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rivers of grace and boundless calls of
Mercy;
day and night, My loved ones, you
stumble along the shadows; come to Me,
and I will touch your heart so that your
perversity melts away; then in the
immensity of My Love I have for you, I
will fall like dew upon you and My
Divinity will overwhelm your misery,
encompassing it to dwell permanently in
My brightness, making out of you a
vessel of light and one spirit with Mine;
ah, Vassula,1 you whom I blessed with
the unction of My Name, jealousy
inflames My Heart every time your heart
acts like dame folly and flutters away
from Mine, pursuing frills and not My
Divine power; I tell you, My loved one,
keep your Bridegroom’s principles and
bind them to your heart; these will warm
your heart and will avert you from
becoming distracted from the Presence
of your Bridegroom who is only waiting
to be gracious to you, Ever-so-loved-by-
Me; and if I have asked you to disclose
My wedding song2 by writing, it was
because of My zealous love I have for
each soul and because I wanted that My
loved ones have enough nourishment
while they are crossing this desert .... I
have entrusted you with one talent, to
procure for Us,3 the equivalent amount;
you have done well, because you have
shown to Us, in your ardour to please
Us, your faithfulness;
so now have your retreat in Us; have
your retreat in My Heart, and taste, like
in former times, the intimate delights of
My Heart; may the essence of My Love
flow like a river into your heart so that
all your tiny infidelities by which they
raised My Eyebrow, be washed away;
behold, now I am imprinting My
words on you, for the salvation of so
many sinners; I have come to you with
1 Suddenly His Divine Gaze turned and looked at me.
2 True Life in God.
3 The Holy Trinity.
gentleness, My bride, for the renewal of
the mystical Body of My Son;
behold now I, your Creator, am calling
you, for I have espoused you to Myself,
so that in Our union I would have the
pleasure to adorn you with faithfulness
and with ardour; yes, on this fragile clay,
I have imprinted My Name all over you
since that day when your soul called out
to Me: “Abba!” and from thereon I have
straightened your path on earth and
taught you how to delight in Me by being
ever at play in My Presence;
know, My Vassula, how I desired that
you love Me with all your heart and how
I longed to turn your whole life into a
permanent longing and thirsting for Me,
your God; I wanted to show you My
Kingdom and My nuptial chamber
where, in privacy, we could delight one
another; I, your Bridegroom, aflame
with love, would converse intimately
with you, teaching you the knowledge of
holy things; and you, cleaving yourself
firmly to My Heart, would be aspiring
grace from the breath of Omnipotence,
so that you would not cease to be;
no, My chosen one, our intimate
union is not like the memory of a one-
day guest; I will not cause you to trouble
your heart by withdrawing My intimate
union from you; I will take care of your
frailty, My Vassula; see, My beloved one,
how I desired to draw you to Me as a
lover who draws his loved one in
privacy;
I, who am the Lover of mankind,
Spouse of My creation, wish to draw you
now to Me .... take a retreat in Me4....
why, you must have heard sometimes
how the bridegroom longs to be alone
with his bride after the wedding? I am
offering you this favour as a prelude to
4 This He said it as an invitation but with great
solemnity.
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