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1001 2, 33 | without drowning, and attain to the Living Water, to which 1002 2, 33 | attain to the Living Water, to which you are invited, and 1003 2, 33 | which you are invited, and to desire My Presence in the 1004 2, 33 | in your souls. In order to have desire to mount the 1005 2, 33 | In order to have desire to mount the steps, you must 1006 2, 33 | Whosoever thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.' He who has 1007 2, 33 | either fatigue causes him to stop, or pleasure, and he 1008 2, 33 | pleasure, and he does not care to carry the vessel with which 1009 2, 33 | deprived of Me, he turns to that which is naught, because 1010 2, 33 | Truth and is not acceptable to Me. He says then: 'If there 1011 2, 33 | the midst of them.' I said to you that two were not without 1012 2, 33 | The two commandments are to love Me above everything, 1013 2, 33 | and the will; the memory to retain the remembrance of 1014 2, 33 | goodness, the intellect to gaze into the ineffable 1015 2, 33 | My charity, and the will to love and desire Me, who 1016 2, 33 | of the soul is disposed to thirst. Thirst, I say, for 1017 2, 33 | them, he does so according to My will -- that is, with 1018 2, 33 | finds that he has attained to the second step -- that 1019 2, 33 | second step -- that is, to the light of the intellect, 1020 2, 33 | Him have I shown My love to man. He finds peace and 1021 2, 33 | thirst he would not be able to arrive at the Fountain. 1022 2, 34 | saw creatures setting out to attain their end in diverse 1023 2, 34 | She saw that many began to mount, feeling themselves 1024 2, 35 | without the love of virtue, to give eternal life; and how 1025 2, 35 | goodness of God, wishing to satisfy the desire of that 1026 2, 35 | alone is not sufficient to give eternal life. But love 1027 2, 35 | fear, that was given by Me to Moses, by which law they 1028 2, 35 | said My Truth, 'I come not to destroy the law, but to 1029 2, 35 | to destroy the law, but to fulfill it.' And He united 1030 2, 35 | reserved, unless, that is to say, the person punish himself 1031 2, 35 | justice. He ought, then, to arise from servile fear, 1032 2, 36 | gathered together; that is to say, the soul, having seen 1033 2, 36 | gathers together her memory to recollect her vice, her 1034 2, 36 | her vice, her intellect to see the punishment which 1035 2, 36 | punishment which she expects to receive for her fault, and 1036 2, 36 | her fault, and her will to move her to hate that fault. 1037 2, 36 | and her will to move her to hate that fault. And let 1038 2, 36 | And let us consider this to be the first step and the 1039 2, 36 | and the love which I bear to the soul, so that she may 1040 2, 36 | they employ their minds to dig out the root of their 1041 2, 36 | slowly, and render their debt to Me by such small degrees, 1042 2, 36 | because they imperfectly climb to the first Step of the Bridge 1043 2, 37 | they serve Me with a view to their own profit, or the 1044 2, 37 | when, on occasion, in order to exercise them in virtue 1045 2, 37 | consolation and allow them to fall into battles and perplexities. 1046 2, 37 | This I do so that, coming to perfect self-knowledge, 1047 2, 37 | accordingly in time of battle fly to Me, as their Benefactor, 1048 2, 37 | their exercises, saying to themselves, This labor does 1049 2, 37 | no leaf of a tree falls to the ground without My providence, 1050 2, 37 | what I give and promise to My creatures, I give and 1051 2, 37 | creatures, I give and promise to them for their sanctification, 1052 2, 37 | this Blood they are enabled to know My Truth, how, in order 1053 2, 37 | My Truth, how, in order to give them eternal life, 1054 2, 37 | likeness and re-created them to grace with the Blood of 1055 2, 37 | in the first state come to naught through the fear 1056 2, 37 | slacken their pace, ceasing to render service to their 1057 2, 37 | ceasing to render service to their neighbor, and withdrawing 1058 2, 37 | originally impure, for they gave to their neighbor the same 1059 2, 37 | imperfect love which they gave to Me, that is to say, a love 1060 2, 37 | they gave to Me, that is to say, a love based only on 1061 2, 37 | enough for eternal life to fly sin from fear of punishment, 1062 2, 37 | from fear of punishment, or to embrace virtue from the 1063 2, 37 | because it is displeasing to Me, and virtue should be 1064 2, 37 | imperfection she must advance to perfection, either while 1065 2, 37 | lives, by a generous love to Me with a pure and virtuous 1066 2, 37 | approach of pain caused him to fall, and deny the Lord, 1067 2, 37 | Rewarder of every labor, render to each man according to his 1068 2, 37 | render to each man according to his state and his labor; 1069 2, 37 | go on, with perseverance, to increase their virtues, 1070 2, 37 | love, because I respond to them with the same love, 1071 2, 37 | them their wages according to their deserts, but I do 1072 2, 37 | but I do not reveal Myself to them, because secrets are 1073 2, 37 | because secrets are revealed to a friend, who has become 1074 2, 37 | with his friend, and not to a servant. Yet it is true, 1075 2, 37 | virtuous love, which he bears to his master, as to become 1076 2, 37 | bears to his master, as to become a very dear friend, 1077 2, 37 | I do not manifest Myself to them. If they, through displeasure 1078 2, 37 | spiritual self-love, and mount to the throne of conscience, 1079 2, 37 | reasoning with themselves, so as to quell the motions of servile 1080 2, 37 | fear in their heart, and to correct mercenary love by 1081 2, 37 | they will be so pleasing to Me, that they will attain 1082 2, 37 | Me, that they will attain to the love of the friend. 1083 2, 37 | And I will manifest Myself to them, as My Truth said in 1084 2, 37 | and I will manifest Myself to him and we will dwell together.' 1085 2, 38 | which GOD manifests Himself to the soul who loves Him. ~ 1086 2, 38 | know how I manifest Myself to the soul who loves Me in 1087 2, 38 | in the soul in proportion to her desire, but I make three 1088 2, 38 | manifestation of My virtue, that is to say, of My love and charity 1089 2, 38 | ways; first, in general, to ordinary people, that is 1090 2, 38 | ordinary people, that is to those who live in the ordinary 1091 2, 38 | of God. It is manifested to them by the many and diverse 1092 2, 38 | from the first, is peculiar to those who have become My 1093 2, 38 | in many ways, according to the will and the desire 1094 2, 38 | seeks Me in prayer, wishing to know My power, and I satisfy 1095 2, 38 | satisfy her by causing her to taste and see My virtue. 1096 2, 38 | then My Goodness causes her to taste the fire of Divine 1097 2, 38 | fire of Divine charity, and to conceive the true and royal 1098 2, 39 | is that I manifest Myself to you, because We are one 1099 2, 39 | I will manifest Myself to you,' He said the truth, 1100 2, 39 | will manifest My Father to you'? For three reasons 1101 2, 39 | First, because He wished to show that He and I are not 1102 2, 39 | made the following reply to S. Philip, when he said 1103 2, 39 | S. Philip, when he said to Him, 'Show us the Father, 1104 2, 39 | wherefore, again, He said to Judas, 'My doctrine is not 1105 2, 39 | in manifesting Himself to you, He did not present 1106 2, 39 | you, He did not present to you anything He had not 1107 2, 39 | Father has manifested Himself to Me, because I am one thing 1108 2, 39 | Him, and I will manifest to you, by means of Myself, 1109 2, 39 | and My Son, the Word, face to face. From now until after 1110 2, 39 | Eternal Word, according to what I told you in the treatise 1111 2, 39 | humanity. He manifested Me to you. Therefore it was that 1112 2, 39 | will manifest the Father to you,' but rather, 'I will 1113 2, 39 | I will manifest Myself to you,' as if He should say, ' 1114 2, 39 | Father manifests himself to Me, will I manifest myself 1115 2, 39 | will I manifest myself to you, for in this manifestation 1116 2, 39 | will manifest the Father to you.' Both, because such 1117 2, 40 | the Bridge, should proceed to mount the second. ~ 1118 2, 40 | of him who has attained to the love of a friend; climbing 1119 2, 40 | the third state, I wish to show you how a man becomes 1120 2, 40 | grows into a son, attaining to filial love, and how a man 1121 2, 40 | must pass, who would attain to perfect love, to the love 1122 2, 40 | attain to perfect love, to the love that is of friend 1123 2, 40 | What means does he take to arrive thereat? I will tell 1124 2, 40 | self, that is, sensuality. To arrive thereat, a man must 1125 2, 40 | only-begotten Son, drawing to Himself, with this love, 1126 2, 40 | of denying My Son, began to weep. Yet his lamentations 1127 2, 40 | But when My Truth returned to Me, in His humanity, Peter 1128 2, 40 | also the soul, who wishes to arrive at this perfection, 1129 2, 40 | it for what it is, begins to weep from fear of the penalty, 1130 2, 40 | penalty, whence she rises to the consideration of My 1131 2, 40 | imperfect state, and I, in order to develop perfection in the 1132 2, 40 | withdraw Myself from time to time, not in grace but in 1133 2, 40 | showed you this when He said to the disciples 'I will go 1134 2, 40 | will go and will return to you.' ~ 1135 2, 40 | primarily, and in particular, to the disciples, but referred 1136 2, 40 | but referred in general to the whole present and future, 1137 2, 40 | whole present and future, to those, that is to say, who 1138 2, 40 | future, to those, that is to say, who should come after. 1139 2, 40 | will go and will return to you;' and so it was, for, 1140 2, 40 | as I told you, in order to raise the soul from imperfection, 1141 2, 40 | Then I, having returned to the soul by grace, withdraw 1142 2, 40 | sentiment, which I do in order to humiliate her, and cause 1143 2, 40 | humiliate her, and cause her to seek Me in truth, and to 1144 2, 40 | to seek Me in truth, and to prove her in the light of 1145 2, 40 | faith, so that she come to prudence. Then, if she love 1146 2, 40 | which I told you, that is to say: how the soul arrives 1147 2, 40 | self-knowledge, and, continuing to dwell therein, awaits, with 1148 2, 40 | sanctification, which is certified to her in the Blood of My Son. 1149 2, 40 | of herself, she continues to pray with the prayer of 1150 2, 40 | appointed times, according to the orders of Holy Church. 1151 2, 40 | what the soul does in order to rise from imperfection and 1152 2, 40 | at perfection, and it is to this end, namely that she 1153 2, 40 | perseverance, thus cutting down to the very root of spiritual 1154 2, 40 | all her self-knowledge, to rise above herself, mounting 1155 2, 40 | sentiment of imperfect love to turn again in its death-struggle, 1156 2, 41 | you have for Me you owe to Me, so that it is not of 1157 2, 41 | Me, but because you ought to do so. While I love you 1158 2, 41 | owe you My love. Therefore to Me, in person, you cannot 1159 2, 41 | fellows, that you may do to them that which you cannot 1160 2, 41 | that which you cannot do to Me, that is to say, that 1161 2, 41 | cannot do to Me, that is to say, that you may love your 1162 2, 41 | from him, and what you do to him, I count as done to 1163 2, 41 | to him, I count as done to Me, which My Truth showed 1164 2, 41 | showed forth when He said to Paul, My persecutor -- ' 1165 2, 41 | feels pain if it appear to him that the object of his 1166 2, 41 | out of the water, in order to drink from it. It is because 1167 2, 41 | often permit such a love to exist, so that the soul 1168 2, 41 | soul may in this way come to the knowledge of her own 1169 2, 41 | that she may be thus led to enclose herself in the house 1170 2, 41 | My Truth, in proportion to the degree in which she 1171 2, 41 | degree in which she refers to grace the power of slaying 1172 2, 41 | will. And she never ceases to cultivate the vine of her 1173 2, 41 | the vine of her soul, and to root out the thorns of evil 1174 3, 1 | means which the soul takes to arrive at pure and generous 1175 3, 1 | her. How is a lively faith to be recognized? By perseverance 1176 3, 1 | no other reason ought she to leave off prayer, for, during 1177 3, 1 | prayer, the Devil is wont to arrive in the soul, causing 1178 3, 1 | prayer may become tedious to the soul, tempting her often 1179 3, 1 | nothing, for you need attend to nothing except your vocal 1180 3, 2 | soul proceeds from vocal to mental prayer, and a vision 1181 3, 2 | her own fragility, that is to say, either on account of 1182 3, 2 | creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically, with 1183 3, 2 | how sweet and pleasant to that soul and to Me is holy 1184 3, 2 | pleasant to that soul and to Me is holy prayer, made 1185 3, 2 | the eye of the intellect to the light of faith, and 1186 3, 2 | faith, and the affections to the abundance of My charity, 1187 3, 2 | which was made visible to you, through My visible 1188 3, 2 | begotten Son, who showed it to you with His blood! Which 1189 3, 2 | the Holy Church] that is to say, the food of the Body 1190 3, 2 | wholly man, administered to you by the hand of My vicar, 1191 3, 2 | tavern, which I mentioned to you, standing on the Bridge, 1192 3, 2 | standing on the Bridge, to provide food and comfort 1193 3, 2 | little or much, according to the desire of the recipient, 1194 3, 2 | affection of love, which is to be tasted in the Blood which, 1195 3, 2 | Such as these give heed to nothing except to completing 1196 3, 2 | give heed to nothing except to completing Psalms and saying 1197 3, 2 | tale, they do not appear to think of anything further, 1198 3, 2 | anything further, but seem to place devout attention and 1199 3, 2 | the soul is not required to do, for, in doing only this, 1200 3, 2 | since it does not seem to all that they are called 1201 3, 2 | all that they are called to mental prayer, I should 1202 3, 2 | yet imperfect, so as not to fall into idleness. But 1203 3, 2 | prayers without joining them to mental prayer, that is to 1204 3, 2 | to mental prayer, that is to say, that while she is reciting, 1205 3, 2 | reciting, she should endeavor to elevate her mind in My love, 1206 3, 2 | humility. I do not wish defects to be considered in particular, 1207 3, 2 | I do not wish the soul to consider her sins, either 1208 3, 2 | otherwise she should be brought to confusion. And together 1209 3, 2 | despair which would come to her, because she did not 1210 3, 2 | servants, and, in order to escape from his deceit, 1211 3, 2 | escape from his deceit, and to be pleasing to Me, you must 1212 3, 2 | deceit, and to be pleasing to Me, you must enlarge your 1213 3, 2 | once, when the Devil wished to overthrow you, by confusion, 1214 3, 2 | you, by confusion, wishing to prove to you that your life 1215 3, 2 | confusion, wishing to prove to you that your life had been 1216 3, 2 | receive it) gave you strength to do, that is you rose, humbly 1217 3, 2 | and saying: 'I confess to my Creator that my life 1218 3, 2 | fled, and, turning round to the opposite side, he endeavored 1219 3, 2 | opposite side, he endeavored to inflate you with pride, 1220 3, 2 | are perfect and pleasing to God, and there is no more 1221 3, 2 | is no more need for you to afflict yourself or to lament 1222 3, 2 | you to afflict yourself or to lament your sins.' And once 1223 3, 2 | more I gave you the light to see your true path, namely, 1224 3, 2 | sins, and have hardly begun to know them with grief and 1225 3, 2 | the Devil, not being able to resist your humble hope 1226 3, 2 | hope in My goodness, said to you: 'Cursed that you are, 1227 3, 2 | are, for I can find no way to take you. If I put you down 1228 3, 2 | through confusion, you rise to Heaven on the wings of mercy, 1229 3, 2 | you humble yourself down to Hell, and when I go into 1230 3, 2 | me, so that I will return to you no more, because you 1231 3, 2 | vocal prayer will be of use to the soul who makes it, and 1232 3, 2 | who makes it, and pleasing to Me, and she will arrive, 1233 3, 2 | ignorant that, having resolved to say so many prayers vocally, 1234 3, 2 | diverse ways, according to My pleasure and the desire 1235 3, 2 | she (the soul), in order to complete her tale, will 1236 3, 2 | in so doing, she yields to a deception of the Devil. 1237 3, 2 | prayers which she had resolved to say, but if she has not 1238 3, 2 | but if she has not time to complete them, she ought 1239 3, 2 | ought not on that account to be troubled or suffer annoyance 1240 3, 2 | religious are bound and obliged to say under penalty of offending 1241 3, 2 | they should so arrange as to say it before or after My 1242 3, 2 | you, will enable the soul to arrive at perfection, and 1243 3, 2 | little or much, according to the affection with which 1244 3, 2 | the more the soul tries to loosen her affection from 1245 3, 2 | perfect prayer is not attained to through many words, but 1246 3, 2 | the soul raising herself to Me, with knowledge of herself 1247 3, 2 | disposes itself with desire to the occasion actually appointed 1248 3, 2 | appointed for prayer in addition to the continual prayer of 1249 3, 2 | neighbor, if the soul see him to be in need, and also her 1250 3, 2 | own necessities according to the state in which I have 1251 3, 2 | her. Each one, according to his condition, ought to 1252 3, 2 | to his condition, ought to exert himself for the salvation 1253 3, 2 | words, 'He who ceases not to work ceases not to pray.' 1254 3, 2 | ceases not to work ceases not to pray.' It was for this reason 1255 3, 2 | soul. I have also spoken to you of common prayer, that 1256 3, 2 | so. Unless the soul keep to this path, she will always 1257 3, 2 | her neighbor in proportion to the pleasure which she finds 1258 3, 3 | imperfect love, and attains to perfect love, friendly and 1259 3, 3 | imperfection and attains to perfection, which she does 1260 3, 3 | does after she has attained to friendly and filial love. 1261 3, 3 | knowledge of self requires to be seasoned with knowledge 1262 3, 3 | lest it bring the soul to confusion, for it would 1263 3, 3 | it would cause the soul to hate her own sensitive pleasure 1264 3, 3 | allowing such evil emotions to get by it. Though sometimes 1265 3, 3 | Now the soul who wishes to rise above imperfection 1266 3, 4 | It now remains to be told you how it can be 1267 3, 4 | same sign that was given to the holy disciples after 1268 3, 4 | the tyrants of the world, to announce to them the truth, 1269 3, 4 | of the world, to announce to them the truth, for the 1270 3, 4 | receives Me, on My return to her, with the fire of charity, 1271 3, 4 | will, fortifying her own to be willing to suffer pain, 1272 3, 4 | fortifying her own to be willing to suffer pain, and, coming 1273 3, 4 | Not that by coming out to bring forth the virtues, 1274 3, 4 | consolations, and so issues forth to give birth to those virtues 1275 3, 4 | issues forth to give birth to those virtues which she 1276 3, 4 | taste charity and give birth to it on their neighbors, they 1277 3, 4 | states are united, that is to say, one cannot be without 1278 3, 5 | who are imperfect desire to follow the Father alone, 1279 3, 5 | they who are perfect desire to follow the Son. And of a 1280 3, 5 | imperfect love and do not wish to suffer pain, but only to 1281 3, 5 | to suffer pain, but only to have the delight which they 1282 3, 5 | three steps, which I figured to you as the three powers 1283 3, 5 | three actual steps, figured to you as in the Body of My 1284 3, 5 | ascended, first climbing to the Feet, with the feet 1285 3, 5 | where I dispose the soul to receive grace, uniting and 1286 3, 5 | well, My Truth manifested to you, when you asked, saying: ' 1287 3, 5 | opened. Why then did You want to be struck and have Your 1288 3, 5 | divided?' And He replied to you, telling you that there 1289 3, 5 | yet I had not been able to show, by finite things, 1290 3, 5 | love I had, I wished you to see the secret of the Heart, 1291 3, 5 | of the Heart, showing it to you open, so that you might 1292 3, 5 | from it Blood and Water, to show you the baptism of 1293 3, 5 | they have not been able to have Holy Baptism, and also 1294 3, 5 | in fire, not being able to have Holy Baptism, but desiring 1295 3, 5 | fragility and infirmity, to commit sin unless he wish 1296 3, 5 | commit sin unless he wish to do so; but, falling, as 1297 3, 5 | Blood, it was necessary to leave a continual baptism 1298 3, 5 | confessing, when able, to My ministers, who hold the 1299 3, 5 | But, if the soul be unable to confess, contrition of heart 1300 3, 5 | Blood. But if you are able to confess, I wish you to do 1301 3, 5 | able to confess, I wish you to do so, and if you are able 1302 3, 5 | so, and if you are able to, and do not, you will be 1303 3, 5 | extremity, a man, desiring to confess and not being able 1304 3, 5 | confess and not being able to, will receive the fruit 1305 3, 5 | let no one be so mad as so to arrange his deeds, that, 1306 3, 5 | when he may not be able to do so. In which case, it 1307 3, 5 | certain that I shall not say to him, in My Divine Justice: ' 1308 3, 5 | the Eternal Deity drew to Himself the pain, which 1309 3, 5 | of the desire that I had to complete your redemption, 1310 3, 5 | could not have been restored to grace, neither the past, 1311 3, 5 | with finite pain. I showed to you that My love was infinite. 1312 3, 5 | the general baptism, given to Christians, and to whomsoever 1313 3, 5 | given to Christians, and to whomsoever will receive 1314 3, 5 | is steeped. And, in order to show this, it was necessary 1315 3, 5 | necessary for the Blood to come out of My Side. Now 1316 3, 5 | shown you (said My Truth to you) what you asked of Me." ~ 1317 3, 6 | render glory and praise to GOD, whether they will or 1318 3, 6 | render glory and praise to My Name, not that they do 1319 3, 6 | and do not order the earth to open and swallow them up 1320 3, 6 | them, and command the earth to give them of her fruits, 1321 3, 6 | them of her fruits, the sun to give them light and warmth, 1322 3, 6 | and warmth, and the sky to move above them. And in 1323 3, 6 | sins. I even give equally to the sinner and the righteous 1324 3, 6 | righteous man, and often more to the sinner than to the righteous 1325 3, 6 | more to the sinner than to the righteous man, because 1326 3, 6 | the righteous man is able to endure privation, and I 1327 3, 6 | render praise and glory to My Name, even when they 1328 3, 6 | and charity, causing them to suffer humbly and offer 1329 3, 6 | suffer humbly and offer to Me their persecutions and 1330 3, 6 | no, worldly people render to My Name praise and glory, 1331 3, 6 | glory, even when they intend to do Me infamy and wrong." ~ 1332 3, 7 | render glory and praise to GOD. ~ 1333 3, 7 | placed in this life in order to augment virtues in My servants, 1334 3, 7 | pilgrims on their journey to reach Me, their End. They 1335 3, 7 | vexations, causing them to injure one another and take 1336 3, 7 | their property, but only to deprive them of charity. 1337 3, 7 | charity. But in thinking to deprive My servants, they 1338 3, 7 | render praise and glory to My Name, and My Truth is 1339 3, 7 | wherefore they rendered not to Me glory through the affection 1340 3, 7 | placed them as instruments to exercise My servants in 1341 3, 7 | this life and as justiciars to those who go, for their 1342 3, 7 | who go, for their sins, to the pains of Purgatory. 1343 3, 8 | has that which it desired to have, before the soul saw 1344 3, 8 | also sees the injury done to Me, which before caused 1345 3, 8 | without pain, and prays to Me continually with affection 1346 3, 9 | after Saint Paul was drawn to the glory of the blessed, 1347 3, 9 | the blessed, he desired to be loosened from the body, 1348 3, 9 | union. But it being pleasing to My Goodness to make of him 1349 3, 9 | pleasing to My Goodness to make of him a vessel of 1350 3, 9 | pain fall, and I wished him to suffer for My name; therefore 1351 3, 9 | Lord, what do You wish me to do? Show me that which it 1352 3, 9 | is Your pleasure for me to do, and I will do it.' Which 1353 3, 10 | state desires infinitely to have the barren earthly 1354 3, 10 | state and unite herself to GOD. ~ 1355 3, 10 | body may return a little to its corporal sentiment, 1356 3, 10 | Immortals, who render glory to Me, and finding herself, 1357 3, 10 | and which, with the desire to see Me, renders their life 1358 3, 10 | their life insupportable to them. Nevertheless, as their 1359 3, 10 | and though they desire to come and be with Me, they 1360 3, 10 | with Me, they are contented to remain, if I desire them 1361 3, 10 | remain, if I desire them to remain, with their pain, 1362 3, 10 | Inasmuch as they appear to be suffering they are rejoicing, 1363 3, 10 | of many tribulations is to them a relief in the desire 1364 3, 10 | the desire and the will to suffer pain mitigates the 1365 3, 10 | caused them by their desire to quit the body. These not 1366 3, 10 | desires is not pleasing to Me; but when I permit to 1367 3, 10 | to Me; but when I permit to them many tribulations they 1368 3, 10 | were it possible for them to have virtue without toil 1369 3, 10 | is a sight which I grant to the soul, infused with grace, 1370 3, 11 | grace. And how it is better to go for counsel for the salvation 1371 3, 11 | the salvation of the soul, to a humble and holy conscience 1372 3, 11 | and holy conscience than to a proud lettered man. ~ 1373 3, 11 | this light that is given to the eye of the intellect, 1374 3, 11 | illuminated by My Truth to know and understand My Truth 1375 3, 11 | Wherefore I sent this light to illuminate the blind and 1376 3, 11 | the eye of the intellect to know the Truth. And I, Fire, 1377 3, 11 | which at first appeared to be dark, now appears with 1378 3, 11 | the most perfect light, to the gross or subtle mind; 1379 3, 11 | he is capable or disposed to know Me, for I do not despise 1380 3, 11 | affection of charity and purity. To the obedient ones is declared, 1381 3, 11 | I imposed upon Him, ran to the opprobrious death of 1382 3, 11 | the Cross. This light is to be seen in the Old and New 1383 3, 11 | how is the Gospel declared to the faithful? By this same 1384 3, 11 | therefore, said My Truth to the disciples, to show that 1385 3, 11 | Truth to the disciples, to show that He was not a breaker 1386 3, 11 | breaker of laws: 'I came not to dissolve the law, but to 1387 3, 11 | to dissolve the law, but to fulfill it.' It is almost 1388 3, 11 | as if My Truth would say to them -- The Law is now imperfect, 1389 3, 11 | fear. How was this declared to be the Truth? By this same 1390 3, 11 | was and is given by grace to all, who will receive it? 1391 3, 11 | books; and they get not to the marrow of it, because 1392 3, 11 | much in it that appears to them gross and idiotic. 1393 3, 11 | nevertheless, they appear to be much illuminated in their 1394 3, 11 | servants. Wherefore, I say to you, that it is much better 1395 3, 11 | that it is much better to go for counsel for the salvation 1396 3, 11 | the salvation of the soul, to a holy and upright conscience, 1397 3, 11 | upright conscience, than to a proud lettered man, learned 1398 3, 11 | darkness, it may appear to you, that, from what he 1399 3, 11 | I told you when I spoke to you of the blissfulness 1400 3, 11 | their own will, which gives to man the earnest-money of 1401 3, 11 | of damnation, if he yield to it." ~ 1402 3, 12 | the Truth of God had made to her, teaching her the way 1403 3, 12 | teaching her the way she was to direct her will (and the 1404 3, 12 | that He should do mercy to the world. And, lifting 1405 3, 12 | intellect upon the sweet Truth, to whom she remained united, 1406 3, 12 | remained united, wishing to know somewhat of the aforesaid 1407 3, 12 | of which God had spoken to her, and seeing that the 1408 3, 12 | states with tears, she wished to learn from the Truth concerning 1409 3, 12 | tears, and how they came to be, and whence they proceeded, 1410 3, 12 | from weeping. Wishing then to know this from the Sweet, 1411 3, 12 | Supreme and First Truth, as to the manner of being and 1412 3, 12 | who is lifted with desire to learn the Truth with the 1413 3, 12 | God Himself manifested it to her, and condescending in 1414 3, 12 | condescending in His benignity to her burning desire, fulfilled 1415 3, 13 | those of fear, and belong to men who abandon sin from 1416 3, 13 | abandoned sin, are beginning to serve and taste Me, and 1417 3, 13 | perfect. The fifth are joined to the fourth and are tears 1418 3, 13 | peace, as I will explain to you. I will tell you also 1419 3, 13 | those who often would desire to weep and cannot. And I wish 1420 3, 13 | and cannot. And I wish you to know that all these various 1421 3, 13 | state. Now I will begin to tell you of these tears 1422 3, 14 | I wish you to know that every tear proceeds 1423 3, 14 | disordinate and an offense to Me, receives the meed of 1424 3, 14 | or less heavy, according to the measure of their disordinate 1425 3, 14 | death, of whom I have spoken to you, and will speak again. 1426 3, 14 | speak again. Now, begin to consider the tears which 1427 3, 14 | knowing their guilt, set to weeping for fear of the 1428 3, 14 | the offense thereby done to Me, abandons it with a hearty 1429 3, 14 | while the eye weeps in order to satisfy the grief of the 1430 3, 14 | herself in virtue, begins to lose her fear, knowing that 1431 3, 14 | alone is not sufficient to give her eternal life, as 1432 3, 14 | she proceeds, with love, to know herself and My goodness 1433 3, 14 | goodness in her, and begins to take hope in My mercy in 1434 3, 14 | My mercy, causes her eye to weep, which tears issue 1435 3, 14 | spiritually. (I have spoken to you at length regarding 1436 3, 14 | of the heart, she begins to weep with a tender and compassionate 1437 3, 14 | of love, and she begins to unite herself to Me, and 1438 3, 14 | begins to unite herself to Me, and to conform her will 1439 3, 14 | unite herself to Me, and to conform her will to Mine 1440 3, 14 | and to conform her will to Mine and so to feel joy 1441 3, 14 | her will to Mine and so to feel joy and compassion. 1442 3, 14 | Immediately her eye, wishing to satisfy the heart, cries 1443 3, 14 | any penalty or loss due to herself; for she does not 1444 3, 14 | rendering glory and praise to My Name, and, in an ecstasy 1445 3, 14 | thus conforming herself to the humble, patient, and 1446 3, 14 | trouble which I have permitted to be inflicted upon her for 1447 3, 14 | choosing them according to her own tastes, but accepting 1448 3, 14 | accepting them according to Mine, and not only, as I 1449 3, 14 | joy, she counts it glory to be persecuted for My Name' 1450 3, 14 | in whatever she may have to suffer. Then the soul arrives 1451 3, 14 | the Divine nature united to your humanity. ~ 1452 3, 14 | and her heart is united to Me in love, as I told you 1453 3, 14 | who has indeed been able to pass from the stormy ocean 1454 3, 14 | pass from the stormy ocean to Me, the Sea Pacific, and 1455 3, 14 | Supreme and Eternal Deity, to fill the pitcher of her 1456 3, 14 | of her heart, endeavors to satisfy her heart-pangs, 1457 3, 14 | which she feels herself to have with Me, tasting the 1458 3, 14 | offenses which she sees done to My goodness and greatness, 1459 3, 14 | sorrow is no impediment to the unitive state, which 1460 3, 14 | grief at the offenses caused to her neighbor, weeping with 1461 3, 14 | the final grief belonging to the unitive state; they 1462 3, 14 | they rather give savor to each other, for, had not 1463 3, 14 | from the grief belonging to the third state of neighborly 1464 3, 14 | else the soul would come to a state of presumption, 1465 3, 14 | vomited from the heights to the depths. Therefore it 1466 3, 14 | Therefore it is necessary to bear with others and practice 1467 3, 14 | practice continually love to one's neighbor, together 1468 3, 14 | therefore, she sees herself to be ineffably loved by Me, 1469 3, 14 | with which she sees herself to be loved. And, for this 1470 3, 14 | knows Me immediately expands to the love of her neighbor, 1471 3, 14 | object which she sees Me to have loved still more. She 1472 3, 14 | that she can be of no use to Me and can in no way repay 1473 3, 14 | which she feels herself to be loved by Me, and therefore 1474 3, 14 | and therefore endeavors to repay it through the medium 1475 3, 14 | Me. For, as I have said to you, you can perform all 1476 3, 14 | in particular, according to the diverse graces each 1477 3, 14 | each has received from Me, to be ministered unto by you; 1478 3, 14 | cannot be returned directly to Me, because I have loved 1479 3, 14 | indeed, love that moved Me to create you to My own image 1480 3, 14 | that moved Me to create you to My own image and similitude. 1481 3, 14 | This love you cannot repay to Me, but you can pay it to 1482 3, 14 | to Me, but you can pay it to My rational creature, loving 1483 3, 14 | commandment of the law, to love Me above everything, 1484 3, 14 | developed, the affection to which the second class of 1485 3, 14 | is therefore impossible to fulfill the law given by 1486 3, 14 | soul in virtue, making her to grow in the perfection of 1487 3, 14 | of the truth, as I said to you, which, though it is 1488 3, 14 | the taste of this union to the soul, for, in tasting 1489 3, 14 | quiet of mind, in order to nourish virtue within her 1490 3, 14 | second stage, but return to the valley of self-knowledge. 1491 3, 14 | life that she cannot attain to a higher perfection of love. 1492 3, 14 | pilgrim-members, be ever ready to grow in greater perfection, 1493 3, 14 | greater perfection, not indeed to another stage, for as I 1494 3, 14 | now reached the last, but to that further grade of perfection 1495 3, 15 | four stages of the soul, to which belong the five aforesaid 1496 3, 15 | value: and how God wishes to be served as the Infinite, 1497 3, 15 | in virtue, as I have said to you. You ask how their value 1498 3, 15 | the heart distributes them to the eye, having gathered 1499 3, 15 | loves the less she seems to herself to love. Thus is 1500 3, 15 | less she seems to herself to love. Thus is holy desire,