The Book of Heaven
—Unofficial Version—

December 27, 1899

Charity must be like a mantle that covers one’s actions.

He continued to make Himself seen like shadow and flash.  While I was in a sea of bitterness because of His absence, in one instant He made Himself seen, telling me:  “Charity must be like a mantle which must cover all of your actions, in such a way that everything must shine with perfect charity.  What is the meaning of your being displeased when you do not suffer?  That your charity is not perfect, because suffering for love of Me and not suffering for love of Me, without your will, is all the same.”  And He disappeared leaving me more embittered than before, wanting to touch a key too delicate for me, which He Himself has infused in me.

Then, after I shed bitter tears for my miserable state and over the absence of my adorable Jesus, He came back and told me:  “With just souls I act with justice, or rather, I give them double recompense for their justice by favoring them with greater graces, and by speaking to them of just words and of sanctity.”  However, I found myself so confused and bad, that I did not dare to utter a single word; rather, I continued to shed tears over my misery.  And Jesus, wanting to infuse trust in me, placed His hand under my head in order to lift it, because it could not hold itself up, and He added:  “Do not fear, I am the shield of the tribulated.” And He disappeared.