Source: https://www.bertha-dudde.org/en/proclamation/2466

2466 Willingness to sacrifice.... royal reward - taking up residence with the lord....

September 6, 1942: Book 33

Bring Me every sacrifice and I will reward you for your willingness to sacrifice.... You should not set your heart on what you possess on earth, but you should endeavour to free yourselves from any desire for it. You should free yourselves from everything that holds your senses captive, and the desire of your heart should be for Me alone, then a transformation will take place in you which you will find blissful, for I Myself will then take possession of your heart.... Your longing for Me will steadily increase and yet this longing will be blissful for you at the same time, for I will reciprocate by fulfilling it.... For as soon as you press towards Me, I take hold of you and draw you towards Me.... I love you, and you also experience My love as quiet, blissful contentment, as a feeling of secure security, as a feeling of awareness of strength and inner freedom. Love for Me makes you soft and devoted and yet also strong and free.... because I Myself unite with you, who have overcome every desire on earth and only desire Me alone. The longing of your heart shall belong to Me, I alone want to reign in it, and therefore you must surrender without hesitation what still entices you, i.e. what is still part of the world. You will truly exchange far more glorious things if you make sacrifices for My sake, for My love will compensate you for everything, My love will royally reward you for your sacrifice, for with My love I give Myself to you, and this for eternal times.... For once My love has taken possession of you, you remain inseparably united with Me, you have reached your goal on earth and I can bestow upon you the most precious gift.... you are allowed to hear My voice, you are allowed to talk to Me all the time and always expect My answer.... you are in intimate union with Me, and this is unspeakably happy and blissful, and you will never again desire earthly possessions, you will never again long for the time of earthly fulfilment, you will only strive for spiritual possessions, you will only desire Me and My word, and My love is your highest fulfilment.... Therefore try to detach yourselves from the goods of this world, give up everything that still belongs to the world, call upon Me for help if you are too weak, and give Me your heart as My own so that I can take abode in it and remain with you for all eternity....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers