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Mother Superior allows it or not.” Do not worry, My daughter, the Superior has given her
permission. You will learn of it tomorrow morning. But we are to start the retreat today.
And indeed, Mother Superior had telephoned that evening to the sister who is looking after me
during my illness [Sister David], asking her to tell me that I was allowed to make the retreat,
but the sister had forgotten to tell me. It was only next morning that she told me, (116) and she
was very apologetic that she had not told me the day before. I answered her, “Please do not
worry. I have already started my retreat, according to the Superior‟s wish.”
+ The First Day.
1753 In the evening, Jesus gave me the subject for meditation. At the first moment, my heart was
filled with fear and joy. Then I pressed myself close to His Heart, and the fear vanished; only
joy remained. I felt entirely like a child of God, and the Lord said to me, Fear nothing. What
has been forbidden to others has been given to you. The graces that are not given to
other souls to discern, not even from a distance, nourish you every day, like the daily
bread.
1754 Consider, My daughter, Who it is to whom your heart is so closely united by the vows.
Before I made the world, I loved you with the love your heart is experiencing today and,
throughout the centuries, (117) My love will never change.
1755 Application. At the very thought of Him to whom my heart is wedded, my soul entered into
profound recollection, and the hour passed like a minute. In this state of recollection, I came to
know the attributes of God. Burning with an inner fire of love, I went out to the garden to cool
off; when I looked up at the heavens, a new flame of love flooded my heart.
1756 Then I heard the words: My daughter, have you exhausted the subject I gave you? If so,
I‟ll give you a new one. I answered, “O Infinite Majesty, eternity will not be enough for me to
come to know You….. But my love for You has become more intense. As a token of gratitude,
I lay my heart at Your feet, like a rosebud. May its fragrance delight Your Divine Heart, now
and for eternity…. What a paradise it is for a soul when the heart knows itself to be so loved by
God…..”
1757 (118) Today, you will read chapter fifteen of the Gospel of Saint John. I want you to read
it very slowly.
Second Meditation.
1758 My daughter, consider the life of God which is found in the Church for the salvation and
the sanctification of your soul. Consider the use that you make of these treasures of
grace, of these efforts of My love.
1759 Application: O most compassionate Jesus, I have not always known how to profit from these
priceless gifts, because I have paid too little attention to the gift itself and too much to the
vessel in which You were giving me Your gifts. My most sweet Master, it will be different from
now on. I will put Your gifts to the best use of which my soul is capable. Living faith will
support me. Whatever the form might be, under which You send me Your grace, I will accept it
as coming directly from You, without considering the vessel in (119) which You send it. If it will
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