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such that, more than sea, it engulfed all creatures, to bring to them the

first pledge and the very life of my Son, in order to place them in safety.

Now, blessed child, you must know that this cut enclosed profound
mysteries: first, it was the seal that impressed in the little Humanity of

the Celestial Baby His brotherhood with the whole human family; and

the Blood that He shed was the first disbursement before Divine Justice
in order to ransom all human generations. The dear Baby was innocent,

He was not obliged to the law; but He wanted to submit Himself, first, to

give the example; and then, to infuse trust, courage, and say to all: “Do
not fear; I am a little brother of yours, similar to you. Let us love one

another, and I will place you all in safety; I will bring you all to my
Celestial Father, as my dear brothers.”

My child, what an example the Celestial Baby gives: He, who is the

Author of the law, obeys the law. He is born only eight days ago, and

He makes it a duty for Himself, and submits Himself to the harsh cut of
circumcision; an indelible cut as indelible as the union He came to form

with degraded humanity. This says that sanctity is in doing one’s own
duty, in the observance of the laws, and in fulfilling the Divine Will.

Sanctity without duty does not exist. It is duty that places order,

harmony, and the seal on sanctity.

Furthermore, my child, you must know that as Adam withdrew from the
Divine Will, after his brief life of innocence, his human will remained

wounded, more than by a deadly knife, and through this wound entered

sin and passions. He lost the beautiful day of the Divine Will, and
degraded himself so much as to arouse pity. And my dear Son, after the

joys of His birth, wanted to be circumcised, so that this, His wound,

might heal the wound that Adam did to himself by doing his own will;
and with His Blood, He prepared for him the bath to wash him of all his

sins, to fortify Him, to embellish him, in such a way as to render him

worthy to receive again that Divine Will he had rejected, which formed
his sanctity and his happiness. Child, there was not one work or pain

that He suffered, which did not seek to reorder again the Divine Will in

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