The Book of Heaven
—Unofficial Version—

August 16, 1923

Jesus wants us to do His Will in order to give us of His own. If we do so, He receives His own Glory from the creature.

I was thinking to myself: ‘Why does blessed Jesus have so much interest, and He wants and loves so much that His Will be done? What Glory can He receive from a poor and vile creature who surrenders her will into His most high, most holy and most adorable Will?’

Now, while I was thinking about this, my adorable Jesus, with unspeakable tenderness and sweetness, told me: "My daughter, do you want to know why? Because my Love, my supreme goodness, is so great that every time the creature does my Will and operates because I want it, I give her of my own, and in order to always give her of my own, I want her to do my Will. Therefore, all the reason and the interest for which I want her to do my Will, is to find occasions and means to be able to always give. It is my Love that does not want to be still; It wants to always run, flying toward the creature – but to do what? To give. And by doing my Will, she comes closer to Me and I to her; and I give and she takes. On the other hand, if she does not operate to do my Will, she keeps her distance from Me, becoming as though foreign to Me, and therefore she cannot take what I wanted to give her. And if I wanted to give her of my own, it would be noxious and indigestible for her, because her palate, rough and contaminated by the human will, would not allow her to taste or appreciate the Divine gifts. Therefore, all the interest is because I want to always give of my own.

My Glory, then, is my own Glory which I receive through the work of the creature who does my Will. It is a Glory which descends from Heaven and rises again straight at the foot of my Throne, multiplied by the Divine Will which has been exercised by the creature. On the other hand, the glory that those who do not do my Will can give Me, if there were any at all, would be a glory foreign to Me, which many times reaches the point of nauseating Me. More so, since when the creature operates to do my Will, by giving her of my own, I unite to that work my Sanctity, my Power and Wisdom, the beauty of my works, an incalculable and infinite value… I could say that these are fruits of my lands, works of my Celestial Kingdom, Glory of my family and of my legitimate children; so, how could they not be pleasing to Me? How could I not feel the enrapturing power of my Supreme Volition in those works of the creature, who works only to do my Will? Oh, if all knew the good of It, they would not let themselves be deceived by their own will!"