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whether you are invested with beautiful humility, and do not
worry about all the rest.”

Then He showed me many religious people and, among them,

priests even of holy life. But as good as they were, they lacked
that spirit of simplicity in believing in the many graces and the
many ways the Lord uses with souls. Jesus said to me: “I
communicate Myself both to the humble and to the simple,

because they immediately believe in my graces and take them
into great consideration, though they may be ignorant and poor.

But with these others you see, I am very reluctant, because the
first step which draws the soul near Me is belief; and it happens
that these, with all of their science and doctrine, and even
holiness, never come to experience a ray of celestial light – that

is, they walk along the natural way, and they never arrive at
touching, even slightly, that which is supernatural. This is also
the reason for which in the course of my mortal life there was

not one learned, one priest, one man of power, among my
followers, but all ignorant and of low condition – because these
were more humble and simple, and also more disposed to
make great sacrifices for Me.”

Volume 10, May 19, 1911,

Confidence captures Jesus. Jesus wants the soul to forget
about herself and to occupy herself with Him alone.

Continuing in my usual state, my always lovable Jesus made
Himself seen all afflicted, and I was around Him, all intent on

compassionating Him, loving Him, embracing Him and
consoling Him, with all the fullness of confidence; and my sweet
Jesus told me: “My daughter, you are my contentment. I like it
this way – that the soul forgets about herself, about her

miseries, and occupies herself only with Me, with my afflictions,
with my bitternesses, with my love, and she remains around Me
with all confidence. This confidence captures my Heart and

inundates Me with so much joy that, just as the soul forgets all

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