The only thing that makes the creature resemble God

 

 


 
(1) Continuing in my usual state, as soon as my always amiable Jesus came, I kissed Him, saying to Him: “My Jesus, if it were possible for me, I would like to give You the kiss of all creatures, so that I might satisfy Your love by bringing them all to You.” And Jesus:

(2) “My daughter, if you want to give Me the kiss of all, kiss Me in My Will, because My Will, containing the creative power, contains the capacity to multiply one act into as many acts as one wishes. Thus, you will give Me the same joy as if everyone had kissed Me, you will have the merit as if you had made everyone kiss Me, and all creatures will receive the effects according to their own dispositions.

(3) An act in My Will contains all possible and imaginable goods. You can find an image of this in the light of the sun: the light is one, but this light is multiplied in all the gazes of creatures. The light is always one and a single act, yet not all the gazes of creatures enjoy the same light. Some, with weak sight, need to place their hand over their eyes so as not to be blinded by the light; others, who are blind, do not enjoy it at all—yet this is not due to a defect in the light, but due to a defect in the creatures' sight.

So, My daughter, if you wish to love Me for everyone, if you do it in My Will, your love will flow in It, and filling Heaven and earth with My Will, I will hear your 'I love you' repeated in Heaven, around Me, within Me, and on earth; and in every place it will be multiplied by as many acts as My Will can perform. Therefore, you can give Me the satisfaction of the love of all, because the creature is limited and finite, whereas My Will is immense and infinite.

(4) How else can those words spoken by Me when creating man be explained:
'Let us make man in our image and likeness'? How could the creature, being so limited, resemble Me and be My image? Only in My Will could he attain this, because by making It his own, he comes to act in a divine way, and through the repetition of these divine acts, he comes to resemble Me, to become My perfect image. It happens just like a child who, by repeating the actions he sees in his master, comes to resemble the master. Therefore, the only thing that makes the creature resemble Me is My Will; this is why I am so deeply invested in the creature making It his own and fulfilling the true purpose for which he was created.”

*L. Piccarreta, Book of Heaven, Vol. 11*