high and very quickly without ever going through the nine levels of prayer or through the seven mansions. We stand on the shoulders of giants but even the saints of the past have not been enough to bring the world to the purpose for which God created us.

Background Context to Question: (Query from a consecrated religious) I am a cloister sister. At this time I am living in Italy. Knowing about DW, for me, is to get a pure oxygen, light and great hope in my consecrated live. Please pray for my community so that the Holy Spirit of God may dwell among us and guide us. As a cloistered sister, I feel my duty to pray for priests and the Church in a particular way. And I was very interested to know about the "Mystical Mothers for Priests in Divine Will", now when I read that there needs a consecration, since I am consecrated nun and it is my personal interest to know about the Mystical Mothers for Priests in Divine Will, a question comes to me, if it can create me some confusion, specially, I can't ask permission to do this consecration because I know that DW message is not accepted until now in my community. I don't know what to decide..... pray for me please. Fr. Mark's Reply: Bless your heart, my dear Sr. XXX I understand your fear that the consecration to be a mother of a priest might conflict with your consecration as a religious sister. They are not in competition. Because you are already consecrated to Our Lord and Our Lady, but because it is not possible to share the Divine Will teachings at this time with the rest of the community, you can just fold (in Italian, 'piega' or 'piegare all'interno) the little consecration of being a mystical mother within your greater consecration of your religious life. Make an interior act of consecration. And then give it to Our Lady and she will make any adjustments in your gift that need to be made and direct it as Mediatrix of All Graces to make your life flow in the Church and for priests to give them life as a mother. Only in the Divine Will can you finally fulfil completely the words of Jesus in Matthew 12:50, that those who do the Will of the Father can be his Mother (which Mary did as she lived in the Divine Will). If you have a trusted Spiritual Director you can run this by him or her. Peace to you. Thank you for the gift of your heart to priests. Fr. Mark, SOLT

Background Context to Question: ( This query is from some one who is already consecrated to live in Divine Will) A few people have asked what is the difference between one who has been praying for priests for many years and offering up sacrifices for them and one who now consecrates themselves to adopting a priest and receives a certificate of adoption. They don’t understand the need for this adoption. Was it so one could get a signed adoption certificate. This question is coming from people who have consecrated themselves to live in the Divine Will, however they would have been praying and offering sacrifices for priests long before they heard about living in the Divine Will. Fr. Mark's Reply: There are some people who, with a caring heart and with generosity, make a visit to an orphanage maybe at Christmas time or Easter time, to give a donation and to spend a few hours with the children. Then they return to their own life and family. Maybe a special soul visits more often. This is like one who offers prayers and sacrifices. But then there is the person who visits and takes a child home with them to become part of their family, part of their life. It is a permanent bond and a life lived together. The one adopting gives new life to the one who has been adopted. A contract involves the exchange of goods between two persons. But a covenant is a contract in which the persons themselves are exchanged, are gifted each to the other such as a marriage or a religious vow or the consecration of a nation to the Lord. With the covenant, the Lord says, 'I am yours and you are mine.' So, Jesus makes a covenant with us of blood for ever - '...my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant..." Therefore, it involves your blood, your life-blood. God lives in an eternal covenant communion of three persons. The Communion of the Saints is the extension of that Trinitarian life. Mary did not pray only for the coming of the Messiah and for his ministry of Redemption and make sacrifices for that new priesthood; she became the Mother of God and he was her true Son. We can now all be the children of God by the adoption in grace. God does not simply visit us or give the donation of his grace; we are truly his children in the life of the Divine Communion by the grace of adoption. Only now, in our times, on the level of the Divine Will, can the words of Jesus be fulfilled: "Anyone who does the Will of my Father in Heaven is my ....mother." (Matthew 12:50). Note he does not say that they '...may be my mother' but rather that that one "is my mother". It is real motherhood and sonship in the Divine Will. It is a new order of grace being given to our generation. If you don't understand the need for adoption and if you think it is about getting a signed adoption certificate, I would not advise you to take the step. The certificate is just an outward sign of an inward movement of grace. But it is signed and God will ask you for an account of your word. Peace to you.

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The following selection from the Writings of Luisa contains the passages which are referred to in the letter, and some additional ones, which were written at a later time. June 5, 1906, Volume 6 Crosses are baptismal founts. This morning, upon coming, blessed Jesus told me: "My daughter, crosses and mortifications are as many baptismal founts, and any kind of cross which is dipped in the thought of my Passion loses half of its bitterness, and its weight diminishes by half." And He disappeared like a flash. I continued to do certain adorations and reparations in my interior, and He came back, adding: "What is not my consolation in seeing what my Humanity did many centuries ago being redone in you. In fact, anything which I established that each soul should do, was done before in my Humanity. If the soul corresponds to Me, she does again within herself that which I did for her; but if she does not, it remains done only in Me, and I feel an inexpressible bitterness." November 9, 1906 Volume 7 Effects of meditating continuously on the Passion. Finding myself in my usual state, I was thinking about the Passion of Our Lord; and while I was doing this, He came and told me: "My daughter, one who meditates continuously on my Passion and feels sorrow for it and compassion for Me, pleases Me so much that I feel as though comforted for all that I suffered in the course of my Passion; and by always meditating on it, the soul arrives at preparing a continuous food. In this food there are many different spices and flavours, which form different effects. So, if in the course of my Passion they gave Me ropes and chains to tie Me, the soul releases Me and gives Me freedom. They despised Me, spat on Me, and dishonoured Me; she appreciates Me, cleans Me of that spittle, and honours Me. They stripped Me and scourged Me; she heals Me and clothes Me. They crowned Me with thorns, mocking Me as king, embittered my mouth with bile, and - 12 - crucified Me; while the soul, meditating on all my pains, crowns Me with glory and honours Me as her king, fills my mouth with sweetness, giving Me the most delicious food, which is the memory of my own works; and unnailing Me from the Cross, she makes Me rise again in her heart. And every time she does so, I give her a new life of grace as recompense. She is my food, and I become her continuous food. So, the thing that pleases Me the most is meditating continuously on my Passion." March 24, 1913 Volume 11 The continuous thought of His Passion. …I add that I was thinking to myself about the sweet Mama, and Jesus told me: "My daughter, the thought of my Passion never escaped my dear Mama, and by dint of repeating it, she filled all of Herself with Me, completely. The same happens to the soul: by dint of repeating what I suffered, she arrives at filling herself with Me." April 10, 1913, Volume 11 The recompense for those who do the Hours of the Passion. This morning my always lovable Jesus came, and hugging me to His Heart, told me: "My daughter, one who always thinks about my Passion forms a fount within her heart, and the more she thinks about It, the larger this fount becomes. And just as the waters that spring up are waters common to everyone, in the same way, this fount of my Passion which is formed in her heart serves for the good of the soul, for my glory, and for the good of all creatures." And I: ‘Tell me, my Good, what will You give as recompense to those who will do the Hours of the Passion the way You taught them to me?’ And He: "My daughter, I will look at these Hours, not as yours, but as done by Me. I will give you my same merits, as if I were in the act of suffering my Passion; and the same effects, according to the dispositions of the souls. This, while they are on earth - and I could not give them a greater reward. Then, in Heaven, I will place these souls in front of Me, darting through them with darts of love and of contentments for as many times as they did the Hours of my Passion; and they will dart through Me. What a sweet enchantment this will be for all the Blessed!"…. September 6, 1913, Volume 11 The Hours of the Passion are the very prayers of Jesus. I was thinking about the Hours of the Passion, which have now been written, and how they are without any indulgence. So, those who do them gain nothing, while there are many prayers enriched with many indulgences. While I was thinking of this, my always lovable Jesus, all kindness, told me: "My daughter, through the prayers with indulgences one gains something, but the Hours of my Passion, which are my very prayers, my reparations, and all love, have come out of the very depth of my Heart. Have you perhaps forgotten how many times I have united Myself with you to do them together, and I have changed chastisements into graces over the whole earth? So, my satisfaction is such and so great, that instead of the indulgence, I give the soul a handful of love, which contains incalculable prices of infinite value. And besides, when things are done out of pure love, my love finds its outpouring, and it is not insignificant that the creature gives relief and outpouring to the love of the Creator." – October 1914 Volume 11 The effectiveness of these Hours depends on whether the soul does them in union with Jesus and in His Will. How Jesus desires that souls do the Hours of the Passion. I was writing the Hours of the Passion, and I thought to myself: ‘How many sacrifices in order to write these blessed Hours of the Passion, especially to put on paper certain interior acts which had passed only between me and Jesus. What will be the recompense that He will give to me?’ And Jesus, letting me hear His tender and sweet voice, told me: "My daughter, as recompense for having written the Hours of my Passion, for each word you have written I will give you a kiss - a soul." And I: ‘My love, this is for me; and what will You give to those who will do them?’ And Jesus: "If they do them together with Me and with my own Will, I will also give them a soul for each word they will recite, because the greater or lesser effectiveness of these Hours of my Passion is in the greater or lesser union that they have with Me. By doing them with my Will, the creature hides within my Volition, and since it is my Volition that acts, I can produce all the goods I want, even through one word alone; and this, for each time you will do them." Another time I was lamenting to Jesus, because after so many sacrifices to write these Hours of the Passion, very few were the souls who were doing them. And He: "My daughter, do not lament - even if there were only one, you should be content. Would I not have suffered my whole Passion even if one soul alone were to be saved? The same for you. One should never omit good because few avail themselves of it; all the harm is for those who do not take advantage of it. And just as my Passion made my Humanity acquire the merit as if all were saved, even though not all are saved, because my Will was to save everyone, and I received merit according to what I wanted, not according to the profit which creatures would draw; the same for you: you will be rewarded depending on whether your will was identified with my Will in wanting to do good to all. All the harm is for those who, though being able to, do not do them. These Hours are the most precious of all, because they are nothing less than the repetition of what I did in the course of my mortal life, and what I continue to do in the Most Holy Sacrament. When I hear these Hours of my Passion, I hear my own voice, my own prayers. In that soul I see my Will - that is, wanting the good of all and repairing for all - and I feel drawn to dwell in her, to be able to do what she herself does within her. Oh, how I would love that even one single soul for each town did these Hours of my Passion! I would hear Myself in each town, and my Justice, greatly indignant during these times, would be placated in part." I add that one day I was doing the Hour in which the Celestial Mama gave burial to Jesus, and I followed Her to keep Her company in Her bitter desolation, to compassionate Her. I did not usually do this Hour all the times - only sometimes. Now, I was undecided about whether I should do it or not, and blessed Jesus, all love, and as though praying me, told me: "My daughter, I do not want you to omit it. You will do it for love of Me, in honor of my Mama. Know that every time you do it, my Mama feels as if She were on earth in person, repeating Her life, and therefore She receives that glory and love which She gave Me while on earth; and I feel as if my Mama were on earth again - Her maternal tenderness, Her love and all the glory that She gave Me. So, I will consider you as a mother." Then, as He embraced me, I heard Him say to me, very softly: "My mama, mama"; and He whispered to me all that sweet Mama did and suffered in this Hour - and I followed Her. From that time on, helped by His grace, I have never omitted it again. – November 4, 1914, Volume 11 The new and continuous way to meditate the Passion. I was doing the Hours of the Passion and Jesus, all pleased, told me: "My daughter, if you knew what great satisfaction, I feel in seeing you repeating these Hours of my Passion - always repeating them, over and over again - you would be happy. It is true that my Saints have meditated on my Passion and have comprehended how much I suffered, melting in tears of compassion, so much so, as to feel consumed for love of my pains; but not in such a continuous way, and repeated many times in this order. Therefore, I can say that you are the first one to give Me this pleasure, so great and special, as you keep fragmenting within you - hour by hour - my life and what I suffered. And I feel so drawn that, hour by hour, I give you this food and I eat the same food with you, doing what you do together with you. Know, however, that I will reward you abundantly with new light and new graces; and even after your death, each time souls on earth will do these Hours of my Passion, in Heaven I will clothe you with ever new light and glory." November 6, 1914 Volume 11 The soul who does the Hours of the Passion makes the life of Jesus her own, and does His same office. As I continued the usual Hours of the Passion, my lovable Jesus told me: "My daughter, the world is in continuous act of renewing my Passion; and since my immensity envelopes everything, inside and outside the creatures, from their contact I am forced to receive nails, thorns, scourges, scorns, spit and all the rest which I suffered in the Passion - and still more. Now, at the contact with souls who do these Hours of my Passion I feel the nails being removed, the thorns shattered, the wounds soothed, the spit taken away. I feel I am repaid in good for the evil that others do to Me, and in feeling that their contact does no harm to Me, but good, I lean more and more on them." In addition to this, returning to speak about these Hours of the Passion, blessed Jesus said: "My daughter, know that by doing these Hours the soul takes my thoughts and makes them her own; she takes my reparations, prayers, desires, affections, and even my most intimate fibres, and makes them her own. And rising up between Heaven and earth, she does my same office, and as co-redemptrix, she says with Me: ‘Ecce ego, mitte me [Here I am, send me] - I want to repair for all, answer for all, and impetrate good for all’." April 23, 1916 Volume 11 At each thought about the Passion of Jesus, the soul draws light from His Humanity. Continuing in my usual state, my adorable Jesus made Himself seen all surrounded with light, which came out from within His Most Holy Humanity, and embellished Him in such a way as to form an enchanting and enrapturing sight. I remained surprised, and He told me: "My daughter, each pain I suffered, each drop of Blood, each wound, prayer, word, action, step, etc., produced a light within my Humanity, which embellished Me in such a way as to keep all the Blessed enraptured. Now, at each thought that the soul has about my Passion, at each act of compassion, reparation, etc., she does nothing other than draw light from my Humanity, and be embellished in my likeness. So, each additional thought about my Passion will be one more light which will bring her eternal joy." – October 13, 1916, Volume 11 How the Angels are around the soul who does the Hours of the Passion. These Hours are sweet little sips that souls give to Jesus. I was doing the Hours of the Passion, and blessed Jesus told me: "My daughter, in the course of my mortal life, thousands and thousands of Angels were the cortege of my Humanity, gathering everything I did – my steps, my works, my words, and even my sighs, my pains, the drops of my Blood – in sum, everything. They were the Angels in charge of my custody, and of paying Me honor; obedient to my every wish, they would rise to and descend from Heaven, to bring to the Father what I was doing. Now these Angels have a special office, and as the soul remembers my Life, my Passion, my Blood, my wounds, my prayers, they come around this soul and gather her words, her prayers, her acts of compassion for Me, her tears and her offerings; they unite them to mine, and they bring them before my Majesty to renew for Me the glory of my own Life. The delight of the Angels is so great that, reverent, they listen to what the soul says, and pray together with her. So, with what attention and respect must the soul do these Hours, thinking that the Angels hang upon her lips to repeat after her what she says." Then He added: "After the so many bitterness that creatures give Me, these Hours are sweet little sips that souls give Me; but for the many bitter sips I receive, the sweet ones are too few. Therefore, more diffusion, more diffusion!" December 9, 1916, Volume 11 Jesus wants to find Himself and what He did in the soul. With this intention the soul must do the Hours of the Passion and every action. I was afflicted because of the privations of my sweet Jesus; and if He comes, while I breathe a little bit of life, I am left more afflicted in seeing Him more afflicted than I am. He does not want to hear about placating Himself, because creatures force Him, and snatch more scourges from Him. But while He scourges, He cries over the lot of man, and He hides deep inside my heart, almost not to see what man suffers. It seems that one can no longer live in these sad times; yet it seems that this is only the beginning. Then, as I was worried about my hard and sad lot of having to be so very often without Him, my sweet Jesus came, and throwing one arm around my neck, told me: "My daughter, do not increase my pains by worrying – they are already too many. I do not expect this from you; on the contrary, I want you to make my pains, my prayers and all of Myself your own, in such a way that I may find in you another Me. In these times I want great satisfactions, and only one who makes Me his own can give them to Me. That which the Father found in Me – glory, delight, love, satisfactions whole and perfect, and for the good of all – I want to find in these souls, like as many other Jesuses that match Me. These intentions you must repeat in each Hour of the Passion that you do, in each action – in everything. If I do not find my satisfactions – ah, it is over for the world! The scourges will pour down in torrents. Ah, my daughter! Ah, my daughter!" And He disappeared. February 2, 1917, Volume 11 The world has become unbalanced because it has lost the thought of the Passion. - 16 - As I was in my usual state, I found myself outside of myself, and I found my always lovable Jesus, all dripping with blood, with a horrible crown of thorns, looking at me with difficulty through the thorns. He told me: "My daughter, the world has become unbalanced because it has lost the thought of my Passion. In darkness, it has not found the light of my Passion which would illuminate it; and as it would make known to it my love and how much souls cost Me, it might turn to loving the One who has truly loved it; and the light of my Passion, guiding it, would put it on its guard against all dangers. In weakness, it has not found the strength of my Passion which would sustain it. In impatience, it has not found the mirror of my patience which would infuse in it calm and resignation; and in the face of my patience, feeling ashamed, it would make it its duty to dominate itself. In pains, it has not found the comfort of the pains of a God which, sustaining its pains, would infuse in it love of suffering. In sin, it has not found my sanctity which, placing itself in front of it, would infuse in it hate of sin. Ah! man has made an abuse of everything, because in everything he has moved away from the One who could help him. This is why the world has lost balance. It behaved like a child who no longer wanted to recognize his mother; or like a disciple who, denying his master, no longer wanted to listen to his teachings, or learn his lessons. What will happen to this child and to this disciple? They will be the sorrow of themselves, and the terror and sorrow of society. Such has man become – terror and sorrow, but a sorrow without pity. Ah! man is getting worse and worse, and I cry over him with tears of blood!" May 16, 1917, Volume 12 Effects of the Hours of the Passion. There is not a soul who enters Purgatory without carrying the mark of the Hours of the Passion. Finding myself in my usual state, I was fusing all of myself in my sweet Jesus, and then I poured all of myself into the creatures, in order to give the whole of Jesus to all. And my lovable Jesus told me: "My daughter, every time the creature fuses herself in Me, she gives the influence of Divine Life to all creatures; and according to their own needs, the creatures obtain their effects: those who are weak, feel strength; those who are obstinate in sin, receive light; those who suffer, receive comfort; and so with all the rest." Then, I found myself outside of myself. I was in the midst of many souls - they seemed to be purging souls and Saints - who were speaking to me and mentioning one person known to me, who died not too long ago. And they said to me: ‘He feels happy in seeing that there is not a soul who enters Purgatory without carrying the mark of the Hours of the Passion. Surrounded by the cortege of these Hours and helped by them, the souls take a safe place. And there is not a soul who flies into Heaven, without being accompanied by these Hours of the Passion. These Hours make a continuous dew pour down from Heaven to earth, into Purgatory, and even into Heaven.’ On hearing this, I said to myself: ‘Maybe my beloved Jesus, in order to keep the word He had given - that for each word of the Hours of the Passion He would give a soul - is allowing that there be not a saved soul who does not benefit from these Hours.’ Afterwards, I returned into myself, and as I found my sweet Jesus, I asked Him whether that was true. And He: "These Hours are the order of the Universe; they put Heaven and earth in harmony and restrain Me from sending the world to ruin. I feel my Blood, my wounds, my Love and all I did, - 17 - being placed in circulation; and they flow over all to save all. As souls do these Hours of the Passion, I feel my Blood, my wounds, my anxieties to save souls, being put in motion, and I feel my own Life being repeated. How could creatures obtain any good if not by means of these Hours? Why do you doubt? This thing is not yours, but mine. You have been the strained and weak instrument." July 12, 1918 Volume 12 Effects of the Passion of Jesus. I was praying for a dying soul with a certain fear and anxiety, when my lovable Jesus came and told me: "My daughter, why do you fear? Don’t you know that for each word on my Passion, for each thought, compassion, reparation, memory of my pains - as many ways of electric communication open between Me and the soul, and therefore the soul keeps adorning herself with as many different beauties? She has done the Hours of my Passion, and I will receive her as daughter of my Passion, clothed with my Blood and adorned with my wounds. This flower has grown inside your heart, so I bless it and I receive it in my Heart, as a favorite flower." And while He was saying this, a flower came out of my heart, and took flight toward Jesus. October 21, 1921 Volume 13 Everything that Jesus did and suffered is in continuous act of giving itself to man. All the remedies needed for the whole humanity are in His Life and Passion. I was thinking about the Passion of my sweet Jesus, and upon coming, He told me: "My daughter, every time the soul thinks about my Passion, remembers what I suffered, or compassionates Me, she renews the application of my pains within herself. My Blood rises to inundate her, and my wounds place themselves on the path to heal her if she is wounded, or to embellish her if she is healthy – and all my merits, to enrich her. The traffic she produces is amazing - it is as if she placed everything I did and suffered on a counter, earning twice as much. In fact, everything I did and suffered is in continuous act of giving itself to man, just as the sun is in continuous act of giving light and heat to the earth. My work is not subject to exhaustion; if the soul just wants it so, and as many times as she wants it, she receives the fruit of my Life. So, if she remembers my Passion twenty, a hundred, a thousand times, so many more times will she enjoy Its effects. But how few are those who make a treasure of it! With all the good of my Passion, one can see souls who are weak, blind, deaf, mute, crippled - living cadavers, such as to be disgusting. This, because my Passion is put into oblivion. My pains, my wounds, my Blood are strength which removes weaknesses, light which gives sight to the blind, tongue which loosens tongues and opens the hearing, way which straightens the crippled, life which raises the cadavers.... All the remedies needed for the whole of humanity are in my Life and Passion. But the creature despises the medicine and does not care about the remedies; and so, one can see, in spite of all my Redemption, the state of man perishing, as though affected by an incurable consumption. But that which grieves Me the most is to see religious people who tire themselves out in order to acquire doctrines, speculations, stories - but about my Passion, nothing. So, many times my Passion is banished from churches, from the mouths of priests; therefore, their speech is without light, and the peoples remain more starved than before."… October 24, 1925, Volume 18 One who thinks about the Passion of Jesus, keeps Jesus company. But one who lives in the Divine Will, finds the Passion of Jesus in act, and repeats It within herself. …"My daughter, thinking about my Passion, compassionating Me in my pains, is very pleasing to Me. I feel I am not alone in my pains, but I have with Me the company of the creature, because of whom I suffer, and whom I love so much; and as I have her with Me, my suffering becomes sweeter for Me. How hard is isolation in suffering! When I see Myself alone, I have no one to whom to entrust my pains, nor anyone to whom to give the fruit which my pains contain; and so I remain as though drowned with pains and love. Therefore, as my love can endure no more, I come to You, to suffer within you, and you with Me, the pains of my Passion, in act, in or order to repeat what I did and suffered in my Humanity. To repeat my Passion in act in the creature is different from one who only thinks about and compassionates my pains. The first is an act of my Life, which takes my place in order to repeat my pains, and I feel I am given back the effects and the value of a Divine Life. On the other hand, when one thinks about my pains and compassionates Me, it is the mere company of the creature that I feel. But do you know in whom I can repeat the pains of my Passion in act? In one who has my Will as centre of life. My Will alone is one single act which has no succession of acts. This single act is as though fixed to one point which never moves; and this point is Eternity. And while being one single act, prime act, endless act, Its circumference is so immense that nothing can escape It; It embraces everything and everyone with one single embrace, because everything starts from that prime act, as one single act. So, the Creation, the Redemption and the Sanctification are one single act for the Divinity; and only because it is one single act, it has the power to make all acts its own, as if they were one alone. Now, one who lives in my Will possesses this single act, and it is no wonder that she takes part in one who lives in my Will.

How these Hours of the Passion can be prayed ( Reference The Kingdom of the Divine Will ) One method is that of meditating one Hour each day by reading it alone, or with one’s family, or with others. In this way, in the round of 24 days, one would complete the 24 Hours. A good clock never stops – life never stops… A second method is that of forming groups of various people – 4, 8, 12 or possibly 24 and more – each one committed seriously to doing one of the Hours, assigned for a period of time, before changing the Hour. A good clock marks all the hours - it skips none of them… A third method, then, is that of doing at least one hour per day, at the time of the day which coincides to that hour, but in any case, to reach such familiarity with the Hours of the Passion, and to assimilate them in such a way, as to be able to follow their content mentally during the whole day. For this purpose, it is very helpful to learn the succession of the 24 Hours with the corresponding title, which is reported on the next section. To "do" an Hour of the Passion means to read it attentively, meditating on it, contemplating it, making it one’s own life… It is not just remembering and compassionating the sufferings of Jesus as something that happened many centuries ago in a faraway place; but rather, it is, first of all, to enter into the Divine Will, in which everything is present and in act, and to participate in the interior acts and sufferings of Our Lord, which are present and in act at this precise moment, so as to repeat His life within us, to grow in His likeness, and to pour upon everyone the infinite value, merits and effects of His Passion. Jesus Himself explains this very important difference: "To repeat my Passion in act in the creature, is different from one who only thinks of my pains and compassionates them. The first is an act of my Life, which takes my place in order to repeat my pains, and I feel I am given back the effects and the value of a Divine Life; while in thinking of my pains and in compassionating Me, it is only the company of the creature that I feel. But do you know in whom I can repeat my pains, in act, of my Passion? In one who has my Will as centre of life." (October 24, 1925 Vol.18) One can understand, then, how the Hours of the Passion are not just a reading, and not even a devotion, but a formation of life: the interior life of Jesus. In this way, day after day, we will feel more and more that Jesus is truly living in us - not just our life, but His very Divine Life.

Volume 12, May 16, 1917: Effects of the Hours of the Passion. Finding myself in my usual state, I was fusing all of myself in my sweet Jesus, and then I poured all of myself into the creatures, in order to give the whole of Jesus to all. And my lovable Jesus told me: “My daughter, every time the creature fuses herself in Me, she gives the influence of Divine Life to all creatures; and according to their own needs, the creatures obtain their effects: those who are weak, feel strength; those who are obstinate in sin, receive light; those who suffer, receive comfort; and so with all the rest.” Then, I found myself outside of myself. I was in the midst of many souls - they seemed to be purging souls and Saints - who were speaking to me and mentioning one person known to me, who died not too long ago. And they said to me: ‘He feels happy in seeing that there is not a soul who enters Purgatory without carrying the mark of the Hours of the Passion. Surrounded by the cortege of these Hours and helped by them, the souls take a safe place. And there is not a soul who flies into Heaven, without being accompanied by these Hours of the Passion. These Hours make a continuous dew pour down from Heaven to earth, into Purgatory, and even into Heaven.’ On hearing this, I said to myself: ‘Maybe my beloved Jesus, in order to keep the word He had given - that for each word of the Hours of the Passion He would give a soul - is allowing that there be not a saved soul who does not benefit from these Hours.’ Afterwards, I returned into myself, and as I found my sweet Jesus, I asked Him whether that was true. And He: “These Hours are the order of the Universe; they put Heaven and earth in harmony, and restrain Me from sending the world to ruin. I feel my Blood, my wounds, my love and all I did, being placed in circulation; and they flow over all to save all. As souls do these Hours of the Passion, I feel my Blood, my wounds, my anxieties to save souls, being put in motion, and I feel my own Life being repeated. How could creatures obtain any good if not by means of these Hours? Why do you doubt? This thing is not yours, but mine. You have been the strained and weak instrument.

"I begin by reporting here a letter which the Author sent me… " Most Reverend Father, I am finally sending you the Hours of the Passion, now written, and all for the glory of Our Lord. I also include another sheet which contains the effects, and the beautiful promises which Jesus makes to anyone who does these Hours of the Passion. I believe that if one who meditates them is a sinner, he will convert; if he is imperfect, he will become perfect; if he is holy, he will become more holy; if he is tempted, he will find victory; if he is suffering, in these Hours he will find the strength, the medicine, the comfort. And if his soul is weak and poor, he will find spiritual food and the mirror in which he will reflect himself continuously to be embellished and to become similar to Jesus, our model. The satisfaction that blessed Jesus receives from the meditation of these Hours is so great, that He would want at least one copy of these meditations to be present and practiced in each city or town. In fact, it would happen, then, as if Jesus heard His own voice and His prayers being reproduced in those reparations, just as the ones He raised to His Father during the 24 hours of His sorrowful Passion. And if this were done in each town or city at least, by as many souls, Jesus seems to make me understand that Divine Justice would be placated in part, and in these sad times of torments and bloodshed, Its scourges would be stopped, in part, and as though dampened. I let you, Reverend Father, make appeal to all; may you complete, in this way, the little work that my lovable Jesus had me do. - 11 - I also tell you that the purpose of these Hours of the Passion is not so much that of narrating the story of the Passion, because there are many books that treat this pious topic, and it would not be necessary to make another one. But rather, the purpose is the reparation, uniting the different points of the Passion of Our Lord with the diversity of the many offenses, and making worthy reparation for them together with Jesus, almost making up for all that the other creatures owe Him. From this, the different ways of reparation present in these Hours: in some sections one blesses, in others one compassionates, in others one praises, in others one comforts suffering Jesus, in others one compensates, in others one supplicates, prays and asks. Therefore, I leave it to you, Reverend Father, to make known the purpose of these writings with a preface. St. Annibale response: "The sheet about which the author of these Hours of the Passion speaks at the beginning of her letter, here transcribed, contains what the Lord told her, and is reported here

In 1882, after having written her Christmas Novena at the age of 17, Luisa had an unexpected vision of the infant Jesus who invited her to aspire to a higher level of grace and love. He exhorted her to meditate each hour of the day on the corresponding 24 hours of his Passion and death on the Cross. She did this on a daily basis and 31 years later - in 1913 and 1914, Luisa was placed under obedience to write down these meditations, now known as, “The Hours of the Passion”. Father Hannnibal di Francia published the first four editions of The Hours of the Passion, which all bore the “mulla osta” and the “imprimatur”. In the 3rd and 4th editions, Father Hannibal added an appendix with the title: “Short Treatise on the Divine Will”, comprising of various extracts from Luisa’s volumes in chapter form and the “Small Collection of Pious Practices and Prayers” References: (The Kingdom of the Divine Will, the History of this Publication page 9); (The Sun of My Will, Luisa’s Writings page 144) Jesus revealed to Luisa that as the soul meditates on the Hours of the Passion, that He dictated to her, we assume his own humanity, we intercede for souls, we offer the Father reparation and satisfaction and we avert his divine justice.

Book of Heaven Volumes were inspired by Jesus and were written by Luisa Piccarreta. One view of the Volumes is that it is structured similarly to the building a house Another view of the Volumes is that it is structured systematically to guide us into living the life of the Divine Will.

The Book of Heaven Study Groups study the writings in the 36 volumes of BoH in a spiritual environment which is a structured, systematic methodology under the spiritual guidance of DWF Spiritual Director Frances Hogan. The writings in BoH are substantiated by scripture references as sourced by Frances Hogan – a work based on her lifelong dedication to the teaching of Sacred Scripture and Divine Will. Jesus says: “For however much knowledge enters into the soul, so much more is it stimulated to desire the Gift and to solicit the Divine Writer to sign His final signature so that the Gift is its own and the soul possesses it” Vol 18, Dec 25, 1925

This view of Book of Heaven is as follows: Volumes 01 - 04 The foundations of the house. They guide us into the perfection of the virtues Volumes 05- 10 Building the walls of the house Volumes 11- 12 Putting the roof on the house Volumes 13- 36 Changing a house into a home

​This view of Book of Heaven is as follows: Volumes 01 - 10 Show us how to become a Divine image of Jesus Himself Volumes 11- 19 Show us how to live in the Divine Will through the power of the Holy Spirit Volumes 20- 36 Show us how to receive the Divine inheritance from the Father

The BoH Study Groups can meet: online ~ operated on a Zoom platform in person – around the table in the home of the host or in your Parish Centre. ​ This method of learning to live Divine Will spirituality increases the knowledge and understanding of the truths contained in the volumes. There are a growing number of both online and face-to-face BoH Study Groups throughout Ireland and the world.

Divine Will Family(DWF) is a group of people committed to studying and operating with the Gift of Divine Will as revealed by God, through the writings of Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta (23/04/1865 – 04/03/1947).

The Mission for which Divine Will Family was established is the furtherance of Roman Catholic religion and the teachings of Jesus Christ through the promotion of Divine Will spirituality for the benefit of the people of Ireland and worldwide and to spread the Divine Will spirituality to the ends of the earth. The objective of DWF is to spread the knowledge and love of Divine Will to as many people as are called to live it. Jesus taught Luisa Piccarreta His plan for the new Era of the Divine Holiness and asked that His teachings be proclaimed as the apostles made known the gospels. The teachings are to re-establish the Lord’s Divine Will on earth after Adam chose his human will to sin. Jesus said in the Book of Heaven: “This is why I told you, many times that the mission of calling a soul to live in My Will is the greatest one, the highest and most sublime; there is no other that can match it”. Book of Heaven, Volume 14, August 23, 1922

The instinct of the Church from the very beginning was to live in community because we are not meant to be loners. Everything was meant to be shared, so that each person could possess not just his own strength, but the strength of all of the group living in community. With this in mind we, in Divine Will Family, want to share the goodness and holiness of the Gift of Divine Will. The binding of the human race was to be in the Divine Will, with everybody supporting each other, in union, and with a common goal of reaching the highest sanctity, through the study, practice and the possession of Living in the Divine Will.

Divine Will Family Company Limited by Guarantee; trading as Divine Will Family and registered in Dublin Ireland, No: 721650

The Divine Will Family (DWF) had its origins in Ireland in the year 2010. It all began when Frances Hogan held weekly Scripture teachings and, subsequently, Divine Will teachings to groups of people around her kitchen table. From this Divine Will Family emerged. “For this is what the Lord has commanded us: I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth”. Acts 13:47 Frances Hogan responded to the calling of the Lord and imparted her knowledge, wisdom and love of the Lord to all who attended her classes. Her members grew spiritually as they were nourished on the Word and love of God, in Scripture and Divine Will Spirituality. DWF is under the providence of Divine Will and the guidance of our founder and Spiritual Director, Frances Hogan. DWF is now a national organisation, comprising of Book of Heaven Groups and Prayer Teams spread throughout Ireland. The organisation comprises of a group of Trustees/Members, Spiritual Director, Discernment Teams, Coordinator/Management Teams, BoH Study Group Leaders, Area Cenacle Leaders, Local Cenacle Leaders and general Members, all under the protection of the Blessed Trinity and the Holy Family.

Fr. Con Doherty MSC

Frances Hogan

General response: Types of sin: 1. There is a major type of sin committed by those seriously out of relationship with God. This is a deadly sin and rebellion against God's Will. Repentance is essential for Salvation. 2. Then there is sin committed by those on their journey to Union with God. This is " venial", not deadly, but serious, depending on the level of selfishness, " human will" and refusal to surrender to God that is present. 3. Those who have reached Union with God don't have the first type of sin, nor do they have deliberate venial sin. Nevertheless, we have faults and failings right to the end of life. Luisa's Confession: 1. Luisa's confession in Volume 1 is a general confession of her whole life - which is necessary for anyone who wants to enter a deeper relationship with God. It is given for our instruction - to make sure that we know what to do. Throughout the 36 volumes Jesus put Luisa through experiences for our benefit. 2. Why did Luisa's confession last 7 hours? She was living in high Union with God, so it seems that such an experience was unnecessary. The reason why is that she was called to lead the Church into the Kingdom of the Divine Will, so Jesus needed her to be as pure as it was possible for a creature still on the Earth. Her soul had to be like crystal so that the Light of the Divine will could shine through without any shadow of earthiness or of the human will. He brought her to such a sinless condition that He actually removed all enticement to sin from her, and the effects of the original sin. This was a unique grace not given to the rest of us. She could only go into such massive detail because the Lord was present and guiding the proceedings. She could not have done it alone, unaided. 3. If we want to make a general confession of our lives it is necessary to prepare well for it. Pray a lot and listen to the Lord. He will bring things to mind that we have long forgotten. When you are ready, find a priest who will understand what you are trying to do. He will help you throughout. A very humble confession like that can be the stimulus for a life change for the priest also.

The Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta was born in Corato in the Province of Bari, Italy on April 23, 1865 and died there in the odour of sanctity on March 4, 1947. Luisa from her very birth was given a mystical life. At the age of 17 she received the Mystical Union that Saint John of the Cross, Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint Catherine of Siena received right before they died. After this mystical Union Jesus asked Luisa if she would remain confined to bed and because of her “Fiat!”, He taught Luisa about the Life of the Divine Will, forming It first in her, and from her extending it to the whole world. For the next 64 years until her death Jesus had Luisa confined to bed, to keep her away from the contamination of the world, and basically not eating, drinking or sleeping. During this time she suffered as a Victim Soul. Luisa was nourished daily until her death by receiving the Most Holy Eucharist during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, celebrated in her room. This privilege was a special blessing given by Pope Leo XIII, Pope Saint Pius X and his predecessor. Pope John Paul II canonised one of her Spiritual Directors, Fr Annibale Maria di Francia. Pope Benedict XVI had a statue made of Fr. Annibale Maria di Francia and had it erected in the last niche in the Bell Tower in the Vatican. The writings in her 36 Volumes were sent to the Vatican and have been scrutinised by Canon Lawyers. They are approved as containing no doctrinal error and because they were written in an Italian specific to the region of Bari, have being re-written first in Italian in a Church-critical edition, and later will be translated into other languages. They are so precious that only the Vatican Press will be allowed to publish them. Luisa is awaiting canonization. Read more on the: Conclusion of the Diocesan phase of the Cause of beatification and canonization. See document below which can be accessed at: http://www.divinavolonta.org/sacerdos/en/cause_luisa_close.htm

Padre Pio encouraged a convert of his, Federico Abresch, to visit Luisa and learn directly from her how to become an apostle of the Divine Will. Albresch visited Luisa regularly and they exchanged frequent correspondence. He set up weekly Divine Will cenacles which were attended by Adriana Pallotti to study Luisa’s Writings. Adriana’s Confessor and Spiritual Director was Padre Pio. A Father Bucci in his writings (“Luisa Piccarreta – collection of memories of the Servant of God”) confirmed that it was Padre Pio who encouraged Adriana to spread Luisa Piccarreta’s spirituality far and wide. In obedience to Padre Pio’s wishes, she opened the “House of Prayer for the Kingdom of the Divine Will” at San Giovanni Rotondo. When Luisa’s writings were condemned by the Holy Office and her works put on the Index, Padre Pio sent her this message through Federico Abresch: "Dear Luisa, saints serve for the good of souls, but their suffering knows no bounds". At that time Padre Pio was also in very great difficulties.

of the diocesan phase of the Cause of beatification and canonization L'Osservatore Romano Vatican City, Sunday, September 4, 2005 (c) Osservatore Romano Article published in the Sunday edition of the official diary of the Vatican: on the conclusion of the diocesan phase, a brief profile of Luisa and a synthesis of her spirituality. ________________________________________ "L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO", Sunday, September 4, 2005 .- APOSTLE OF SALVIFIC SUFFERING, NOURISHED BY EUCHARISTIC SPIRITUALITY Conclusion of the diocesan phase of the Cause of beatification and canonization of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta Next October 29th, at the main church of the Apulian city of Corato, Mons. Giovan Battista Pichierri, Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie, will close the diocesan phase of the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta (1865-1947), a humble and hidden tertiary Dominican, "crucified" in a bed for over sixty years. With much prudence and as much constancy, all the Diocesan Bishops, one after another —beginning with the Dominican Mons.Reginaldo Giuseppe Maria Addazi, followed by Mons. Joseph Carata— did everything to rediscover and bring to light Luisa’s exemplary life experience, while the believers persevered in their ever-increasing devotion toward such an exceptional soul. REDISCOVERED AND REVALUED During these almost sixty years following her death, it has been intensified the most painstaking research of handwritten or printed writings of Luisa; many prayer groups and private associations have risen inspired in her spirituality, obtaining many benefits by reading the already published works. The Holy See gave the authorization to transfer the mortal remains of this Dominican Tertiary from the Corato’s Cemetery to her parish church of Saint Maria Greca. In the repurchased house on Via Nazario Sauro, which was the residence of the Servant of God for so many years, there has been canonically established the Pious Association of the "Little Children of the Divine Will." (Pia Associazione dei "Piccoli Figli della Divina Volontà"). Through mysterious ways, opened by Divine Providence, the figure and spirituality of the "Divine Will" of Luisa Piccarreta have been discovered and appreciated also by a large number of believers in both Americas. In the fortunate linking of the steps of revaluation, the Archbishop Mons. Carmelo Cassati has obtained from the competent Roman Congregations the nulla osta for the opening of the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God, which took place on November 20 of 1994, solemnity of Christ the King. And now we are finally at the conclusion of the first phase of the lengthy ascent to the honours of the altars. The memory of Luisa was never buried, nor her humble and extraordinary teachings, nor the testimony of her evangelical existence, nor the spiritual edification that magnetizes the souls to follow her example, and the blessings that continue to pour down from Heaven through her intercession. Three truly historical events have crowned the journey to approbation of Luisa Piccarreta in these last years: the International Congresses held at San José of Costa Rica in December 1995, at Corato in October 2002, and in briefly again in Corato, from the 27th to the 29th of October 2005. The International Congress of Costa Rica, which lasted eleven days, was held around five very concentrated presentations each day, or more appropriately called "meditations", centered on the Divine will as lived and taught by Luisa Piccarreta; they were accompanied by Eucharistic Celebrations and perpetual adoration (both diurnal and nocturnal) of the Blessed Sacrament. Some data may underline the significance of that memorable Congress: about two hundred attendees coming from sixteen American nations; representatives of Italy and India; various Bishops (among whom was the Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie, Mons. Cassati); about three hundred priests, one hundred and fifty seminarians, and many religious. TOWARD THE OCTOBER CONGRESS The 2002 Congress, held at the Oasis of Nazareth in Corato, with many participants coming from foreign countries, served to shed light on the status of the Cause. The next International Congress, anticipated for next October, on the occasion of the closing of the diocesan phase of the Cause of Beatification of Luisa, will help to bring to light the salient aspects regarding the person, the spirituality and the holiness of life of Luisa Piccarreta, in light of the testimonies and the documents retrieved during these last years. In respect to the Cause, already in 1994, just after the opening of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal and the publishing of the Archbishop’s edict for the collection of the names of witnesses to be interviewed, as well as of the writings of Luisa, it is verified that crowds of believers began to gather around the bed of the Servant of God to listen to her simple and enlightened lessons on the Divine Will, just as it had happened while she was alive. In fact, the first result of the process of beatification was the retrieval and the cataloguing of the diaries and publications of Luisa’s works. In 1996, Archbishop Mons. Cassati, upon formal request to the then Card. Joseph Ratzinger, obtained from the ex Holy Office a photocopy of the thirty-four autographic notebooks of the Servant of God, which had been appropriated in 1938 by the aforesaid Congregation. He then appointed some distinguished theologians to re-examine such writings and to judge the orthodoxy of the Luisa’s writings, which were needed for the proper procedural acts. Since her death, the fire of these writings has almost blazed like wildfire, and the Tribunal has now been able to ascertain their great importance and scope: a real mine of spirituality! Also, the diffusion of her works translated in many languages constitutes a devoted pilgrimage and a religious hearing of her simple, humble and effective word, proclaimed both with her life and with her writings. We shouldn’t believe, however, that the Servant of God was a graphomaniac or a person who wrote a lot to draw attention to herself. Rather, she was a person extremely reluctant to dictate or to put into writing the fruits of the prolonged nighttime contemplations in her loving dialogues with her bridegroom, Jesus. She acquiesced only out of obedience to her confessors, to Don Gennaro De Gennaro, her first confessor, and then to St. Hannibal Maria Di Francia, her spiritual guide and promoter of the first publications. It was the Tribunal's concern append to the facts a rich dossier of testimonies, which were collected and recorded in the '70s, before the opening of the formal Process by Father Bernardino Giuseppe Bucci, on authorization of Archbishop Mons. Carata, so that they would not be lost, given the advanced age of the witnesses de visu et ex auditu, now, in fact, deceased. Upon formally interviewing the above-mentioned, surviving witnesses —who were all invited to give testimonies under oath— a unanimous consent was reached regarding the holiness and heroic exercise of the theological and cardinal virtues of the Servant of God; any secret is violated if we affirm that their unanimous opinion is even more valid because it is perfectly consistent with the context of the unchanged and always growing testimony of devotion among people today. Through their answers, the members of the Tribunal, under the guidance of the Postulator of the Cause, Don Lattanzio, seemed to experience again the enthusiasm of the four days of exposition of Luisa’s body at the triumphal funeral of that prophetic March 1947, apotheosis and crowning of her terrestrial existence. A pale profile of the main characteristics of Luisa, which remained impressed, include the following: Luisa Piccarreta already enjoyed in life, by people’s opinion, the appellative of "saint" and, as already mentioned, all called her and still call her "Luisa the Saint." This opinion doesn't intend to anticipate the final judgment of the Holy Mother Church —even if it remains an ardent desire!— but it denotes only a judgment of the people, strongly struck by her simplicity, transparency and holiness. Never was there seen in her the desire for the sensational or extraordinary phenomena: her existence was conducted for over sixty years in sufferings, in union with the suffering Jesus; in uniformity with the Will of God, to which she consecrated her life with a vow, as victim soul, and with the grace that she asked God of not having visible marks on her body; doing the work she was able to do (embroidery, work done on a cushion with hanging needles) and teaching it to her students; lived in poverty and absolute detachment from earthly things, in a state of continuous prayer. Among the everyday routine of her duties there was only one extraordinary phenomenon: the regime of her food intake and the nighttime bodily stiffening that she called "my usual state.” According to those who assisted her, Luisa ate very little, without suffering any damage to her health. There was only one thing that she could not do without: the Holy Eucharist. She recounts in her autobiography that since her teenage years: "Communion became my predominant passion. In It I centralized all my affections. I was happy to hear Jesus speaking; and it cost me very much to be deprived of It, when my family forced me to go with them to the farm house, leaving me many months without Mass and without Communion.” CONVERSATIONS WITH HER BRIDEGROOM Her conversations with her Divine Bridegroom extended long into the night, causing her a stiffening of her limbs, from which she could be awakened only upon a call to obedience by the priest that went daily to her house to celebrate Holy Mass or to bring her Holy Communion. The rest of the day was spent between working and smiling welcome to those who went to visit her for counsel and comfort. Don Benedict Calvi, her last confessor and inimitable promoter of her name and writings, said: "Her bed turned into a marvellous desk from which, with wisdom and divine unction, she intimately changed many souls. More than few people left her little room visibly changed, surprised, touched, and... ready to purify themselves with a Holy Confession." To everybody she gave the example of a normal, daily, working, and consistent holiness, in the simplicity and humility of life, in her brief exhortations, in her striving for supernatural intentions, and in the perfection of her actions: precisely the style of holiness that is currently looked for by the great majority of believers. The characterizing spirituality of the life, speech and writings of the Servant of God was mainly centered on "doing the Will of God", "being the little daughter of the Divine Will" and "being the missionary of the Kingdom of God’s Will," in light of the affirmation of Jesus: "My food is to do the Will of Him who sent me" (John 4: 34), and in light of the famous prayer of the Dominican St. Albert the Great: "Lord, I would like to be a man according to your beloved Will." The exhortations, the diaries, the books, the counsels were, therefore, given in light of the "fiat voluntas tua," as Jesus did, taught, and told us to do in the “Our Father” prayer. From this fulcrum is explained the constant and heroic exercise of Luisa’s virtues, especially her imperturbable serenity in the tests that she had to endure. During her life, in fact, she was often seen visited, examined, observed, and questioned by ecclesiastical authorities, by superiors, by priests, and by religious of strong theological and ascetic culture; yet, she perfectly remained serene, and above all, humble and obedient to the Will of God, which was manifested to her through the Church and her ministers. And now it seems that this same august Divine Will is manifesting Itself in removing all the obstacles to the promotion and diffusion of a spirituality that is greatly needed for the salvation of humanity. As a teacher and missionary of the Divine Will, she promoted it not "with words of human wisdom", in an areopagus of wise men of the earth, but as a fruit of her great love for God, as a humble woman of the people, with a degree of culture barely elementary, and with an existence almost buried and "hidden with Christ in God" (Col. 3: 3). SPIRIT OF OBEDIENCE There glows in the Servant of God her spirit and practice of obedience to the Holy Church. We have already mentioned her acts of obedience in her writing and in her daily exits from "her usual state." Her full submission to the will of her ecclesiastical superiors has been considered the most radiant pearl of her soul. She herself —it is worth noticing— instilled such feelings into the minds of the priests involved in her life. Therefore, she was always held in high esteem by all the Archbishops of her Diocese, by the local priests, and by the religious that visited her. Luisa remains in the heavens as a luminary of this virtue, in an era which is not free of confrontations, fruits of the "not serviam" spirit so widespread in relations within the Church, the family, nations and social groups. A last touch for an almost complete spiritual profile of the Servant of God arises from the conclusions of the Process: she was an apostle of salvific suffering. Contemporary man, who trusts in the certainties of his scientific-technological and social conquests, tries to flee from the mystery of the cross and from the pains of suffering; he interprets suffering as an annihilation of his dignity; he doesn't understand it, and he intends to eliminate it from history. With evangelical wisdom, Luisa Piccarreta presents the cross in concrete and accessible terms and with incisive examples, as a remedy and health for the world. In her life the cross becomes a fruitful suffering when is united with Christ crucified and always mystically immolated in the Eucharist; the cross then becomes a suffering full of love, a suffering willingly hidden and always in line and in tune to the Fiat pronounced in Nazareth and renewed on the Calvary by the Most Holy Virgin Mary, to whom Luisa was very devoted. Therefore, never complaints, but only union with Christ, victim of reparation for sins and pleading before the justice of God on behalf of men: she reminds us that to the divine chalice, overflowing with the merits of the patient Christ, we need to add the drop of man, in order to cooperate with His own work of Redemption. To all those who asked her to implore from God relief from the pains of life, she ever reminded them of the sublimating value of suffering, which she embraced in her Via Crucis to the Gethsemane up to the "consummatum est" of March 7, 1947. We believe that we are not exaggerating if we affirm that Luisa Piccarreta became a creature that left indelible signs of her charismas, of her spiritual faculties and of her developed apostolate and, for mysterious dispositions of God's Will, she now shines as a star in the firmament of Christ's holiness, whose light is refracted in many aspects to her brothers and sisters united to her. The spirit of the virtues practiced by Luisa has remained on earth and is growing ever greater, notwithstanding so much time that has passed, becoming an example and a stimulus for all to follow the same way of holiness. May this humble lay woman, both old and perpetually young in the freshness of her flesh, tortured by a long and inexplicable illness (for which a precise diagnosis was never found!), all peace, serenity, humility and innocence, intercede from Heaven for us wandering pilgrims, and obtain for us celestial protection. P. SABINO LATTANZIO Postulator P. PIETRO CIRASELLI Delegated Judge

When Jesus chose to return the Gift to mankind, He chose Luisa “the littlest soul on the earth” with the stain of Original Sin on her soul, and through her He says the time is now ready for the return of the gift of Living in the Divine Will to all others with the stain of original sin who desire to gain the knowledge and operate with the Gift of Divine Will.

Father Bernardino Giuseppe Bucci was one of the last living personal witnesses of Luisa. He was born in Corato and became a Franciscan Priest. He was the nephew of Rosaria Bucci (1898-1978), who was Luisa’s faithful and silent confidant. Rosaria lived with Luisa and assisted her for forty years. She was one of the first Disciples of the Divine Will. Father Bucci always kept alive the memory of the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta and her writings and recalls what his aunt said about Luisa: "During my confession Padre Pio told me that Luisa is not a human factor, she is a work of God and He Himself will make her emerge. The world will be astounded at her greatness; not many years will pass before this happens. The new millennium will see Luisa’s light“. Fr. Bucci, OFM became a member of the Tribunal for the Cause for Beatification of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta, and he gave this advice regarding studying the writings of Luisa: … “Some prerequisites are required in order to enter into the writing of the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta: profound Eucharistic formation, devotion to the Most Holy Virgin, total submission to priestly authority; all her writings must be read and meditated upon in the light of Sacred Scripture and the infallible magisterium of the Church.” Div

In addition to the 36 volumes of the Book of Heaven, Luisa also wrote the following: The Christmas Novena. The 24 Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will. The Rounds of the Soul in the Divine Will.

Through Luisa, Jesus told her Confessor, St. Annibale Maria Di Francia, that these 36 Volumes are to be called: “The Book of Heaven.” The 36 Volumes were divinely inspired by Jesus and can be viewed as being structured like the way a house is built to guide us into living in the Divine Will. Volumes 1- 4 are like the foundations of a house. They guide us in the perfection of the virtues. Volumes 5-10 are like building the walls of the house. Volumes 11-12 are like putting the roof on - Volumes 13-36 are like changing a house into a home. Spiritually they can also be viewed as a progression under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Volumes 1-10 show us how to become a Divine Image of Jesus Himself. Volumes 11-19 show us how to “Live” in the Divine Will through the Power of the Holy Spirit. Volumes 20-36 show us how to receive the Divine Inheritance of the Father.

In the late 1920’s the Virgin Mary frequently appeared to Luisa in her little bed in the afternoon, and revealed to her the events in her life – from her Immaculate Conception to her bodily Assumption into heaven. On May 6, 1930 Luisa finished writing down these revelations from Mary, which are presented in this book entitled, “The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will”.

In 1882, after having written her Christmas Novena, Luisa had an unexpected vision of the Infant Jesus who invited her to aspire to a higher level of grace and love. He exhorted her to meditate each hour of the day upon the corresponding 24 hours of His Passion and Death on the Cross. She did this on a daily basis, and 31 years later, in 1913 and 1914, Luisa was placed under obedience to write down these meditations, now known as “The Hours of the Passion”

At the age of seventeen Luisa composed the Christmas Novena which she refers to as The Nine Excesses of Love. She never ceased to recite this novena until her death.

The first person to receive the Gift was Adam and then Eve, who lost it through Original Sin. But God promised through Redemption that we would be redeemed and brought back to the original Order, to the Place and the Purpose for which we were created by God. And when Jesus was on earth, He gave us only one prayer, the Our Father, in which He has us continuously pray with these words for its restoration: ‘THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN’ The third person to live in the Divine Will was Our Most Holy Mother, Mary. God preserved our Blessed Mother from being born with the stain of Original Sin and she was born with the Gift of Living in the Divine Will to enable the Son of Man to come on earth to redeem us. Our Blessed Mother told Luisa Piccarreta that from the first moment of her Conception, she was shown the fallen state of the human race and she chose to put her own will aside and place it at the foot of the Throne of God. She tells us she never once did her own will but continuously lived in the Divine Will. The fourth person to live in the Divine Will was Jesus Christ, the Man-God.

St. Hannibal di Francia - who had been Luisa's extraordinary confessor - gave the nihil obstat to the first 19 volumes of Luisa's writings during his lifetime. The Church appointed him censor librorum to Luisa's writings. In 1915 he gave the nihil obstat and imprimatur to Luisa's Hours of the Passion. He sent a copy to the bishops and archbishops of that time because of its importance, asking them to make it widely known. He himself was canonised in 2004 by Pope St. John Paul 11. In an address to the Rogationist Fathers founded by Hannibal di Francia, Pope St. John Paul 11 said: " St. Hannibal saw the means God himself had provided to bring about the 'new and divine holiness' with which the Holy Spirit wishes to enrich Christians at the dawn of the third millennium, in order to 'make Christ the heart of the world'" In a letter dated Feb 14, 1927 to Luisa Piccarreta, St Hannibal said: I have totally dedicated myself to the great work of the Divine Will. He was the chief apostle of Luisa's writings. Her writings were locked away in the Vatican for (40?) years until Cardinal Ratzinger released them in 1994, allowing them to be widely read by the faithful. 2005: The process for Luisa's cause of canonisation began. 2011: The new Religious Community dedicated to the Divine Will received approval from the Vatican: Benedictines of the Divine Will, who live in Italy. 2012: Fr, Joseph Iannuzzi successfully defended and subsequently published his Doctoral Dissertation on The gift of living in the Divine Will according to the writings of Luisa Piccarreta. This was unanimously approved by the Gregorian University in Rome. 2013: Stephen Patton's book A guide to the Book of Heaven received the imprimatur. 2016: Notre Dame professor Fr. Edward O'Connor published Living in the Divine Will: the grace of Luisa Piccarreta. 2016: The Vatican itself published a biography of the Servant of God LP - with a preface by Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints - strongly endorsing Luisa and her messages. 2016: Luisa was given her own entry into the Vatican's Dictionary of Mysticism. [ This information can be got from Professor Daniel O'Connor's book: Thy Will be Done. Another VIP resource is his massive tome called The Crown of Sanctity. There are other resources but I think that this answers the question quite well!]

Volumes 01 - 10 show us how to become a Divine Image of Jesus Himself Volumes 11 - 19 show us how to “Live” in the Divine Will through the Power of the Holy Spirit. Volumes 20 - 36 show us how to “Live” in the Divine Will through the Power of the Holy Spirit

Before the return of the gift, the saints of old could only live in their human will and doing the Will of God, which means complying with God’s orders. In this state we live as a servant. With the Gift we live in the Divine Will united “with Jesus operating/reigning in us”.

With reference to Volume 20 - Nov 3, 1926. The first thing to look at are the billions of souls from every generation, every nation and every religion etc. These are all in the realms of Divine Mercy and Justice - beyond our knowledge or understanding In Luisa's writings Jesus is speaking about Catholics - who should know about the 10 Commandments and about doing God's Will in their lives. Just as the Chosen People are judged on their Covenant of Justice (Jn 5:45) so we are judged by our Covenant of Love (Jn 5:22). In the Nov 3, 1926 teaching, Jesus explains to Luisa that the souls in Purgatory are not some gelatinous mass which can be pushed about by our prayers on earth. Each one has an individual relationship with God depending on how they lived on earth. 1. If that soul died with a good relationship to God they are truly open to being helped by the Mystical Body on earth because they are part of it, and can receive the nourishment sent to them to deal with their needs. 2. If a soul was indifferent to God on earth they have not developed the ways to receive what is sent to them, and may spend a long time in Purgatory in order to merit God's Mercy which is implored by the Church on earth. Example: If I have poor eyesight - and no glasses - I am unable to see what others can see. It's that simple. I must get glasses to help me......so the souls in Purgatory need the suffrages of the Church to help them on their way to Heaven. Now to deal with the past: this was before the revelation of the Divine Will. The Past belongs to the era before the Divine Will, so different rules apply. It was the era of Redemption. Yes, if people offered their sufferings united with Jesus' sufferings, while doing God's Will to the best of their ability God used that to benefit the Holy Souls, but He didn't explain how He did it. In fact, that is the position of the whole church today - apart from those living in the Divine Will! Finally, the thing we must remember is the sheer number of souls needing our help. One of the things we can do for all those gone before us is to gather their suffrages and glaze them with the Divine Will. Join them to the reparations of Jesus in His Passion. Afterwards in the Divine Will offer reparation and substitution for all suffrages done at a lesser level and then re-offer them to God on behalf of the whole church for all time Past Present Future. This is the greatest thing you can do for the Church and for the Holy Souls.

Living in the Divine Will means putting aside our human will and "living with just one Will" and that is God's Will.

Volumes 01 - 04 the foundations of a house. They guide us in the perfection of the virtues Volumes 05 - 10 building the walls of the house Volumes 11 - 12 putting the roof on the house Volumes 13 - 36 changing a house into a home. ​ Volumes 01 - 10 show us how to become a Divine Image of Jesus Himself Volumes 11 - 19 show us how to “Live” in the Divine Will through the Power of the Holy Spirit. Volumes 20 - 36 show us how to “Live” in the Divine Will through the Power of the Holy Spirit

Jesus dictated 36 Volumes to Luisa on guiding her and us on how to live in the Kingdom of the Divine Will. He told her the knowledge of the Gift was of extreme importance, and likened it to one giving a person what looked like two stones, only one of the stones was a diamond, without the knowledge of knowing this, the diamond would be discarded because of it’s unknown value.

Human marriage is God's Will! Genesis chapter 2 shows God uniting Adam and Eve Himself and He did this so that the Human Race could continue to exist, and also that they could journey through life with the help of each other. What God wants is that we will love one another WITH His Love and IN His love - not just with human love. Also that we would conduct our human marriage in such a way that He can draw both spouses to Himself in His Divine Will. This is why He Himself elevated marriage to a sacrament so that it becomes a source of grace for both spouses and their children. The Church has many married saints to prove this. We need to realise that WE are not called to live the same solitary life that Luisa was called to: this was HER special calling because she was to be the head of the generation that lives in the Divine Will and Jesus needed her complete attention in order to accomplish this. Each of us has our own calling through which we glorify God and become a blessing to our brothers and sisters on the earth. The main attachment that the Lord wants us to get rid of is the attachment to our own SELF and to our own way of doing things - to make gains for ourselves in both material and spiritual things. We have to stop worshipping ourselves if we are to be able to love anyone, human or divine! Marriage gives you daily opportunities to die to yourself and therefore to grow in love for your neighbour - your nearest neighbours being your spouse and your children, whom you must love with God's love so that they can grow to become godly themselves.

Divine Will spirituality is not a devotion. It’s a way of life, returned to us following the Fall of Adam, who initially was given the Gift from God. The return of this Gift is to enable mankind to return to the way Adam lived before the Fall. Divine Will Spirituality is the crown and completion of all spirituality, so you need to have a great deal of spirituality behind you; and then you become a beginner in Divine Will.

These Rounds are known as the Rounds of Creation, Redemption and Sanctification. The purpose of Man’s existence is to give love and glory to God, not only on his own behalf but on behalf of his brothers and sisters, substituting for all, and also on behalf of all Creation which is fixed in God’s Will without a voice. Man is expected to use his voice on behalf of Creation to give love and glory to God. And to return love and glory and reparation to God for the Work of Creation, Redemption and Sanctification.

Frances' Answer: This question is both an important and a frequent one, but it is very difficult to answer! What goes on between the soul and God is very private - even the soul itself does not understand, unless the Lord illuminates it. It is clear from Luisa's writings that even she was not fully cognisant of what the Lord was accomplishing in her. He had to explain it over and over, and even after that she would still ask Him in the highest volumes for more clarification. All we know is that if you try to live in the Divine Presence and in His Will to the best of your ability, He promises to do everything else for us. LET ME DO! He says so frequently to Luisa - who thinks that she IS 'letting Him do'! You are, in fact, living in His Will, but there are layers in the soul that are dealt with only through trials and difficulties, so these events bring out hidden motivations and desires that must be cleansed and purified as we go along. 1) Our thinking must be purified so that, as St. Paul said, "we have the mind of Christ", 1 Cor:2:16. 2) Human emotions have to be purified so that our responses to everything are those of Christ Himself. 3) The human will itself has to be purified to be able to rest in the Divine Will without disturbance. It is during trying circumstances that the hesitations of human surrender are seen and dealt with. Confirmation of the gift of Divine Will comes with the final surrender, so that, as Jesus Himself says, you and He become inseparable. The human will is now permanently sacrificed to the Divine - like our Blessed Mother who never did her own will. *Not many achieve this in this life even though that is exactly what the Lord wants. It is achieved with the total sacrifice of the human will on a permanent basis, so that we return to our origin before The Fall, living in permanent communion with God, so that God reigns on Earth as He does in Heaven. *Many people are living in the Divine Will now, but not in its totality. They are pilgrims on the way to this glorious destiny. Nevertheless, all their acts done in the Divine Will are infinite in value, and they help the whole of Humanity to move towards its destiny in God. The more acts they do the more they progress towards the goal, until all their breathing, seeing, hearing, moving, working, etc is all in the Divine Will. Then God truly lives and works in us and through us, His kingdom on Earth as it is in Heaven.

This Gift has been available from the time of Luisa writings. Up to now we only have permission to study copies of her writings. Their print in book form is prohibited until the Vatican Press print them.

Saint Hannibal Di Francia wrote the following about Luisa: “Our Lord, who always makes the marvels of His love grow and grow, century after century, seems with this virgin, whom He calls the littlest one He found on earth, barren of every kind of education, to have wanted to form her into a perfect instrument for a mission so sublime, to which no other can compare."

Fr Hannibal met Luisa around the year 1910 and knew her for approximately 17 years. He was her Extraordinary Confessor. He was the first to publish Luisa’s writings on the Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ” which Luisa wrote around 1913/14, which bore the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur. In his last years, the Archbishop of Trani, Bishop Leo, appointed him Director over everything referring to the publication of Luisa's writings. Saint Hannibal abandoned any other work, because of the urgency he felt in publishing her writings.

St Hannibal is said to be an Apostle of the Divine Will. He was assigned, by the Bishop, authority over all of Luisa's writings and was responsible for the publishing of her initial works. Jesus spoke with Luisa about the importance of his contribution to expanding the knowledge of the Divine Will. St John Paul II proclaimed Hannibal Maria Di Francia Blessed on October 7, 1990 and Saint on May 16, 2004.

Volume 20, November 6, 1926 Jesus said to Luisa: “once I have completed everything, I will entrust my Kingdom to my ministers, so that, like second apostles of the Kingdom of My Will, they may be the criers of It. Do you think that the coming of Father Di Francia, who shows so much interest and who has taken to heart the publication of what regards My Will, came by chance? No, no – I Myself disposed it. It is a providential act of the Supreme Will that wants him as first apostle of the Divine Fiat and proclaimer of It. And since he happens to be the founder of an order, it is easier for him to approach bishops, priests and people, also within his own institute, in order to proclaim the Kingdom of My Will. This is why I assist him so much and I give him special light, because in order to understand My Will it takes great graces – not little lights, but sun, to comprehend a Divine, Holy and Eternal will, as well as great disposition on the part of the one to whom this office is entrusted.”

When he died in Messina, on June 1st, 1927, he was comforted by the vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom he had loved so much during his life. Pope Saint John Paul II proclaimed him Blessed on 7th October, 1990, and canonised him a saint on 16th May, 2004. Pope Benedict XVI had a life size statue made of St Hannibal di Francia and had it erected in the last niche on the exterior of the Bell Tower in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. The statue was made from a block of marble from Corato, Italy. Pope Benedict blessed the statue on 7th July 2010 with hundreds of people in attendance. Hannibal di Francia is represented with a Bible in one hand opened at the Chapter where Jesus asks for prayer for vocations: “Ask [Rogate] the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers to gather his harvest”(Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2).

Volume 23 – February 28, 1928 Jesus said to Luisa “…And do you think that the memory of Father Di Francia, his many sacrifices and desires to make my Will known, to the point of initiating the publication, will be extinguished in this great work of my Divine Fiat, only because I brought him with Me to Heaven? No, no; on the contrary, he will have the first place, because by coming from far away, he went as though in search of the most precious thing that can exist in Heaven and on earth, of the act that glorifies Me the most, or rather, will give Me complete glory on the part of creatures, and they will receive complete goods. He prepared the ground so that my Divine Will might be known; so much so, that he spared nothing, neither expenses, nor sacrifices; and even though the publication did not have its completion, by even just initiating it he prepared the ways so that one day the work of my Will in the midst of creatures can be known and have life… So, when this great work becomes known, his name, his memory, will be full of glory and of splendour, and he will have his prime act in a work so great, both in Heaven and on earth.

Volume 21, March 19, 1927 Luisa writes “I was preoccupied about the health of Rev. Father Di Francia, because his letters which I received were almost alarming. I thought about the fate of my writings… Where would they end up? If Our Lord decided to call him to his Heavenly rest, then his mission of publishing the knowledge about the Fiat would be without its fruit… At the most one could say that he has begun, that he has the good will to do the publication, but who knows how much time will be needed to complete a work so lengthy? Now as I was thinking that, my sweet Jesus moved within my interior, and He said to me: “My daughter, whoever has been given a mission and has barely had an opportunity to begin, or has not been able to complete the entirety of his missions because at the best moment I call him to Heaven, will continue from up there his mission, so that it may bring into the depths of the soul its deposit of good relating to the knowledge which he has acquired in life. In Heaven he will understand with greater clarity and understanding the great good of the knowledge of the Supreme Fiat. He will pray the Fiat, indeed he will ask all of Heaven to pray, that the knowledge be known throughout the earth; he will beseech that clearer light be given to whoever must work in making It known…”

Therefore, this Kingdom exists – there is nothing left but to make It known, so as to let all the goods It contains go out into the field. Book of Heaven, Volume 20, December 29, 1926 ​ Cenacle members are invited to join Divine Will Family Local Cenacle Prayer Teams. They will be inspired by example of how those, who are living in Divine Will, live their lives in loving God and loving their neighbour. New members are welcomed into DWF Local Cenacles and introduced to Divine Will way of life gently by Local Cenacle Leaders, and the Local Cenacle Prayer Team in their prayer meetings. Those who are introduced to these writings and begin to explore them will become aware, very early on, that the writings are indeed Jesus’ teachings as dictated to Luisa throughout the thirty six volumes of the Book of Heaven, The Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will, The Rounds of the Soul in The Divine Will and other writings by Luisa. ​ One who goes on to study these writings and follow the teachings will receive the greatest gift offered to mankind, The Gift of the Divine Will, which enables them to possess the Will of The Blessed Trinity and live in It as do the inhabitants of Heaven.

We invite Divine Will Family members to set up local Cenacles in prayer and discernment. Here are the steps to be a Local Cenacle Leader. ​ Complete DWF Volunteer Form and meet your Area Cenacle Leader in advance of setting up your Cenacle Agree upon receipt of approval from your Area Cenacle Leader, set-up your Local Cenacle on behalf of DWF in accordance with all of DWF’s Policies and Procedures as amended from time to time and set out by DWF Coordinate the successful running of DWF in your locality Identify and welcome new Divine Will members into DWF Coordinate activities, classes and events in your Local Cenacle Undertake to promptly register the name and address of your Local Cenacle and submit all details to DWF by submitting their details to the Area Cenacle Leader or uploading the details on DWF website. For the avoidance of doubt it is only necessary to register as a member of DWF regular attendees and this excludes occasional guests / visitors attending your Local Cenacle from time to time who are not members of DWF Liaise with your Area Cenacle Leader (ACL) Participate in Area Cenacle Meetings organised by the ACL

This is why I told you many times that the mission of calling a soul to live in My Will is the greatest one, the highest and the most sublime; there is no other that can match it. ​ Book of Heaven, Volume 14, August 23, 1922 ​ DWF Local Cenacle Prayer Teams’ members calling is to live and pray in Divine Will, while encouraging each other to know and grow deeper in relationship with God by example of how they are living in God’s Divine Will. ​ DWF supports Local Cenacle Team members, to love God, family and neighbour by living in Divine Will and praying for all souls ~ past present and future, in every parish, throughout the country and world. ​ The purpose of the cenacle is that members will meet locally in a community spirit of fulfilling the Lords’ Prayer in bringing about God’s Kingdom on earth. ​ “Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done on earth as It is in Heaven”. Matthew 6:10 Local Cenacles can have any number of members from two-upwards. However, it is envisaged that Local Cenacle membership might be between 7 and 10 members. They can meet in person or virtually as suits each group. ​ It is anticipated by DWF that everyone wishing to live in Divine Will be part of a Local Divine Will community, participating in a Divine Will Family Local Cenacle. ​ The Local Cenacles are the foundation blocks from which The Divine Will Family Organising Structure rises, which will be made up of all members of Divine Will Family. ​ “Jesus said to them: ‘Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to all creation” Mark 16:15 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.” Acts 13:47

Enlarge the place of your tent; stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not; lengthen your cords and strengthen your pegs. Isaiah 54:2 The scripture quotation above from Isaiah 54:2 is an inspired message Frances Hogan received from the Holy Spirit at the outset of DWF setting up DWF Local Cenacles in 2021 and encourages us to open our hearts and share our homes by hosting our friends and neighbours in Divine Will Prayer for the salvation of all souls past present and future. Each Local Cenacle is led by a Local Cenacle Leader to facilitate, lead and coordinate the Divine Will Family locally; to help people come to a deeper meaningful relationship with Jesus in the Crown of Sanctity; and to make Divine Will known and accessible to each and every soul. Local Cenacle Leaders will participate in ongoing spiritual development and are Commissioned and supported in practical ways by DWF. Local Cenacle Leaders are supported by Area Cenacle Leaders who coordinate each area around the country. “Come follow Me and I will make you fishers of men. And at once they left their nets and followed Him” Matthew 4:19

A Local Cenacle Leader will lead the Local Cenacle. New members will be welcomed into DWF and introduced to different aspects of living in Divine Will. A Divine Will Prayer Group may use one of the following formats: • Divine Will way of life • Divine Will intimate relationship and walk with the Lord • Divine Will Prayer Group • Divine Will Hours of the Passion • Divine Will Contemplative Prayer • Divine Will Classes studying the Volumes of the Book of Heaven • DWF Small Study Groups - revising teachings from classes • Living in Divine Will - on earth as It is in Heaven • Studying themes from Divine Will ​ ‘Your task is great, because I have entrusted to you my Divine Will, so that by making It known, you may place Its rights in safety - so very unknown to the human generations. The goods that will come will be immense, and you and I will be twice happy for having worked for the formation of this Kingdom’.” Volume 19, September 15, 1926 ​ With you, it is not only about living in It, but about forming It, therefore your Jesus must abound very much with you, to give you the raw materials for the formation of a Kingdom so holy… The sacrifices that one who has to form a kingdom must make are not necessary for those who come to the decision of wanting to live in that Kingdom. Therefore, I just want you to work in the formation of the Kingdom of the Supreme Fiat, and your Jesus will take care of all the rest.” Volume 20, October 2, 1926 ​ ​ Local Cenacles are local by nature and are comprised of members of the locality/parish/community. The purpose of the cenacle is that members will meet locally in a family/community spirit of fulfilling the Lords’ Prayer and aiming to bring about the restoration of the Catholic Church in Ireland and beyond. ​ “Your kingdom come, Your Will be done on earth as It is in Heaven." Matthew 6:10 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: “I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.” Acts 13:47

This is why I told you many times that the mission of calling a soul to live in my will is the greatest one, the highest and the most sublime; there is no other that can match it. Book of Heaven, Volume 14, August 23, 1922 The Area Cenacle Leader manages the area and supports the Local Cenacle Leaders, who in turn give leadership to the Local Divine Will Family Cenacle. Area Cenacle Leaders will participate in development programmes supported by ongoing spiritual guidance and fellowship by DWF.

Cenacles will be locally based and will be facilitated by Local Cenacle Leaders with the support of the Area Coordinator. Cenacles may assemble and grow “organically” or be assembled after being organised in an area. Each Cenacle will have a Leader who will guide and support the members in their prayer and or study activities. Membership can consist of from two to preferably not more than ten members. If members are not already systemically studying the volumes or in a zoom teaching class they may join one. Divine Will Prayer groups and groups doing The Hours of The Passion may be guided by the Local Leader, with the support of the Area Cenacle Leader. Cenacle Members will register with the LCL, who in turn registers them with the Area Cenacle Leader for entry to the data base system under GDPR compliance. As membership increases in a Cenacle, a second Cenacle may be established to facilitate new emerging requirements. All local Cenacles are recommended to meet weekly. Each Cenacle will choose and decide on a name for their Cenacle, which will usually be related to, and consistent with Divine Will teaching. All requests for guest speakers and any activity organised, which involves the drawing in of members from other Local Cenacles are coordinated through the Area Cenacle Leader to maintain unity of purpose and avoid unnecessary duplication. Local Cenacles may be innovative in attracting new members while being discerning in their decision on who to approach. They are advised to avoid indiscriminate distribution of Divine Will material. Cenacle members will attract new members to Divine Will Family by their example of living in Divine Will.

Role & Responsibilities of Area Cenacle Leaders(ACL) Personal Walk with the Lord in Divine Will: Have a deep and mature relationship with the Lord and a solid foundation and knowledge of Divine Will Spirituality, by living as best one can in Divine Will Area: Coordinate the Local Cenacles in your area, by staying in touch with the current Local Cenacle Leaders (LCL’s) and be a support to them in running their Divine Will Family (DWF) Cenacles Growing Divine Will: Developing new DWF Cenacles in the area and appointing new LCL’s … helping them complete the Volunteer Application Form and assessing them for the role of Local Cenacle Leader and making a recommendation to the National Cenacle Leader and AC Leader Team for acceptance as LCL. Admin: Ensure all members of Local Cenacles are registered in DWF and working with AC Leaders in general development for the areas as appropriate; give feedback to DWF on suggestions for development etc. Developing LCL’s: Be part of the ongoing development of LCL’s by sharing knowledge and information as appropriate eg informing them of any upcoming programmes: Meetings, Gatherings, Retreats, Events or other relevant news items etc. Support with Challenging Situations/complaints/issues: being a support for LCL’s and/or deal with unresolved issues which may need to be referred to the Ethics Committee for resolution Deepen Divine Will Spirituality of Your People in your Area: Nurture the Ethos and Essence of DWF … the Essence of Divine Will Family in your area. Arrange if appropriate guest speakers to come to your area, along with the support of the LCL’s and with the approval of the Board of DWF. Teamwork: communicate with other Area Cenacle Leaders and develop plans for bringing God’s Divine Word to all people in Ireland and beyond and work with DWF in other areas of calling by the Lord Partner: work with your Support ACL sharing the work while being open to new ways as the Lord deems appropriate and by being an ambassador for the Lord in your area. DWF trusts this gives you an overview of the role and responsibilities of ACL’s. Being an ACL is mostly listening to what God wants and getting out of your own way, so He can fulfill …His kingdom come on earth as It is in Heaven. ​ Feel free to check any details with the National Coordinator along the way. May you all be blessed in divine abundance now and forever in Divine Will and Love Amen and Fiat. ​ “I love you, but with an immense love; I love you, but with a love that is incomprehensible to you; I love you with a love that will never have limits nor will ever end; I love you with a love that you will never be able to match.” ​ Luisa’ response to Jesus: ‘My Life, You know that I have nothing, and whatever I do I take from You, and then I leave it in You again, so that my things, remaining in You, may have continuous attitude and life in You, while I remain always in my nothingness. ​ Therefore I take your love, I make it my own, and I say to You: “I love You with an eternal and immense love; with a love that has no limits and no end, and that is equal to yours”. Volume 11, November 1, 1915 Register your Interest to join Area Cenacle Leader Team Join the growing community of Divine Will Family Area Cenacle Leader Community, as we journey deeper into the Kingdom of God, here on Earth. The greatest gift that our Lord will give us in this life, is sharing in the Will of God. If you sense the Almighty Lord calling you, or Blessed Mother nudging you to volunteer as an Area Cenacle Leader, please complete the Volunteer form below and The National Cenacle Leader will be in touch with you shortly. Volunteer Here

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