My children,
thank you for gathering in prayer and for heeding My call in your hearts.
My children, I often hear many of you longing for numerous gifts, but God has given you two special gifts: one is intelligence, and the other is conscience.
You need intelligence to discern good from evil; otherwise, God’s laws alone would have been enough for you. You are capable of knowing which actions lead toward God and which toward Satan.
He has given you a conscience, which is the word of God within you, and you know consciously what is right and what is wrong.
And then He has given you freedom. So I ask you, children: do you have the right tools to walk toward eternal life, or not?
Make the use of these gifts your priority and ask for nothing else, because if you fail to use them, it could be dangerous for everyone, since many lack humility.
I love you and am close to you.
Now I bless you, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Reflection on the message:
Our Lady refers back to the final account of Pentecost to share a confidence with us: many, probably after hearing last Sunday’s Liturgy of the Word, asked her to receive “many gifts” (St. Paul lists them in his First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter 12).
However, we forget two fundamental things:
– the first is that the Lord grants these manifestations of the Spirit for the common good, to serve our brothers and sisters, not to increase our fame, our success, or our pride;
– the second is that we already possess very important divine gifts that represent our deepest essence.
Here they are:
– intelligence, which helps us interpret reality and understand which actions lead to happiness and love and which instead lead to Satan;
– conscience, which is the most intimate and sacred part of a person (their heart), where God speaks to them. While intelligence helps us understand what is good or evil in the abstract, conscience enables us to make concrete choices, to do what is right, or to warn us if we are doing something wrong;
– finally, freedom, which is the greatest gift. It is the ability to consciously and voluntarily choose the good. It does not mean doing whatever one wants.
Let us examine our consciences, because Our Lady does not see humility in our hearts, and before taking any action, let us ask ourselves: Am I doing something pleasing to God? How would Jesus behave in my place, in this specific situation?
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