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7321 The divine cross-bearer Jesus Christ....

March 30, 1959: Book 77

Carry all your burdens and worries under the cross.... As soon as you entrust yourselves to the divine bearer of the cross you will be tangibly relieved of your burden, for He will help you carry it, or He will take the burden from you and throw it into the great burden of sin for which He died on the cross. All you humans make far too little use of this great privilege, you often torment yourselves for a long time and yet you cannot lighten the burden yourselves; but neither do you take the path to Him Who has always promised you His help, Who loves you all and does not want you to suffer. And He has said to you: "Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest...." Again and again you should remember His words and thus go to Him, entrust yourselves to Him in your adversity and then humbly wait for His help, for He will help you because He has promised it to you and because His promises will truly come true. He certainly knows about all your hardship but He demands that you come to Him, that you thereby testify to your faith in His love and power.... He demands your trusting devotion to Him, He Himself wants you to burden Him with your burdens, He wants to carry them for you in order to release you from them, for He can do this as soon as you acknowledge Him as the redeemer Jesus Christ, Who is one with the father, or also: as soon as you acknowledge Jesus Christ as your God and father of eternity, Who walked across the earth for you in the man Jesus in order to redeem you. And every burden is still a sign of guilt, of imperfection, which therefore shall drive you under His cross, because thereby you testify to your faith in Him and then He can rightly release you from the one who oppresses and afflicts you.... Every burden is bearable for you if you are strengthened by Him, the divine bearer of the cross, or if He helps you to carry it. For a small cross is imposed on all of you so that you can follow Jesus. And you must also take this small cross upon yourselves humbly, for it will strengthen your power of resistance and you will become strong fighters against the enemy of your souls, strong fighters for the lord too, by Whose side you will truly not fight unsuccessfully. But He will also not allow the cross to weigh you down, that it rests too heavily on your shoulders, He will always be ready with His strong arms to support you or to take the cross on His shoulders, because His love carefully watches over you so that you don't become the victim of the one who wants to bring you down. Therefore always remember Jesus' words: "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden.... I will give you rest...." You need not despair hopelessly, you need only always turn to Jesus Christ and entrust yourselves unreservedly to Him, and He will hear you.... He will draw you to Himself in fatherly love, and body and soul will be strengthened by His love and mercy, which only ever seeks to make you happy....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers