Let's continue our secrets of love.
Today I will tell you one of the reasons that induced me to wash the feet of my apostles before dinner.
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It was, first of all, to show the souls how much I want them to be clean and white when they receive Me in the Sacrament of my Love.
It was also to represent the Sacrament of Penance, in which souls who have had the misfortune to fall into sin, can wash themselves and regain their lost whiteness.
I wanted to wash their feet Myself, to teach the souls who are dedicated to apostolic works to humble themselves and to treat sinners and all the souls entrusted to them with gentleness.
I would like to gird myself with a canvas to show them that to obtain good success with souls, one must gird oneself with mortification and one's own self-denial. I also wanted to teach them mutual charity and how to wash away the faults observed in their neighbors, always hiding them and excusing them, without ever revealing the defects of others.
Finally, the water that I poured on the feet of my apostles was an image of the zeal that consumed my Heart, in desire for the salvation of men.
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At that moment, when the Redemption of the human race was near, my Heart could not contain its ardor, and since the Love I felt for men was infinite, I did not want to leave them orphans.
To live with them until the end of the centuries and show them my Love, I wanted to be their breath, their support, their life, their everything
Ah! How I would like to make the feelings of my Heart known to all souls! How I wish that they were penetrated by the love I felt for them, when I instituted the Eucharist in the Cenacle!
At that moment, I saw all souls who, in the course of centuries, had to nourish themselves with my Body and Blood and the divine effects produced in many, many souls...
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In how many souls would that Immaculate Blood engender purity and virginity! In how many would it kindle the flame of love and zeal! How many martyrs of love were gathered in that hour before my eyes and in my Heart!... How many other souls, after having committed many serious sins, weakened by the strength of the Passion, would come to Me to renew their vigour with the Bread of the strong!
There, who will be able to penetrate the feelings of my Heart in those moments! Feelings of Love, of joy, of tenderness... But... how much was also the bitterness which seized my Heart!
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I will continue, Josefa. Go in peace. Comfort me and do not fear; for my Blood is not exhausted, and it purifies your soul...
Jesus to Sister Josefa Menendez