The Book of Heaven
—Unofficial Version—

December 3, 1929

Difference between the sanctity founded in the virtues and the one founded in the Divine Will.

My little mind was wandering in the Supreme Fiat, and I was thinking to myself:  ‘What can be the difference that passes between one who has founded his sanctity in the virtues, and one who has founded it only in the Divine Will?’  And my sweet Jesus, moving in my interior, sighing, told me:  “My daughter, if you knew what great difference exists….  Listen – and you yourself know this:  the flowery earth is beautiful, the variety of the plants, of the flowers, of the fruits, of the trees, the diversity of colors, of sweetnesses, of flavors – everything is beautiful.  But would you be able to find one plant, one flower, be it even one of the most precious, which is not surrounded by earth, as the earth keeps each root as though on its lap, attached to its breast to nourish it?  It can be said that it is impossible for man to have a plant if he does not entrust it to its mother earth.  Such is the sanctity founded in the virtues – the human earth has to place something of its own.  How many human satisfactions in the holiest works, in the virtues that they practice.  The earth of esteem, of human glory, always runs and forms its small receptacle, in such a way that the virtues appear as many beautiful fragrant flowers, of such vivid color as to arouse marvel, but around them, underneath them, there is always a little something of human earth.  So, the sanctity founded in the virtues can be called flowery earth, and according to the virtues that they practice, some form the flower, some the plant, some the tree; and they need water to water them, and the sun to fecundate them and communicate to them the different effects needed for each one of them – that is, my Grace.  Otherwise, they would run the risk of dying at birth. 

On the other hand, the Sanctity founded in my Divine Will is Sun – It is up high, the earth has nothing to do with It, nor does the water need to nourish Its light.  It draws Its nourishment directly from God, and in Its continuous motion of light, It produces and nourishes all the virtues in a divine manner.  Human satisfactions, even holy, vainglory, self-esteem, have lost the way, nor do they have any reason to exist, because they feel, vividly, the Divine Will that does everything in them, and they feel gratitude because this Divine Sun, lowering Itself, dwells in them, and nourishing them with Its Light, makes them undergo Its transformation, to form one single Light with this Divine Fiat.

Furthermore, Its Light has the virtue of sweetly eclipsing the human will, because it is forbidden even for one atom of earth to enter into my Divine Volition; they are two opposite natures – light and earth, darkness and light.  It can be said that they shun each other, nor can the light tolerate even just one atom of earth; and therefore it eclipses it, it serves as its sentry, as defense, so that all may become Divine Will in the creature.  And just as the sun gives everything to the earth, but receives nothing and is the primary cause of its beautiful flowerings, in the same way, those who found their life, their sanctity in my Will, together with It are the nourishers of the sanctity founded in the virtues.”

After this, I was doing my round in the Divine Fiat, to find all the acts of creatures, past, present and future, so as to ask, in the name of all, for the Kingdom of the Divine Will.  But while I was doing this, my sweet Jesus added:  “My daughter, anything good that has been done from the very beginning of the world outside of my Divine Will, are little lights, as the effects of my Divine Fiat.  In fact, even though they have not operated inside of It, as creatures would dispose themselves to do good, Its rays would fix themselves upon them, and, at Its reflections, the tiny little flame would form in their souls, because, since my Will is eternal and immense light, It can produce but light.  These little flames, as the effects of It, remain around the Sun of my Divine Will as honor and glory of Its effects, and as the fruits of the good operating of the creatures.  In fact, as they want to do good, Its rays fix themselves upon them, and give them the effects of the good they want to do.  It can be said It is more than sun, which is such that, as it finds the good seed in the earth, its light warms it, caresses it and communicates to it the effects to form the plant of that seed.  There is no good without my Will; just as there is no color, sweetness, maturity, without the effects of the light of the sun, so there can be no good without It.  However, who can form the Sun with her acts?  One who lives in my Divine Will.  My Will not only fixes Its rays upon her, but descends in her with the whole of Its Sun, and with Its creative and vivifying virtue, It forms another Sun in the act of the creature.  Do you see, then, the great difference that exists?  Just like between plants and sun, and between sun and little flames.”