Beloved in the Lord,

I send you the last file.

During my morning meditation Iam reading the 17th Volume. I alreadyfinished 13th Volume.

The revelations about the will ofGod are sublime. I have given to theauditor of the church the handwrittentreatise of your friend, and these metwith some difficulties on certain points:eg. The words of consecration that OurLord repeats on the soul, and also someother points. I corrected them somewhatand I hope to print all chapters of theHours of the Passion.

An unknown person of the city hadasked me for 50 copies of the newedition.I hope to come to Trani in June, if Godwilling.I have a case in Palermo that will haveto be decided on June 2. Please pray! Ifit is lost unjustly, by the work ofFreemasonry, 70,000 lire! We have allthe reasons to pray. Pray!

I kiss the hands of your confessor.Coming in Corato, if Jesus will take, Ihave to make several observations toyou and to the confessor on certainpoints of the books 12 and 13.

But the doctrine seems to me sublimeand divine!I bless you and your sister.

Yours, in the Divine Will

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Messina, 20th of May, 1924I wrote a letter for 5000 copies of

all treaties of the Divine Will. Hopefullywe will have a beautiful volume if it is

printed with the printing machine of thehouse.

Prepare me all the materials to beprinted.

This morning I received apostcard from the renewed “LibreriaEditrice Pontificia” of Rome, asking mefor 100 copies of the Passion, 4thedition with the Treaty on the DivineWill! How did they know? I do notknow! It is the good God who works.Here, we are hastening to work! Pray.

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Esteemed in the Lord,

I have already sent you the twolittle bottles of that ink that you asked mefor the fountain pens. Write me if youneed notebooks. I hope so, if the goodJesus wants, I hope in His Divine Will,to come to the mainland (to Italy fromMessina) towards the last days of July. Ican no longer travel by train, because itwill swell my legs, and I will see youarrive at Taranto by steamboat, and thenfrom Taranto to Oria in train as it is ashort trip of few hours. We have to bepatient. It seems to me that it isapproaching the time of departure for the

great trip.

Nowadays, for my morning meditation, besides the Passion of ourAdorable Lord Jesus beloved of ourhearts, I meditate, I mean I read andreflect two or three chapters of yourwritings on the Divine Will, and theimpressions are intimate and profound! Isee in them a sublime and divinescience; though still do not understand itcompletely, given my lack ofintelligence.

They are writings that are now tobe made known to the world. I think itwill produce great good. Howeversublime and the science of the Divine

Will, as these writings of divinedictation are clear and limpid. But, inmy opinion, no human intellect couldform them.

The Hours of Passion, 4th editionis already at the end of printing,including the little treatise on the DivineWill. But I am preparing several newchapters chosen from your writings andwith a little preface to add them to thetreaties. Meanwhile, I havecommissioned a new paper for theprinting of the first volume of the entiresize of the treaties on the Hours of thePassion and the Divine Will: but thechoice of the material will be made onlywhen I come, God willing, together with

your spiritual father and with you.

From Turin I received a letter of acleric who is in love with the DivineWill, waiting for the new publications.Three years ago, I had written andpublished few chapters of the treaties ofthe Divine Will in a Catholic Periodical,which is in the Hours of the Passion.

But I always insist on one pointthat the holiness does not consist in anyformula. Because they form, with thisnew science, saints that exceed those ofthe past, it is necessary that the newsaints must also have all the virtues to aheroic degree of the ancient saints,confessors, of penitents and of the

martyrs of the anchorites, of virgins, etc.

Now I present to you the mostheartfelt wishes for your name day. Thebeloved St. Louis, under whose nameyou are called, may grant you the fire ofdivine love and the perfectconsummation in the Divine Will.

I pray you, in your flights in God's will,to carry also me.! Meanwhile, imploreyou in my meager prayers, thesuperabundant grace which maycorrespond perfectly to all the divinedesigns upon you. Amen.

Many greetings to your sister. If you

change your home, give me your newaddress.

Kiss the hands of your reverend FatherConfessor.

I bless you in the hearts of Jesus andMary most holy

Sincerely yours in Jesus Christ.Canon Hannibal Maria di Francia.

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Messina, 06/ 20/1924

Pray for my coming to the mainland andCorato, if Jesus wants. I would come bysea. I bring with me 2 copies of beautifulhymns. One for you and one for FatherBenedict.

Soon I will send the figure of Jesus inthe court amidst cheers. But if you giveme the address, I'll send them directly toavoid double spending.

The cases are held on the 13. They tooka very good turn. But pray to Jesus toenlighten the judges for the rightjudgment of them.

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Messina , 12.7.1926Blessed in the Lord Sister LuisaPiccarreta ,

I received the continuation of the Volume18, sent from Trani.

Dated on the 1st of November, a chapterof your excruciating pains of deprivationof Jesus, which you compare to those ofhell and found even superior. However, Ibelieve that they are not superior to

those of Our Lord Jesus Christ on thecross, not even comparable.

In my unworthy prayers, I beg Our Lordfor you not to leave you suffer so muchin these privations, but He always comesback to comfort you again and soon .

I was well in my health, I could notleave Messina due to pendingbusinesses, but I hope that Our Lord , ifthere my Fiat (willingness), allow me tocome to speak with you and with FatherBenedict about the printing. I am pleasedthat he took your direction and I thinkwe’ve settled for the daily Holy Mass inthe morning.

I bless you in the Lord Jesus.

I'm reading your writings. They arealways sublime revelations, which isworthy of the Divine Creator, eg. that ofthe beating of the heart compared toone’s Fiat .

I bless your dear sister Angelina, sisterCimadomo, nieces and femaleapprentices. And I greet them in theSacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Your servant in Christ Jesus,

Canon A.M. Di Francia.

P.S. style and clarity of your writing, towhat I have read so far have improvedmuch

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08/ 28/1926

Esteemed in the Lord,

I received the 4th Volume. I am reading

through the 3rd and I noticed where itbegins to speak of the Divine Will.

I also read the exaltation of the cross,that of Sacred humility and that ofSacred purity.

I reviewed the 7th Volume completely

Sister Maria Christian who is currentlyvicar of this house has the 5th and 6th

Volumes

Pray that the Lord inspire us on how tomake the publication, and do everythingaccording to his Divine Will . Amen

I am thinking that the first print should bedone in Oria, and then all the pressworks in Messina, where I reside.

Meanwhile, continue the fifteenth inblack where he started to write whathappened in the childhood, adolescenceand youth. Write down everything. Writealso a faithful and complete narrative ofthe disease, or of his going to bed, whenit was, how it happened that year, theopposition of the bishops, confessors,etc.

Also, in Volume 19, write everything,everything that reveals our Lord, evensmall things in passing.

All for the Sacred Obedience, the greatlady, for the glory of God, to hismortification and for the good of souls.Mind not to distort or hide anything.

I bless you in the Lord,

Yours in Christ Jesus,

Canon, A. M. Di Francia

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Trani, 08/30/1926

Esteemed and beloved in the LordJesus our highest good,

Sacred Obedience wants you to write everything you remember from your childhood and youth as the blessed intimate with the divine lover, adding thebeginning of the illness that confines you to bed . This book will be a secret; donot show it to anyone not even his FatherDon Benedict, who is your confessor butnot your spiritual director. Tell him that Iforbid you to show it to anyone, so longas the Lord wills, and I will tell him thereason, you do not worry.

You must also write of the greatmortification that you had every day.

Meanwhile, I had to go to Rome for afortnight. Coming back, with the help ofGod I will be in Corato. I continue towork on your manuscripts which I mustdo one by one, taking some notes onwhich I will have to give explanations.So I will be able to arrange them betterfor the press, with the help of ourblessed Lord.I'm well enough: Our Loving Jesus gave me excruciating back pain last night, andrheumatic pain I have never suffered inlife. I could not resist, I also felt faint,offered them in the Divine Will, but I

will not conceal that I desired to ask thedivine goodness to mitigate them. About5 o'clock in the morning they mitigated, Ithrew myself on the bed and fell asleep.But how great the strength that the Lordhas given you to suffer bitter bodilypains with great will and desire to suffermore! But your irresistible pain and thatof the privation of Jesus, this is infinitelygreater than all the bodily pains.

To be named as the superior of the houseof Trani, we have in mind one of our oldnuns, Charismatic, disciplined, founderof one of our houses ,most loving,energetic, smart and can work with theauthorities; also she knows much of thecountry side because family possesses

various fields, and also factories and shemay take care of the factory in Corato. Itmust be decided with the four generalcounselors: pray! I do not say much forthe Holy obedience.

Now I bless you with your sister anddisciple,commend me to the beloved Lord Jesusand sweet Mom, my works in Rome, andmy journey, and also Father Palmabecause we need to return together.

I have to take one hundred thousand Lirato Altamura, where I would go when Ireturn from Rome, again with blessings,I say,

Yours in Christ Jesus,Canon M.A. Di Francia

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Dearest in the Lord Jesus,The air of Rome makes me feel quite well; thank God

I give you this news that yesterday, firstFriday of the month of September, Ipresented to our Lord the 3rd Volume,which I finished reviewing completely.After I entered the sacristy and signedthe volume with the authority that theArchbishop of Trani gave me when heappointed me as the ecclesiastical

censor for printing books in his threedioceses. Thus it gives me thepermission to publish these booksdictated by Our Lord Himself on HisDivine Will.

Take note that it was the first Friday ofthe month, which is dedicated to theSacred Heart of Jesus.

Now my idea and this, to revise all thevolumes that I have not read with thehelp of the Lord, ie: 2,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,19and after revision, put the my Nulla Osta(clearance,) and then ask the Archbishopof Trani to give his Imprimatur (permission) for each volume. It also means that I'll put the go-ahead, without

a new revision to the Volumes 12,13,14,15,16,17,18, which I have alreadyreviewed.

Means that will put even cleared, nonew revision, volumes, which I havealready reviewed, and in original withyou. In this way, all will be done for thefuture, who knows Our Lord may usewhomever he wants.

See how it looks so well outlined theplane of the sky, that these writings areapproved by the ecclesiastical authority!Who can resist the Divine Will?

I think of returning to Corato between21or 22 of September because if I canwith the help of the Lord, I want to

present to the Archbishop of Trani on the24th of September, all our volumes withmy Nulla Osta and to have them signedby him. 24 of September is the day of theMost Holy Virgin, Mother of Mercy. It isalso a Friday.

Meanwhile let us pray, because if youexceed this point, we can say that thepublication is almost finished.

Lady Obedience imposes on you towrite, either day or night, everything,everything, everything that the Lordreveals to you; let nothing escape – theword of the uncreated wisdom, a wordis worth more than the whole universe.Therefore it is not permitted to neglect

even one syllable. If you do not feel wellin this, I'll give you more authority fromyour Archbishop.

I bless you and your good sister and theyoung girls.

Tell Rosaria (I think you call her so) thatdoes not ever again dare to touch you, tocaress as she did once in my presence,otherwise Our Lord will chastise her .

Blessings again, I recommend a little bitmy poor health, worsened by the years,but all, ask Beloved Jesus for myconversion.

If you want you can write a few lines,my address is: Via Appia, 66- Rome

yours in Christ Jesus our delight,Canon M.A. Di Francia.

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Esteemed in the Lord ,

The Archbishop of Trani has placed hisimprimatur on seven more volumes ofyour writings. Meantime, I finishedreading the fifth and the rest, and thewonderful things of the second volume.

Truly the Lord has led you with immensegoodness and charity. Saturday, Godwilling, I will leave for Oria to beginthe printing of the first volume, which isdivided into two parts.

Meanwhile, commend me to the prayers of the girls for a bit of health, energy, calm mind, because without a powerful help from above, I feel in the decline of life, and the publications of these admirable writings requires divine assistance and long years. Who knowswhat the Lord wants to do! Pray! Hereone of two things: either accretion ofnatural forces, as if to go back twentyyears, or the supernatural assistance of

grace. We cannot know if the Lord wantsto use me or someone else for thecomplete publication of these books. Asfor me I feel a great divine assistance forpenetrating into the spirit of thesewritings and coordinating the purposesof the Divine Will. Our Lord can infusethis understanding to those who want it,since I am not worthy of so holy amission !

fiat voluntas tua , Domine !With Blessings I remain,

Altamura, 5.10.1926

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Canon A.M Di Francia.

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10/15/1926Blessed Daughter in Jesus Christ oursupreme good,

His Excellency the Archbishop of Trani to which you belong, gave me authority over you and your writings and publications, to handle and dispose the publication as it deems to me this right.

These faculties embrace everything youhave written so far and all that you write

in the future.

The Holy Archbishop has designed toput so much trust in me for this work byplacing so-blessed-Jesus I mention that-as you know, ecclesiastical auditor forprints of his three dioceses to engageand came to put his authoritativeimprimatur to my clearance, and this hasbegun to do this without even examiningone single volume ! .

From what you can understand well thateverything was God's will, and that you,regarding the topics of yourself inrelation to your writings, and writings ofthose present and future, you are under

my exclusive obedience.

Never mind that something similar canbe seen in the recent revelations, butbeyond this, there's conception of hisfaculties mentioned on your behalf andwritings, for part of ecclesiasticalauthorities grant me.

I told “my exclusive obedience”,because two directions in the samecompany cannot be admitted, becausewith the inevitable disappointments thatmay arise, you could not go moreforward.

This does not detract, however, that I

have not at times, to learn from theobservations which I may receive from my dearest Fr. Benedict whose great care for you and for the precious revelations I admire so much, and with no jealousy I feel that he read before me those which are to come, give me his opinions, comments and the like.

What is important in the conduct of this affair, and that you, he, and I pray most humbly and fervently to the supremeGod, father of all Enlightenment, theadorable and loving Lord Jesus Christ,the Blessed Virgin Mary, our holy angelsbecause we do not have to wander insomething so delicate, but a divine light

assist the writer, interpreter andcompiler, so that neither more nor lesslure you from the terms of divinerevelation, which all must conform to thedivine prudence with which you mustwelcome and deal with such loftysupernatural revelations that pass forhuman channel, no such ways completelyemptied of subjective imperfections notguilty, but accidental, as taught by themystics.

Therefore we have great need to praytirelessly!

We cannot take a mission so importantwith lightness and superficiality.

and we have to consider how manytimes in these revelations of Our Lordrepeats to be careful to write faithfullywhat He reveals, that the meaning ofwhat he says may not be altered, and thata different word, a comma or more andless, or out of place, can alter it, even ifunintentionally.

We must also keep in mind the repeatedcomplaints of our blessed Lord JesusChrist, as He commands you neglectnothing of what He reveals and says,even the minutest things, and you do notdo exactly.

How much patience Jesus had with you

on the great love He has for you and forthe great love with which He loved. AndI often I praise and thank him, and blessyou, on your part that has a lot ofpatience with you!

You wrote to me recently that you areafraid of obedience that I may give you

But it is right you banish these fears ofself-love and any reluctance orrepugnance when it comes to the glory ofGod and the good of souls.

So far you have formed a formidableidea of holy obedience, to comparing italmost to a tyrant. But it’s time to changethe language. Imagine the new obedience

instead so gutted like a mother who hasan only daughter whom she loves dearly,and all his efforts and raising her saint,to offer all to Jesus, network of souls inthe Holy Church, docile instrument in thehands of God. This mother as tender andpassionate in love toward this daughter,this mother who has its origin from thevery heart of Jesus, also will be strongin using for the success of her beloveddaughter, all appropriate means, leadingto purpose she will have to overcomethe laments or little tears or childishreluctance of the tender child.

Everything considered, it is necessarythat you, dearest daughter in JesusChrist, you follow the Holy Obedience

not by force and punishment, but with agenerous spirit and with glory and holyjoy, knowing of fulfilling the Divine Willand thus cooperate in the glory of theMost High, the greater consolation of theHeart of Jesus and the greater good ofsouls.

But we come to the practice and how theadorable Will of God is manifested inour lives.

Before few days, when I read yourwritings, I fixed my attention on theconsiderable time gap between thewriting of two chapters. Sometimes youlet ten, fifteen days between the one and

the other. Is it possible, I thought tomyself, that in these long intervalsnothing occurred between the soul andJesus? The Divine Communicationswere stopped for such a long time? Andnothing will be reported in these lapses?Who knows how many things the soul issilent!

While I thought in this way, I read these words that Jesus says, reported on 4th

May 1906, Page.22 of the 7th Volume.

"My daughter , I want you to be moreprecise, more exact, and manifesteverything in writing, because you passover many things without writingbecause you understand them, but many

things that you omit should serve others .

Therefore, in view of God's willingnessthat is manifested here so many timesthat it is equally manifested, I, in themost holy name of Jesus and with theauthority that has been conferred on meby your legitimate ecclesiasticalsuperior, give you absolute and strongobedience because day by day, night bynight, time to time, write precisely,everything that happens between you andJesus - also things that are more intimate.

You will tell me: “but Jesus does not

show up every day, and sometimes I donot say anything, then how is thatpossible to write? Write your sufferingday by day, even just a few words. Butobedience concerns especially whenJesus speaks so as not to miss even acomma.

I told you the comparison with preciouspearls, and you added that the Lord hadcompared His words with preciousdiamonds, none of which must be lost .

I believe that one of the reasons whysometimes Beloved Jesus allows nightsto pass without appearing or withoutspeaking is precisely because of your

negligence to write it all. He wants youto be more faithful in this.

Every word of Our Lord is more thanpearl and brighter! We do not know whoare the souls (in future) that Lord has inmind when he says something. So hewants you to write all for the good ofthose souls.

How can you defraud Him? Be carefulthat not only his words that you shouldwrite exactly, but also those infusions ofHis lights that He makes you tounderstand without speaking.

I have reason to believe that when youwill be, as I hope that you already are, inthe best disposition to perform thisobedience exactly, will multiply thedivine communications and for each newword who knows how many souls willbe sanctified and saved! Who knowshow much more quickly the third Fiatwill triumph!

Be generous with Jesus also in this, asyou are suffering and Jesus will be moregenerous with consoling you.

You must be ready not only to make thisperfectly holy obedience but to do itwith joy-at least in your heart and will

not miss the joy of the Holy Spirit in her.

Meanwhile, I also ask you in obediencethat when you have finished writing the20th Volume, inform me so that I can check it, put my permission of ecclesiastical authority and to pass it for imprimatur from his Excellency Bishop Leo Archbishop of Trani.

You can read this letter to Fr. Benedictand then you keep it.

Meanwhile, pray, and we pray that OurLord will make you feel all the taste ofHoly Obedience one for love, or at least

let you execute it generously.

The answer to this you can send it to meto the Antonian orphanage in Messina,and do not forget to write on the word:Personal

I bless you and your good sisterAngelina, and in the hearts of Jesus andMary, I remain.

Oria, October 15, 1926(day of the glorious Saint Teresa ofJesus)

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Messina, 29. 10. 26Blessed daughter in Jesus Christ,

I have received your letter of 22 thismonth, filled with peace and gentleness.

Tell me what to exactly match the mostpassionate mother, I should be near you,to expose myself to the contents of thelight, and I should assure you of the truth,and then write anything and everything. Ibelieve that this is not necessary, butrather that comes from your natural

shyness, and a little bit of that prohibityou that you would not write anything.Then the Holy Obedience and this, thatafter the enlightenment of the Lord,coming from the state of union speechand with Jesus, you are not to considerwhat and who, or what is not, and alsothat the thing you are presented with alittle confusion, you begin to write downwhat you can, and the virtue ofobedience that will make Our Lordenlighten your intellect, or He Himselfwill dictate to you when you begin towrite.

February 24, 1910, in your little Volume

9 (I read it properly this morning), youwere lamenting with Our Lord that youdo not know how to manifest to theconfessor your state of being, and that ifthe Lord made you understandsomething, that was so deep inside andcould not find a way to get out; andfinally Jesus told you: "calm yourself, totry to manifest the obedience that youcan, leaving everything else to my care.

Sometimes when you feel the need, as Iwrite, to speak first in order to beassured of the truth, and then to write,you can take some notes, and then do it,but the best way and always with

obedience, because as much as readyand obedient, so much more meritorious;write just what enters your natural state.

Write to me that you had a strongsympathy because I brought with me thewritings, but that it was essential, firstlybecause one part had not yet been readby me, they are not full yet, and after thatI'll have read them, I'll send my laybrother in Trani with the books whichare not yet approved with the imprimaturof His Excellence in order to approve the writings with his imprimatur. And thus a great part of the work would be done when each volume receives the

approval of the Bishop, without even having tried to read them. Does it seem a small grace from the Lord?

Also in each volume that are published, you need to make comparisons between the copy and the original, and take note that many other volumes are still to be copied.

Once, little by little a volume is printed,I will return the manuscript. I'll alsothink that this treasure you can also keepwell in a religious institute, eg., yourhome. Jesus wanted precariously thatwritings were to be in Messina, and Hewill guard them.

I did copy from Sister Maria of theEucharist, the memories of yourchildhood, then I made the comparisonbetween the copy and the original, andhad to modify some small parts to betterunderstand the meaning. I send you youroriginal with the instruction that whenyou would remember something thatlacks in the original, write itimmediately.

The printing cannot be done in Messina,will have to be done in Oria, andtomorrow I hope to send the first worksto be printed. Meanwhile, I'm writing apreface a bit longish, but important. But

since our Adorable Lord insists that thewritings, the great teachings of theDivine Will, will have to see the lightsoon, I will divide each volume into twoparts, the first part will contain theteaching about virtue and the like, thesecond will be on the matters of DivineWill, and this division will follow untilwe get to the volumes in which Hespeaks only of the Divine Will. Theneach volume will deal with this greattopic.

You say that at the beginning of the 20thVolume, there is something that concernsme. Well, do not be late to write them to

me; because I know how to arrange itaccording to the adorable Divine Will.

You have the presence of Fr. BenedictCalvi, your confessor, with which youcan also open yourself to be encouragedto write everything down and alsobecause we have the same opinion onthis subject. We are therefore three topress you: Our Lord, the Director sentby the Archbishop and your ordinaryconfessor. Where you will not have toleave the domain of the Holy Obedience,then resign and write everything.

I had to start from Oria in a hurry,

because of an urgent business I had to goto Messina. My health with its ups anddowns, but I feel a special Divine helpwhen the affairs of this publication ofthese books.

Even though unworthy, I shall not ceaseto pray for you to the Adorable Jesus,and with true fervor, that He may assistyou and console you in your painfulprivations.

I want to remand you that you may havetranquility of your mind, that the HolyObedience to write everything is notunder a serious sin, but to the greatersatisfaction of the Adorable Jesus, of

His glory, for your sanctification and thegood of souls. So if you neglect to writeeverything, the fault would be serious.

For copies still to be made of severalvolumes, do not think that it is work thatneeds short time. Do not be afraid thatthese intimate writings would be passed to the hands of others. There will be atime when all these writings will bepublished.

You can show my letters to yourconfessor Father Benedict Calvi,because I say that I am your directoronly with regards to the publication of

the script.

I bless you in the Lord. I would hope tocomplete all the printing within fiveyears, and with a million lire, maybe Iwill have to spend more. Meanwhile, Iam 75 years old. Commend me to theLord, because in addition to thesewritings, there are other things that Imust do, as if I were a young man of 40years.

Many greetings to Fr. Benedict. I thinkthis Fr. Palma has come to Corato.

Blessings again, along with your sisterand other ladies, I remain

Your Spiritual Father

Canon Hannibal Maria Di Francia.

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Messina, 11/19/1926

Blessed daughter in Jesus Christ,

I have with me your letter dated the 12th

of the month.

Do not be worried so much if somethings are beyond your memory and youcannot remember them and treat them assmall things. Pray to Jesus that if Hewants to make you remember them, andme a small effort to remember them. Forexample, take the book and the pen towrite, if you remember them, fine; but ifyou do not remember them, let it go andremain calm.

With regard to my health; thanks be toGod, I can be happy that I am finishingthe eleventh Volume which is full ofDivine Will. With the 11th Volume, Ifinish the reading of the 7 Volumes

which lack the imprimatur. As soon as I have them ready, I will put my signature on them and will send them to the Archbishop of Trani with my lay brother so as that the Archbishop can put his imprimatur on them. This is very important to receive the ecclesiastical approval for any work in the future. This will be an important moment that we must thank Our Lord with immensegratitude.

I wrote two letters to Fr. Palma because it will reach Corato and he will meet with Mr. Mayor of the town. I hope to do it, or to do it together with the new

Superior Sister Maria Paracleta, who is really a chosen soul for her mercy, intelligence, prudence and who along with her brother priest and Forane Vicar, a man of holy life and the founder of oneof our orphanages in his village in theprovince of Messina.

I thank you for the words that you havetold me about the divine task(publication of the books) that the Lordin his divine goodness entrusted to me,this poor soul, and to others. The LordHimself will look after the work.

Already began the printing of the volumethat speaks about your childhood. I ampreparing the preface to the whole work.

I could not begin the printing in myinstitute in Messina, because they haveplenty of work, and so the printing beganin Oria. In Oria I have many young boysof ours who can do the work for me withlot of love and immediately, becausethey consider themselves as privilegedby the Lord to do this work. This groupof boys is headed by one of our excellentyoung brothers who is studying for hispriesthood. His name is Brother Tarcisioof the SS. Sacramento.

I sent him a copy of the first volumebecause he already started the printing ofit. I am doing a copy of the second

volume from a pious Salesian sister,well instructed about things of the Lord.I make this copy in a new style, so asthat in the margin I can make somenecessary corrections becausesometimes the way you expressedyourself is not very clear, there are manyspelling mistakes and many pages arewith faded ink. Sometimes I have to addsome clarification notes, according tothe enlightenments that the Lord deignsto give me.

But I want to let you know, for yourpeace of mind, that in all thesepublications, your name will not appear,as long as your live, and I pray the goodLord may give you long life. The only

thing that will appear in thesepublications would be “author of theHours of the Passion of a lonely soul”and not even your nationality will berevealed.

I am very much convinced that as long asa book is being printed with the copies, Istill need the original with me to makethe necessary comparisons. But on thiswe have to be very calm because theLord knows well how to conserve theseprecious writings. When I would havewith me each volume printed, I wouldreturn to you its original.

Little by little, I am reading and takingnotes and observations so that I can

correct some of the things in yourpresence. Meanwhile I hasten myhumble prayers and the most worthy inthe immensity of the Divine Will of thehumanity of Jesus with which Herealized His Father’s Divine Will, thatOur Lord with the intercession of theHoly Mother, of His angels and of Hissaints want to thank you and me for thecompletion of this “work of Heaven” inthis way; or in one way or another as yetwe do not know will have its perfectfulfillment.

From your writings I understand moreabout your ineffable and continuouspains for the deprivations of BelovedJesus and that gives me sorrow and I

pray to Jesus that he may not give youthese terrible privations and console youmore often with His divine presence.

There are some parts in your writingswhere you speak about the patience andkindness of Our Lord towards you inmost admirable ways, and that makes mestop my reading and recite some “Glorybe to the Father’s” in order to givethanks to the Lord for His kindnesstowards you.

I have nothing to add at this moment,only I want that you greet FatherBenedict for me; I finish this letterwishing you God’s blessings. If you donot want to tell me anything special, it is

not necessary to write a reply.

finished writing on 11/23/26.

Yours in Christ Jesus

Father Hannibal.

P.S. The publication of the whole workwill be in 25 thousand copies. Since thework will be quite voluminous becausethe Divine Word and the Word thatspeaks are substantial of the EternalFather, so will have to understand thatthe expense of printing is also very high.But certainly we shall not lack the means

for the printing, even if it should cost amillion. Perhaps these books will besold faster than the Hours of the Passionfor which we may have to spend moremoney.

Long Live Jesus and Mary!!

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Messina, 8, January, 1927

Fiat!

Dearest in the Lord,

I received in time your Christmasgreetings and I wish you the same, thatthe triumph of “FIAT” in you may growmore and more with Its eternal light andmay spread throughout the whole world.

I let you know that from Oria my youngtypographers sent me 40 drafts which Ialready corrected, and I have to send itto them. The printing has reached thatpoint when for the first time Our Lordtook in His hand the crown of thorns.

There is a line in the first volume thatsays so: the new life that began at thefarm is called Torre Disperata. I wouldlike to know if this is the name of theFarm, and why it is called so, and if

appropriate to remove these names.

And now I want to tell you what mythinking is regarding the order ofprinting.

On the one hand, it seems to me that wemust, as soon as possible publish thechapters that deal with the Divine Will,because just as you wrote me, Our Lordyearns that you publish all with regardsto the Divine Will as soon as possible.On the other hand, we can say that morethan half of what you have written so faris the chapters on important issues andother doctrines that we must notoverlook, eg. teachings on virtue, thesublime manifestations of the Divine

love, and also the chapters that speak ofthe Divine scourges that in the future,will serve two purposes: one as proof ofthe writings, or of the Divinerevelations, as in the chapters of thescourges are predicted events that havesubsequently come true.

Another purpose is that now and in thefuture, the people will understand thatour Lord Jesus is forced to sendpunishments with great sorrow when thepeople do not walk in the right, for thesalvation of the souls.

I want to publish as soon as possible allthat concerns the Divine Will, and do notwant to neglect everything else such as

Divine love, virtues and sufferings. So Ithought that I would divide each volumein two parts; at first, according to themanuscripts, all that concerns these threecategories: love, virtue and suffering.And on the other half of the volume onthe Will of God.

So means that sometimes, in the chaptersof the…….., or of love, or virtue, youmay find sections which imply theDivine Will, for example in a chapter onthe Divine love there may well be arevelation of the Divine Will. I woulddo so in this case, if the chapter aboundsin the most Divine love, then it will takeits place in the printing of the first part,if more abundant in the Divine Will, will

take the place of the second part.

I want you to do a favor for me: pleaseobtain for me from Jesus Christ ouradorable Lord -not by revelation but bythe way of faith-comprehend well if thisthought of mine is in conformity to theWill of Our Lord, and give me youropinion as well.

I hope that each volume such as theHours of the Passion has 600 pages.

In the Spring, if the Lord kindly gives melife and good health, I will come to Oriafor the last part of summer and autumn,so that the printing can be done faster.

You will receive some of the ink for thefountain pen, but those little bottles areover. We have not been able to find themin Messina. Give us the address of thecity and the factory where it comes from.We will contact them.

Please convey my best wishes to the New Priest, Father Calvi, that the goodJesus wants to fulfill all his holyapostolic desires, make him grow moreand more in his apostolic faith and zeal.Forgive me for not to have written himdirectly, because I was very occupied.

Many wishes also to the good sisterCimadomo. I am certain that Our Lordwill give them a great reward for the

pious donation of the land that they havemade, in order to be able to build ahouse of salvation of many souls.

The Vicar General of the Diocese ofMessina, a young, well-educated andvery good priest is seriously ill, and itseems that Our Lord wants to take himaway. The archbishop and we are allsaddened by this illness. And I commendhim to your prayers, because we wanthim to be perfectly healed, if that is theDivine Will.

I bless you together with your goodsister Angelina, and I remain,

Canon Father Di Francia

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Messina, January 24, 1927,Dearest in the Lord,

I received your letter, and I would tellyou that you have not yet received theobedience to leave this world. Theobedience to the Divine Will wouldfinish when the Word Made Flesh, thesweet Jesus will finish his Divine

revelations and that we do not knowhow long it will take.

Let me know if during this period ofyour continued fever, the Divinerevelations were continuous, or havebeen suspended, if you write them ornot.

As for your fever take a hot water withchamomile flowers for a few nights, ifyou want, and if it seems appropriate,you can also call a doctor. To do that, Fr.Calvi will help you.

As for me I'm not in good health. I feelexhausted, and some nights I spendsleepless. I had to stay in the mostbeautiful job of proofreading, because

the infernal enemy is waiting to destroyme while I was doing this work.Meanwhile I had to suspend all. Westarted special prayers to the Holy Nameof Jesus. If there will be a special helpof Our Lord, I will be able to go alongwith my work.

Pray that I may not think of leaving thework.

I bless you. I am dictating this letter frommy bed, today Monday January 24th,about three o'clock in the afternoon.

Once again, I bless you with your sister. If you need something, feel free to use our money that you have in your hand, and relieve your poor sister. Many

greetings to the Father Calvi and sistersCimadomo.

I remain in the hearts Holy Jesus andMaria.

Canon Maria Di Francia.

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Messina, 02.14.1927,Most esteemed one in the Lord,

I respond to you dearest. Do not be

worried about your manuscripts, in thecase that if the Lord should call me,because since you are alive, they wouldbe delivered to you, or the Lord destinedsomeone to continue this work ofprinting. And if you were in Heaven,along with me, we would converse withOur Lord, Jesus. However it seems to me that we should not worry about that the manuscripts are kept in a small cupboard, because in essence they are neither mine nor yours, nor of anyone, but of Jesus, Books of Heaven as Henamed them, and He knows himself whatHe has to do with them.

Currently they are used for printing, andif you are copying, copy them all

although it takes a considerable time.

Here we have corrected, I with mysecretary, the draft of the many pages ofthe 1st volume, by coping them, becausethe document is not by any means fit toprint. I can also say that often it is necessary to check whether they really match with the original writings.

You have asked me about my health. I donot know what to tell you preciselybecause I am in a state somewhatindefinable, physically doctors say thatthere is nothing serious and that it wasan inflammation of the pleura which,little by little can be remedied by

medicine, but I see almost noimprovement in my health. I have to beconfined to the bed more often, that I feelreally weak, and I do not have any forcein me, and if I make a little effort to getme up and to dress me, I am not able todo. In the nights, I do not sleep verywell, and have a great difficulty inbreathing. I do not celebrate the HolyMass, but I receive the Holy Communionin the bed. I always had a good appetiteto eat, but nowadays it is very muchreduced and sometimes I do not feelhungry to eat anything. This is myphysical state of sickness.

But the things do not end there!

I have entered into a moral and spiritualstate in which the diabolical powers ofthe infernal enemy are trying to subdueme. They assault me day and night withdiscouragement and oppression. I feel in me the inner abandonment and desolation, deep concerns: in one word, an internal state of anguish and suffering that I had never experienced before. All the miseries of my life, my responsibilities, my sins and priestly obligation appear before me and with all the negative internal pressure; I am very much disturbed and pressed.

It seems to me that what you have

written is coming true in my case, that the demons are enraged because they see me involved in this publication, and not being able to act on me physically they act in me internally in order to destroy and break me down and also my health.

In all these I see that the Lord permitsthem because he wants to put me in anunusual testing so that I would be verystrong for the great work of thepublication.

In these assaults, I keep in mind whatOur Lord teaches in one of therevelations, that you do not have tocontrol one´s Will, but should be readyto make a leap into the Divine Will,

where the weak become strong; the sickbecome healthy, the poor rich, and so on.I often make these leaps, but in all a stateof dryness and a few times with feeling.Anyway, the days are not always thesame, but ups and downs, and despitethese vicissitudes in me, I do not neglectto do the proof reading of the writingsand send them to Oria with letters, inwhich I explain what to do, in short, inorder to continue the great work. I donot expect a healing from the Lord nor aspiritual liberation from my torments,but a determination to serve the Lord,because if you remember, He Himselfsaid not to waste time in pushingforward with the publication.

These are painful moments, but sometimes jokingly, I said that I am in the novitiate, that the Divine Masterwants to form me to be ready andprepared to be suited to some largeenterprise: the enterprise is really largeand great, first for the importance ofthese Divine revelations and secondlyfor the hard work that must be done forthe publication, for which I believe OurLord has given me special lights, as youwill see in the first volume when it isprinted and published when I go to Orianext spring, with the help of God.

As far as the obedience that is given to you by the Lord, and not by any other earthly authorities, I said it in

conditional terms, but let Him do what is pleasing and better to His eyes.

I am glad that you are a little better inhealth, so you can still write everythingthat our Lord will dictate on his eternalDivine Will, and who knows when itwill end his revelations?

As of now keep the 20th Volume withyou.

Because, the 20th volume speaks aboutthe incredible things that the Lord hasdone for us. And so is.

I would recommend you the reading ofthe 9th exercise of Christmas which wewould have them soon in draft, and in

this book, one remains astounded at theimmense love and care that our BlessedLord has for the souls. In no other booksthat I have read, I encountered arevelation so touching and so penetratingas this.

In all these give all glory to Our Lord.

And now I cannot help but to recommendmyself to your prayers to our BlessedLord, for the strengths and tranquility ofthe spirit and the mind to publish, orrather to compile, organize and publishthese precious writings, according to thelights that I seemed to have receivedfrom Our Lord, who by this Divinepower, desire to curb the legions of hell,

so that I do not have to break down. Also recommend me to the power of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, who keepschained Lucifer and his demons, keepme sheltered under Her Motherly mantle.

You already know that I am not verymuch preoccupied with other activitiesof my institute since I dedicated myselfto the great work of the Divine Will. Ispeak with peoples with the same spiritand idea, entertain this topic with thosewho best I can and I promote it as muchas I can and even in my institutions. Assoon as possible, with God´s help, wewill establish the Universal Pious Union

for the children of the Divine Will, withthe chaplet which I have written the lasttime.

You wrote me that when I write andspeak about this topic of the “AdorableJesus” with others, it seems to come out from your heart (where it always is) andyou wish to come and listen to what we say here in Messina, and you are most welcome.

And therefore in my state of being, littledifficult with internal dryness andpersecution, help me with your prayersto your Divine husband and my lovingFather, Jesus that he may give me greatfaith and patience to live in my life the

great and Divine “Fiat” and I may beable to do a very good novitiate.

This enterprise is not only great foreverything that I have told you, but keepin mind that it is 25 thousand copies ofall the work, of all the present and futurevolumes, and then a work worth millionsof lira.

My dear young ones in Oria, they do the printing work with great affection and great care, and I assure you that the books printed are beautiful, and I hope to send the copy soon.

By the style of writing of this letter, you

would have realized that I have asecretary as I told you last time, SisterMary of the Eucharist, which the Lord inhis great mercy makes her cooperatewith me in the compilation and revisionof drafts, letters, recordings, keeping ofmanuscripts in archives etc… It is verymuch to your prayers, that she can fulfillher offices well.

To Fr. Vitale, my dear Priest and to someof my young priests, I am going toexplain my thoughts on the compilationand publication of this great work, andsince they are very intelligent and full ofzeal and spirit, they might be my

successors in this great work if the Lordcalled me to Himself, and can proceedwith the same method and system whichI started.

Now here I end, I am tired, but withwhom I can talk about such things? Fromwhom can I hope for an interest in theprayers for my current state?

This general superior, thank the Lord, isimproving, and paying his respects.Convey my regards to the good sisterCimadomo, your dear sister Angelina,and many greetings to the Father Calvi. Iwish you all the blessings from the Lord,

as a priest, and as a spiritual father asfar as these dear publications areconcerned and in the Holy Hearts ofJesus and Mary, I remain.

Yours in Christ,

Padre di Francia.

NB .If the Lord inspires, answer me,even briefly.

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Messina, 23/02/1927

Dearest Daughter in Christ Jesus oursupreme good,

Your letter to me was very muchcomforting. I feel I have become anothing before the great mercy of theLord, and the great deposit of therevelations of the Will of God!

This night, unexpectedly, I had apeaceful sleep, as in the days of myhealth, and I was able to celebrate HolyMass at 6 am. Therefore I sent thesecond telegram, to make you staypeaceful and calm, although you alwaysare, by the grace of the Lord, as theeldest daughter of the Divine Will.Unworthily I pray for you, that our Lord

will not struggle you much to find Him,and that He is always near you tocomfort and sustain you in toughpilgrimage of life, until we will betogether in his Heavenly glory.

I wrote yesterday to Oria for thepublication of the Divine Will, of whichthe first parts are being printed.

Also in the Mother House of Messina(for the sisters), is printing something ofthe Divine Will, which I think will be abig effect, and very grateful to Our Lord.It is a universal spiritual pious union,called the children of God's Will. It will be established in a simple way.

There will be no record of it, norregulations, meeting them, no payments,nor the obligations of conscience. Theonly thing that they must do is to print it,with the Lord's help, hundreds ofthousands of Cards on which there willbe the recitation of the chaplet of theDivine Will, made in two parts by ashort prayer taken from the Pater Noster,meaning: Your Kingdom Come, YourWill Be Done, On Earth As It Is InHeaven. Amen.

The prayers include the recitation of the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory. This prayer is repeated 10 times for five

times. It can be prayed by oneself or in common, and then depending on each one´s interest, can pray more. In thebooklets there will be many other littleinformation; specifically about theKingdom of the Divine Will and Hischildren. All the five decades will beended by praying: Lord Jesus, we praiseyou, we love you, we bless you andthank You with Your Father and with theHoly Spirit in Your holy and eternalDivine Will. Amen.

We shall try to obtain for the pious unionwith ecclesiastical approval from theSacred Congregation of Indulgences inRome, and I hope it will enrich the holyindulgences. It will serve to propagate

publications and knowledge of theKingdom of the Divine Will.

If the adorable Heart of Jesus will deignto give me the forces, energy, health,especially his Divine grace, thesebooklets will be translated into manylanguages and spread in many nations. Inthem there will be an announcementabout the upcoming publication, thedifferent volumes of the Divinerevelations.

I do not know if you remember that inone of your visions you saw Jesus givinga sob of anguish, which penetratesHeaven and earth for the sins of men.

Shortly after sending out a cry of joy thatequally penetrated Heaven and earth,and Jesus told you that He is very happy,because He saw that the children of theDivine Will are present in the world.

Not having special forms of regulationfor the pious union, everyone can belongto it; any class of men, women, religious,secular , etc.

Speaking about my poor health, I'mrelieved, but still far from a fullrecovery and a true restoration of mystrength, and even more of my mind and Iam very disheartened because I alwaysthink about the hard work of all these

publications. I feel as if frightened by amental inefficiency! Pray to Jesus, if Hewants to do a mighty miracle of myrestoration of health.

With regard to my appetite; I did all thatyou told me to do, but the appetite is notback yet and the most terrible thing is toeat without being hungry and I believethat it may even be harmful. Sometimes Irefrain from breakfast to lunch, to takesome other food, to wait for me to havebit of appetite. In this, the most DivineWill be blessed. Every day I do take a“busciarda”, the juice of a quarter oflean meat. It lifts me up, warms mystomach a little. I do injections of ironand other compounds, once a day I take a

medicament, and it is said that you haveto wait until spring for a full recovery,because here the current climate is verycold.

If the Lord will grant me a bit of healthand moral uplift, I'll be in Oria forprinting. From Oria to Trani, Trani toCorato. Actually for the state of depression where I am, that seems impossible, because among other things, the exhaustion of strengths is too much when I start movements of walking, climbing stairs, etc. I'm almost always in bed or sitting.

I think I have written enough that you

understand my physical, moral, spiritualand intellectual state of being. We hopein the grace of the Lord for a speedyrecovery.

Many battles against the infernal enemy Iwill feel that I would break down, but Ihave faith in the omnipotence of theDivine Will, to which the powers of theinfernal enemy would try to destroy thegreat work.

My secretary thanks you for your kindwords and I recommend her to yourprayers.

I must commend about a lay brothercalled Salvatore who helps me in thenight. Since now most of the nights Ispent in sleeplessness and moralafflictions, oppressions, fears and so on.So he is very patient, keeps watchbeside my bed, and I pray the Rosaryand other prayers of God's willingness.He has a bed in a room adjacent to mine,but could not sleep because I have oftenbeen forced to call him, and he is alwaysready. Now and then I do not know whatOur Lord will do the following nights.Pray therefore the Divine spouse thatany of my misery may not put an obstaclefor the realization of the publications ofall that concerns his Divine Will, as I

trust and hope that has not condemnedme for my sins and for my infidelity.

Yesterday, I wrote to Oria to the printing press since they had written to me that in order to do the printing very fast, we need to buy another good assortment of typefaces from the factories. I said thatthey should buy them. Oh if I were in thevigor of my strength and my mind, Iwould like to fly in Oria to dedicatemyself to this Divine enterprise. But theWill of God does not have need mymeanness and misery.

Pray, then, because it is written in theHoly Books that God fulfills the desires

of those who fear him. Deus Facietvolontaten timentium se! Ask also thepowerful intercession of the Mother ofGod and our Mother Mary.

Presently your manuscripts are beingcopied, that is, those who were not yetcopied, which constitute a great work. Isaw a nun of St. Francis de Sales, livingnear my house in Taormina. She is livingalone with the consent of her superiorsfor health reasons. She is the sister of abishop already diseased, an old lady, buta saintly woman, full of holy humilityand charity and well-educated, knowsFrench and music and speaks very good

Italian. I entrusted her the copying of the2nd and 3rd volumes and she alreadyfinished them. In few days I will sendher the 4th volume. I must review allwith your original manuscripts because,believe me, at various points they do notseem very exact with the original.

I did the work of the revision with greatlove, but since I fell into manysicknesses, I could not continue with it,but I know that this is an indispensablework. There are some areas of thewritings that are true and holy when it isread with simplicity, but must be printedwith great care and prudence so as not tocause criticism from the ecclesiasticalauthority, which would cast a prejudice

on the whole work. There are somechapters that must be printed andpublished after you would be in Heaven.Also from 4th volume onwards, thecopying must be done in two books, onewith the chapters in which the topics ofDivine Will is treated, in another therest. How can I in its present stateperform a review of all the importantthings, but I assure you that I do not havethe strength to read even one chapter,and at times, even to hear it read. I willnot say more so as not to grieve you. Dowhat your heart dictates with our highestgood Jesus, whose operations on me, Iconsider as punishment for my sins.

I commend to your prayers the holy

Salesian sister who is making thecopies.

I bless you and your sister Cimadomoand the two young assistants. You mustbe very careful that the girl should nottouch you, if not the Lord will punishher. Once again I bless you and do notcease to pray to adorable Jesus and theHoly Virgin to make you enjoy aparadise anticipated. I thank FatherCalvi for his concern and prayers, so didyou, and I remain:

In Jesus Christ,

The Father

The mother superior thanks you for your prayers and she is better. Recommend her to Jesus in your prayers.

And you? How are you?

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Messina, 02/24/1927Dearest in the Lord,

Last night I had an hour of terribleinterior distress, added to it was a greatdifficulty of breathing, and especiallybecause of a strong pain that wasperhaps imaginary, in my ears. It was avery painful time: I could not find rest.The enemy, or I myself put a thought: toleave the publication of the books. I saidto the enemy, no, no, no, and I blessedJesus and all of a sudden I felt peace.And I found myself asleep. Your letter ofcomfort reached me one day before theterrible fight tonight! Comfort me, ifJesus inspires you! Now I celebratedHoly Mass, but Jesus does not allow me to rest. My bed has become a hunting

place for me. I'm also suffering duringthe day, but a little quiet. It needs amiracle for me to rise and work. Neitherthe earthly things nor the Heavenly thingsgive me any taste. Long live Jesus andMary.

I bless you all. Sorry for this letter

With physical health would come all theother.

In Jesus Christ,

Father.

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I received your second letter. The firstletter, I gave to the mother superior andto some other elderly sisters for readingand we were all comforted; also mypriests, because there is a rumorspreading in the institution that Jesus, inhis goodness has chosen me to begin thepublication of these books of the DivineWill and therefore all are expecting formy speedy recovery, and me too expectit.

In truth it seems that the Lord wants it,because he has given us all the writings,the great deposit of his Divine

revelations in our hands, and has givenme special lights to oversee thepublications, that before long time youwill see when the first issue comes outfrom Oria, both for good printingmachines, equipments and the goodarms; all that the Good Lord has given usin abundance.

If these works were to be published inanother press, the cost of printing wouldhave reached hundreds of thousands ofpounds and it would even reach onemillion. Another sign is that the terriblewar that the devil has caused me todestroy me, by Divine permission,because I began to follow the DivineWill.

Only my sins would make me tremblethat the Lord would withdraw from meHis infinite mercy.

Now for this I commend myself to yourfervent prayers.

I passed the night very badly, but todayfrom 3pm, I got up from sleep almost asin the days of my health, and I feel as if Iam improving in my health.

In all my afflictions I am very consciousthat the Lord in His love works in me.Your advice and suggestions are mostdear to me, but I'm still a baby in this

great science of the Divine Will. Thankyou very much for your holyencouragement.

As the universal pious union of thechildren of God's Will , I do not like the way you 've conceived it, that so many religious houses should be formed by sending nuns to all the parts of the world dedicated as daughters of the Divine Will. In this case, the institution would not be universal and it could be carried out quickly. The way I have conceived it is; all religious houses of men and women, and any person around the world can be made sons or

daughters of God's Will; only accept thebooklet of the prayers, and recitingevery day, without obligation ofconscience, 5 decades of ejaculatoryprayer: " fiat domine, voluntastuam,sicut in - coelo , Amen," alternating withthe “Gloria patri”, and an Our Father,Hail Mary and glory. There are norecords for enrollment, no rules but onlythe zeal to promote the booklet of theDivine Will.

As for our house in Corato, all oursisters and all internal and external staffwill be daughters of the Divine Will.

Our archbishop is praying for my speedyrecovery and he wants me to be always

submissive to the Divine Will and prayto the adorable Heart of Jesus for myhealing. He ignores the sublime missionthat was given to us, the Divine Will,and as of now I also will not know itexactly.

This superior thanks you for yourcourteous manner.

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NB. I must say that I suffer so muchwhen I make the least movements of thebody.

Doctors have discovered in me startingpoint of a lung infection because threeyears ago in Rome, I had a bronchialpneumonia, a sort of Spanish fever. Irecovered, but it affected the lungs. Butthe doctors ensure safe healing, but notin this winter, but rather in the spring. Isuffer anguishing nights, and you whowere with Jesus all the night, rememberme that I am in the midst of agony. Thedoctors do not care at all my sufferings,they say that the nervous system is

altered. But it seems to me that I amdying.

I shall respond to you the other time.

The drafts are being reviewed by me.Do not be worried about the writings. IfI should pass away, my priests havereceived from me all the lights that theLord gave me and will continue thework.

I apologize to my dear Father Calvi. Butwe are already a religious orderapproved by the Holy Church, and wecan therefore give greater assurance than

what a simple individual can give. Andthen, how could Fr. Calvi improvisepress, labor resources, etc.?

Therefore, we follow the Divine Will.

Pray, pray for me, for this poor soul,who is crucified with Christ day andnight.

I hope as soon as possible, the firstprints will come out; maybe in thismonth.

I bless you, and in the nights pray toJesus for me. I see everything close;

Jesus, the Blessed Virgin, the saints,etc.etc.

Again I bless you and pass my greetingsto others. But the letters are secret foryou, except what you should need tomake public.

Messina, 08/03/1927

P. Hannibal

I send you a letter that you asked fromme.

It talks about the Divine bridegroom, anddo not look at my sins.

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Messina 13/03/1927Most esteemed one in the Lord.

The first issue of the volumes, from Oriashould come out very soon.

However, imperative and a preface Ihave in mind and if I could dictatewould be to draw the attention of thewhole work and its great interest. But Icannot dictate because my exhaustion is

severe! Jesus struck me, and still does not make me rise again. Which do you recommend? I had at least a couple ofdays off! The devout universal union ofthe children of God's willingness liesinterrupted. I have become powerless toeverything.

My houses are praying day and night,also the innocent children. But it seemsas if Heaven was closed.

Up to this moment I do not receive ourother letters.

I bless you all. I leave because my eyesand my mind lost the light! The rest ofmy days become a mystery! Doctorsensure the healing soon.

Your en Jesus Christ

Father Di Francia

P.S: Our father founder feels very weekbecause of the lack of breath and lack ofsleep, he could not sleep in the night andhe sat down all throughout the night. Hesuffers a lot. We are very much saddenedand concerned about his health. We praya lot and continue to pray. Yesterday we

began a very effective novena in themost Holy Heart of Jesus. We have abronze statue of the most Holy Heart of Jesus and the statue is placed on the box where the manuscripts are kept that He may protect them.

Please accompany him with your ferventprayers, that the good Lord may deign tohear our prayers and give our father arecovery of health, if not perfect at leastpartial.

I appeal to you, also on behalf of themother superior to pray to the sweet anddear Jesus for the healing of the Father.

All but always in his Divine Will.

Please, Luisa, pray to Jesus for ourfather.

Pray for our Father. Do you feel anydanger to the life of our father Luisa? Ifyou know anything, do not write to thefather, but write to us out of charity,write to the mother general, or tosomeone else to whom you want towrite. Can we still have hope for thebetterment of the father? Let the DivineWill be done! Pray for me too and I greetand in the sacred hearts of Jesus andMary and I remain.

(I expect your response)

With affection in Jesus Christ,

Sister Maria of the Eucharist, Thesecretary of the Father.

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Messina, 03/24/1927

Esteemed in the Lord,

My days and nights are the same filledwith oppression and lack of sleep. I amunable to sleep as I used to do. When Ihad good appetite, I ate good solid food,but now almost always a liquid diet.Now if I want to go back to solid food, Imust take efforts that are never heard of!Each food disgusts me and I have toconquer it if I want to be a little bitbetter and get some sleep. I get up fromthe bed every day and spend my nights inthe chair. It has been three months that Idid not wash my face because I do nothave the strength. With a minimum ofeffort to do something, I feel lost.

One of the greatest torments of the nightis that I could not breathe well.

In the midst of so many troubles of dayand night I do not know how I will goon, to be very sure I need anextraordinary grace. I said goodbye tothe works of the publication and also theuniversal pious union of the sons of theDivine Will. The doctors ensure that mybody is healthy and the pulse is normal.The heart, kidneys and the stomach are normal. I have a lung inflammation. But I know that, I do not know what to say that I seem to get worse day by day.

It seems that Our Lord is silent and sothe Holy Virgin, the angels and thesaints. But on the night of St. Joseph, Ihad a moment of relax from my troublesand slept very peacefully for 8 hours, but

once again in the morning everythingback to usual or to worse.

The drafts of the first printing, I do notsee them by myself. And the preface?Alas, I do not have the power to dictatethem. I am wrapped inside the Divinemercy without seeing any light. Withregard to the preface if I will be able todictate, I will do it so that it will bereleased soon in a simple and effectiveway so as to impress the most importantpersons of the church, including theSupreme Pontiff.

I do not tell you how I feel the fear ofdevils, and in fact many of them. Andoften I spell them out in the name of

Jesus.

I say to you, but in great secret that inorder to destroy me, the devil took theform of a person whom I know verymuch and brought me very interestingnews. I was seized with a palpitationthat he was going to kill me, but soon Idiscovered the deception of the devil.

The enemy tells me: can you not see thatthis publication is leading you to thegrave because you are very muchpreoccupied with this publication?

I already had sent you a nice picture ofthe Heart of Jesus that Jesus may guardthe archives of the Divine revelation about his Divine Will.

I assure you that your name will not bementioned in the preface, so you do notworry and be calm.

Returning to the offer that you made tome, to be able to share my pains in thenight, I do not know what to tell you. Ido want to add more to your weight. I tryto obtain the highest good from Jesus inthese quiet nights, if that is His Will andas well as with the help of your prayers.Moreover I always thank the Divinelove of the Heart of Jesus that makes meworthy to suffer.

When this state of my sickness will end,I will continue with new vigor, the

publication, for which the hell istrembling so much, but I know nothing, Iknow nothing. Humanly speaking, itseems to me that my sickness will notimprove. But the Lord can stretch outHis hand of His Divine power as He didto Peter and say: you man of little faith,why did you doubt?

Do not forget me, and pray for me,especially at night, and when I fight withtremendous violence to swallow thefood.

I often cry in these painful nights: Ishout, I am dying, I am dying, I am dyingand my assistants take turns and they

comfort me as best as they can.

Another one assists me throughout theday.

I do not want to say more, my head ispaining. I do not worry about the affairsof the institution, it is now the work ofFather Vitale, Father Palma and my otherpriests and sisters.

So many greetings to your sister, to theyoung ladies, my greetings and respectsto Father Calvi and giving you all theblessings of the Lord, I remain:

Yours in Jesus, Father Di Francia

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Messina, 17/04/1927Most esteemed one in the Lord,

I join you with adorable perfectresignation to the Divine Will, that thenight before the Holy Easter, I attemptedto celebrate the Holy Mass and failedcompletely. Now I am convinced that inthis current state of my sickness, I must

not speak of celebrating the Holy Mass. Ithank the Lord for allowing me toreceive the Holy Communion in my bedand also without fasting.

On the day of the Holy Easter, after thefailed attempt to celebrate the Mass, Ispent the day in my bed with stomachaches and troubles, but thanks to theDivine Mercy I slept on that day and forthe first time, I had certain appetite foreating some food. As far the health isconcerned, it is going ahead the same,but I must add that much to my surprisemy breathing is improving from lastnight.

At this point it seems to me that the

enemy wants to take this opportunity toupset me with his suggestions.

When Melania, the elected soul of Jesuswas with us, she had the gifts ofmiracles and did many miracles ofhealing. You had mentioned to me oncethat Jesus had offered you the gift ofmiracles and you refused it. Well then,ask Our Lord with faith and love at leastbe able to make my miraculous healing.If you really ask Our Lord, He will notdeny it. I ask you this favor of myhealing, to begin the work for the 19th

volume that is closed in the archive andfor those which are now in progress. Oh,how I wish to return to the work of thepublication as soon as possible with the

help of my secretary. I have in my mind all the planes for the great publication. Oh! How hell would be defeated then!

Therefore, be courageous, Jesus will notdeny the miracle.

Right now here in Messina there are thunder and lightning and pouring rain, the sky and everything is very dark, and I think that the infernal enemy fears that you are going to get this miracle of healing for me.

I do not add anything else. I return to youmany wishes on the part of the mothersuperior, the secretary and my mostfervent wishes for you and for Fr. Calvi.I pray that Jesus gives you the miracles

as soon as possible. Please do not forgetme, especially in the night and when Itake some food.

I remain:

Yours in Christ Jesus.

Father Hannibal.

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Dearest in the Lord,

All my troubles start from the samepoint: the great problem in breathingduring day and night. This breathingproblem comes from the lung infectionthat affected me. It cannot be cured infew days and the doctors cannot curethis evil. So I will pray to the Lordasking for a miracle. Once you did amiracle with the resurrection of a youngman killed. If Jesus wants, He can giveyou the power to heal me. Rememberwhat is written is the psalms: God doesthe will of those who fear him.

The letter you send reached me a fewhours after I had written to Jesus and Iwas waiting for an answer. So yourletter came to me as an answer from theLord. It comforted me immensely and itwas the beginning of a new trouble. Butyour letter and your comments wereholy, just and perfect. But I feel that Iwould only profit from your prayers (Isay this with my ignorance) if you wereto be more resolute with Our Lord.Forgive me, and I bless you as usual.

Tonight I slept a little and suffered a lotwith breathing. But worst, perhaps, is tocome. I surrender myself to Jesus, inwhose hands I cannot perish.

Yours in Christ Jesus

Servant Mary Hannibal