Courage, My little one, is the virtue of the single-hearted. Courage can be lived for righteousness or evil, for Satan has courageous souls that fight for his cause.

God’s courageous souls come to love Him above all. They come to know His goodness as they live consumed in Me through the Holy Spirit. These souls have come to touch Me and to be touched by Me. They live pure intimacy in My crucified embrace.

To live courageous lives daily in your ordinary lives requires first, growth in humility, the humility of knowing your misery, and trusting in My merciful love. The humility of a pure heart that is able to see My gaze of love in sorrows. This grace of the encounter of a soul with God perfects the soul with the inner strength needed to battle daily her ego with all its desires and attachments, solely to desire Me. This is living single-hearted, solely for love of Me.

I have taught you, through My Simple Path, to suffer all with Me, thus teaching your inner gaze to remain on Me and not on self. Perseverance in this daily practice brings forth the transformation of the heart with the supernatural grace souls will need to live as my witnesses (martyrs). This is courage.

Courage is the act of obedience to My Will. Obedience is always lived through the “yes” that requires courage and moves through the many fears all humans have. I manifested My obedience to the Father as I moved through My fears with the courage of perfect love. (Mt 26:39)

Mary, too, lived her life on earth single-hearted—she lived to do the Father’s Will. Therefore, she lived perfect courage, revealed in her Fiat to the Angel at the Annunciation; her perfect Fiat in her hidden ordinary life; her Fiat during My passion; her Fiat at the Cross when she courageously offered Me to the Father as His perfect sacrifice of love for humanity; and finally, her Fiat to remain on earth in her bitter solitude solely for love of God and each of you. Her courage in her perfect obedience to God’s Will was My consolation and strength, as I was to her.

I have united you (plural) as My little mustard seed, so [that] you will help one another live courageous lives in My Holy Will. Thank God for each other because this great gift is needed during the time of persecution to help you remain faithful and not cave into fear.

Have courage, for God is with you!