God’s Spiritual Direction
1. BREAD OF LIFE
“Offer to Me even your
heartbeats. Not only those of the body, but the flow of thoughts of your soul
as well. It seems to be nothing and yet it is all your life.
Your whole life belongs
to Me, because love has the right to possess. What bitterness for you and for
us both if something belonging to you would not be Mine.
My dear daughter,
fasten daily the strings that unite us. Be My cheerful prisoner. Some found in
My sweet slavery such delights that they could exclaim: “I am overflowing with
joy in the midst of My sufferings.” Because I faithfully accompany those who
are faithful to Me. I feed with strength those who wish to suffer for Me.”
2. THE ENCOUNTER
“Fear nothing, not even death. Death is the moment of the ultimate trust; of
general satisfaction of life, it is the door that will be opened to you. I am
behind it, waiting for you.”
3. GOD’S MERCY
“Be an extension of Me
on earth. Here I am for you still. Let Me live with strength through you. Lend
Me your intelligence and your body and you will possess my essence in heaven.”
“Think that as my feet
are pierced and nailed, I cannot go in search of sinners. The faithful ones
should go after them. My heart is open, they can enter into it and remain
there.
Tell them that My cross is profoundly planted on
the earth to wait for everybody through the centuries.”
4. HIS PRESENCE
While Gabriella was
contemplating fading roses, she heard this comment:
“I do not fade like flowers.
I do not deceive.
I
remain, and I am always the same.”
5. HUMILITY
“In hell there are virgins, but there is no one
who is humble.”
6. LOVE
“Be attentive near Me.
Well, you know that each soul is, for Me, as if it were the only one on earth.
You know that my love overflows, though I keep
it hidden and silent, so that the merit of faith is all yours. Your well-loved
one looks at you through the lattice…I want you to be sure of it.”
7. MOTHER MARY
Jesus defined his mother
to Gabriella with these enchanting words: “Do you know what goodness is?
Goodness is my Mother.”
8. PRAYER
“Give Me, today,
fidelity in small things. Is it so difficult to speak to Me?
Tell me everything
that interests you. Tell Me in what your life consists.
I listen to you with so much attention! Tell
them to treat Me as their intimate friend who knows their secret: sorrows,
worries, and anguish.”
9. SACRIFICES
“Do you not
understand, My daughter, that the sufferings that I send to you fit you, are
adequate to your strength? They are favors which unite you to your God.
Give thanks to Me
for the small trials as if they were a flower that your lover would place on
your heart with renewed tenderness. Does he not find you more beautiful when
you suffer with Him patiently? Then your soul takes new strength to cast your
arrows to Him. Be flexible and docile to Me. Humble yourself always as if you
had deserved punishment.
I, the innocent, had suffered everything; don’t
you wish to suffer everything to complete our union?”
10. THY NEIGHBOR
“You understand, My
daughter, that if I am no longer in the world, your neighbour is.
And if you wish to
love Me, to receive Me, to serve Me, to soothe Me as it was done in the house
of Martha and Mary, do the same to your brethren.
How affable you would be to all, if you would
personify Jesus to all! Think on them and do not economize your kindness. I am
the one who will receive them. I have many answers for those who care to please
Me.”
11. LESSONS IN LIFE
“You have to exercise in detaching yourself from
all those toys of the earth. May your heart turn to the things of heaven, those
that do not die.”
12. TRUST
“Form the habit of living in Me. Try it.
Begin again. Without stop. We shall help you. We shall help those who have good
will. Poor children of mine, you are never alone when you have given us your
trust. Ask Me to speak through you. You are never alone.”
13. WHAT HE ASKS FOR
“Offer to Me the simplest things of your life
with the intention to console Me and an affirmation that all your life is Mine.
And these small things will appear great to Me.”
Hey,
There’s this book called God’s Spiritual Direction. Since
discovering it, I’ve felt a tug to share its messages to people.
It’s taken me years, but like
what they say, God’s timing is always perfect. So here I am finally doing it, or
at least this is a start, right when people need to hear God’s voice in their
hearts.
These are some of the messages
expressed in the book.
I hope many of us can take
the time to read – no, taste -- this outpouring
of love.
--- Jeng
If you
like it, please “like”. And if
you think it’s good enough to share, please share. At this point, I think we
all need a reassurance from Above.
Thank
you!
