Jesus dictated these words to a modern day mystic, Sister Josefa, for many souls to hear.

Jesus gives us a key to understand why many of our contemporaries do not believe nor adore nor love God. The Angel of Fatima indicated that this is the temptation of our age.

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These extracts are taken from the book Way of Divine Love which is available from The Fatima Crusader Book Service. Subtitles are by the Editor of The Fatima Crusader. The text opens with Jesus speaking:

       "Alas! ... there are many who know and despise My love ... but a far greater number are entirely ignorant of it ..." For each of these Jesus Christ has a word of Love:

       "My sons, who from infancy have lived apart from your Father, come, I will tell you why you do not know Me ... for once you realize the affection I bear you, you will not resist My love.

       "It is often the case that those brought up far from their parents have little affection for them; but when by chance the sweet love of father or mother is manifested to them, there awakens a keener appreciation of this warm devotion than is found in those who have never left home.

Why Some People Hate God

       "To you, who not only do not love, but hate and persecute Me, I say: 'Why this hatred?' ... What have I done to deserve persecution at your hands? ... There are many who have never asked themselves this question. Today when I ask it, they will perhaps say: "We do not know". Behold, I will answer for you: 'If from childhood you have never known Me, it is because no one has ever taught you about Me; and as you grew up, nature also was developing in you love of pleasure and enjoyment, a longing for wealth and freedom. Then came the day when first you heard of Me, and how to live according to My will; that to do so you must love and bear with your neighbor, respect his rights and his goods and gain a mastery of your own nature, in a word, live subject to a law. Hitherto, subject only to your own natural inclinations, if not to your passions, not knowing even of what law there was question, to you I say, is it to be wondered at that you should protest, should wish to enjoy life, to be free, and to be a law unto yourself?

       "In this lies the beginning of your hatred and persecution of Me. But I, your Father, love you, and even as I see your blind revolt, My Heart is filled with tenderness for you.

       "So the years in which you led this life sped by, and they were, perhaps, many ...

       "Today I can no longer restrain My love for you, and the sight of you at war with your best friend compels Me to enlighten you as to who I am.

       "Dearly loved son, I am Jesus, which name signifies Savior! Why else are My hands transfixed with nails which fasten them to a cross? On it, for love of you, I died. My feet are wounded, My Heart wide open, riven by the lance after death ... Thus do I stand before you that you may know who I am and what My law is. But do not fear - My law is one of love ... and in knowing Me you will find peace and joy. It is sad to live as an orphan: come, My sons, come to your Father.

They Do Not Know Him

       "Let us return to the souls who persecute Me because they do not know Me. I want to tell them who I am and what they are:

       "I am your God and your Father, your Creator and your Savior. You are My creatures, My sons, bought at the price of My life and Heart's Blood, which I shed to free you from slavery and the tyranny of sin.

       "You have souls great and immortal, destined for eternal happiness, wills capable of all good, hearts made both to give and receive affection ...

       "The thirst for contentment and love can never be appeased by earthly and fleeting gains, which will always leave you hungry and unsatisfied. Perpetual conflict, sadness, anxiety, and affliction will still be your portion.

       "If you are poor and have to earn a living by work, the miseries of life will embitter you; you will be hostile to your employers, and may even wish them ill, that like yourselves they may experience the hard grind of daily toil.

       "Fatigue, disgust, even despair will weigh heavily on your spirits, for the way is rough and in the end comes death! ...

       "O! how great are these calamities when viewed from a human standpoint. But I come to show you life under a different aspect.

       "All you who are deprived of this world's goods and obliged to labor for your daily bread under a master, reflect that you are not slaves, but created for the freedom of eternity ...

You Are Created To Love God

       "All you whose craving for affection is unsatisfied, remember that you were made to love that which is eternal, not that which passes with time.

       "You who love your homes and labor to support your families and provide them with comforts and happiness, do not forget that though death will one day sever every tie, this is only for a time ...

       "You who serve a master, you owe him respect, love and care for his interests. Give him hard work and fidelity, forget not that he is your master only for the short span of a lifetime. How soon this will pass away and give place to an eternity, where you will no longer be workers but reign as kings for ever and ever.

       "Your souls, created by a loving Father who bears you a limitless and eternal affection, will find one day in the bliss of heaven prepared for you a final answer to all your aspirations.

       "There, every labor will be rewarded ...

       "There, you will find your family for whom you worked so hard on earth.

       "There, you will live eternally, for earth is but a passing shadow, Heaven will never pass away.

       "There you will be united to your God and Father ... O! if you but knew how great is the beatitude that awaits you ...

       "Perhaps you will answer Me: 'I have no faith, nor do I believe in a future happiness.'

       "Have you no faith? Then how is it that you persecute Me? ... Why do you rebel against My laws, and war against those who love Me? ... And since you desire freedom for yourselves, why not grant it to others?

       "You say you do not believe in a future life? ... Tell Me, are you perfectly contented here and do you never feel a yearning for that which it is not possible to obtain here below?

       "If after seeking for enjoyment, you succeed in obtaining it, does it satisfy your cravings? ...

       "If after pursuing riches, you at last possess them, have you ever enough? ... If you feel the need of affection, and one day find it, are you not soon tired of it? ...

       "None of these things is what you long for, and here below you will never obtain all that your heart desires. Your craving is peace, not the peace of this world, but that of the children of God; and how do you expect to find it in the midst of rebellion? ...

Where To Find True Peace

       "That is why I have come to show you where true peace and happiness are to be found, and where you can slake the thirst that for so long has consumed you.

       "Do not rebel when I tell you that all these things are to be found in accomplishing My Law. Do not fear this word law, for My law is no tyranny but a law of love, because I am your God and your Father.

       "Listen while I explain this law to you, and the kind of Heart that imposes it on you; a Heart that you do not know and so often wound. You pursue Me to give Me death, while I seek you out to impart life. Which of us will prevail? And will your souls continue to harden themselves against Me who has laid down My life for you and given you all My love? ...

       "Society becomes perverted, when those in authority do not act according to truth and justice ..."

       A few minutes later Our Lord dictated to her the final paragraphs of His appeal to souls: "Josefa, do you love Me?" He asked earnestly, when He rejoined her in her cell.

       "Lord, this is my only desire."

       Then, with ineffable tenderness, He replied:

       "I, too, love you, because your lowliness is wholly Mine." Then: "Write:

       "Come, My sons, and hear what your Father asks of you as proof of your love:

Jesus' Law of Love

       "You know that in a well-regulated army, discipline must be maintained, just as in a household there must be established customs. So in the great family of Jesus Christ there must be law, albeit a law of love.

       "In the order of nature sons are not recognized as such unless they bear their father's name; so My sons bear the name of Christian given them at their birth in Baptism. All you who bear this name are My sons, and as such have a right to your Father's estate.

       "I realize that you do not know Me or love Me, but rather detest and persecute Me. On My part, I love you with an Infinite tenderness, and I want you to know this heritage which is yours by right, and know also the means to acquire it:

       "Believe in My love and My mercy.

       "You have sinned against Me; I forgive you.

       "You have persecuted Me; I love you.

       "You have wounded Me both by word and deed; still I wish to do you good and to let you share all My treasures.

       "Do not imagine that I am ignorant of your state of soul. I know that you have despised My grace, perhaps even profaned My Sacraments. Yet you have from Me a full pardon.

To Be Happy Here and Hereafter

       "If then you would be happy in this world and at the same time secure your eternal salvation, do as I tell you: 

       "If you are poor, do the work that necessity forces on you with submission, and remember that I, too, lived for thirty years in subjection to the self-same law, for I was needy and poor.

       "Do not consider your masters as tyrants. Banish all hatred from your hearts ... Never wish them ill, but further their interests and be faithful to them.

       "If, however, you possess this world's goods and employ workers and servants, be fair to them in all your dealings; pay them a just wage, and show them both gentleness and kindness. If you have an immortal soul, so too have they, and if you abound in wealth, it is not for your sole comfort and enjoyment, but that you may administer it wisely and practice charity to your neighbor. Both employer and employed must accept the law of labor with submission, acknowledging a Supreme being over all created things, who is both your God and your Father.

       "As God, He demands of you the accomplishment of His divine law.

       "As your Father, He asks you to accept His commandments in a spirit of filial piety.

       "Thus, when you have spent a week in the pursuit of work, business or sport, He claims but one half-hour, that you may fulfill your Sunday duty. Is this excessive?

       "Go then to your Father's House, where day and night He awaits your coming, and as Sundays and Holidays recur, give Him the homage of this half hour by assisting at the Mystery of Love and Mercy, that is, Holy Mass.

       "Tell Him about everything: about your families, your children, your business, your desires ... Lay at His feet your sorrows, difficulties and sufferings ... believe in the interest and love with which He listens to your prayer.

Be Not Afraid

       "You may perhaps say to Me: 'I have not entered a church for so many years that I have forgotten how to hear Mass.' Do not be afraid on that account ... Come, spend this half-hour with Me; your conscience will tell you what to do, and be docile to its voice ... Open your soul wide to grace, and it will inspire you ... Gradually it will teach you how to act in a given circumstance, how to treat with your family, what to do in regard to your business ... how to bring up your children, love those who depend on you, and honor those in authority over you ... It may make you feel that such and such a concern must be given up, such a friendship relinquished, or such a meeting avoided ... Again, it may tell you that you are disliking a certain person quite unreasonably; or it may put it into your mind to sever your connection with some person you feel drawn to and whose advice is doing you harm. Only give grace a chance, and gradually its power will grow stronger in you, for just as evil increases insensibly, once it is given into, so will each new grace prepare your soul for a still greater one. If today you listen to My voice and let grace act, tomorrow its influence will be stronger and so steadily increase as time goes on; light will grow in your soul, peace envelop you, and the reward will be eternal bliss.

       "Man was not created to live forever here below. He was made for eternity ... If then he is immortal, he should live, not for the passing things of time, but for that which will never die.

       "Youth, wealth, wisdom, human glory, all that is nothing, it will all end with this life; God only will endure forever.

Live By Faith

       "The world is full of hate, races are in perpetual conflict with one another, so are nations, and even individuals, and all this is due to the decay of faith. Only let faith reign once more over the world and peace and charity will return to it.

       "Faith in no way impedes civilization and progress. The more it is rooted in individuals and peoples, the more wisdom and learning increase, for God is infinite in wisdom and knowledge. But whenever faith is completely lacking, peace, civilization and true progress likewise vanish ... for God is not in war ... and in their place come enmities, clash of opinions, class wars, and within man himself, rebellion of passions against duty. All that is noble in humanity is exchanged for revolt, insubordination and warfare ...

       "Let yourselves be convinced by faith and you will be great. Let yourselves be ruled by faith, and you will be free; live by faith, and you will escape eternal death.

       Such were the last words of Christ's Message to the world.

       Then He looked down at Josefa and said: "Adieu. You know that I expect reparation and love from you all. Love is proved by deeds, so let all your works prove your love. Be messengers of love in things great and small. Do all for love. Live by love." He vanished.

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