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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, july thirteenth, nineteen thirty one, volume twenty nine. Let us begin in the will and name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Heavenly Father, grant us the grace to desire your divine will above every earthly desire. May our hearts remain firmly resolved never to choose our own will over yours, and may every thought, word, and action begin with the life giving motion of your divine fiat. Lead us ever deeper into your kingdom, where peace, love, and perfect communion reign forever. Amen. A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans, chapter twelve verse two. Do not conform yourselves to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches in paragraph twenty eight twenty five. We ask our Father to unite our will to His sons in order to fulfill His will, His plan of salvation for the life of the world. We are radically incapable of this, but united with Jesus and with the power of His Holy Spirit, we can surrender our will to Him and decide to choose what His Son has always chosen to do what is pleasing to the Father. Let's now reflect upon another invitation from Jesus to live completely within His divine will. Open your heart now to the wisdom Jesus reveals through Loisa. Louisa writes I was continuing my acts in the divine will and was thinking to myself How can one know whether the divine fiat reigns in the creature and in my poor soul or the good that it reigns in it or not? But while I was thinking of this, my sweet Jesus told me Motion is the sign of life. Where there is no motion there cannot be life. So to know whether the creature possesses my will is if in her inmost soul she feels my will alone as prime motion of everything that goes on within her. In fact, my will being prime motion. Where it reigns it will make its prime divine motion felt, upon which will hang all the internal and external acts as though from the center of the prime motion of my divine will. Therefore, it will be the prime motion, the word of honor, the commandment, the ruler in such a way that each act will be in waiting to receive the prime motion in order to move and operate. So if the creature feels in her acts the prime motion of my will, it is the sign that it reigns in her soul. But if, on the contrary, she feels in her prime motion the human end, her own pleasure, natural satisfactions, the taste for pleasing creatures, my will will not only not reign, but from queen it will act as her servant, serving her in her acts, because there is no act that the creature can do if my divine will does not concur in it, either dominating her or serving her. Now, you must know, my daughter, that the passport in order to enter into my kingdom is the resolute will of never doing one's own will, even at the cost of one's life and any sacrifice. This resolute act, but true, is like the signature that one puts on the passport in order to set off in the kingdom of my divine will. And while the creature signs in order to set off, God signs in order to receive her. This latter signature will have so much value that the whole of heaven will go to meet her in order to receive her into the kingdom of the divine fiat in which they live, and they will be all eyes over the creature who from the earth holds as life and as kingdom that same will that they hold in heaven. But the passport is not enough. One must study the language, the ways, the customs of this divine kingdom, and these are the knowledges, the prerogatives, the beauties, the value that my will contains. Otherwise, one would be like a stranger. He would neither take love nor be loved. If he does not sacrifice in making of it a study in order to be able to speak with that same language, and does not adapt himself to the customs of those who live in this kingdom so holy, he will live isolated, because not understanding him, they will shun him, and isolation makes no one happy. In addition to this, one must pass from the study to the practice of what was learned, and after a length of practice, at last he is declared a citizen of the kingdom of my divine will, and then will he enjoy all the happinesses that are in a kingdom so holy. Even more, they will be his own properties, and he will acquire the right to live in it as in his own fatherland. After this he added, My daughter, one who lives in my will becomes the peacemaker between God and the creatures. All her acts, words, steps, her prayers, her little sacrifices are like many bonds of peace between heaven and earth. They are like peacemaking weapons as she fights her creator with the weapons of peace and of love in order to disarm him and render him favorable, and change the scourges into mercy. And just as the human will formed the war, to wage war against he who had created it, not only this, but it broke the accord, the order and the peace. So my will, with the strength of its omnipotence, reigning in the creature, converts what the creature does into bonds of accord, of order, of peace, and of love. So from her comes out as many though a little white cloud that surging, spreads, and rises up to the divine throne, and bursting into as many voices for as many acts as she has done, it says, Great God, peace I bring to you from the earth, and you give me your peace, to bring it as bond of peace between you and the human generation. This little cloud ascends and descends, descends and ascends, and does the office of peacemaker between heaven and earth. Today's passage offers one of the clearest descriptions Jesus gives about how we can recognize whether his divine will is truly reigning within us. He tells Louisa that motion is the sign of life. Just as a living body moves because life is within it, a soul living in the divine will experiences God's will as the first movement behind every thought, decision, and action. This challenges us to pause throughout the day and ask a simple but profound question. What is moving me right now? Is it the desire to be admired? Is it impatience? Is it fear, comfort, or self interest? Or is it a sincere desire to do whatever pleases God? Jesus explains that the passport into the kingdom of the divine will is a firm and unwavering decision never to do our own will, regardless of the sacrifice. Notice that he does not speak first about extraordinary works, mystical experiences or remarkable achievements. He begins with a decision, a continual yes to God. Every day provides countless opportunities to renew that passport by choosing forgiveness over resentment, patience over irritation, humility over pride and trust over anxiety. Yet Jesus goes even further. Receiving the passport is only the beginning. We must learn the language, customs, and life of this kingdom. That language is learned by prayer, by meditating on the teachings Jesus has given, by frequent reception of the sacraments, and by faithfully practicing what we learn. Knowledge becomes experience, and experience gradually transforms the soul until living in the divine will becomes its normal way of life. Finally, Jesus reveals a beautiful mission entrusted to those who live in his will. They become peacemakers between heaven and earth. Every prayer, every sacrifice accepted with love, every hidden act performed in the divine will rises before God like a peaceful cloud carrying petitions of mercy for the entire human family. In a world filled with conflict, division, and uncertainty, our smallest acts united to God's will, become instruments through which His peace can flow into homes, parishes, communities, and even nations. Today, let us renew our resolve to surrender our own will to God. If we begin each action by inviting Jesus to be its first movement, we allow Him to transform ordinary moments into divine acts that bring peace to the world and greater glory to God. Let us pray. Lord Jesus, thank you for inviting us into the kingdom of your divine will. Strengthen our resolve never to choose our own will over yours. Teach us the language of heaven through faithful prayer, loving obedience and continual surrender. May every thought, every word, every action, and every sacrifice begin with the movement of your divine will within us. Make our lives instruments of peace between heaven and earth, so that your mercy may reach every soul. We ask this with complete confidence in your infinite love. Amen. Thank you for joining your faith anew today. May every decision you make today begin with God's divine will as its first movement, allowing his peace to flow through you to everyone you encounter. Until tomorrow, stay in his will, and your faith will be made anew