Jesus says:
“Let your reply - to both your neighbor, who is astonished and has you observe God’s apparent abandonment of you, and the tempter, who wants to persuade you that all your sacrifice does not obtain relief for you from God - be the same as that of the elderly Tobit. You must say to yourself as well, ‘We are the children of saints and await that life which God will give to those who never lose their faith in Him.’
“The children of saints and called to the same sanctity.
“Aren’t you a daughter of God, Maria? And who is more holy than your Father? If He, who is the Holy One of the saints, wants so much pain for you, it is a sign that this pain has as its end a joy proportionate to the pain - that is, very great, boundless joy, and joy without end.
“The soul that comes to believe firmly that everything which happens to it originates from love and produces eternal joy is safe as if inside a fortress. It cannot perish. It suffers, but its pain is supernatural and yields supernatural fruits of life.
“A little while longer, and then joy will come. A little longer, and then I will come. I will come not within the limits I now have to impose on the encounter to adapt it to your humanity. But I will come as God to the soul - that is, freely, completely. Fear not. You will then see that my dwelling is infinitely more beautiful than the way you saw it in dreams and as imagined by thought. You will then see that uniting oneself to Me by leaving a body which is a noose for the soul and a continual danger is devoid of affliction.
“Never loose faith in your Jesus. I am near to you, and you feel it. But do not refuse any of the aids I have placed at your disposal. The supernatural way on which you are walking does not exempt you from traveling the way common to all the creatures living in the Church.
“An oil has freed you and changed you from a slave of the Enemy into a daughter of God. An oil has made you a soldier of Christ. Let an oil make you united to the Kingdom. The soul entering glory becomes a queen. And for kings, as you have read, anointing was necessary.
“I want even the tarnish of past sins to be erased from you. When it is time, you must come to meet Me as a wise and far-sighted virgin, with all the ornaments suitable for the wedding.
“Pain is a great absolution when it is suffered in holiness. But, I repeat, not even my caress should make you think you are exempt from the duties of all. The hidden pearl, which only Jesus knows, must, in the eyes of the world, not differ at all from the sister souls that are less transformed that you into a gem by the will of your Lord.”