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july 31 1899 volume 2
intellectual communication between jesus and the soul
the mouth remains mute jesus came also this morning though always in silence but i was very content as long as i had my treasure jesus because by having him i had all my contentments in seeing him i comprehended many things about his beauty about his goodness and other things but since it was all through the intelligence and by means of intellectual communication my mouth is incapable of expressing anything so i let it pass in silence
july 31st 1902 volume 4
true charity must be disinterested
as i was in my usual state i saw my adorable jesus several times but always in silence i felt all confused and would not dare to ask him anything but it seemed that he wanted to tell me something which wounded his sacred heart finally the last time he came he told me my daughter true charity must be disinterested on the part of one who does it hand on the part of one who receives it if there is interest that mud produces a smoke which blinds the mind and prevents one from receiving the influence and the effects of divine charity this is why in many works that are done even holy in many charitable cares that are performed one feels as though a void and they do not receive the fruit of the charity they do
july 31 1904 volume 6
the human will falsifies and profanes even the holiest works
continuing in my poor state it seemed that he came more than once and i seemed to see him as a child as though surrounded by a shadow he said to me my daughter don't you feel the freshness of my shadow rest in it for you will find refreshment and it seemed that we rested together in his shadow and i felt all reinvigorated being close to him then he continued my beloved if you love me i do not want you to look either inside or outside of yourself at whether you are warm or cold and whether you do much or little or at whether you suffer or enjoy all this must be destroyed in you you must have your eyes fixed only on whether you do as much as you can for me and everything to please me the other ways as high sublime and industrious as they might be cannot please me and content my love oh how many souls falsify true devotion and profane the holiest works with their own will always seeking themselves even in holy things if one seeks her own way and taste and the satisfaction of herself if she finds herself she escapes from god and does not find him
july 31st 1906 volume 7
jesus speaks about simplicity
continuing in my usual state blessed jesus came for a little and embracing me holy he told me my daughter simplicity is to virtues as condiment of foods for a simple soul there are neither keys nor doors to enter into me nor are there for me to enter into her because from all sides she can enter into me and i into her even more to better say it she finds herself in me without entering because by her simplicity she comes to resemble me who am most simple spirit and only because i am most simple i am present everywhere and nothing can escape my hand a simple soul is like the light of the sun in spite of any fog or of the fact that its rays pass through whatever rubbish it remains always light it gives light to all and it never changes in the same way a simple soul no matter what mortification or displeasure she may receive does not cease to be light for herself and for those who have mortified her and if she sees evil things she does not become stained but remains always light nor does she change because simplicity is that virtue which most resembles the divine being only through this virtue can one participate in the other divine qualities and only in the soul who is simple are there no impediments or obstacles for divine grace to enter and to operate in fact since both one and the other are light one light easily unites and transforms into the other but who can say what i comprehended about this simplicity i feel as though a sea is in my mind and i am able to manifest but a few little drops of the sea and those disconnected among themselves
end of july 31st fiat