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themselves; and since their eyes are fixed on the mud, they
reach the point of despising the Eternal. Who will put an

end to so much ingratitude? Who will have compassion for
so many people, who cost Me blood, and who live almost
buried in the stench of earthly things? O please! come with
Me, and pray and cry together with Me for so many blind

who are all eyes for all that gives of earth, and then despise
and trample My Graces under their filthy feet, as if they were

mud. O please! lift yourself above all that is earth abhor
and despise all that does not belong to Me. Do not be affected
any more by the insults you receive from your family, after
you have seen Me suffer so much; but take to heart only My

honour, the offenses that they give Me continuously, the loss of
so many souls. O please! do not leave Me alone in the midst
of so many pains that torture My Heart. All that you are

suffering now is little compared to the pains you will suffer.

Have I not always told you that what I want from you is the
imitation of My Life? Take a look at how dissimilar you are

from Me. Therefore, pluck up courage and do not fear.”
After this, I returned into myself, and then I realized
that I was surrounded by my family. They were crying and

were all in distress; and they had such fear that that state
might happen again and, especially, that I might die, that they
brought me back to Corato as quickly as they could, so that
I might be observed by doctors. I can’t explain why, I felt

such pain at the thought that I was to be visited by doctors,
that many times I cried and lamented to the Lord, saying to

Him: “How many times, O Lord, I prayed You to let me
suffer hiddenly. This was my only and sole contentment; and
now I am deprived also of this. O please! tell me, what will
I do? You alone can help me and relieve me in my affliction.

Don’t You see how many things they say? One thinks in one
way, one in another; one wants have one remedy applied on
me, one, another they are all eyes over me, in such a way

that they give me no more peace. O please! help me in so
many pains, for I feel life failing me.”

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