January 10, 1938

 

The first sermon that the little King Jesus made to the children of Egypt; how each one held their Celestial Father in (their) own heart, that he loved them and wanted to be loved.

 

I was making the round in the Divine Fiat, and oh, how I long that not one act escape me, of that which he has done as much in the creation as in the redemption.  It seems to me that there is something missing if all that which he has done I don’t recognize it, I don’t love it, I don’t kiss it, I don’t press it to my heart, as if it were mine.  And the Divine Volition would remain as discontent if one who lives in him might not know all his acts, and might not find in all that which he has done the little ‘I love you’ of one whom he loves so much; and there is no thing that he has not done for her.

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 Whence I arrived to follow when the celestial child found himself in Egypt, in the act when he made his first footsteps; and I kissed his steps, I put my ‘I love you’ into every step that he made, and I asked for the first steps of his Will (for) all the human generations. I sought to follow him in everything.  If he prayed, if he cried, I asked of him that his Will might animate all the prayers of creatures, and that his tears might regenerate the life of his Fiat in the human family.

 Whence while I was attentive to follow him in everything, the little King child, visiting my poor soul, said to me:

 “Daughter of my Volition, how content I am when the creature doesn’t leave me alone!  I feel her to me (as) behind, (and) before, in all my acts.

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 “Now, you must know that my exile in Egypt was not without conquests.  When I arrived to the age of around three years, from our little hovel I heard the little boys that played, (and) shouted in the middle of the road, and I, little though I was, went out in the midst of them.

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 “As they saw me they raced around me, to whom (each) wanted to put himself near, because such was my beauty, the enchantment of my look, the sweetness of my voice, that they felt enraptured to love me; therefore they crowded around me and they loved me so much that they didn’t know (how) to detach from me.

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 “Now, I also loved these children, and since love when it is true searches to make itself known, not only (this), but by giving that which can make one happy in time and in eternity, now, to these little ones I made my first little sermon, adapting myself to their little capacity, even more so (by) possessing innocence they were able to more easily understand me.  Now, do you want to hear what my sermon was?  I said to them:

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 “‘My children, listen to me.  I love you very much, and I want to make known to you your origin. Look at heaven; up there you have a Celestial Father who loves you very much; but he loves you so- 55 much, that he is not content to be your Father from heaven, to guide you, by creating for you a sun, a sea, an earth in bloom, in order to make you happy, but loving you with an exuberant love, he wanted to descend into your hearts, to form his palace in the depths of your soul, making himself (a) sweet prisoner of each one of you; but in order to do what?  In order to give life to your heartbeat, breath and motion.  So that you walk, and he walks in your footsteps, moves in your hands, speaks in your voice.  And while he walks, you move, since he loves you very much, now he squeezes you, now he embraces you and carries you as in triumph, because you are his dear children.

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 “‘How many kisses and hidden embraces does not this Celestial Father of ours give you!  And you, because you are inattentive, have not had your kiss meet his and your embraces (meet) his paternal embrace, and he has remained in sorrow that his children have neither embraced nor kissed him.

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 “‘Now, my dear children, do you know what this Celestial Father wants from you?  He wants to be recognized in you, that he holds his seat in the center of your soul; and since he gives everything to you, nor is there anything that he doesn’t give you, he wants your love in all that which you do.  Love him!  Let the love never depart for him from your little heart, from your lips, from your works, from everything, and this will be the delicious food that you will give to his paternity.

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 “‘He loves you very much and wants to be loved.  No one can arrive to love you like he loves you; so very true is it that you also have an earthly father, but how very dissimilar he is from the love of the Celestial Father!  He doesn’t always follow you, doesn’t watch over your steps, doesn’t sleep together (with you), nor beat in your heart, and if you fall he does not even know anything of it. Instead the Celestial Father doesn’t ever leave you; if you (are about) to fall he gives a hand to you in order not to let you fall, if you sleep he keeps vigil over you, and also if you play and are impertinent he is with you and knows all that which you do.  Therefore love him very, very much!’

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 “And inflaming myself more I said (to them):  ‘Give me (your) word that you will love him always, always!  Say it together with me:  “We love you, our Father who are in the heavens, we love you, our Father who resides in our hearts!”

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’ “My daughter, to my speech, the children, some were moved, some remained enraptured, some pressed themselves so very strongly to me, that they didn’t want me to leave anymore, I made (them) feel the beating life of my Celestial Father in their little hearts, and they rejoiced in it, they made festive, because they did not have a far distant Father anymore, but in (their) own hearts, and I, in order to harden them and in order to give (them) the strength to depart from me, blessed them, renewing upon those little boys our creative strength, invoking the power of the Father, the wisdom of I, (the) Son, and the virtue of the Holy Spirit; and I said to (them):  ‘Go, and then return’, and thus they departed from each other.

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“But then they returned the other days, but almost as throngs, a crowd of little boys, they put themselves to spy when I had to go out, and in order to see what I might do in our hovel.  And when I went out they clapped (their) hands for me, made festive for me, they shouted so much that my Mama went out to the door, in order to see what had happened, and oh, how she remained enraptured, in seeing her little Son speak with such grace to those children, that she felt (her) heart burst for love, and I saw in them the first produce of my life down here; because, of these childrenthat listened to me, not one was lost.

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 “The knowledge that they had a Father in their hearts, was as (a) deposit to be able to possess the celestial fatherland, in order to love that Father who already was also in the heaven.  My daughter, this sermon of mine that I, (a) little child, made to the little boys of Egypt, was the foundation, the substance of the creation of the man.  It contains the most necessary doctrine, the highest sanctity; it makes love arise in every instant in order for the Creator and the creature to love each other.

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 “What sorrow in seeing so many little lives that don’t know the life of a God in their souls!  They grow without divine paternity, as if they were alone in the world; they don’t feel nor know how very loved they are; how can they love me?  Hence, the love removed, the heart hardens, life becomes brutish, and [the poor youth!], he gives into the most serious crimes.  This is a sorrow for your Jesus, and I want that it be a sorrow for you, so that you pray for so many, because it teaches that I am in their hearts, that I love and want to be loved.”