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was confounded in contemplating a Mystery so great, a Love so
reciprocal, so equal, so strong among Themselves and toward

men; and then, the ingratitude of men, and especially my own.
I would have remained there, not for one hour, but for the whole
day; but an interior voice told me: “Enough come and see other
greater excesses of My Love.”

Then, my mind brought itself into the Maternal Womb, and

remained stupefied in considering a God so Great in Heaven,
now so annihilated, restricted, constrained, as to be unable to
move, and almost even to breathe. The interior voice told me:
“Do you see how much I have Loved you? O please! make

Me a little space in your heart; remove everything which
is not Mine, so you will give Me more freedom to move
and to breathe.” My Heart was consumed; I asked for His

forgiveness, I promised to be completely His own, I poured
myself out in crying; but I say this to my bewilderment I
would go back to my usual defects. O! Jesus, how good You
have been with this miserable creature!

In this way I would spend the second hour of the day, and
then, so forth with the rest I would be annoying if I told

them all. And I would do this sometimes kneeling, and when
I was impeded by my family, also while working. In fact, the
interior voice gave me no respite and no peace if I did not do
what it wanted; therefore, work was not an impediment for

me to doing what I had to do. In this way I spent the days
of the Novena, and when the Eve came, I felt more than ever

ignited with unusual fervour. I was alone in the room, and
here comes Little Baby Jesus in front of me all beautiful,
yes, but shivering, in the act of wanting to hug me. I stood
up and ran to hug Him, but in the act of squeezing Him He

disappeared from me and this occurred as many as three
times. I remained so moved and ignited that I cannot explain
it. But then, after some time, I did not take it much into

account. I did not tell anyone, and from time to time I would
fall into my usual defects. However, the interior voice never
left me again; in everything it reprimanded me, it corrected

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