Mother Mary- In A State of Dryness In A Soul
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May 3, 2025
A Message from Mother Mary
to Sister Jahnavi
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Hello family, greetings in Jesus' name. I have been seeking the Lord for a word on the channel, and I felt to open the book The Imitation of Mary. My mentor says this book is like a scalpel in our hearts. Mother Mary's sacred teachings to a devotee gave birth to this book. She was the first Christian and the first disciple of the Lord Jesus. She knew more intimately his heart. Through a special grace, she conversed with a devotee about her heart, her sentiments, her thoughts, and instructions, as well as ways to please and find God. As I opened the book, after praying The Binding Prayer, I opened to Chapter 19. Dryness of Some Souls in the Practice of Piety and Even in Communion. It was on point [with] what I was experiencing in prayer dryness. Many times, we go through dryness in prayer; a lack of connection or inspiration to pray. In such absence, Mother Mary is giving guidelines on the reason and attitude we should have in such wilderness.
The chapter begins,
The devotee is addressing the Blessed Mother
“Mary, next to Jesus, you are my refuge and my counsellor. Thank you for the instruction you have so kindly given me. Yet Holy Virgin, at communion time, despite my efforts to have the sentiments which the presence of the body and blood of the Lord should inspire in me, my soul is often dry, my heart cold. Why is it that I cannot share at that time in the sentiments of tender love and sensible sweetness that must have been yours when you carried Jesus in your womb and which devout souls share when they receive communion?”
Mother Mary responded,
“My child, when you find yourself dry at communion time, humble yourself with the reflection that you deserve such a condition because of your unfaithfulness. Then bear your burden patiently in expectation of your sins, and do not lose heart. If you have a reason to believe that your state of deprivation is really a punishment, then change your ways. If it is only a trial, then turn it into a source of merit through your submission. The profit from a good communion is not necessarily connected with enjoyment at the time of reception. The profit to which I refer is fidelity to one's duties. A heart may be sincerely and entirely dedicated to God and yet find no pleasure in the things of God. Many souls who are advancing fervently along the path of perfection are trusted by dryness in prayer, and even when they approach the Eucharistic table.
“Virtue does not depend on tangible consolation. On the contrary, it has to be feared that souls may not be sufficiently detached from such consolation. The divine spouse knows quite well what the soul needs. He gives to some a sweetness and consolation. He does not give to others because he wants the letter to adore without seeking to understand fully. A negligent soul must not expect generosity on the part of Jesus. On the other hand, a faithful and fervent person ought not to regret having occasion to show Jesus that he serves him for his own sake rather than for his gifts. Do not think, then, that God is rejecting you when you feel repentance in his service. Instead, strive faithfully to please him and do all as though you found his service delightful.
“My child, go to your God through faith rather than through the senses. Try to please him in all things. If you succeed, you will have found the happiness the saints sought and found. The state of dryness can be a great help to holiness if you profit by it to adapt yourself to the divine plan. What God intends to accomplish through your persevering in such a state is to teach you not to seek yourself but find your happiness and merit in pleasing him.”
Now the devotee responds.
“Holy virgin, I deserve no consolation, and in this, as in all things, I bow to the will of the Divine Teacher. Blessed be he if, in his mercy, he places me among those to whom he grants his sensible consolations. But blessed be he, too, if he denies me them. I ask no other consolation of Jesus than to be faithful to him. I regard myself as infinitely blessed. If I may sacrifice all my own heart's desire to those of the heart of Jesus, my God, and if I may do my duty without having any other pleasure than that of knowing that I do it in order to please him. Amen. “
Family, may this reading bless you and bring consolation to your heart, that it's not your flaw and lack, but an increase in faith and virtue in you. The Lord has allowed such a dry state in your soul. Because here the Lord is more present than even when you fear Him. Be blessed and remember He chastises those whom He loves. Amen.
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