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At the death of a mother
30th November 1848
Word of consolation after the passing away of Elizabeth H. on 29 November 1848
[1] A consolation and a strengthening for My children.
[2] Listen, all of you My dear children and little children! For so I, your Lord and dear Father, speak and talk to all of you who are now full of sorrow and anxiety in your sorrowful hearts, because I have truly taken your earthly bodily mother to Me for eternity and through this have also redeemed her forever from her suffering, which she has endured most steadfastly and exceedingly patiently out of great love for Me.
[3] But I tell you: Do not weep and lament so much for the one who rose from the dead in Me for all eternity, because she died with Me and in Me on the cross of severe suffering of her body – but she also rose to true eternal life in Me and at My side for all eternity at the same moment she visibly died for you according to her body!
[4] Her joy was unlimited when she looked at Me and immediately recognised Me at her side, namely in such a dress in which I was immediately recognizable to her – and all the more easily since I also immediately let her see My stigmata, which is only given to those who leave their body tested through hard sufferings in all love for Me. She was also overjoyed and could not understand how she – since she had suffered for so long – could now suddenly become so extremely healthy. In the highest and most delightful rapture, falling at My feet, she thanked Me ardently that I had shown her such great mercy, and asked Me to be allowed to be the least of My handmaidens. But I said to her as I now also say to you:
[5] "Not so, My dear daughter! I tell you, the handmaidens are those who are driven to Me by monastic hard discipline, and their faith and love for Me is a hard school. But you freely chose Me as the only subject of your heart, therefore you are not to be a handmaiden, but My true beloved daughter – and behold, all that I have, and all that is Mine, you too will have and all will be yours forever. You will also not be separated from your earthly ones left behind; whatever your heart wishes to do for them in My name, you will also always be able to do for them in full measure. For all My daughters have such power to rejoice in Me forever, so that they can fulfill all the wishes of their most loving heart.
[6] But she asked Me for it ardently and spoke: Oh You, my most high, best, most holy Father Jesus! You my God and my Lord! From all the strength of my heart I thank You for such great grace; but I know what You want for all those who are left behind endlessly better than I do, which I do not yet know and see what is truly good and useful for them. What you, oh my Father Jesus, want, that is the best – therefore, let only Your most holy will be done at all times and forever! Let me now, oh Lord and Holy Father Jesus, love You undisturbed always more and more and more eternally, for I am now overly, overly, overly blessed! I ask you only for the one thing that you want to take away from my survivors – their great sorrow for me – quite soon and give them in return a quite firm and living faith, and that they all would recognize you completely and love you above all in spirit and in truth! Oh my dearest Father Jesus, just do this only thing for them according to Your sole pleasure!”
[7] Here I pressed her to My Father's heart and say to her: "My daughter now redeemed forever! I will do everything you desire, of that you are assured forever. But that now your survivors mourn and weep for you, that is also good, because I Myself give them tears to drain away their grief. And as hard as it is now also for them, since I now already preferred to take you completely to Me, than that I would have let you languish still on the now overly dark earth at the longest another few years, but so it will also soon become just as easy for them, when they will recognize more soberly
all the more clearly, how well you are doing now. But now also come immediately into My house; there you will meet all your predecessors, and Mary, the mother of My body, will present to you – besides your bodily mother – four already quite grown and even well-educated children, in whom you will have much joy. These also asked Me most of all that I would like to bring you to them soon, and so I also did what I would otherwise have done only in two years. They would no doubt like to have the others all with them, too, but they are now already satisfied that they now finally will have you.
[8] When I indicated to them that I Myself am now going to get you, they were completely undone. They all wanted to go out with Me to meet you, but they finally let themselves be appeased, since I gave them the full assurance that this time I will definitely bring you with Me, because you could have been helped earthly for a few years if everything I advised through the servant and through the daughter Lori had been obeyed. But for Me it is therefore also much better, because otherwise you would still have had to suffer a lot on earth. Physically you would always have remained weak and infirm, and in your mind you would have lived through even fewer hours of happiness on the now very bad world, therefore I think that it is now better for you.”
[9] She then said: "Oh yes, oh yes, You my dearest father Jesus! Because I have only You, I ask for nothing more. Now I am very disgusted when I look at the earth deep below me. Oh Jesus, I thank You above all for redeeming me so gently from my bad flesh! Your holy will be done!
[10] Now I lead them into My house and tell you this, that you may know how your mother is doing, which comforts you and strengthens you in My name, Amen. This be told you in fullest truth. Amen, Amen, Amen.