Poverty
Somebody asked me about the lessons of the gospel on poverty.
- The person who thinks that he is poor because he only has a small room is mistaken. What is important is that the soul is not attached to the goods of this world, either people or things. If you place Me before everything, then you could live in a golden palace; it does not matter, you are poor.
If you own something, thank God, and if you lose it, equally thank God. If somebody needs something that you have, tell him: "Here it is, it is yours." The essence of poverty is that the things of the world do not absorb your soul, so that you can run freely towards the Lord. Be happy if you possess, but also be ready, at any time, to give it back to the Lord, because they are his gifts.
"What is mine is also yours"
A soul that was very faithful to Jesus once asked me to ask Jesus what more could she do. Jesus answered to her: "Love me! Your love causes our two hearts to be united in love. I want to give you graces, but you must renounce many material things. You must use the material things as if they did not exist, or as if the only purpose that they had was to unite you more to Me. For you there must not be anything or anybody but me. When we are united in love, your life and everything that is necessary for its maintenance will come from my administration. As compensation for this love, what is mine is also yours."
This truth occurred in my own life when I had to be resigned to losing everything, after the war, even the last needle, which was very difficult to do. The hardest part is to be disposed to lose even the things that we imagined we could not be without. But once this sacrifice is
made, immediately the soul feels so free that, although it might recover those things that
once were so important, it does not do so, for the joy of enjoying the feeling of freedom that
it experiences.
When I understood this clearly, it was as if I had opened a book: I suddenly saw the great amount of treasures that were hidden in this knowledge. It is really difficult to express what it is contained in the words of Jesus: "Do not look for consolation in material things, but in Me. Serve me joyously and happily."
When I understood this clearly, it was as if I had opened a book: I suddenly saw the great amount of treasures that were hidden in this knowledge. It is really difficult to express what it is contained in the words of Jesus: "Do not look for consolation in material things, but in Me. Serve me joyously and happily."
SOR MARÍA NATALIA MAGDOLNA
THE VICTORIOUS QUEEN OF THE WORLD
THE VICTORIOUS QUEEN OF THE WORLD