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Welcome. This is David Russell and Your Faith Anew 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 eighteenth, nineteen hundred, volume three. Let us begin in the will and name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Heavenly Father, we thank you for the immeasurable love revealed through the passion of your Son. Through his wounds and precious blood, teach us to love you above all things, and to love our neighbor with a selfless and sacrificial heart. May we respond to your love with gratitude, fidelity, and a sincere desire to help bring souls closer to you. We ask this through Christ our Lord, amen. In his letter to the Galatians, Saint Paul writes Bear one another's burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is deluding himself. Each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast with regard to himself alone, and not with regard to another, for each will bear his own load. Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap a harvest if we do not give up. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all, and especially to those who belong to the family of the faith. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches in paragraph eighteen twenty five. Christ died out of love for us while we were still enemies. The Lord asks us to love as He does, even our enemies, to make ourselves the neighbor of those farthest away, and to love children and the poor as Christ Himself. 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. Today's reading shows us how sharing in Christ's sacrifices teaches us to carry the burdens of others in love. Louisa writes As he continued not to come, I tried to apply myself to considering the mystery of the scourging. While I was doing this, I just barely saw blessed Jesus, all wounded and dripping blood, who told me My daughter The heavens along with all creation point out the love of God. My wounded body points out the love of neighbor, so much so that with my humanity, united to my divinity, from two natures I formed one, and I rendered them inseparable, because I not only satisfied divine justice, but I operated the salvation of men. And so that everyone assumed this obligation of loving God and one's neighbor. I not only made them one, but I reached the point of making of it a divine precept. So my wounds and my blood are many tongues that teach everyone the way to love one another and the obligation that all have to care for the salvation of others. Afterwards, assuming a more afflicted appearance, he added What a ruthless tyrant love is for me, as I not only employed the course of my mortal life in continuous sacrifices to the point of dying, blood dry on a cross, but I left myself as perennial victim in the sacrament of the Eucharist. And not only this, but I keep all of my favorite members as victims living in continuous sufferings, employed for the salvation of men. Just as among many I have chosen you to keep you sacrificed for love of me and for men. Ah yes, my heart finds no respite nor rest if it does not find man. And man how does he requite me? With most enormous ingratitudes. Having said this, he disappeared. Today's reading gives us an insightful lesson on the inseparable connection between love of God and love of neighbor. Jesus tells Louisa that all creation proclaims the love of God, while his wounded body proclaims love of neighbor. The cross is where these two loves meet perfectly. The Lord reminds us that He united His humanity and divinity inseparably, and through His sacrifice opened the way of salvation for all humanity. In doing so, He established love of God and love of neighbor as a divine commandment. His wounds are not merely signs of suffering, they are living lessons that teach us how to love. Jesus goes even further. He reveals that his love did not end on Calvary. He remains with us in the Eucharist as a perpetual victim of love. Day after day he waits in the tabernacle, offering himself for souls. This is the persistence of divine love, a love that never tires of seeking humanity even when faced with indifference and ingratitude. Living in the divine will means allowing this same love to become the motive behind everything we do. When we unite our acts with the acts of Jesus, our daily sacrifices become opportunities to participate in his work of redemption. A difficult conversation, an illness, a disappointment, or a hidden act of charity can become an offering for the salvation of souls when placed in the divine will. Saint Paul's exhortation to bear one another's burdens finds a beautiful fulfillment in this reading. Jesus carried the burden of all humanity upon himself, and he invites us to share in his mission by carrying the burdens of others through prayer, sacrifice, and love. We may never fully see the fruits of these offerings in this life, but in God's providence, no act done in his will is ever lost. Today, let us ask ourselves whether our love remains merely sentimental or whether it becomes sacrificial. True love costs something. It gives, serves, forgives, and perseveres. The wounds of Jesus invite us to enter the school of love and learn from the divine master himself. Let us pray. Every wound speaks of your mercy. Every drop of blood proclaims your desire to save souls. Teach us to love as you love. Help us to carry the burdens of others with patience, compassion, and generosity. May we never grow weary of doing good, even when our sacrifices are hidden and unnoticed. Jesus, we place all our thoughts, words, actions, joys and sufferings into your divine will. Unite them to your passion and Eucharistic offering. May every act become a prayer for souls and a response to your immense love. Protect us from ingratitude and indifference. Give us hearts that are attentive to your presence and eager to console you through faithful love. May your divine will reign in us completely, so that our lives become reflections of your sacrificial love and instruments of grace for others. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Thank you for joining your faith anew today. Jesus reminds us that his wounds teach us how to love. As you go about your day, look for opportunities to bear the burdens of others, offering your prayers and sacrifices in union with Christ for the salvation of souls. Until tomorrow, stay in his will, and your faith will be made anew.