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task. More so, since each act of the human will is a veil that the soul
puts before her sight, that prevents her from seeing with clarity My Will

and the goods contained in It. And since most of the creatures live
continuously of their own will, they form so many veils as to become
almost blind to knowing and seeing My Will, their choicest inheritance,

that was to render them happy in time and eternity. Oh! if creatures
could comprehend the great evil of the human will and the great good of
Mine they would abhor their wills so much, as to lay down their lives in

order to do Mine.

“The human will renders man a slave; it causes him to be in need of
everything. He feels strength and light missing in him continuously; his

existence is always in danger, and whatever he obtains is by dint of
prayers, and with difficulty. So, the man who lives of his will is the true
beggar. On the other hand, one who lives in Mine has no need of

anything; he has everything at his disposal. My Will gives him the
dominion of himself, and therefore he is the owner of strength, of light
and not of human strength and light, but of Divine. His existence is
always secure, and since he is the owner, he can take whatever he

wants, nor does he need to ask in order to receive. This is so true, that
before Adam withdrew from My Will, prayer did not exist. It is need that
makes prayer arise; but he did not need anything, he had nothing to ask

for or to impetrate. So, he loved, he praised, he adored his Creator;
prayer had no place in the terrestrial Eden.

“Prayer came, it arose, after sin, as an extreme need of the heart of
man. When one prays, it means that he needs something, and because
he hopes, he prays in order to obtain. On the other hand, one who lives

in My Will lives in the opulence of the goods of her Creator as the
owner; and if she feels any need or desire, seeing herself in the midst of
so many goods, it is that of wanting to give her happiness and the
goods of her great fortune to others. As the true Image of her Creator,

who has given so much to her with no restriction at all, she would want
to imitate Him by giving to others what she possesses.

“Oh! how beautiful is the heaven of the soul who lives in My Will. It is a
heaven with no storms, with no clouds, with no rain, because the water
that quenches her thirst, that fecundates her, that gives her growth and
the Likeness of He who created her, is My Will. Its jealousy so that the

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