The Message: “Blessed are the pure in heart, they shall see God.”
Today, the Lord spoke through Saint John of the Cross . . .
“Trials and penances purify the soul. Tribulations, temptations, darkness and perils refine the spirit. It behooves the soul to pass through them to attain to transformation in God, even as those beyond the grave must do by means of purgatory, some with greater intensity, others less, according to the degrees of union God is pleased to raise them to and the degree of purgation which they have to undergo. By means of these trials God leads the soul and senses and the soul should gradually acquire virtues, strength and perfection together with bitterness for virtue is made perfect in weakness.”
Dark Night of the Soul, Saint John of the Cross, Stanza 11, verses 21-22.
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