The Divine Will and OUR PLACE IN HEAVEN
Jesus tells us through Luisa, the more a soul advances in holiness, the higher their position will be in Heaven. In Heaven we will be completely full of happiness......... but some souls will be full as a THIMBLE, others full as a CUP and others as full as a BUCKET. The fullness of our happiness depends on our holiness at the time of our death.
Jesus told Luisa, that as the soul enters Heaven, (having not had to suffer in Purgatory first) she is adorned with the "suns" of her acts done in the Divine Will during her life, and that these souls hold the highest places in Heaven.
Truly these are the souls whose happiness is as "full as a BUCKET ".
Such is the Joy of our Heavenly Lives in the Divine Will.
Jesus told Luisa, that as the soul enters Heaven, (having not had to suffer in Purgatory first) she is adorned with the "suns" of her acts done in the Divine Will during her life, and that these souls hold the highest places in Heaven.
Truly these are the souls whose happiness is as "full as a BUCKET ".
Such is the Joy of our Heavenly Lives in the Divine Will.
The Divine Will and OUR PLACE IN HEAVEN
Jesus tells us through Luisa, the more a soul advances in holiness, the higher their position will be in Heaven. In Heaven we will be completely full of happiness......... but some souls will be full as a THIMBLE, others full as a CUP and others as full as a BUCKET. The fullness of our happiness depends on our holiness at the time of our death.
Jesus told Luisa, that as the soul enters Heaven, (having not had to suffer in Purgatory first) she is adorned with the "suns" of her acts done in the Divine Will during her life, and that these souls hold the highest places in Heaven.
Truly these are the souls whose happiness is as "full as a BUCKET ".
Such is the Joy of our Heavenly Lives in the Divine Will.
Jesus told Luisa, that as the soul enters Heaven, (having not had to suffer in Purgatory first) she is adorned with the "suns" of her acts done in the Divine Will during her life, and that these souls hold the highest places in Heaven.
Truly these are the souls whose happiness is as "full as a BUCKET ".
Such is the Joy of our Heavenly Lives in the Divine Will.
So how do we transform ourselves from just DOING God's Will to LIVING IN God's Will?
Jesus tells us through Luisa that there are no doors or keys or paths......we simply have to be in the state of Grace and ....desire it.
Jesus said to Luisa that He desires us to:
First: ..."enter into Me, transform yourself in Me and take what you find in Me.
Second: once you have filled yourself completely with Me, go out and operate together with Me, as if you and I were one single thing, in such a way that if I move, you move as well; (like the water and wine in the chalice) if I think, you think of the same thing of which I am thinking. In sum whatever I do, you do as well.
Third: with these acts that we have done together, move away from Me for one instant, and go into the midst of creatures, giving to all and to each one everything we have done together - that is, giving My divine life to each one, (love one another as I have loved you) and then quickly returning into Me to give Me, in the name of all, all the glory that they should give Me, praying, excusing them, repairing, loving…" (Vol 7 February 9 1908)
....Hence we are now LIVING IN God's Will
In realistic, everyday terms, Jesus tells us through Luisa, that we can transform the value of all that we do from Human to Divine, by saying an act of Fiat (I desire) as simple as something like:
"Jesus I desire that all my (thoughts, words, prayers and acts) this day are done in your Divine Will in the name of all mankind."
Jesus tells us through Luisa that there are no doors or keys or paths......we simply have to be in the state of Grace and ....desire it.
Jesus said to Luisa that He desires us to:
First: ..."enter into Me, transform yourself in Me and take what you find in Me.
Second: once you have filled yourself completely with Me, go out and operate together with Me, as if you and I were one single thing, in such a way that if I move, you move as well; (like the water and wine in the chalice) if I think, you think of the same thing of which I am thinking. In sum whatever I do, you do as well.
Third: with these acts that we have done together, move away from Me for one instant, and go into the midst of creatures, giving to all and to each one everything we have done together - that is, giving My divine life to each one, (love one another as I have loved you) and then quickly returning into Me to give Me, in the name of all, all the glory that they should give Me, praying, excusing them, repairing, loving…" (Vol 7 February 9 1908)
....Hence we are now LIVING IN God's Will
In realistic, everyday terms, Jesus tells us through Luisa, that we can transform the value of all that we do from Human to Divine, by saying an act of Fiat (I desire) as simple as something like:
"Jesus I desire that all my (thoughts, words, prayers and acts) this day are done in your Divine Will in the name of all mankind."
Jesus' Invitation to Transform Ourselves into Him.
“In Heaven, they not only do My Will, but they live in It, they possess It as their own thing, and as their own Kingdom. And if they did It, but did not possess It, their happiness would not be full, because true happiness begins in the depth of the soul. To do the Will of God does not mean to possess It, but to submit oneself to Its commands, while to live in It, is possession. Therefore, in the ‘Our Father’, in the words ‘Your Will be done’ is the prayer that all may do the Supreme Will, and in ‘on earth as It is in Heaven,’ that man may return into that Will from which he came, in order to re-acquire his happiness, the lost goods, and the possession of his Divine Kingdom.”
Jesus explains how souls live IN THE DIVINE WILL in Heaven.
"So, the man who lives of his will is the true beggar. On the other hand, one who lives in Mine has no need of anything; he has everything at his disposal. My Will gives him the dominion of himself, and therefore he is the owner of strength, of light and not of human strength and light, but of Divine. His existence is always secure, and since he is the owner, he can take whatever he wants, nor does he need to ask in order to receive. This is so true, that before Adam withdrew from My Will, prayer did not exist. It is need that makes prayer arise; but he did not need anything, he had nothing to ask for or to impetrate. So, he loved, he praised, he adored his Creator; prayer had no place in the terrestrial Eden."
Prayer did not exist in Eden before Adam and Eve sinned.
"You will say;'All this seems so marvellous. That God should love us so much seems almost incredible. Yet it seems that to possess and live in the Divine Will would be impossible. Look how hard and rare it is for one to be a canonised Saint; yet we are told that this living in the Divine Will is a sanctity surpassing even that of the great Saints. How can this be true ; that ordinary people could be capable of living in the Divine Will? I answer, who can fathom the mystery of God's Will? I do not believe that I could ever be a great saint; yet I believe that I can accept this Gift of the Divine Will which Jesus wants so much to give us; which Mary, our Mother, so longs for her children to have. This is why God created the human race. It was most easy for Adam and Eve to have this Gift. And then Jesus suffered so much to regain it for us. How can one disdain the Gift of so great a Giver? ..It is certain that we do not deserve it, nor could we ever merit it through anything we might do or conceive of doing. Who deserves existence? Who deserves human life? Who deserves Grace? Who deserves the gift of receiving Jesus in Holy Communion? BUT GOD WANTS IT!!!! IT IS A DIVINE DECREE. We must let Him have His way. If one person doesn't accept His Gift, another will".
Reflection by Fr. Maher SJ.
