The Book of Heaven
—Unofficial Version—

February 27, 1900

The Divine Will binds Jesus to the soul. The great evil of murmuring.

Having abandoned all of myself in the lovable Will of Our Lord, I saw myself surrounded completely by my sweet Jesus, inside and out.  By having abandoned myself in Him, I saw myself as if my being had become transparent, and wherever I turned, I could see my highest Good.  But that which amazed me was that while I saw myself surrounded by Jesus inside and out, so was I, my poor being, my will, surrounding Jesus as though within a circle, in such a way that He would not be able to find an opening to go out, because my will, united to His, kept Him chained, without any possibility that He might escape me.  Oh admirable secret of the Will of my Lord – indescribable is Your happiness! 

Now, while I was in this state, blessed Jesus told me;  “My daughter, in the soul who is completely transformed in my Volition I find sweet rest.  Her soul becomes for Me like those soft objects which cause no bother to someone who wants to rest; on the contrary, be they even tired and suffering people, the softness and the pleasure they receive in resting over those objects is such that, when they wake up, they find themselves strong and healthy.  Such is for Me the soul who is conformed to my Will; and I, as recompense, let Myself be bound by her will and I make the Divine Sun shine in her as in the full midday.”  Having said this, He disappeared.

Then, later, after I received Communion He came back and transported me outside of myself.  I could see many people, and Jesus told me:  “Tell them, tell them that great is the evil they do by murmuring about one another.  They draw my indignation, and with justice, because I see that while they are subject to the same miseries and weaknesses, they do nothing but raise tribunals against one another.  If they do this among themselves, what should I, who am pure and holy, do with them?  According to the charity which they exercise toward one another, so do I feel drawn to use mercy with them.”  Jesus was saying this to me, and I repeated it to those people; and then we withdrew.