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Place your hand upon your heart, and observe how many voids of love

there may be in it. Reflect: that secret self-esteem, that becoming
disturbed at every slightest adversity, those little attachments you feel to

things and to people, that tiredness in good, that bother caused in you

by that which is not to your liking, are equivalent to as many voids of
love in your heart; voids which, like little fevers, deprive you of the

strength and of the desire to be filled with Divine Will. Oh! how you too

will feel the refreshing and conquering virtue in your sacrifices, if you fill
these voids with love.

My child, give Me your hand now, and follow Me, because I will

continue to give you my lessons.

So I departed from Nazareth, accompanied by Saint Joseph, facing a
long journey, and crossing mountains to go visit Elisabeth in Judea,

who, in her advanced age, had miraculously become a mother. I went

to her, not to make her a simple visit, but because I burned with the
desire to bring her Jesus. The fullness of grace, of love, of light that I

felt within Me, pushed Me to bring, to multiply to increase a hundredfold
the life of my Son in creatures.

Yes, my child, the love of Mother which I had for all men, and for you in

particular, was so great, that I felt the extreme need to give my dear

Jesus to all, so that all might possess Him and love Him. The right of
Mother, given to Me by the Fiat, enriched Me with such power as to

multiply Jesus as many times as there are creatures who want to

receive Him. This was the greatest miracle I could perform: to have
Jesus ready to give to whomever desired Him. How happy I felt.

How I wish that you too, my child, in approaching people and in making

visits, would always be the bearer of Jesus, capable of making Him

known, and yearning to make Him loved.

After several days of travel, finally I arrived in Judea, and I hastened to

the house of Elisabeth. She came to meet Me in feast. At the greeting I

gave her, marvellous phenomena occurred. My little Jesus exulted in

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