I’m forming you as My warriors of love.

—I felt our armor is:

Helmet: a crown of thorns.

Breastplate: Word of God, prayer, suffering all with Jesus.

Sandals: simplicity, the spirit of poverty, humility in repentance, mortification.

Sword: the Cross.

—The armor you put on is to protect you from being overcome and conquered by the enemy, but your sword is what has the power to pierce the enemy and conquer it. To put on the armor of light, to put on your Lord Jesus Christ (Rom 13:12,14) is to become the Sword of the Spirit. I have been leading you through the passage of union with your Crucified, union with the Word of the Cross. It is in this union in which you enter your Crucified, beginning at the foot of the Cross with Mary, that your lives become the Sword of the Spirit. These are the warriors that will fight the decisive battle and have the power of God to conquer the dragon. I desire each of you to become ONE with the Sword of the Spirit through My Cross.

—After receiving Holy Communion, I contemplated Jesus wearing the crown of thorns. He then said:

—To suffer with Me is to be made pure like Me… To suffer with Me is to begin to love with Me… To suffer with Me is to become Love… To suffer with Me is to enter the fullness of JOY and happiness on earth…

—Our Lord last week had given me an interior image of one of His thorns in my heart. I could see light issuing out of His thorn into my heart. All around that one thorn was a light moving out into the darkness of my heart, expanding and purifying it. I can understand how every thorn received is not only a source of healing grace for other souls but especially for our hearts.