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Sun,  July 27, 86, 7:30 pm

+The greatest threat to charismatics, as well as to priests, is pride.

 It means claiming My gifts and wanting to exalt yourself above others.  With great graces, there are also great dangers.  This does not mean that graces must be inhibited and the spirit turned down.  On the contrary: to surround with care and  care of the Renewal group.  Include in the Church, so that the whole becomes more and more charismatic.

+People with a different spirituality than yours are guided differently by Me.

 That is why there are so many different ways, different communities, different groups, movements and assemblies.

 You remain true to your own and do not be discouraged by the opinions of people who are not very knowledgeable, even if they are people highly placed in the hierarchy.  Don't argue with them.  Not everyone is humble enough to understand you or change their mind.

 Be sure of your way.  You have support in Me and in the spiritual father I have given you.

 2 Tim 3:14a 

As for you, stick to what you have learned and what you have been trusted with, because you know from whom you learned...

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Sun, Jul 27, 86, 6:30am

- Feelings are considered a bad motive for following You.  It is only said of knowledge and will.

+In the initial stage of following Me, this motive is better because it is more stable.

 Feelings can be a motive as a result of My grace of getting closer - meeting Me directly.  Then feelings dominate, but there is also cognition.

 When I give the grace to feel My Presence and Who I Am, it is the feeling of love and wonder that decides.  But mostly love.  But it may become impermanent as the grace of the encounter wears off.

 You call it a desert.  Then mind and will decide.  There are no feelings.

 And they can even be negative.

 In great trials one cannot even rely on reason, for its light is taken away.  Then only the will remains as the only motive.  So it is the most important.  It is to be exercised the most and entrusted to it based on My help.  Trust it even when it seems that this help is not there.

 Such persistence against feelings or even reason is the most valuable, because it is the most difficult.  Few can afford it.

 - What about love?

 After all, this is the first and most important commandment.  After all, You only asked Peter about love.

+Yes, but it was a love strengthened by many trials.  Perfect love is based on the will and also on intellect.

 This is what love is all about, not a feeling based on a sensation that can be momentary.  As soon as the sensation passes, the feeling ends.

 Uniting with Me is uniting in perfect, lasting love, which nothing can destroy.  And where everything is born.  Love is the most important.  But the path to such love requires effort of knowledge and effort of will.

 Modern people are too fond of what is pleasant, what is easy.  They will not follow Me if it is not connected with pleasure, making life easier in the world.

 But after all, the path following Me is the path of the cross of sacrifices and effort.  Can it be built on easy, simple feelings?

 You can start with that.  And that's how I call some.  But then comes the stage of the effort of knowing and the effort of the will.  In order to reach the third stage: perfect, pure love, based on will, intellect and the joy of communing with Me.

 - What stage am I at?

+On the border of the second and third.  But because you are the emotional type, your position is unstable.

 So I support you often.

 This is not a complaint.  I have formed you this way and I am leading you in whatever way you need.  Which is best for you.

 I lead everyone on a path suited to their abilities.  Maximum optimal.

 Therefore, the ways are different and one cannot envy someone his way, his sensations or graces.

 Everyone receives what is most appropriate and best for him, even if it seems otherwise.

 You don't have full discernment.  Therefore, you must trust Me and accept what I am doing in your life.  Accept with joy and trust, because it is the best of all that could be.