Passages on the Priests from the
Book of Heaven: Volumes 1-10
Volume 1
“Do Not Fear, I AM The One Who Gives darkness and Light. The time of The Light shall Come. It is My Usual Way to Manifest My Works through The Priests.”
Volume 4 - November 17, 1902
And I: “Lord, shall You not Make me Come Round Yourself if You Make me fall?”
And the Voice of Our Lord: “No, it is a Decree of My Will to use the Work of The Priest to Make you Come Round from that state of sufferings, and if The Priests Want to Know why, let them Come to Me and Ask Me. My Wisdom is Incomprehensible and has Many Unusual Ways for the Salvation of souls; but even though It is Incomprehensible, if The Priests Want to find the reason, let them go deep, for The Priests shall Find it – Bright Like sun.”
Volume 4 - December 4, 1902
Then Jesus added: “My Power Extended Everywhere, and From Any Place I was, I could Operate the Most Sensational Miracles; yet, in almost All My Miracles I Wanted to be Personally Present. As for example, when I Resurrected Lazarus, I Went there, I had them remove the sepulchral stone, then I had him released, and then, With the Empire of My Voice, I Called him Back to Life. In Resurrecting the young girl, I Took her by the hand with My Right Hand, and I Called her Back to Life; and in Many Other Things that are Recorded in the Gospel, and that are Known to All, I Wanted to be there with My Presence. This Teaches the Way in which The Priest Must Behave in his Operating, since the Future Life of the Church was Enclosed in Mine.”
Volume 7 - October 20, 1906
“…Therefore, pray For Priests, that they may be Light for the peoples, so that, as the Light arises again, the secular may acquire Life and may see the errors they commit; and by seeing them, they shall feel disgusted to commit these grave excesses, that shall be the cause of grave chastisements.”
Volume 10 - December 22, 1910
“It is necessary to crush, to pulverize that which is human in order to be able to Live of God. And here is how, not you, But God Himself shall Speak and Operate in you, and the souls and the works entrusted to you shall produce Splendid Effects, and you shall receive the Fruits that you and I Longed For – like the Works of the Reunions of Priests that I spoke to you about before. One of these might be able to promote and also carry out this Work, but a little bit of self-esteem, of useless fear, of human respect renders The Priest incapable; and when Grace finds the soul surrounded by this baseness, it flies and does not stop, and the Priest remains a man and operates as a man, and his works have the effects that those of a man can have – not the Effects that a Priest animated by the Spirit of Jesus Christ can have.”
Volume 10
December 25, 1910
“My beloved daughter, who came to Visit me in the Grotto of My Birth? Only Shepherds were My first Visitors… Then Came the Magi, but No Priest showed up, while they should have been the first to form My Cortege. In fact, more than anyone else, according to the Scriptures that they studied, The Priests Knew the Time and the Place, and it was Easier For them to come to visit me. But No One – No One moved; rather, while they indicated the Place to the Magi, they Did Not move, Nor did they trouble to take one step to follow the traces of My Coming. This was a most bitter sorrow for Me at My Birth, because in those Priests the attachment to riches, to interest, to families and to exterior things was So Great as to blind their sight like a glare, harden their hearts, and render their intelligence dazed to the Knowledge of the Most Sacrosanct and Most Certain Truths. They were so engulfed in the low things of the earth, as to Never be able to believe that a God Could Come upon earth in the midst of so much poverty and so much humiliation. And this, Not Only at My Birth, but also during the Course of My Life. When I performed the Most Sensational Miracles, No Priest Followed Me; on the Contrary, The Priests Plotted My Death, and Killed Me On The Cross. And after Using All of My Art in order to Draw The Priests to Myself, I put them into Oblivion and chose poor and ignorant people as My Apostles, Forming My Holy Church in The Priests. I segregated The Priests from their families, I released The Priests from any bond of Riches, I Filled The Priests with the Treasures of My Graces, and I Rendered The Priests Capable of Governing My Church and souls.
However, You Must Know that this sorrow of Mine is still lasting, because The Priests of these times have banded together with The Priests of those times. They have been holding hands in their attachments to families, to interest, to exterior things, and they care very little, or not at all, about that which is Interior. Even more, some have degraded themselves so much as to make even secular people understand how unhappy they are with their state, lowering their dignity down to the bottom, and below the secular themselves. Ah! My daughter, what Prestige can their Word still have among the peoples? Even More, because of The Priests, the peoples keep deteriorating in the Faith and into abysses of worse evils, groping their way in darkness, because they See No more Light in The Priests. This is the Reason For the Necessity of Houses of Reunion of Priests, so that, freed from the mist of darkness by which The Priest is invaded – families, interest, and cares for exterior things - The Priest may Give Out Light of True Virtues, and the peoples may turn back from the errors in which they have fallen. These Houses of Reunion of Priests are So Necessary, that every time the Holy Church has reached the bottom, This has almost always been the means in order to Make Her Rise Again, More Beautiful and Majestic.”
Volume 10
January 8, 1910
I shall now write things of the past in order to obey, and I shall explain myself about these Houses of Reunion of Priests that Blessed Jesus Wants. Since a Holy Priest came during last November and Told me to Ask Jesus what He Wanted from him, my Always Lovable Jesus Told me: “The Mission of The Priest Chosen by Me shall be High and Sublime. It is about Saving the Most Noble, the Most Sacred Part, that are The Priests, who in these times have become the laughing stock of the peoples. The Most Appropriate Means would be to Form these Houses of Reunion for Priests, so as to segregate them from their families, because the family kills The Priest, while The Priest should promote it, Push it, and also Intimidate it. If these are Saved, the peoples are Saved.”
Then I Received Four Communications from Jesus Regarding these Reunion for Priests. I wrote them, and I Gave them to that Priest; so, I did not think it was Necessary to Repeat them in these Writings of mine. But Obedience Wants me to Write them, and I shall make the Sacrifice:
1 – My Adorable Jesus Told me: “The Mission I shall Give is High and Sublime, in a Special Way, for Priests. Faith is almost Extinguished among the peoples, and if there is any spark left, it is as though hidden under ashes. The Life of Priests, that is almost completely secularized, and maybe worse than that, as well as their examples, that are Not Good, lend a hand to extinguish this spark. And what shall happen to the Priests and to the peoples? This is why I have Called the Priests, so that the Priest may interest himself with My Cause, and with Example, with Words, with Works and with Sacrifice, the Priest may put a mend in it. The Most Suitable, Appropriate and Effective mending would be to Form Houses of Reunion for Diocesan Priests within their towns, segregating them from their families; because the family kills the Priest and Causes the darkness of interest, the darkness of appreciation of mundane things, the darkness of corruption to be cast into the midst of the peoples. In sum, it Takes Away All the Prestige, the Splendor of the Priestly Dignity, and it Makes the Priests become the laughing stock of the people. I shall Give the Priests Intrepidity, Courage and Grace, if the Priests gets down to work.”
In addition to this, it seemed that Blessed Jesus Adorned the Priest’s heart, now with Love and now with Sorrow, letting the Priest share in Jesus’ Pains.
2 – My Highest and Only Good Continues to Speak to me about the Great Good that would come to the Church by Forming these Houses of Reunion for Priests: “The Good shall become More Good; those who are imperfect, lukewarm, relaxed, shall become Good; those who are really wicked shall go out. And this is how the body of the Priests of My Holy Church shall be riddled and Purified; and by means of the Purification of the Chosen part, the Most Sacred, the people shall be Reformed.”
In the meantime, I could see before my mind, as if inside a picture, Corato and the Priests who were to lead this work, though it would be directed by Father G. The Priests seemed to be Father’s C., D., B. and D., C., F., followed by others; and it seemed that they were to put in a share of their Possessions. And My Adorable Jesus added: “It is Necessary to Weave this thing well, so that no one may escape, and to Procure the Necessary Means so as Not to Burden the people. And so, the parish incomes should be tied only to those Priests who shall participate in these Reunion of Priests; and these shall maintain the Choir and All of the other Offices pertaining to their Priesthood. At first, this shall provoke contradictions and persecutions, but mainly among the Priests themselves. However, soon things will change - the people shall be with the Priests, generously providing for the Priests, and they shall enjoy the Peace and the Fruit of their toils, because for those who are with Me, I Allow that Everyone be with the Priests.”
Then, my Always Lovable Jesus threw Himself into my arms, All Afflicted and Applicating, So Much as to move to pity even the stones; and He said: “Tell Father G. that I beg him, I supplicate him to Help - to Save My children, and Not to Let My children Perish.”
3 – My Always Lovable Jesus continues on the Same Topic. With the Priests there present, I saw the Heavens Opened and my Adorable Jesus and the Celestial Mama Coming Toward me, with the Saints Looking at us from Heaven. And my benign Jesus said: “My daughter, Tell Father G. that I Absolutely Want this Work. The Priests already begin to raise difficulties, but Tell him that it Takes nothing but Intrepidity, Courage and Lack of Self-Interest. It is Necessary to close one’s ears to All that is human, and to Open them to that which is Divine; otherwise, the human difficulties shall become a net that shall keep the Priests entangled, in such a way that the Priests shall not be able to get out, and I shall Justly Chastise the Priests, rendering the Priests the rags of the peoples. But if the Priests Promise to get down to Work, I shall be All for the Priests, and the Priests shall be nothing but the shadows that shall follow the Work So Yearned for by Me. Not only this, but the Priests shall have Another Great Good. In fact, the Holy Church Needs to be Purged and Washed by the Shedding of Blood, because She has dirtied herself Very, Very Much, to the point of Giving Me nausea; but in the places where the Priests shall Purify themselves in this Way, I shall Spare the blood. What more do the Priests want?”
Then, turning around, as though looking at one of the Priests, He added: “I Choose you as the Head of this Work, because I have Cast a Seed of Courage within you. This is a Gift, and I do not want you to keep it uselessly. Up until now, you have wasted it in frivolous things, in foolish things and in politics – and these have repaid you by embittering you and by giving you No Peace. Now, Enough – Enough! Give yourself to My Work, use the Courage I have Given you Only for Me, and I shall be All for you, and shall Repay you by Giving you Peace and Grace. I shall make you Acquire that Esteem that you have been fishing for back there, and that you have not obtained; or rather, I shall Not Give you human esteem, but Divine.”
Then He Said to Father G.: “My son, Courage, Defend My Cause; Sustain – Help those Priests whom you See a little disposed for this Work. Promise Every Good in My Name to those who shall Commit themselves, and threaten those who cause contradictions and obstacles. Tell the Bishops and the Superiors that if they Want to Save the Flock, this is the Only Means. It is up to them to Save the Shepherds, and up to the Shepherds to Save the Flock; and if the Bishops Do Not Place the Shepherds in Safety, how can the Flock ever be Saved?”
4 – Having heard about the difficulties of The Priests in Forming The Houses of Reunions, I was Praying to Good Jesus that, if it was His Most Holy Divine Will that it Be Done, He would dissolve the obstacles that were preventing Such a Great Good. And my Adorable Jesus, in Coming, Told me: “My daughter, All the obstacles come from the fact that each Priest looks at this thing according to the Priest’s own conditions and own dispositions, and, naturally, the Priest encounter a thousand laces and stumbling blocks which prevent the Priest’s steps. But if the Priest Looked at this Work according to My Honor and Glory, and Only for the Good of the Priest’s souls and of the souls of others, All laces would be broken, and the obstacles would vanish. Yet, if the Priests Commit themselves, I, Jesus, shall be with the Priests, and I shall Protect the Priests So Much, that if any Priest shall try to oppose and hinder My Work, I AM even disposed to Take his life Away.”
Then, All Afflicted, my Always Lovable Jesus Added: “Ah! My daughter, Do you Know What the most insurmountable stumbling block and the strongest lace is? It is mere self-interest. Self-interest is the wood worm of the Priest, that renders him like rotten wood, that is fit only for burning in hell. Interest makes the Priest the laughing stock of the devil, the mockery of the people, and the idol of their families. Therefore, the devil shall put many obstacles to hinder the Priest’s Work, because he sees that the net in which he has kept the Priest’s chained and enslaved to the devil’s dominion is being broken. So, Tell Father G. to Infuse Courage in those Priests whom he sees disposed, and not to leave the Priest until he sees that the Work has Started; otherwise, they shall just keep planning, but shall Not conclude anything. Let Father Tell the Bishops Not to accept New Ordinations, if they to be Priests are Not disposed to live segregated from their families. Tell Father also that many Priests shall deride him, make fun of him and discredit him, but he should not pay attention to this – suffering because of Me, all will be Sweet for him!”
Volume 10
January 10, 1911
“My daughter, the Point that I most Care about and that I Cherish the Most is to detach the Priest Perfectly from his family. Let the Priests Give Everything the Priests have to their families, keeping for themselves Only that which is Personal. And since the Priests are to be Maintained by the Church, Justice demands that things Must end up there where they come from – that is, Everything that the Priests may have Must Serve to maintain themselves and to Expand the Works for My Glory and for the Good of the people. Otherwise, I shall Not Render the peoples generous toward the Priests; Not Only this, but the Priests themselves shall separate from their families with their bodies, but not with their hearts; and therefore, a thousand avidities of eagerness, of who can make more profit, and of huffiness among them if one is assigned a more lucrative position than someone else, so as to be able to Give to their families…. The Priests themselves will see, in practice, how many evils shall come if the Priests touch this Most Essential Point. How many disunions, jealousies, rancors, and the like.
I AM content with having fewer of the Priests, rather than having this Work, So Much Wanted by Me, ruined. Ah! My daughter, How Many Hananiahs, False Prophets shall come out! And how well they shall know how to defend, to support, to excuse this so well-liked idol of interest. Ah! Only with those who Consecrate themselves to Me do I have this misfortune – that instead of Caring About Me, about My Honor and My Glory, and about the Sanctification that befits the Priestly State, they use Me only as a cover, while their Purpose is to care about their families and grandchildren. Ah! it is Not So for those who give themselves to the world; rather, they try to strain their families; and if they cannot pull, they arrive at denying their own parents. But when the Priest Does Not Occupy himself Only with My Glory, and with the Offices pertaining to the Priestly Ministry alone, the Priest is nothing but a dislocated bone that gives pain to Me, pain to himself, and pain to the people, and renders the Priests Vocation a frustrated one. And since when a bone is Not in its Place it Always Gives Pain, and by Not Participating in the humors of the body, with time withers and it is Necessary to Sever it because of its uselessness, as much as because it Gives Pain to the other members - the same with Priests: when the Priests Do Not Occupy themselves With Me Alone, being like a bone dislocated from My Body, they become withered, because they Do Not Participate in the Influence of My Grace. And I hold the Priests and hold the Priests, but if I See their hardness, I cast the Priests away from Me. And do you know where? Into the deepest hell.”
Then Jesus added: “Write this; Let them Tell the Father to whom I Entrust this Mission for Priests to Remain Firm on this Point, and to Make it Untouchable. Tell Father also that I Want the Priest on the Cross – Always Crucified With Me!”
Volume 10
January 15, 1911
I said to Him: ‘my Life and my All, be Consoled; when they do the Reunions of Priests – oh! how consoled You shall be!’
And He, Immediately: “Ah! My daughter, interest is the Poison of the Priest, and has Infiltrated So Much into the Priests as to Poison the Priest’s hearts, the Priest’s blood, and even the marrow of the Priest’s bones. Oh! how well did the devil weave it, having found in the Priests a human will disposed to be woven. My Grace has Used All of Its Art in order to Form the Weaving of Love and to Give the Priests the Counterpoison to Interest; but Not Finding the Priest’s human will disposed, it has woven little or Nothing of the Divine. So, the devil, unable to prevent these Houses of Reunion for Priests completely, with a great loss for him, contents himself at least with maintaining the web he has woven with the Poison of Interest. Oh! if you Saw how few are those Priests who are disposed to separate from their families with their hearts also, and to throw-up this Poison of Interest – you would Cry With Me. Don’t you See how the Priests fight among themselves in this regard? How the Priests become agitated? How the Priests become All Fire? Even more, the Priests believe this is Nonsense that Does Not Befit the Priest’s State.”
While Jesus was Saying this, I could See the Priests who were disposed for this – how scarce was their number. Jesus disappeared, and I found myself inside myself. Now, Feeling Repugnance to Write/Read these things about Priests, but having made the Sacrifice of doing it, because Obedience wants it so, my Beloved Jesus came afterwards, and Gave me a Kiss to Reward me for the Sacrifice I made; and He Added: “My beloved daughter, you have Not Said Everything about the inconveniences that could arise if the Priest remains entangled in the bond of the family, the many mistaken vocations because of which the Holy Church cries bitterly in these times: one would certainly Not See so many modernists, so many Priests empty of True Piety, so many of the Priests Given to pleasures, so many to intemperance, many others who look at souls being lost as if it were nothing, without the slightest bitterness, and All the other absurdities they do. These are signs of mistaken Vocations. And if the families See that there is Nothing more to Hope for from Priests, None of the families shall ever again Feel like pushing their sons to become Priests, Nor shall the sons ever think of Enriching and Lifting their families through their Priesthood.”
And I: ‘Ah! my Sweet Jesus, instead of Telling these things to me, Go to the Leaders, to the Bishops; and They who have Authority can Manage to Content You on this Point. But I, poor one – what Can I Do? Nothing but Compassionate You, Love You and Repair for You.’
And Jesus: “My daughter – to the Leaders, to the Bishops? The Poison of Interest has Invaded Everyone, and since almost All of them are Taken by this Pestilential Fever, they Lack the Courage to Correct and to Check those who depend on the Leaders, and the Bishops. And then, I AM Not Understood by those the Leaders, and Bishops who are Not Stripped of Everything and of Everyone.”
Volume 10 - January 17, 1911
“The Name shall be: The Houses of the Resurrection of the Faith. As for the Rules, they can use the Same Rules as the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.”
“Daughter, what you Wrote about the is Nothing but a Process that I AM Making With the Priests. If the Priests Listen to Me – Fine! But if the Priests don’t, since the Leaders of the Ecclesiastics shall Not Listen to Me because they too are bound by the laces of interest, and are slaves of human miseries, almost lapping them up, - (like dogs) instead of Dominating Over those miseries, of interest, of high positions and the like, the miseries dominate the Priests; therefore, since they are deafened by what is human, I, Jesus, shall be Neither Understood Nor Listened to – I shall Turn to the civilian leaders, who shall Listen to Me More Easily. Because of the civilian leaders desire to See the Priest humiliated, and also because maybe these civilian leaders are a little more stripped than the Ecclesiastics themselves, My Voice shall be More Listened to; and what the Priests Do Not Want To Do Out of Love, I, Jesus, shall Make the Priests Do by Necessity and by Force, and I, Jesus, shall Make the government Take Away what is left to the Priests.”
And I: ‘My Highest and Only Good, what shall be the Name to be Given to these Houses, and what the Rules?’
And He: “The Name shall be: The Houses of the Resurrection of the Faith. As for the Rules, they can use the Same Rules as the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.”
Then Jesus added: “Tell Father B. that you, Luisa, shall be the Organ and the Priest the Sound for this Work. If the Priest shall be Mocked and Disliked by those Priests who have their interests, the Good and the few True Good Priests shall Comprehend the Necessity and the Truth that the Priest Announces, and shall make it a Duty of Conscience to Get Down to Work. Besides, if the Priest is Mocked, the Priest shall have the Honor of Becoming More Similar to Me!”
Volume 10 - January 19, 1911
“My daughter, write, Do Not Fear, I AM With you! My Word is Eternal, and what cannot Do Good here, Can Do Good Elsewhere – what cannot be carried out in these times, shall be Carried Out In Other Times. But This is How I Want the Priest – Untouchable by the Bond of the families. Ah, you Do Not Know what the Spirit of the Priests of these times is!
“…Ask Father B., poor child of Mine, How Much this Priest Suffered because of Me from the Priest’s Superiors, from the Priest’s brother Priests and from others, to the point of declaring him a fool, an enchanter, and of making it a duty for the Priests themselves to penalize him. And what was this Priests crime? Love! Feeling ashamed of their own Priestly lives compared to this Priest, they waged war on the Priest, and still do. Ah! how costly is the Crime of Love! Love Costs Me Much, and Much it Costs My Dear children! But I Love the Priest Very Much, and because of what the Priest has suffered, I have Given the Priest Myself as Reward, and I Dwell in the Priest. Poor son of Mine, the other Priests don’t leave him alone; the other Priests spy on the Priest Everywhere, that they don’t do to other Priests - to find, who knows, some matter on which to Correct the Priest and Mortify this Priest. But since I AM with the Priest, I render the other Priest’s arts vain. Give the Priest Courage, but – oh! how Terrible shall be the Judgment I shall Make on those Priests who dare to mistreat My Dear children!”
Volume 10
January 18, 1911
While Jesus was Saying this, I saw some Priests, and Jesus continued: “My daughter, the Church in these times is Agonizing, but shall not die – on the Contrary, She, shall Rise Again More Beautiful. The Good Priests strive for A Life More Stripped, More Sacrificed, More Pure; the bad Priests strive for a life more interested, more comfortable, more sensual – all earthly. I Speak – but Not to those bad Priests; I Speak to the few Good Priests, be they even one Priest per town. To these Priests do I Speak, and I Command, I Beg, I Supplicate that the Priests Make these Houses of Reunion, Saving for Me the Priests who shall Come Into these Shelters, by Rendering the Priests Completely Free from any bond of family. And through these few Good Priests shall My Holy Church Recover from Her Agony. These Priests are My Support, My Pillars, the Continuation of the Life of The Church.”
Volume 10 - February 4, 1911
Continuing in my Usual State, Blessed Jesus Told me: “My daughter, Tell Father G. to Solicit by petitioning persistently; The Reunions of Priests. Let them Not make the Persecution come earlier – Woe to them! In fact, where these Reunions of Priests shall be Established, either the Persecutions shall be Milder, or Wounds shall be Spared. The rot is great and too stinking, and it takes iron and fire by Necessity. Iron is for cutting the gangrenous flesh, and Fire is for purifying. Therefore, Hurry, Hurry!”
Volume 10 - March 26, 1911
I added: ‘My Most Sweet Mama Mary, what sad times we are in. Tell me, is it Really True that Jesus Wants the Reunions of Priests?’ And the Blessed Mother: “He Surely Does, because the Waves are rising too high, and these Reunions of Priests shall be the Anchors, the Lamps, the Helm, with which the Church Shall Be Saved from shipwreck caused by the Storm. In fact, while it shall Appear that the Storm has submerged Everything, After the Storm it shall be Seen that the Anchors, the Lamps, the Helm - that is, the Most Stable things in order to Continue the Life of the Church – are still there. But – oh, how vile, cowardly and hard-hearted the Priests are! Almost None of the Priests Moves, while these are times for Works!”