July 14, 1904 –
My days are becoming more and more sorrowful because of the almost continuous privations of my adorable Jesus. I myself do not know why I feel my soul, and also my body, being devoured by this separation. What a consuming torment... My only and sole comfort is the Will of God, because if I have lost everything, and also Jesus, this holy and most sweet Will of God alone is in my power. Also, feeling that my body too is being devoured, I flatter myself that it will not take too long for it to melt, because I see that I feel it succumb, and therefore I hope that one day or another the Lord may call me to Himself and end this hard separation.
Then, this morning, after much struggling – O, how much! – He came for just a little and told me: “My daughter, life is a continuous consummation. Some consume it for pleasures, some for creatures, some for sinning, others for interests, some for whims... There are many kinds of consummation. Now, one who forms this consummation all in God, can say with all certainty: ‘Lord, my life has been consumed with love for You, and I have not only consumed myself, but I have
by the Little Daughter of the Divine Will, Luisa Piccarreta