#19 To Mrs. Antonietta Savorani, widow from Faenza
Fiat-In Voluntate Dei!
My good daughter in the Divine Volition,
Your letter brought me great contentment, especially in
hearing that you want to strip yourself of the mourning clothes of
the human will; and I briefly answer to your difficulties. To live in
the Divine Will is not so difficult as you and others believe, nor
does sweet Jesus want impossible things, nor can He teach difficult
things; rather, in all He teaches, His love is so great that not only
does He facilitate His teachings, but in order to make all that He
wants and teaches easier, He puts Himself at our disposition, doing
together with us all that He wants and teaches. My daughter,
everything is in a strong, firm, constant resolution to deliver our will
into the hands of Jesus, so that His Will may underlie each one of
our acts. Therefore, in all our being, in the most natural acts of life
in food, in sleep, in sufferings, in prayer, and also in legitimate
pleasures, the Divine Will must have Its royal place, Its field of
action, and our will must be the ground in which to receive these
divine acts, and the footstool on which the Divine Will must place
these acts; and these acts, united together, will form its Life. Life
cannot be formed with one single act, but with many acts, repeated
and incessant.
Moreover, the love of Jesus, His sighs and also His tears for
the desire that His Will reign in us as life, are such that He never
leaves us alone; He Himself descends into the depth of our will; He
molds it, strengthens it, purifies it, prepares it, and does all that we
do together with us. So, if we want it, everything is done; however,
it is not that we must no longer feel our will: to operate on a dead
will would be neither ours nor Jesus’ victory. The dead are buried.
Therefore Jesus wants our will alive, so that it may feel all the good,
as His operating Will lays Its acts in it. The human will becomes
the residence of the Divine, and gives It all the freedom to dominate
and to do whatever It wants.
Do you see, then, how easy it is? Nor does one have to be a
religious to do this. The Sanctity of living in the Divine Will is for
all; or rather, to tell the truth, It is for all those who want It.
Therefore, get down to work; tell Jesus from the heart: “I firmly
want it, I continuously want it; I want it!”, and Jesus will make
wonders, and will use everything you do and suffer as raw material
so that you may ask for His Will and let It operate with Its creative
virtue.
As far as the vow, do it on the day of Ascension, so that
sweet Jesus may bring your will to Heaven as the most beautiful
victory He has achieved over you…
I finish here, as I cannot continue further. Pray for me and
make yourself a saint, for Jesus wants it. I leave you in the place of
honor of the Divine Will, with a thousand regards,
the little daughter of the Divine Will
Corato, May 7, 1935
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