Wed. June 18, 1997.

After confession, I felt relief, but at the same time, I saw the filth of my soul, as if a grayness lingered everywhere and covered everything anew each day. This ancient filth and this fresh filth, which was not touched in confession, even though the evil of the facts it gave rise to had been removed.

—How should I confess, how should I live so that this filth is gone?

† My child, purity of soul, purity of heart is Love, I am the living One who fills your soul. Talk to Me constantly, desire Me, and rejoice in Me. And at the same time, be with Me wherever I am. Where I suffer, where I die in the world of the human souls of My children who have abandoned Me. You must confess the lack of love in your heart, in your thoughts, in your gaze upon another person. Purity of heart is the desire to love Me in everything you experience, in everything you see in all people. If you do anything, experience anything, or think anything, let the primary intention of your heart be to love Me and expand My Love in the world. Only in the background should your own affairs be placed: both temporal and eternal. Everything in your life is valuable to the extent that it increases love in human souls and in your own—to the extent that it deepens your bond with Me. Your primary sin, therefore, is the neglect of efforts in this direction: the neglect of living communion with Me, of listening attentively to My voice and My will. And the neglect of devoting your heart and your daily life to Mary, My Mother, who can and desires to make your heart pure in the image of Hers.

Sun. 5 March, 1995

† My beloved child, respect your solitude, cultivate it, and love it. And do not too easily consent to being immersed in the noise of the world and the chatter of people. This destroys, and it is difficult to maintain, purity of heart. Limit such situations to the minimum necessary to bear witness to Me, to bring help and mercy to bring Me closer to those who desire contact with you. Don't allow yourself to be drawn into their vanity, talkativeness, and lifestyle.

Mon. 27 February, 1995

- I have prayed for many: send Your Spirit upon us, Lord...

† I cannot, because they do not want to.

† For Me to be able to do so, your request must be stronger than their reluctance.

† Be careful in your judgments about matters and people, because you never know the whole truth.

- The Lord showed me (during the examination of conscience) how much He rejoices when He can grant forgiveness to someone who asks for it. How much the soul that desires purification rejoices, and which He purifies. He places it, as it were, on a pedestal before all of heaven, so that its beauty may be admired.