However, before reading the selected paragraphs
from her volumes, we have provided an excerpt from a Letter that
St. Hannibal Di Francia sent to Luisa Picarreta:
| « Therefore, in view
of the Divine Will that is manifested here which has
so many times equally manifested Itself, I, in the
name of Jesus and by the authority that has been conferred
to me by your Ecclesiastic Superior, give you the absolute
and energetic Obedience that, day by day, night by
night, time after time, you write, accurately and totally,
everything that happens between you and Jesus; even
the most intimate things. Note well, not only the words
that Jesus says to you, but also the infused lights,
including everything that He makes you understand even
without words… must be written exactly ...
... If you were to neglect writing
anything at all, it will be a serious sin, due to lack
of Obedience.” (Letter of St. Hannibal Maria
Di Francia to the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta)
» (Carta de San Aníbal María de Francia a Luisa Piccarreta) |
We can appreciate the authority that this holy
priest, her confessor, used in the name of Jesus and of the Church.
He, as the Ecclesiastic reviewer, gave the Nihil Obstat to the
first 19 volumes and other writings of the Servant of God which
also enjoyed the imprimatur of the Bishop from her Diocese. Fr.
Di Francia began to publish her writings. The first published writing
was “The Hours of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Out of Obedience to the Church and her confessors,
Luisa Picarreta who has submitted herself to the confessors throughout
her life, began and completed all of her writings. We hereby present
you with a drop of the immense sea of divine doctrine that is contained
in her writings.
Selection
of Paragraphs from some of the Volumes(2)
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Corato
(Bari, Italy), year 1924.
We begin with a written communication that may have originally
been used as an introduction to the Writings of Luisa Picarreta.
We could say that this is the only time that Luisa addresses
the world in general and every one particularly. In it, she
calls everyone to enter into the Kingdom of the Divine Will
so that it can be returned to us the first order for which
we were created by God.
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VOLUMES:
The title that Jesus wanted Luisa Picarreta to use.
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DIVINE
PLAN:
"My primary purpose was to make man the image
of the Divine Trinity by virtue of the fulfillment of my
Will upon him." (Vol. XIX, June 20, 1926, Luisa Piccarreta)
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SANCTITY:
"I will make the Sanctity of living in my Will
reappear." (Vol. XII, November 20, de 1917, Luisa Piccarreta)
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SANCTITY:
"There were Saints who started the sanctity of
the penitent; the sanctity of obedience; the sanctity of
humility, and other sanctities. Now I want you to be the
beginning of the sanctity of living in my Will." (Vol.
XII, November 27, 1917, Luisa Piccarreta)
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THE
KINGDOM OF GOD:
"will be formed and founded upon the Truths."
(Vol. XXXVI, November 13, 1938, Luisa Piccarreta)
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DIVINE
PLAN: Longings of
Jesus. (Several volumes, Luisa Piccarreta)
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SANCTITY:
"¡Oh, how I wish to make everyone know how true
sanctity is in doing the Divine Will and in living in the
Divine Volition." (Vol. XII, August 14, 1917, Luisa
Piccarreta)
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DIVINE
GIFT :
"This is a gift which I want to give in these
times, so sad - that they may not only do my Will, but possess
It." (Vol. XVII, September 18, 1924, Luisa Piccarreta)
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DIVINE
GIFT:
"... Here is, therefore, the necessity of the
dispositions, of the knowledge of the gift, of the esteem
and appreciation, and of love for the gift itself."
(Vol. XVIII, December 25, 1925, Luisa Piccarreta)
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VOLUMES:
"The doctrine of the Divine Will is the most
pure, the most beautiful, not subject to any shadow of anything
material or of self-interest both in the natural and in the
supernatural order." (Vol. XVI, November 10, 1923, Luisa
Piccarreta)
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order to speak of the mission of Luisa Piccarreta and of the writings
that the Lord wanted to give us through her, we must realize that
a few lines will not be enough. 