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the painful sacrifice. Therefore, my child, if you want to have invincible

strength to suffer the hardest pains, let all your things be in the order of
God, and hold them as precious gifts given to you by the Lord.

Now, you must know that I prepared Myself with courage for my

departure for the Temple, because, as I delivered my will to the Divine

Being and the Supreme Fiat took possession of my whole being, I
acquired all virtues as my own nature. I was dominator of Myself; all

virtues were in Me like many noble princesses, and according to the

circumstances of my life, they promptly showed themselves, to do their
office without any resistance. In vain would they have called Me Queen,

had I not possessed the virtue of being Queen over Myself. Therefore, I
had in my dominion perfect charity, invincible patience, enrapturing

sweetness, profound humility, and the whole endowment of the other

virtues. The Divine Will rendered my little earth of my humanity
fortunate, always flowery, and without the thorns of vices.

Do you see then, dear child, what it means to live of Divine Will? Its

light, Its sanctity and power convert all virtues into one’s nature; nor
does It lower Itself to reign in a soul where there is a rebellious nature -

no, no. It is sanctity, and It wants the nature in which It must reign to be

ordered and holy. Therefore, by the sacrifice of going to the Temple, it
was conquests that I made; and over this sacrifice, the triumph of a

Divine Will was formed in Me. And these triumphs brought into Me new

seas of grace, of sanctity and of light to the extent of feeling happy in
my pains, in order to be able to conquer new triumphs.

Now, my child, place your hand upon your heart, and tell your Mama:

do you feel your nature changed into virtue? Or, do you feel the thorns

of impatience, the noxious herbs of agitations, the bad humours of
affections which are not holy? Listen let your Mama do it; place your will

into my hands, determined in not wanting it anymore, and I will make

you be possessed by the Divine Will, which will banish everything from
you; and what you have not done in many years, you will do in one day,

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