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“Jesus, my Master, guide me. Govern me according to Your will, purify my love that it may be worthy of You, do with me as Your most merciful Heart desires.”

The response of Jesus:

“My daughter, let nothing frighten or disconcert you. Remain deeply at peace. Everything is in My hands.”

“Now I understand that even in prison there can burst forth from a pure heart the fulness of love for You, O Lord! External things mean nothing to pure love; it cuts through them all. Neither prison doors nor the gates of heaven are strong enough to stop it… It knows no obstacles…and has free access to all places. Death itself must bow its head before it…”

“O my Master, shape my soul according to Your will and Your eternal designs!”

On the Incarnation:

“I was permeated to the depths of my being by this mystery, this great abasement on the part of God, this inconceivable emptying of Himself. These sentiments remained vividly alive in my soul all through the festive season. Oh, we shall never comprehend this great self-abasement on the part of God…”

The words of Jesus:

“The flames of mercy are burning Me—clamouring to be spent; I want to keep pouring them out upon souls; souls just don’t want to believe in My goodness.”

Satan tried to persuade me into believing that…my inner life is an illusion… that the Lord Jesus does not commune with souls as miserable as [mine]… Look how many humiliations [I] have suffered because of them, and how many more are still awaiting [me]… “Jesus!” I called out with all the strength of my soul.