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no, I have not come to inflict
punishment on you, but instead, I came
to you to wed you, and as a bridegroom
who lavishes his bride with gifts, I
adorned you with My divine gifts; it is
not by the eloquence of words I am
moved or affected, but by a contrite
spirit; does not Scripture teach you to
love virtue? were you to seek Me in
simplicity of heart, not putting Me to the
test, then I, in My Benevolence, will
come down from heaven as a lightning
inside your body and be your lamp;
you have been taught that the lamp of
your body is your eye, and so it is,
because a diseased eye has no vision and
has only darkness, whereas a healthy eye
illuminates the view; I am this lamp and
anyone who has Me within him, will seek
the true virtues and not the vices; I am
the real lamp of your body that fills your
whole body with the treasures and
splendours of Our Kingdom; these
treasures and splendours are the virtues;
where there is Light there is virtue;
where there is Darkness there is vice; do
not be mistaken and cling to this dying
world, but be faithful to Me and you will
live with Me in love; love virtue;
in the beginning, Vassula, you were
asked to live holy and be holy; I had also
counselled you that were you to strike
deep roots in Me, you would not sway in
the wind nor would any of your branches
snap off with any kind of tempest; then
your fruit would be plenty, enough to
feed a multitude and generations; were
you to remain loyal to Us, I said I would
grant you special favours, and so I did; I
imbedded you like a royal gem in Me,
and addressed you; I refreshed you and
nourished you to grow in virtue; I gave
you such virtues as love and patience,
wisdom, knowledge, fortitude and
perseverance; Christ had offered you His
patience and at the same time, the grace
of hope; to build your hope that one day
holiness would be rewarded I have
taught you to endure all the tests put to
you with a holy patience;
you sought, in your human frailty to
please Us; so We bent over you and
loved you; Wisdom is given to mere
children and so We, in Our Triune
Holiness, found simplicity of heart and
instructed you that you had to acquire
Wisdom, but We would be helping you;
We said that We would help you imitate
Us and be Our living altar upon which
We would place Our knowledge, so that
you would understand and know Us;
you sought to please Us, and We
found Our comfort in you; I am the
Spirit who teaches and gives
temperance; soul, let your sparks die
down even more; your closeness to Us is
wealth for your soul; yes, your closeness
to Our royal Munificence renders you
perseverant not only for your mission
but to reach an invincible holiness, I said
to you, My beloved, to love virtue, and I
compared you to a tree which has many
branches, rich in foliage, because you
were rooted in Me, the Source of Love,
and from that Source you were irrigated
to produce many and a variety of fruits,
fruits of virtues; I say a variety of virtues
because any one who is rooted in Love
which is the principle of all virtues, will
give birth to all other virtues;
does not Scripture say: “Love endures,
Love is always patient and kind; Love is
never jealous or boastful; Love is not
proud; it is not rude or selfish; Love does
not take offence and holds no rancour;
Love takes no pleasure in other people’s
sins or vices, but rejoices in the Holy
Spirit and delights in the truth; it is
always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope
and to endure whatever comes;”
I have given you the virtue of fortitude
to be the principle of all your other
virtues in you; since I was preparing
your soul for this battle of your times,
where good is deformed into evil; in the
beginning, Christ instructed you as well
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