Gifts of Heaven · Volume 1 · Chapter 82

Happy birthday to you

19th November 1840

[1] As long as all the floors in the house of the world are cleaned before the simple floor of the heart for My reception for the proper reception of the worldly well-wishers, I cannot appear before those for whom the floor was first cleaned. Because I am always humble with all My heart and gentler than a dove and often wait anxiously enough, like a weak child, in front of the door, see the proud world go in and out and do not dare to step into the room in My poverty before such people, who are often so splendid and worldly, looking majestic.

[2] Then I wait patiently, mourning, until such hustle and bustle is over and also the worldly floors have been smeared a little, after which I can then only fearfully dare to shyly enter to offer My most gracious wish on the day of the birth of a soul loving Me a little in silence.

[3] Dear child, listen! But if you want Me as the first well-wisher, then first wash the floor and sweep the room clean, since I want to enter, and only then look at the floor of your house for the proper reception of the world. Because rightly the Father should be the first one whom the children consider, and they should first expect Him in love with holy seriousness and from this, in living faith and fullest trust.

[4] For behold, when a beautiful virgin says in private to her suitor who loves her above all things: "I love you unspeakably!" – but if she meets him with her eyes in the world's high society, and makes an angry face, and it is not right for her that he has followed her there out of great love; and if the lover now notices that his beloved in such society hardly dignifies him with an indifferent glance – what do you think – how on such an occasion the honest, faithful lover will feel in his so ardently loving heart? I tell you, he will become exceedingly sad and in the end angry. And it should cost the virgin quite a lot until she will win him again. And should she do so several times, then he would hardly be won again.

[5] But if a worldly lover would do this, who is more dead than alive, then you can well think that I, as the most honest and faithful lover, who am the infinite, eternal Life Myself, cannot and must not watch you completely unaffected with almost similar appearances, if you now and then, unconcerned about Me, converse with the world and also do not well show yours the narrow way to My heart.

[6] You just want Me to keep coming to you. But I tell you, it is one and the same way from Me to you. Therefore, after I, your Father, have paid you a thousand visits, you could very seriously pay one or two visits in your heart!

[7] Behold, it has offended Me that this time you asked for Me so late! The worldly suitor cannot see into the heart of his beloved. But I see yours, and since it has remained honest, I now come to you again. Receive Me, so that I may then also receive you into My great grace!

[8] This is the great desire of the eternal holy Father, who I am your dear Jesus and the rebirth and eternal life Self. Amen.