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my womb, and fixing on little John in the womb of his mother with the
rays of His Divinity, He sanctified him, gave him the use of reason, and
made known to him that He was the Son of God. And John leaped so
vigorously with love and with joy that Elisabeth felt shaken. She too,
touched by the light of the Divinity of my Son, recognized that I had
become the Mother of God; and in the emphasis of her love, trembling
with gratitude, she exclaimed: “Whence comes to me so much honour,
that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?”
I did not deny the highest mystery; rather, I humbly confirmed it.
Praising God with the song of the Magnificat sublime canticle, through
which the Church continuously honours Me, I announced that the Lord
had done great things in Me, His handmaid, and that because of this, all
peoples would call Me blessed.
My child, I felt devoured with the desire to pour out the flames of love
that consumed Me, and to reveal my secret to Elisabeth, who also
longed for the Messiah to come upon earth. A secret is a need of the
heart which, irresistibly, is revealed to persons who are capable of
understanding each other.
Who can ever tell you how much good my visit brought to Elisabeth, to
John, and to their whole household? Each one remained sanctified,
filled with gladness, felt unusual joys, and comprehended things
unheard-of. And John, in particular, received all the graces which were
necessary for him, to prepare himself to be the precursor of my Son.
Dearest child, the Divine Will does great and unheard-of things
wherever It reigns. If I worked many prodigies, it was because It had Its
royal place in Me. If you let the Divine Will reign in your soul, you too
will become the bearer of Jesus to creatures you too will feel the
irresistible need to give Him to all.
The Soul: Holy Mama, how I thank You for your beautiful lessons. I feel
that they have such power over me as to make me yearn continuously
to live in the Divine Will. But so that I may obtain this grace come,
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