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2262 Spiritual connectedness....

March 15, 1942: Book 31

The spiritual bond between people is of the greatest advantage for the soul of the individual, for it stimulates the person to spiritual activity, to reflect and to work on his soul. He is by no means forced to do so but will seek to perfect himself of his own accord, and then the word of God will take effect in them and faith will come alive. Mutual exchange of ideas is the right transmission of the divine word, for everyone who is in the know should give and the ignorant should ask and receive. Then there is no systematic transmission of doctrines of faith, but every word has life and will awaken life again. And that is why contact with spiritually aspiring people should be cultivated, because only in this way will the truth that is conveyed to people through the word of God break through. And only then will the word be put into practice, love will be practiced and love will progress in its higher development. And then there will also be peace and harmony amongst people, for anyone who receives the light and strength from God will want to distribute it again in all love and have a beneficial effect on his fellow human beings, and this will awaken reciprocal love and thus trigger a state amongst people which corresponds to God's will.... unity and solidarity and mutual service in love.... The word of God is given in love and educates people to love, consequently, all unkindness must be banished where God Himself speaks to people in the word.... And that is why people will always stick together and support each other in suffering and adversity, for love unites them and thus all suffering is easier to bear where spiritual endeavour simultaneously lets people become sisters and brothers. In a world where spiritual endeavour is tried to be suppressed, spiritual unity is doubly beneficial as it gives people the strength to resist and encourages spiritual activity, whereas the individual is in great danger of succumbing, i.e. of giving up his resistance and surrendering to the oppressive power. Yet the human being is strong when he knows he is united with people of the same spirit. Time and again he draws new strength from the mutual exchange of thoughts, for if people are united by truly profound spiritual endeavour the spirit from God will be effective among them and express itself, and strength and grace will flow to the souls so that they will shape themselves according to divine will, for everything must mature which strives upwards together....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers