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harmony among them, because one is the Will that dominates them
and, flowing in them, binds them in such a way that one cannot be

without the other.

And my sweet Jesus, interrupting my amazement, told me: “My

daughter, My Will remained as operating life in each created thing, that
It might dominate freely with Its full triumph. So, It has the operating life
of the light and heat of the sun, the operating life of Its immensity and of

the multiplicity of Its works in the heavens, the operating life of Its power
and of Its justice in the sea. In fact, My Will is not like the will of the
creatures who, even if they want, if they do not have hands, they cannot
work; if they do not have feet, they cannot walk; if they are mute or

blind, they can neither speak nor see.

“My Will, instead, does all the acts in one single Act: while It operates, It

walks; while It is all eyes to look, at the same time It is all voice to
speak, and with such eloquence, that no one can equal It. It speaks in
the roaring of the thunder, in the bolt of lightning, in the whistling of the
wind, in the tumultuous waves of the sea, in the little bird that sings. It

speaks everywhere, so that everyone may hear Its voice now strong,
now sweet, now thundering.

“Will of Mine, how admirable You are! Who can say he has loved the
creatures as You have? My very Humanity oh! how It remains behind
You. I remain eclipsed in You, and You remain in Your operating, that

has no beginning, nor does it ever end. You are always at Your place,
giving life to all created things in order to bring Your life to creatures.
Oh! if all knew what It does for them, how much It loves all, how Its vital

breath gives life to all oh! how they would love It, and all would remain
there, pressed around My Eternal Fiat, to receive the life It wants to give
them.

“But do you know, My daughter, why My Supreme Volition left Itself in
all created things, dominating and as life, and doing Its distinct office in
each thing? Because It was to serve Itself Its own Will, that was to have

life and dominion in the creature, for whom It had created all things. It
acted like a king who, wanting to form a residence for himself in which
to reign and have his dwelling, forms in it many rooms; he puts many
lights, so that darkness may not reign in it. He puts little fountains of

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