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1831 Union with God....

February 26, 1941: Book 27

It is a holy desire to be united with the divine lord and saviour. There is truly nothing that equals it; there is no more blissful state of happiness than union with Him, and this union should therefore also be the epitome of every desire. What belongs to the earth should be joyfully given away and the most blissful exchanged for it; man should willingly take upon himself all the suffering of the earth and always think only of the sweetest reward.... the union with God, which outweighs all suffering and all torment.... which ends all hardship and this earthly tribulation. This union is something so unimaginably blissful that everything difficult before seems small in comparison and.... if man knew about it.... he would patiently accept much more suffering in order to be honoured with this heavenly grace. And yet every human being should endeavour to bring about union with God even without this knowledge. Love for Him and for his neighbour should place him in that state which is the precondition for the highest happiness.... For he then likewise shapes himself into love, and he must then inevitably come closer to eternal love, the beingness in him must merge with the original power, and thus he must again be where he once was.... in God.... A union with the highest entity must now also earn him everything that is a divine part.... light and power.... And this means eternal glory, happiness and peace. For to stand in the light means to know everything, to have escaped the darkness and henceforth to be allowed to be redemptively active for one's own happiness. And to be allowed to participate in divine power means to be able to shape and create like Him, to be able to give and distribute, to act and think in accordance with divine will and thus to lead a life that fulfils all wishes, for union with God is the ultimate goal of every being. And people can already achieve this blissful state on earth if they mould themselves into love. They can still receive this inconceivable grace at the time of their earthly life by hearing the resounding word in their heart.... To constantly make the divine will on earth the guiding principle and to always only endeavour to come closer to Him lets the heart become love, but the loving human being cannot help but give love, therefore God also gives to him, namely Himself in the word.... And when the earthly child is able to hear the divine voice resounding in the heart, the union with God has taken place and can no longer be disturbed eternally. For what God has seized with His love He will never let go of Himself, and therefore the human being cannot help but commit himself with his life to his divine lord and saviour, to His name and His teaching.... He will confess Him before all the world and bear witness to it of divine strength, for this flows so obviously into such a person that he can prove to the world the power and strength of the right faith, which he now represents to people who seek his life.... For he does not fear the death of the body, for he has found eternal life through union with the lord....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers