December 1, 1977

MY CHURCH

A marvelous fusion of the Divine with the human

Write, my son; I am Jesus, and I should tell you important things in relation to my Church post purificationem. Son, the Church is mine. It has issued forth from my pierced side; my Church is a sacrament of salvation, established by Me to guide all men toward the port of eternal salvation.

The Church is a marvelous fusion of the divine with the human, whose comparison and image, in an inferior order, is the fusion of spirit with matter-body-in the human person. You can take another image from the natural element, soul, and the supernatural element, grace.

I, God, One and Three, wanted the Church as an instrument in order to realize and perpetuate upon earth the second creation. I am the head of the Church, invisible but real, always present, supernaturally active and fruitful. I am the indefectible Teacher, the secure Guide; in it I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. My Church is a perfect society, human and divine; human because men form its members; divine because its origin is divine, because divine is its nature, because divine is its doctrine, because divine are the means of sanctification at its disposition, and because divine are the purposes that it pursues.

My Church is perfect because nothing is lacking in it to be so, because divine is the life that circulates in it, because it is impregnated by the action and by the presence of the Holy Ghost, who supports it, who vivifies it and sanctifies it, in its path in this land of exile.

The smoke of hell has entered into it

My son, I anticipate your objection, although not expressed, but only thought: Then why, my Jesus, is the Church suffering so terribly with such innumerable evils? Because the human element is in the Church. Where man is, there is imperfection, and if, besides, man is moved by presumption or pride and becomes involved with Satan, Satan takes possession of him and makes of him an instrument for evil; never forget it; he is the one who mimics God; everything that God does for good, he does for evil.

- Why, my Jesus, is the Church so gravely sick?

- Because the smoke of hell has entered into it, obscuring the minds of those who by their pride have thus desired it; these unfortunate ones will never be able to evaluate the incalculable harm caused thereby to the Church.

Now I answer another objection of yours: perhaps the action of the Holy Ghost has been diminished No, son, God does not lie; God is faithful to his promises; God has not been diminished; it is man, who has failed in his fidelity.

Very few are those who are disposed to follow me upon the way of the cross

God never limits or restrains man's freedom, even when man uses this stupendous gift against God; and if it were not thus-tell me, what would happen to the world now?

How many times have I said to you, son, that evil, of whatever kind, never comes from God, but rather from Satan who is the evil one, totally evil, and from man, who desires it never from God. God is not unfaithful to man, but rather man is unfaithful to God.

The purposes of my Church are the purposes of the mystery of the Redemption; it is incumbent upon my Church to pursue these purposes. The means to pursue these purposes are also those of my Redemption: humility, poverty, obedience, and Calvary, to which today many refuse to ascend. Even among bishops, among priests and among consecrated souls in general, there are very few who are disposed to follow Me upon the way of the Cross. Here you have the root of the aridity in my Church today!

My Church is the only custodian, the only interpreter, and the only depository of my Word; he who dares to deny this prerogative to my Church, and sacrilegiously takes possession of my Word, mutilating it, disfiguring it or transforming it, would commit a most grave sin against the Holy Ghost, a sin of presumption, a sin that rarely finds forgiveness.

Son, I bless you; give joy to your Jesus by being available for the cross.