The Book of Heaven
—Unofficial Version—

Volume 3


November 24, 1899

Luisa wants to receive the bitternesses of Jesus.


This morning my sweet Jesus came and transported me outside of myself.  Now, since I saw Him all full of bitterness, I prayed Him and prayed Him again to pour it into me; but as much as I prayed, I could not manage to obtain that He would pour His bitternesses into me, although, as I would draw close to His mouth to receive his bitternesses, a bitter breath would come out.  While I was doing this, I saw a priest who was dying, but I could not recognize well who he was, because I had another intention to pray for a sick priest, but not recognizing him as that one, I got confused whether it was him or someone else.  So I said to Jesus:  ‘Lord, what are You doing?  Don’t You see how much scarceness of priests there is in Corato that You want to take more away from us?’  And Jesus, not paying attention to me and threatening with His arm, said:  “I will destroy them more.”