If you want your dream to be, build it slow and surely. Small beginning, greater and heartfelt work grows purely. Welcome. This is David Russell and Your Faith A New. Daily Reflections guiding you to live in the divine will. Today's reflection is from the Book of Heaven by the servant of God Louisa Picaretta, June 4th, 1916, volume eleven. Let us begin in the will and name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Lord Jesus, as we enter this reflection, teach us to trust your divine wisdom even when we do not understand your ways. Give us compassionate hearts that intercede for others, and help us unite our prayers, sufferings, and sacrifices with the divine will for the salvation of all souls. Amen. Saint Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthians chapter one verses three and four. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion, and God of all encouragement, who encourages us in our every affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any affliction, with the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches By His Passion and death on the cross Christ has given a new meaning to suffering. It can henceforth configure us to him and unite us with his redemptive passion. The catechism also teaches In the communion of saints, a perennial link of charity exists between the faithful who have already reached their heavenly home, those who are expiating their sins in purgatory, and those who are still pilgrims on earth. Between them there is too an abundant exchange of all good things. As we continue our journey through the book of heaven, let us remain attentive to the truths Jesus reveals through Louisa, allowing these lessons to deepen our understanding of life in the divine will. Louisa writes This morning my always adorable Jesus seemed to come. I squeezed him to my heart, and Jesus gave me a kiss. But as he was kissing me, I felt a most bitter liquid flow from his mouth into mine. I remained amazed in seeing that, without begging him, sweet Jesus was pouring his bitternesses into me, while at other times I had begged him so much, and he didn't concede that to me. Then, when I was filled with that most bitter liquid, Jesus continued to pour it. It spilled outside. It went on the ground, and he still kept pouring in such a way that a lake of that most bitter liquid was formed around me and blessed Jesus. Afterwards, as if he felt relieved a little, he told me, Daughter, have you seen how many bitternesses the creatures give me? So much so that, unable to contain them any longer, I wanted to pour them into you. But you could not contain them either. So they went on the ground, and they will pour upon the people. While he was saying this, he marked the various points and towns which had to be stricken by the invasions of strangers. Some people were running away, some remained naked and starved, some mixed up, some killed. Horror and fright were everywhere. Jesus himself wanted to withdraw his glance from such tragedy. Frightened and terrorized, I wanted to prevent Jesus from doing this, but he seemed unshakable and told me My daughter, the divine justice is pouring their own bitternesses down upon them. I wanted to pour them in you first, in order to spare some points to make you content. Then I poured the rest upon them. My justice demands its satisfaction. And I my love and my life I don't know much about justice. If I pray to you it is for mercy. I make appeal to your love, to your wounds, to your blood. After all, they are still your children, your dear images. Poor brothers of mine. What can they do? In what constraints will they be placed? To make me content, you tell me that you poured into me, but the points that you save are too few. And he on the contrary, it's too much. It is because I love you. Otherwise I would have spared nothing. And even then, didn't you see that you could not contain any more of it? I burst into tears and I said Yet you tell me that you love me. Where is all this love that you have for me? True love knows how to make the beloved one content in everything. And then why don't you make me larger so that I can contain more bitterness and spare my brothers? Jesus cried with me and disappeared. This reading reveals the tender heart of both Jesus and Louisa. Jesus is burdened by the bitterness caused by human sin, while Louisa is burdened by the suffering that will come upon humanity if people continue to reject God. One of the most interesting aspects of this passage is that Louisa does not ask to be spared. Instead, she asks to suffer more if it will help save others. Her concern is entirely directed toward her brothers and sisters. This is one of the fruits of living in the divine will. The soul gradually begins to love with the very love of Jesus. Notice also the balance between divine justice and divine mercy. Louisa appeals constantly to mercy, while Jesus reminds her that justice cannot simply be ignored. Yet even in the midst of justice, mercy is present. Jesus tells Louisa that some places were spared because he had first poured his bitterness into her. This reveals that prayer, sacrifice, and reparation truly matter. For those striving to live in the divine will, this reading teaches in an important lesson. We may not be called to extraordinary mystical experiences, but we are called to unite our daily sufferings with Jesus. Every disappointment, every illness, every worry, every hidden sacrifice can become a prayer for souls when offered in union with His will. The reading also reminds us that intercession is an act of love. Louisa stands between humanity and divine chastisement, pleading for mercy. This echoes the role of Moses before Israel, Abraham before Sodom, and above all Jesus himself, who continually intercedes for us before the Father. When we enter the divine will, our prayers can take on a universal dimension. Rather than praying only for ourselves, we begin praying for families, nations, the church, and the salvation of all souls. We learn to echo Louise's cry, make me larger, Lord, so that I may hold more love, more sacrifice, and more mercy for my brothers and sisters. The goal is not suffering itself. The goal is love. And love willingly accepts sacrifice when it becomes a channel through which God can pour grace upon the world. Let us pray. Jesus, merciful Savior, thank you for allowing us to glimpse your sacred heart in today's reading. You continue to carry the sorrows of humanity, and yet you never cease to love us. Teach us to respond to your love with generous hearts. Lord, when difficulties enter our lives, help us not to waste them through complaint or discouragement. Instead, unite them to your passion and transform them into prayers for souls. Increase within us the spirit of intercession. Help us to pray for those who do not pray, to love those who do not know your love, and to seek mercy for those who have wandered far from you. May our lives become small channels through which your grace can flow into the world. And as we surrender more completely to your divine will, enlarge our hearts so that we may hold more charity, more compassion, and more trust in you. We place ourselves, our families, and the whole world within your most holy will. Amen. Thank you for joining your faith anew today. As we live in the divine will, may we learn to transform our daily sacrifices into acts of love and intercession for the salvation of the world. Until tomorrow, stay in his will, and your faith will be made anew.