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Perfection in Virtues: Simplicity, Spirit of Poverty, Ordinary and Hidden Life

Date: December 13, 2011

Context: – Day 2 Retreat

My way perfects you in My virtues, which are also the virtues of My Mother as she lived her life in union with the Most Holy Trinity. The passage through My side perfects you in the virtuous life, purifies your heart, and renews your mind, thus transforming you into a new creation…

Simplicity:

The call to simplicity is the call to detachment from the attachments of the flesh, both exterior and interior. As you grow in simplicity, you are emptied of all the attachments that prevent you from being filled with My life, My Blood. As you detach from material things, you grow in the virtue of poverty. As you become poor in the things of the world, you become rich in the things of heaven. The poor in spirit are rich spiritually, thus gaining true happiness on earth. Thus, you see that the tactic of Satan is to make you desire richness in the things of the world.

Spirit of poverty:

But the spirit of poverty is far greater than physical poverty. It is detaching from your own ideas, desires, plans, dreams, goals… It is complete abandonment to Me, your God and Savior. This requires great diligence and abandonment to My Spirit. I desire the simplicity of the innocence of a child with its mother. This simplicity and innocence of heart are why Abba, Father, has found favor with you. It is pleasing to the Father and the Son to have you place your complete trust in Us.

Ordinary and hidden life:

It is perseverance in living the ordinary of your state in life, in love for Me, that you are perfected in many virtues. The ordinary duties of motherhood have been greatly attacked by Satan because they are so pleasing to the Father, and when lived in My crucified love as Mary did, possess the power of God to aid in the sanctification and salvation of many souls. This is why your formation began in the most ordinary of your state in life as a mother (the gentle touch, kiss, blessing, making chocolate milk…).

It is here, living the details of the most ordinary, that you began to grow in greater love. Living the details of the ordinary became your prayer of blessing and honor to your God. It is in the most ordinary and hidden life that a soul encounters the face of God. I disguise Myself in what the world sees as tedious. That is why all the Mothers of the Cross have begun to encounter Me in the laundry, cleaning, cooking, nursing…

The tasks of ordinary motherhood are precious to the Father because they are the heartbeat of the domestic church. Now you know why Satan has done so much to attack motherhood. Through the restoration of motherhood, I will strengthen the domestic church, aid in the healing of fatherhood, and bring restoration to My universal Church.

References

Message #44 in The Simple Path
Page 110 in the Silence book (Spanish)