June 16, 1978

A MARVELOUS METAMORPHOSIS

Brother Octavio, I am Sister Fernanda.

You know my metamorphosis, asked by me of Jesus and obtained from him:

- A physical I was beautiful and attractive, and became ugly and disagreeable in the sight of everyone.

- A social I had an enviable social position, but to it I preferred poverty, and became a religious in the House of Divine Providence, and I later became the extern sister of the House; I was never ashamed of pushing rny cart through the streets of Carpi loaded with what Divine Providence gave us.

- A spiritual metamorphosis. This was the most desired and sought for, and few upon earth realized it, not even myself, although conscious of its reality, I saw on earth its amplitude and profundity.

Father Octavio, this latter marvelous metamorphosis is the reason for our path upon earth. This path has been given to us, so that each one of us may come to be, after having been interiorly transformed. precious and ripened fruits for eternity; in this is manifested the infinite goodness and love of God toward us human creatures.

Yesterday it was told you that God wants all men saved, not excluding anyone. It was also told you that he gives sufficient grace to everyone and that the result of this precious gift depends only on human correspondence, or lack of it.

Our “yes” or our “no” are completely free. To God's invitation to salvation, there automatically follows the interference of the evil one, but at this very instant comes a further grace and this is to maintain a just equilibrium in the human spirit, that makes possible the exercise of freedom. Hence the responsibility of man for the good or the evil that he performs; hence the just reward or the deserved punishment for human acts.

My sanctification depended upon my election

If this equable intervention of grace did not exist, always in proportion to the further effort of the powers of evil, God would not be just; just to think so is absurd. To think about good and evil in the life of man, without thinking about God or his enemy, is also absurd; and every human creature is, and must be, in the very center of this problem; therefore it is necessary to state that every human creature has the obligation of considering seriously this tragic contrast that is realized in his life, and that was described by St. Paul: “In me there are two laws;” (Rom. 7, 21), and he should seek the origin of this great problem, and from there, ascend to God, Creator and Lord of everyone and of everything, and he should consider Satan, who from a generator of light before his fall, was turned into a generator of darkness and of every evil, after his fall.

Brother Octavio, the messages that you receive at present all have as their finality, to place again in the scenario of the Church and of humanity, the great theme of pastoral practice, which can only be this: The implacable battle between God and Satan, between humanity, mortally wounded, and the dark powers of hell.

Father Octavio, I, Sister Fernanda from my first youth, noticed the harshness of this battle. Young, attractive, and with an enviable social position, I felt attracted, ensnared by the Demon, who did everything so I would yield to his flatteries, to all the good things that the world offered me, and on the other hand: God, who with the impulses of his light and of his grace, caused me to see the futility of all earthly goods: "Vanitas vanitatum" who made me see the brevity of earthly life that is like a flower that opens in the morning and fades at noon. In this duel and this confrontation between the two theses, let us call them thus, that were presented to me, one by the Light and the other by Darkness, so my intelligence would enlighten my will, so the latter could freely make its choice, behold the total and free responsibility of my person I chose with complete freedom, and upon this my choice depended the metamorphosis realized in me by the divine Goodness, for my personal sanctification.

Irreparable consequences of this battle if it is lost

I clung to the impulses of grace and rejected the flatteries of the demon; hence the transformation of my entire human life into the supernatural, and what has been verified in my person, can and should be verified in families, in the Church, in nations, and in every other institution; and if this does not happen, it is not the fault of God, but only the fault of those who do not believe in God, the fault of those who do not listen, the fault of those who reject him, listening to his opponent, the demon, who wants the ruin of persons and of the Church.

What a great responsibility is that of pastors and of priests, who do not enlighten souls about the origin and seriousness of the battle that, whether they want it or not, they have to face upon earth! A terrible responsibility for the bishops and priests who keep silent, moved by the most absurd pretexts, about the irreparable consequences of this battle, if it is lost!

Father Octavio, do not fear; you will never lack the necessary help, for it is your task to insist, to announce to souls the sad reality in which they move about, and to point out to them the way to come out unharmed by it, as I did.

May God, to whom is due all honor and glory, bless you. Pray and offer reparation, in particular for those who do not see what you see.

Sister Fernanda