The Book of Heaven
—Unofficial Version—

July 22, 1905

God does not look at the work, but at the intensity of love in working.

I was feeling annoyed for being unable to make certain mortifications, as it seemed to me that the Lord abhorred me, and therefore He would not permit me to do them.  And blessed Jesus came and told me:  “My daughter, one who really loves Me never gets annoyed about anything, but tries to convert all things into love.  For what reason did you want to mortify yourself?  Certainly for love of Me.  And I say to you:  ‘For love of Me mortify yourself, and for love of Me take the reliefs; and both one and the other will have the same weight before Me.’  The weight of any action, be it even an indifferent one, increases according to the dose of love it contains, because I do not look at the work, but at the intensity of love that the working contains.  Therefore I want no annoyance in you, but always peace; because in annoyances, in disturbances, it is always the love of self that wants to come out to reign, or the enemy to do harm.”