June 15, 1978

THE PATH OF SANCTITY

Brother Octavio, write; I am Alexandrina.

The path of sanctity is a path established for anyone who wants to take it and run upon it; anyone can stop at the beginning, and take another path, it is true, but it is also certain that he, the omnipotent God, wants everyone to be saved, and that he never denies to anyone the moment of grace to go upon this path; but by reason of the respect for human freedom and dignity that he has, he obliges no one to take a particular path, and if it were not thus, we would have to doubt his infinite justice, which is absurd, for it would be equivalent to denying his existence.

For us this is a mystery, my brother; he, and he alone, the Creator, knows the profundity of the human heart and spirit, that are unsearchable for us, and it is true that for each human creature, there is a moment in which he is destined to receive the invitation for salvation, just as there is a moment in which God permits an invitation for a particular vocation. And what thing is it, that determines a "yes" or a " no" to the divine invitation? This is a great mystery for all of you, but it is absolutely certain, that no one can ever impute to God his own condemnation to eternal perdition.

But what becomes even more incomprehensible, is the fact that man, in particular the Christian, does not attempt to seriously ponder and consider the problem of life. There does not exist a single man, who does not guess that he is different from all the other animals, and that this difference is substantial, and not only accidental, for which reason he should feel the necessity of considering very seriously the knowledge of himself, and from this knowledge, to consider the knowledge of the Author of Life; this is a very short step, but it seems that man does not succeed in taking this small step, and what is the reason?

The Church is in the hands of its adversary

The answer to this has capital importance. Man comes to the light of this world with his spiritual nature mortally wounded, and therefore, weakened, and capable of being easily influenced; thus man comes to find himself more inclined to error and to evil than to goodness; and when he grows and develops, this inclination grows and develops with him, and is manifested in acts, movements and expressions contradictory to his nature of a free and intelligent creature, made to the image and likeness of God. It is by means of this inclination to evil, worked by Satan upon man, through which Satan himself continues his action of perversion.

Brother Octavio, the Church, a sacrament of salvation, desired by God to help man to heal his own spiritual wounds and to again give him the marvelous gift lost by original sin, today is in the hands of its terrible adversary, who tyrannizes it to his caprice; he first besieged it everywhere; then he created fissures in it, by which he could enter; then he entered into the interior, and demolished all the foundations and all the strongholds.

I know what is passing through your mind now: You ask: "Why was this invasion not prevented, either by persons or by the social structures of the Church itself?" But the reason is already known by you: God Almighty, the Alpha and Omega of everything and of everyone, is constrained before man; he is constrained before the work of his hands, he is constrained before man, whom he took from the clay of the earth and he respects his dignity of son of God and his freedom. Why was not the siege and invasion of the Church prevented? Brother, you also know this: because, in the divine economy of salvation, God subordinates even the evil done by his enemies, to the benefit of his creatures.

The new Church ... integral and pure

In the new Church it will be necessary to train the children of God for the battle against the darksome powers of evil. Bishops and priests, should be the ones who organize a plan of defense for individuals, and for the entire Mystical Body. The new Church - freed and purified from all contamination and infestation of the demon, and this in virtue of the blood of the coming martyrs and of the unspeakable sufferings of individuals and of the entire Mystical Body should be maintained integral and pure of the ulterior attacks of the enemy, who, humiliated and overcome by the great defeat worked by Mary, Queen of Victories, will no longer have his present aggressive power, although, of course, he will not desist from his attacks.

Brother Octavio, you now know with clarity that it is part of your labor to insist upon this indisputable reality: the center of the pastoral practice of the entire Church is, and always will be, the same true motive of the Incarnation, Passion, and Death of Jesus the Redeemer, that is to say, to snatch souls from Satan. This is now a motive of scandal for many bishops and priests, but post purificationem, everything will be radically changed!

Brother Octavio, the path that leads to sanctity is the way of the Cross; it is, and will continue to be, the great secret of happiness, of that happiness that the world ignores and does not accept; even more, it despises it! But you, yes: love the Cross, and ... forward!

I also, Alexandrina, tell you that you, and all of you, are not alone and that it is very important to persevere.

May God, one and three, to whom be all honor and all glory, bless you, now and always.

Alexandrina