CHAPTER 30
For Easter Wednesday.

That we can do nothing good without the Divine assistance.

ON EASTER Wednesday, she besought Our Lord that she might become fruitful in good actions, by virtue of His adorable Body. He replied: “I will certainly make you fruitful in Myself, and I will use you to draw many to Me.” She replied: “How canst Thou draw others to Thee through me, since I am such an unworthy creature, and have almost lost the talent I once had of instructing and conversing with others?” Our Lord answered: “If you now had that facility of speaking, perhaps you would think that it was by this you won souls. Therefore I have deprived you of it in part, that you may acknowledge that the grace which you possess of touching the hearts of others comes from My special grace, and not from the power and attractiveness of your words.”

Our Lord then appeared to draw her toward Him inwardly, saying: “Even as I draw My breath, so will I draw to Myself all who submit lovingly and devoutly to you for My sake, and I will make them advance daily in perfection.”