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are stars; God, with His Immense Light, will absorb us all
into Himself, in such a way that we will exist in God, and

will swim in the Immense Sea of God. O! how many things
Jesus in the Sacrament tells us; but who can say them all?
Truly, I would be too long. If the Lord allows it, I will reserve
saying something else on other occasions.

Now, in these exits that the Lord would make me do,
sometimes He renewed to me the promise of the marriage,

already mentioned. Who can say the ardent yearnings that the
Lord infused in me for this Mystical Marriage to take place?
Many times I would solicit Him, saying to Him: “Most sweet
Spouse, hurry, no longer delay my intimate union with You.

O please! let us bind each other with stronger bonds of Love,
in such a way that no one may ever again be able to separate
us, even for simple instants.”

And Jesus would correct me now about one thing, now
about another. I remember that one day He said to me:
“Everything that is of the earth, everything—everything you

must remove, not only from your heart, but also from your
body. You cannot understand how harmful, and how great
a hindrance to My Love, are the slightest earthly shadows.”

Immediately I said to Him: “If I have something else that
must be removed, tell me, for I am ready to do it.” But as I
was saying this, I myself realized that I had a gold ring on my

finger, portraying the image of the Crucifix. Immediately I
said to Him: “Holy Spouse, do You want me to take it off?”

And He told me: “Since I Myself am going to give you
a more precious, more beautiful ring, on which My Image,
vividly, will be impressed, and every time you will look at it,
your heart will receive new arrows of Love so, this one is

not necessary.” And I promptly took it off.
The longed-for day finally arrived, after not a little
suffering. I remember that it was almost one year that I had

been continuously in bed it was the day of the Purity of Mary
Most Holy. On the night before that day, my Lover Jesus made
Himself seen all festive. He drew near me, took my heart in

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