About the Divine Will
What it is, who was involved, when it happened and what we are invited to do.
What is the gift of living in the Divine Will?
The most important distinction is between doing God's will and living in God's will. Doing God's will means obedience: accepting His commandments and following His plan. Living in the Divine Will is a deeper union in which our human will freely consents to God's action within us. Every Christian is called to holiness through conformity to God's will; this is a particular mystical spirituality that invites us further, not a replacement for Catholic teaching.
Adam
Jesus Christ
Mary
Our invitation
Adam was created in friendship with God. His disobedience was the loss of original holiness and justice. Luisa's writings describe the original gift as a participation in the Divine Will, which Adam lost at the Fall.
The human will of Jesus was perfectly united to the Divine Will. His whole earthly life was an act of perfect obedience and love, and He restores what humanity lost through sin. He is the unique Son of God, whose obedience redeems us.
Mary's Immaculate Conception and perfect fiat make her the supreme creaturely example of loving cooperation with God's grace.
To surrender our own selfishness and consent to God's action. To allow Him to work in us. To unite every thought, word and action to Jesus. Through grace we participate in the divine life, becoming more completely united to Christ and transformed in Him.
"It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me." Galatians 2:20
Adam
Jesus Christ
Mary
Our invitation
Adam was created in friendship with God. His disobedience was the loss of original holiness and justice. Luisa's writings describe the original gift as a participation in the Divine Will, which Adam lost at the Fall.
The human will of Jesus was perfectly united to the Divine Will. His whole earthly life was an act of perfect obedience and love, and He restores what humanity lost through sin. He is the unique Son of God, whose obedience redeems us.
Mary's Immaculate Conception and perfect fiat make her the supreme creaturely example of loving cooperation with God's grace.
To surrender our own selfishness and consent to God's action. To allow Him to work in us. To unite every thought, word and action to Jesus. Through grace we participate in the divine life, becoming more completely united to Christ and transformed in Him.
"It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me." Galatians 2:20
The spirituality of nothingness
"Apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15:5) and "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13). We recognise our nothingness without God, and that through His grace we can do everything He calls us to do. This is the spirituality of the eagle: soaring towards God by becoming detached from ego, pride and self-will.
Why are all the flights to heaven on Ryanair? Because there is no baggage allowance! We cannot carry pride, selfishness, resentment and attachments into perfect union with God.
What needs to be done: how to live it every day
Living in the Divine Will is practised in ordinary life: washing, working, driving, caring for children, praying and sleeping.
1. The Provenient Act
Begin the day by asking Jesus to live and act in you. Offer everything to Him and ask that all your actions throughout the day be done in His Divine Will.
2. The Actual Acts
In each ordinary action, consciously unite yourself to Jesus: "Jesus, I want to wash together with You." "Jesus, I want to work together with You." "Jesus, I want to love my family with Your love."
3. The Rounds
Place your "I love you" in union with Jesus throughout creation, redemption and sanctification. Offer acts of love, thanksgiving, adoration and reparation.
4. Intercession
Pray for all humanity, uniting your prayers to the intentions of Jesus. God is not limited by our understanding of time and space. "Creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God." Romans 8:19
How do I begin?
Desire the gift. Make a morning offering. Read a little every day and do not rush. Join a study group, find responsible teachers and remain faithful to the Church. It is a journey, with no shortcuts: sip by sip.
Faithful to the Church
Luisa Piccarreta is a Servant of God, not yet a canonised saint. Her cause for beatification opened in 1994 and, in June 2024, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith granted a nihil obstat for it to continue, while stressing the need for a critical edition and faithful interpretation. Her writings are read in fidelity to Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium.
Take the next step
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