• #13 – To Father Bernardo of the Most Holy Hearts from Assisi.
  Fiat-In Voluntate Dei!
  Most esteemed one in the Lord,
  What I recommend to you is to look at the Divine Will in all
  things, both the favorable and the adverse-painful, sorrowful onesand
  in the contrasts of life which no one lacks; rather, blessed Jesus
  allows them in order to form the little rocks on which to raise the
  building of sanctity within us, since without the Cross we would
  lack the primary element to becoming saints… Saying, “I don’t
  mean to become a saint” means that you rely too much on yourself;
  you look at yourself instead of abandoning yourself in the arms of
  Jesus. Lean on Him, and you will see that all things-pains, crosses,
  miseries, weaknesses, the very defects, and illness-will lose their
  look and will all turn into messengers and bearers of sanctity.
  Sweet Jesus gave you everything to make of you a saint: call to
  religion, crosses, nourishment… And if you sin and are not holy, do
  you want to know the cause? Lack of union with Jesus. Union with
  Jesus floors all sins, love kills all passions, and abandonment in Him
  and trust are the nourishment in order to grow in sanctity. Here is
  the means to sin no more: to be united with Jesus, love Him, and
  always do His Will.
  Don’t think about the past, this harms you a great deal;
  rather, even today, begin your life with Jesus and you will find out
  for yourself how all things change for you; you will feel like another
  man, born again in all that is holy.
  Lastly, I tell you that if Jesus made me write as many as two
  times (which I do for almost no one), it is because He loves you and
  wants you a saint. Therefore I beg you to do the deeds. I leave you
  in the Divine Volition, clasped within the arms of Jesus.
  The little daughter of the Divine Will
  Corato, October 9, 1934

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