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measure their strengths, I give them My Grace, and then I
put them in. And if some souls fall, it is because they do not

remain united to Me by means of prayer; no longer feeling
the sensitivity of My Love, they go begging for love from
creatures, while I alone can satiate the human heart. They do
not let themselves be guided by the sure path of obedience,

believing more in their own judgment, than in those who
guide them in My Place. So, what is the wonder if they fall?

Therefore, what I recommend to you is prayer. Even if you
should suffer pains of death, you must never neglect that which
you are used to doing; even more, the more you see yourself

in the abyss, the more you will invoke the help of the One who
can free you. Still more, I want you to place yourself, blindly,
in the hands of the confessor, without examining what is being

said to you. You will be surrounded by darkness, and will
be like one who has no eyes, and who needs a hand to guide
her. The eye for you will be the voice of the confessor, which,
like light, will clear the darkness from you; the hand will be

obedience, which will be your guide and support to make you
reach a safe harbor. The last thing I recommend to you is
courage. I want you to enter the battle with intrepidity. The

thing that an opposing army fears the most is to see courage,
strength, the way in which one confronts the most dangerous
fights, without fearing anything. So the demons are; there
is nothing they fear more than a courageous soul who, all

cleaving to Me, with a strong spirit, goes into their midst
not to be wounded, but with the firm resolve to wound them

and to exterminate them. The demons are left frightened,
terrified, and would rather flee; but they cannot, because they
are bound by My Will, and they are forced to stay, to their
greater torment. Therefore, do not fear them, for they can

do nothing to you without My Will. And then, when I see
that you can no longer resist and are about to fail, if you are
faithful to Me, I will come immediately, I will put everyone

to flight, and I will give you Grace and Strength. Courage,
then, Courage.”

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