The Book of Heaven
—Unofficial Version—

September 3, 1913

A sign that a soul lives in the Divine Will is that she feels, just like Jesus, that she needs nothing but to give to all.

While I was praying (... although I don’t really know how to explain myself well - this might even be a subtle pride of mine: I never think about myself and my great miseries, but always about repairing in order to console Jesus for sinners - for everyone. However, it’s not that I think about it before, no, it’s enough just to start praying, and I find myself at that point). Now, I was concerned about this, and my always adorable Jesus came and told me: "My daughter, what? do you worry about this? You must know that when I place the soul in my Will, and she takes stable residence in my Volition, the soul feels that she has everything in abundance, since my Will contains all possible imaginable goods; so she puts herself in my same conditions, feeling the need to give rather than to receive. She feels that she does not need anything; and if she wants something, she can take anything she wants, without even asking for it. Since my Will contains an irresistible force to give, she is happy only when she gives; and as she gives, she remains even more thirsty for giving. In what constraints she finds herself when she wants to give and cannot find anyone to whom to give!

My daughter, I put the soul who does my Will in my same conditions, keeping her aware of my great joys and bitternesses, and everything she does is sealed with disinterest for herself. Ah, yes, the soul who does my Will is the true Sun, which gives heat and light to all, and which feels the necessity of giving that light and that heat. While It gives to all, the Sun takes nothing from anyone, because It is superior to everything, and there is nobody on earth who can equal Its light and the great fire which It contains. Ah, if creatures could see a soul who does my Will, they would see her as a more than majestic Sun in the act of doing good to all; even more, they would recognize Myself in this Sun. Therefore, the sign that the soul has arrived at doing my Will is that she feels in the condition of giving. Have you understood?"