The Book of Heaven
—Unofficial Version—

April 16, 1905

Suffering is reigning.

Continuing in my usual state, my lovable Jesus made Himself seen for a little, with a nail inside His Heart; and drawing near my heart He would touch it with that nail, and I would feel mortal pains.  Then He said to me:  “My daughter, it is the world that drives this nail deep inside my Heart, giving Me a continuous death.  So, by justice, just as they give Me continuous death, I will allow that they give death among themselves, killing one another like many dogs.”  And while saying this, He made me hear the screams of the rebel, to the point that I remained deafened for four or five days.  Then, as I was very much in suffering, He came back a little later and told me:  “Today is the Day of the Palms in which I was proclaimed King.  All must aspire to a kingdom, but in order to acquire the eternal kingdom it is necessary for the creature to acquire the regime of herself through the dominion of her passions.  The only means is suffering, because suffering is reigning; that is, through patience, man puts himself in his place, becoming king of himself and of the eternal kingdom.”