A Letter from Mother Luisita About
Growing in Holiness

My beloved child,

May Jesus be in your soul, my beloved child. Our Lord gives you so many proofs of His love for you, and how I wish that you would correspond to that love. You have to be very grateful and not deny Him anything that He asks of you. Be very generous and love Him with all of your soul, and even more now that He is persecuted so very much. Try to console Him with innumerable acts of love, praying at the same time for our Holy Mother the Church, for the conversion of sinners and making acts of faith for those who have none.

Oh, how much our good God loves you! He has kept your soul for Himself alone! Be grateful to Him and do not, absolutely do not, deny Him anything that He might ask of you and understand that God never allows Himself to be outdone in generosity.

Make every effort to inculcate in yourself a spirit of interior recollection, of humility and obedience, of detachment and true charity, and a great love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and for our Blessed Mother, a simple and straightforward spirit. It seems to me that Our Lord is always more pleased with simplicity, never pretending to be something that you are not. More actions, then, than words! Let us all belong to God alone! May we all acquire solid virtue through the ordinary duties of daily life. Without being puffed-up in any way, let us be humble and observant. Rejoice in being little, humble and simple.

Oh, yes, my child. May Divine Love consume your soul. After all, that's the reason why we are in the world. All the rest is nothing more than a puff of smoke! Die to yourself that Christ may live in you! Watch out that self-indulgence and inordinate excesses do into enter into your soul. What great harm they do! Toward this end, you'll need mortification of the senses and continual prayer, but with tranquility by praying short aspirations that you can repeat often. This will be of great benefit to your soul.

Again, my recommendation to you is to be simple. Simplicity is a beautiful virtue, one most pleasing to Our Lord. On the other hand, duplicity of any kind doesn't please Him.

Finally, we have to be patient with ourselves and pray that our defects will help us remain humble. It is by practicing little acts of humiliation that we will become humble, and only then will we no longer suffer. Self-love and pride not only make us suffer, but they breed envy which is a very ugly vice. Still, we shouldn't become discouraged when we fall, but ask God our Lord for His help. He will lead us to heaven and that is the most important thing for us.

Keep well and be what you are supposed to be-a saint!

- Mother Luisita