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Do you love me? Are you good to me? Two questions from a
girl 30th May 1847
First question: Oh Lord, dear Holy Father, do you love me?
[1] Answer: However, many thousand times better than you Me, my little daughter! For I, your God and Father, care for your whole life in every moment. But you do not think of Me so diligently, but only now and then, if you will take time for it. If I did to you as you do to Me, then it would have been done with your life long ago already, my little daughter! So form this you can already see that I love you thousands times more than you love Me, My little daughter! I think that from now on, you will always give Me preference!? Second question: Are you, dear Holy Father, not angry with me because I go to my aunt's house almost every Sunday and have a little chat there?
[2] Answer: Yes, My dear little daughter, that is admittedly not very pleasant for Me, because through it you take up more and more of the sense for the world into yourself, through which in time you could forget Me more and more and more, which would then hurt Me very much, if you finally wanted to become completely unfaithful to Me.
[3] Therefore, I would prefer it if you did not have yourself picked up every Sunday at your aunt's house, but only now and then, when you have to visit your aunt, from whom you will not get much better than a small snack and some very sophisticated, meaningless games. But if you would come to Me in your little heart as often instead of always to your aunt, I could offer you something much better than your aunt, who is very vain.
[4] See then, My dear little daughter, I do not quite agree with your regular going to your aunt's house, but I do not forbid you in the least to go there either. You can do as you please. For see: I am not pleased by a forced love, but only by a free one.
[5] If sometimes you will prefer Me freely over your aunt, then I will be happy. But if I would like to or must force you to it, then I would not rejoice in the sacrifice of your heart! Just as it does not want to please you either, if someone would love you only then, if you would have to force him to it – just so it is also with Me!
[6] They are always the dearest to Me, who come to Me of their own accord, seek Me out in the heart at all times and then love Me with all their heart over everything. But then I love them too over all and open to them all the treasures of My heaven!
[7] You do so, My dear little daughter, because even so, you will soon become great in My great love and will see how overabundant and generously I as your true Father, am – and what all I can give to those who love Me above all!
[8] You take this to heart, My dear little daughter, with all your heart, then you will soon come completely into My Father's heart! I, your dear Father, say and promise this to you! Amen.