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The Virgin Mary

in the Kingdom of the Divine Will

This is the title of a book written in 1932 that com- tions; she is weak, inconstant, disordered. And this,
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prises meditations for the 31 days of May and October, because God, in creating her, had created her, as
dictated by the Virgin Mary to the servant of God Luisa though by nature, united with His Divine Will, in such
Piccarreta. This book gives us a little idea to what ex- a way that It was to be the strength, the prime motion,
tent Mary was a close collaborator of God’s plan for the support, the food and the life of the human will.
the salvation of mankind and, like her Son Jesus, she Therefore, by not giving life to the Divine Will in our
is the perfect example and model of a life lived in the own, we reject the goods we received from God in the
Divine Will. Here are large excerpts from this book: creation, and the rights we received, by nature, in the
My child, that same infinite love of God, Who act in which we were created.
wanted to use me in the Redemption to make the Eter- Oh, how well I understood the grave offense that
nal Word descend upon earth, calls me into the field is given to God, and the evils that pour upon the crea-
once again, entrusting to me the difficult task, the sub- ture! I had such great horror and fear of doing my will
lime mandate to form the children of the Kingdom of — and I feared with reason, because Adam too was
His Divine Will on earth. Therefore, with maternal care created innocent by God, yet, by doing his own will,
I put myself to work, preparing for you the way which into how many evils did he not plunge himself, and all
will lead you to this happy Kingdom. the generations?
Wanting to bestow upon the creatures surpris- Therefore, I, your Mama, taken by terror, and even
ing graces, which He has not conceded in the whole more by love for my Creator, swore never to do my
history of the world, God wants to make known the will. And to be more sure and to better attest my sac-
prodigies of the Divine Fiat, and all that It can work rifice to the One Who had given me so many seas of
in the creature who lets herself be dominated. This graces and privileges, I took my human will and bound
is why He wants to place me in the sight of all, as it to the foot of the Divine Throne, in continuous hom-
model, since I had the great honor to form all my life age of love and sacrifice, promising never to use my
in the Divine Will. will, not even for one instant of my life, but always that
Now, my child, know that as soon as I was con- of God.
ceived, I put the Divinity in feast. Heaven and earth My child, to you my sacrifice of living without my
made feast, and recognized me as their Queen… But will may not seem great, but I tell you that there is no
while all was smile and feast between me and Them, sacrifice similar to mine — even more, all other sacri-
I saw that They could not trust me if They did not re- fices of the whole history of the world can be called
ceive a proof… the Divine Will asked me, as proof, to shadows in comparison with mine.
surrender my human will to It. The Divine Fiat said to To sacrifice oneself for one day — now yes, now
me: “I do not ask of you a fruit, as with Adam; no, no — is easy; but to sacrifice oneself in every instant,
no — I ask for your will. You will keep it, as if you did in every act, even in the very good one wants to do,
not have it, under the empire of My Divine Will, which for one’s entire life, without ever giving life to one’s
will be your life, and will feel confident to make of you own will, is the sacrifice of sacrifices; it is the greatest
whatever It wants.” proof that can be offered; it is the purest love — fil-
I owe everything to the Fiat — I know nothing else; tered through the Divine Will Itself — that can be given
all of my sublime qualities for which the holy Church to our Creator. This sacrifice is so great that God can-
so much honors me, are nothing other than the effects not ask anything more of the creature, nor can she find
of that Divine Will which dominated me, reigned and how to sacrifice more for her Creator.
lived in me. This is why I yearn so much that That which God was waiting for my test — that is, that a crea-
produced in me so many qualities and admirable ef- ture would live without will — in order to adjust the
fects as to astonish Heaven and earth, be known. balance with mankind, and to assume the attitude of
As soon as the Supreme Being asked for my hu- clemency and mercy.
man will, I understood the great evil that the human God asked of me a proof which He has asked of
will can do in the creature, and how it puts everything no one. And He did this with justice and with highest
in danger, even the most beautiful works of her Cre- wisdom, because since the Eternal Word had to come
ator. The creature, with her human will, is all vacilla- down into me, not only was it not decorous that He
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