As some authoritative people read what is written on March 17 - that one who does the Will of God takes part in the actions ‘ad intra’ of the Divine Persons, etc. - they said that it was not like that, and that the creature does not enter into this. I was left pensive, though calm and convinced that Jesus would make the truth known. Then, finding myself in my usual state, I saw an interminable sea before my mind, and many objects inside this sea - some of them were small, some bigger; some remained on the surface of the sea and were simply wet; others went down to the bottom, becoming soaked with water inside and out; others, then, went down so deep as to become dissolved inside the sea.
Now, while I was seeing this, my always lovable Jesus came and told me:
“My beloved daughter, did you see that? The sea symbolizes my immensity, while the objects, different in size, the souls who live in my Will. The different ways of being - some on the surface, some down, some dissolved within Me - vary according to how they live in my Volition: some in an imperfect way, some in a more perfect way, and others reaching the point of dissolving completely in my Will.
Vol. 11, June 29, 1914There will be a hierarchy in the order of saints or more specifically in "the children of Kingdom of my Divine Fiat." Here Jesus addresses that even if there had not been the fall into original sin mankind would have displayed distinctions between themselves as can be seen in the order of Creation.
In the next reading Jesus speaks more so on the nine distinct choirs of the saints but of the significant difference between those who obtain these knowledges while still on earth and those who learn of them afterwards. Just as in the order of the choir of angels where each choir is distinct in level according to the acts of the Will of God to which the angels had been exposed, so too will some souls posses, as innately more of the characteristics of God as their own verses having them as be given to them as a communication.
'I
was thinking: ‘If the creature had not withdrawn from the Supreme Will,
one would be the sanctity, one the beauty, one the science, one the light, and
there would be the same knowledge of our Creator for all.’ Now, while I
was thinking of this, my beloved Jesus – and it seems to me that He Himself
makes these thoughts, some doubts and difficulties, arise within my mind, in
order to have the opportunity to speak to me and act as my Teacher – told me:
“My
daughter, you are wrong. My wisdom would not adapt itself to forming only
one sanctity, only one beauty, or to communicating only one science and the
same knowledge of Me to everyone. More so since, through highest accord
between my Will and those of creatures, the Kingdom of my Will would have had
free field of action. Therefore, all would have been saints, but one
distinct from the other – all beautiful, but varied, one more beautiful than
the other. And according to the sanctity of each one, I was to
communicate a distinct science; and with this science, some would know one
attribute of their Creator more, some another. You must know that as much
as We can give to the creature, she only takes the little drops of her Creator,
so great is the distance between Creator and creatures; and We have always new
and different things to give.
“And
besides, since Creation was created by Us so that We might delight in It, where
would Our delight be, had We formed in the creature only one sanctity, or given
only one beauty and only one knowledge of Our incomprehensible, immense and
infinite Being? Our wisdom would have grown bored with doing only one
thing. What would be said of Our wisdom, love and power, if in creating
this terrestrial globe, We had made it all sky, or all earth, or all sea?
What would Our glory have been? Instead, the multiplicity of so many
things created by Us, while singing the praises of wisdom, love and power,
speaks also of the variety of sanctity and beauty in which creatures were to
arise, for love of whom they were created. See, the sky studded with
stars is beautiful, but the sun also is beautiful, though they are distinct
from each other, and the sky does one office, the sun, another. The sea
is beautiful, but the flowery earth, the height of the mountains, the expanse
of the plains also are beautiful, though the beauties and the offices are
distinct among them. A garden is beautiful, but how many varieties of
plants and beauties are in it? There is the tiny little flower, beautiful
in its littleness; there is the violet, the rose, the lily – all beautiful, but
distinct in color, in fragrance, in size. There is the little plant and
the highest tree… What enchantment is a garden guided by an experienced
gardener!
“Now,
my daughter, in the order of human nature also there will be some who will
surpass the sky in sanctity and in beauty; some the sun, some the sea, some the
flowery earth, some the height of the mountains, some the tiny little flower,
some the little plant, and some the highest tree. And even if man should
withdraw from my Will, I will multiply the centuries so as to have, in the
human nature, all the order and the multiplicity of created things and of their
beauty - and to have it even surpassed in a more admirable and enchanting way.”
'
Vol. 19, May 15, 1926In the next reading Jesus speaks more so on the nine distinct choirs of the saints but of the significant difference between those who obtain these knowledges while still on earth and those who learn of them afterwards. Just as in the order of the choir of angels where each choir is distinct in level according to the acts of the Will of God to which the angels had been exposed, so too will some souls posses, as innately more of the characteristics of God as their own verses having them as be given to them as a communication.
"Because, to some, my Will manifested one act alone of my Will; to some, two; to
some, three; to some, seven; and in each thing pertaining to the additional act
which my Will manifested, some were made superior to others, and were rendered
more capable and worthy to be close to my Throne. So, the more my Will manifests
Itself, and they keep themselves in It, the more they are raised, embellished,
made happy and superior to others."
Vol. 17, Oct. 1924
“My daughter, just as I have the hierarchy of Angels, with nine distinct
choirs, so will I have the hierarchy of the children of the Kingdom of my
Divine Fiat. It will have Its nine choirs, and they will distinguish themselves
from one another according to the varieties of beauties which they have
acquired by knowing, some more, some less, the knowledges that pertain to my
Fiat. Therefore, each additional knowledge about my Divine Volition is one new
creation which It forms in creatures, of happiness and of unreachable beauty,
because it is a divine life that runs within it, bringing within itself all the
shades of the beauties of the One who manifests them, and all the keys and
sounds of the joys and happinesses of Our Divine Being.
So, if Our paternal Goodness exposes Its life, Its beauty and happiness, to the point of creating it in the midst of creatures, and they do not interest themselves in knowing it in order to take it by means of Our knowledges already given to them, it is not right that they receive either the beauty, or the sounds of Our joys as their own endowments. They will take what they have known. Therefore, there will be various choirs in the hierarchy of the Kingdom of my Divine Will. If you knew what difference will pass between those who bring my knowledges from the earth and those who will acquire them in Heaven…. The first will have them as their own endowments and one will see in them the nature of the divine beauty, and will hear the same sounds of the joys and happinesses which their Creator makes one hear and forms. On the other hand, in the second, these will be neither their own nature nor their own endowments, but they will receive them as the effect of the communication of others, almost as the earth receives the effects of the sun, but does not possess the nature of the sun. Therefore, those who will possess all the knowledges will form the highest choir, and according to their knowledge, so will the different choirs be formed. However, all those who have acquired these knowledges, whether in full or in part, will have the noble title of children of my Kingdom, because, for one who has the good of knowing them in order to make them one’s own life, these knowledges on my Fiat have the virtue of ennobling the creature, and of making the vital humors of the divine life flow within the soul, and of raising her to her first origin; and they are like the brush of the ‘Let Us make man in Our image and likeness’, and they portray the image of the Creator in the creature.
As for some knowing more and some less, then, the nobility of these will not be destroyed. It will happen, for example, as to a noble family, which has many children, some of whom give themselves to studying, and others to fine arts. Those elevate themselves more, have high and decorous positions, are known, loved and esteemed more, since, because of the sciences which they possess, they do more good in the midst of the people, which the other brothers do not do. But in spite of this, the fact that, by their sacrifices, these elevate themselves so much, does not destroy the other brothers’ being noble, because all of them carry within themselves the noble blood of their father, and therefore they dress in a noble fashion, they have noble manners in operating and in speaking – in everything. Such will be the children of my Fiat – all noble; they will lose the roughness of the human volition, the miserable rags of passions; the darkness of doubts, of fears, will be put to flight by the light of my knowledges, and will cast all into a sea of peace.
Vol. 23, Feb. 28, 1928
So, if Our paternal Goodness exposes Its life, Its beauty and happiness, to the point of creating it in the midst of creatures, and they do not interest themselves in knowing it in order to take it by means of Our knowledges already given to them, it is not right that they receive either the beauty, or the sounds of Our joys as their own endowments. They will take what they have known. Therefore, there will be various choirs in the hierarchy of the Kingdom of my Divine Will. If you knew what difference will pass between those who bring my knowledges from the earth and those who will acquire them in Heaven…. The first will have them as their own endowments and one will see in them the nature of the divine beauty, and will hear the same sounds of the joys and happinesses which their Creator makes one hear and forms. On the other hand, in the second, these will be neither their own nature nor their own endowments, but they will receive them as the effect of the communication of others, almost as the earth receives the effects of the sun, but does not possess the nature of the sun. Therefore, those who will possess all the knowledges will form the highest choir, and according to their knowledge, so will the different choirs be formed. However, all those who have acquired these knowledges, whether in full or in part, will have the noble title of children of my Kingdom, because, for one who has the good of knowing them in order to make them one’s own life, these knowledges on my Fiat have the virtue of ennobling the creature, and of making the vital humors of the divine life flow within the soul, and of raising her to her first origin; and they are like the brush of the ‘Let Us make man in Our image and likeness’, and they portray the image of the Creator in the creature.
As for some knowing more and some less, then, the nobility of these will not be destroyed. It will happen, for example, as to a noble family, which has many children, some of whom give themselves to studying, and others to fine arts. Those elevate themselves more, have high and decorous positions, are known, loved and esteemed more, since, because of the sciences which they possess, they do more good in the midst of the people, which the other brothers do not do. But in spite of this, the fact that, by their sacrifices, these elevate themselves so much, does not destroy the other brothers’ being noble, because all of them carry within themselves the noble blood of their father, and therefore they dress in a noble fashion, they have noble manners in operating and in speaking – in everything. Such will be the children of my Fiat – all noble; they will lose the roughness of the human volition, the miserable rags of passions; the darkness of doubts, of fears, will be put to flight by the light of my knowledges, and will cast all into a sea of peace.
Vol. 23, Feb. 28, 1928
Here is where free will comes into play. If he makes these knowleges available to creatures while on earth and yet they have no corresponding interest in obtaining them as he states above "...it is not right that they receive either the beauty, or the sounds of Our joys as their own endowments." He gives us the opportunity to choose how close we would like to be to Him. This is not something that either the Creation or the Angels where given but it is ours alone. All the other hierarchies that he has established have been ordered by his Will alone. At the most the Angels could say yes to his plan or no, but with us he wants us as partners in this Creation. It is in the end, ours to decide.
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