The Book of Heaven
—Unofficial Version—

Volume 9


November 6, 1909

The privation of Jesus purifies and consumes the soul.


I was lamenting to Jesus because of His privations, and making Himself seen for just a little, He told me: "My daughter, the cross unites the soul ever more closely to Me. These privations that you suffer make you fly above yourself, because not finding the One whom you love in you, life becomes boring to you, all the things that surround you annoy you, and you have nothing on which to lean. The One on whom alone you used to lean seems to be missing in you, and therefore the soul keeps flying and flying, until she is purged of everything, to the point of being consumed; and in these consummations your Jesus will give you the final kiss and you will find yourself in Heaven. Aren’t you happy?"