Notebook: 1945-50
Chp: The Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle
Page: 572
"The Apocalypse, the prophecy of the Apostle of Light and Charity, illuminates--and does so through Charity--times, every time, until the last time. Nineteen centuries have passed since John received the revelation called "the Apocalypse," whose time of fulfillment, when measuring it solely against eternity, could be termed "near." But if the time waiting, when measured against earthly time, was and is long, as regards references to the state of the seven churches it is as current now as it was then.
"John, on seeing the seven churches at that time, the seven more or less luminous lights at that time, saw not only those, but the other churches which would be formed over the centuries, just as he foresaw what has happened and will happen on earth, in Heaven, and in the netherworld.
"He saw. The lights of holiness. The shadows of injustice. The growth of spirituality. The growth of humanity, or, rather of materiality. The blazing of charity and of wisdom nourished by it, a blazing rising up to Heaven. And the misty smoke of science devoid of wisdom, crawling on the ground, when man attempts to explain himself and so many other things in creation with his own knowledge alone. The sickening smoke of the lusts of the self, of all the lusts. The blameworthy smoke of selfishness and ferocity. Smoke, smoke, nothing more than smoke, and harmful smoke, crawling on the ground, seeping in, sullying poisoning, and killing. Killing the "best" things in the sense which God gives to this world and which we would call the most "beautiful" things. The three and four virtues, social relations, consciences, intellects, peace in the family.... All of them things which the smoke, which is found where there is no blazing charity, kills, poisons, sullies, and penetrates. The forming of the new world--the world of Jesus, of his Kingdom. And the forming of a new world in the new one--the world of the Antichrist, of his kingdom."
Page: 577 - 581
Notebook: 1945-1950 Sept./Nov.
Chp: The Apocalypse of St.John the Apostle
Jesus continues:
"The Seven Churches. They had been founded only shortly before and founded by those who had been sent by God to found them: "Go and teach all peoples" (Matthew 28:19), after, in keeping with divine promise, they had received the Holy Spirit, who "would remind them of everything and teach them all truth" (John 14:26), in such a way as to be understood--that is, making them capable of understanding the highest things, so that "'robed' in power from on high" (Luke 24:49), they would be capable of being the founders of such a lofty thing as the Kingdom of God among men. And, in spite of this, imperfection--and even more than imperfection--had formed in many of the churches, for the Adversary or Antichrist was already active spiritually and was already working to corrupt and destroy the spiritual fortress of the Kingdom of God. To create discord among the members; to introduce subtle heresies; to arouse foolish pride; to counsel vile compromises between conscience and the law of the flesh, and mental restrictions, which are hateful to God, whose language is "Yes to mean yes, and no to mean no," and He wants the language of his children and faithful ones to be this way, to make charity grow cold; to increase love for earthly existence and wealth and material honors.
"This is the work of the Adversary, tireless in working to try and defeat God and destroy what He has created, taking advantage of all that can help him, provided by men themselves, because of their own imperfection or a reaction provoked by unjust actions by the strongest members towards the weakest ones.
"What is right to say should be said. Committing sins against justice and charity--which, like heavenly honey, draw souls to the mystical beehive and keep them faithful--provokes reactions by the stricken members, pain, scandal, and even distrust and separation.
"The Church was founded by Charity, and it should always have been perfect charity. The Church is nourished by Charity and should give perfect charity to all its members, also and above all to the least and the weak ones to nourish them and keep them alive. The Church received the command to teach charity. But woe if the teaching is limited to the letter instead of being practiced in its spirit!
"To live in charity to make the lambs live therein. This is the duty of the pastors. For if the lambs see that charity is expected by the pastors--and woe to the lamb who does not offer reverential love spurred to the point of renunciation of free judgment and free action in good things, which God Himself leaves man (indeed, He leaves all freedom, limiting Himself to saying what is good and not good)--while that charity is refused the lambs by the pastors, what happens? Because of a heart that does not open itself to the limitless needs of souls--I am speaking of the hearts of pastors--souls turn elsewhere and go knocking on other doors, and sometimes they are doors opening to material needs, and they give bread, clothing, medicine, advice, and help to find a job, not to be thrown out of one's house by a hard-hearted rich man, but they also remove religion and justice from hearts. For this is what happens. And because of bread, clothing, a roof, or help to re-establish justice towards the persecuted, one soul or several souls leave the sheepfold, the pasture, the way of God, and go to other pastures--former, to material ways; the latter, to anti-Christian ones.
"During the centuries-long development of the Mystical Vine, separations even of main shoots have taken place. There have been many causes, and not all of them derive from spontaneous rebellion by members, but also from rebellion provoked by rigorism without charity, which requires others to carry the weights one does not carry. For this reason Israel experienced internecine battles and schisms. For this reason the humble folk follow Christ. For this reason today, too, some members separate or at least remain bewildered or fall into scandal.
Peace be with you always
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