November 30, 1976

VICTIM SOULS

My son, write:

Who are victim souls? What is the finality of victim souls? Why are victim souls unknown, except by very few souls? Why do victim souls frequently incur aversion and incomprehension, and at times, persecution, from those, who by reason of logic, should comprehend them and support them in all ways?

Who are they?

Victim souls are chosen souls, chosen by Heaven, by the divine Trinity, of whom they are converted into daughters and spouses; they are the souls most loved by the Father, and very intimately united to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.

They are the souls who, generously, very often, heroically, make a gift of their human life to God, conditioning their entire life to the divine Will, not desiring anything except what God wills of them, not desiring anything except God, the only exalted, true good of their souls, the Alpha and Omega of everything and of everyone and they offer and immolate themselves through love to God, the Highest Good, the reason and end of our life, to atone for their own offenses and for those of all the others.

What do they do? They ascend with Christ to the cross

Victim souls are privileged souls, who only seek to be. able to follow Christ, not only according to his words: “He who wishes to follow after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross follow Me;” they are not only content to follow Me on the way of Calvary but they even ascend with Me to the Cross.

They are brave, heroic and generous souls; they are souls who feel profoundly the sociality of the Church, and above all, of a Church that is weakened, and for this reason they offer themselves.

Victim souls are enlightened souls, who have understood that there cannot be love for God nor for the brethren; without suffering; they are the most faithful and authentic interpreters and realizers of the two commandments of Love.

Victim souls are those who, lifted up above the dense obscurity that envelops humanity, desire to raise themselves, and in reality do raise themselves upward, on high, to the highest part of the atmosphere, infected and corrupted by this materialistic humanity, and although they walk upon earth, their souls and their thoughts are above, on high, in heaven, and are all directed to God, with God, and in God.

Victim souls are lightning-rods of humanity. Woe to men; woe to the earth, if there were not victim souls! Divine justice would already have taken its inexorable course, leaving only ashes of everything and of everyone.

Why are they so little known?

My son, since genuine goodness, true virtue, avoids publicity, the noise of the world, the styles of living in the world, therefore they love to live in retirement, in secrecy, in silence, so that they are always ready to receive the voices and the lights that come from on high, to be able to conform themselves to the divine Will, which indeed wants them in the world, but hidden from the eyes of those who do not know them and who cannot comprehend them, and also because they, loving God so intensely, could not develop their colloquy with God except in their humble concealment.

They are still so little known, my son, because men, when they do not comprehend them, to their eyes they seem as if crazy and without sense; thus the world does not love them, but instead often despises them, laughs at them and avoids them, but in reality it fears them and rejects them, because their heroic abnegation announces a severe condemnation and a just warning, that consciences loaded with sin do not tolerate.

We, as fools.... believed that...

One day men will have to rectify their thoughts and their judgments about victim souls, whom they voluntarily ignored and despised. One day men will see, just as the rich man saw poor Lazarus, resting in the bosom of Abraham.

One day men will look at victim souls and will say: “We, like fools, have erred from the way of truth. We thought that...” (Wisdom 5: 4-6).

My son, at other times I told you that my ways are different from your ways; he who believes in Me will not be lost in the obscure labyrinths of a world dominated by the evil one; he who believes in Me, let him follow Me upon the paths that I have traced out for everyone, with my life upon earth.

I bless you, son; love Me greatly. Come after Me, son; come and follow Me, and you will not regret it!