Where you are on the path
What happens in the soul?
During this age the soul experiences firsthand the fire and infinite tenderness of the Heart of Jesus.
The soul no longer perceives only the love that God has for the soul. The soul also begins to experience the soul’s infinite love for all people.
This experience profoundly transforms the soul’s way of looking at others and awakens in the soul’s an ever-growing desire to participate in Christ’s love for them.
The action of the Good Lord
the Good Lord allows the soul to experience something of His own Heart.
“It is as if the Heart of Jesus itself beats within the soul, making it a participant in its ardent desire for the salvation of all.”
The person thus begins to participate internally in that love: in its fire, in its tenderness and in its concern for the salvation of others.
How do you live?
Concern for others, especially poor sinners, becomes evident.
The person does not judge or condemn. The person approaches them with genuine compassion and sincere love.
This gaze is born precisely from having personally experienced the fire and infinite tenderness of the Heart of Jesus, which transforms the soul’s way of looking and expands the soul’s heart.
That is why the soul lives more and more at the service of others and actively participates in the life of the Church.
His love stops being just a feeling of compassion: it begins to become intercession, reparation and surrender.
The prayer
Prayer continues to be deep and continuous, within the stable union proper to the Unitive Way.
But now it acquires a particularly marked orientation towards others.
The soul intercedes for those who suffer and, in a particular way, for poor sinners.
The experience of the Heart of Jesus moves the soul to intercession and reparation.
Your capacity for intercession can be unique and produce abundant fruit.
The mission
Union with the Good Lord allows us to understand more clearly the mission received.
The person can undertake great and demanding works, aimed at the good of others.
The soul no longer primarily seeks the soul’s own spiritual fulfillment. The love received begins to become a concrete dedication to the service of the Kingdom.
Signs that may accompany this age
• Experience of the fire and infinite tenderness of the Heart of Jesus.
• Perception of God’s infinite love for all people.
• Deep compassion for poor sinners.
• Absence of trial and condemnation of them.
• Intense intercession for others.
• Spirit of reparation.
• Increasing delivery.
• Permanent service to others.
• Active participation in the life of the Church.
• Greater clarity about one’s own mission.
A phrase to remember
“It is as if the Heart of Jesus itself beats within the soul.”
Where does it lead
The soul has known the love of the Heart of Jesus and has begun to participate in its desire for the salvation of others.
That love now leads to its most radical consequence: also participating in the mysteries of Christ, especially the soul’s Passion.
Intercession and reparation begin to become an offering. The soul will be willing to accept interior and exterior suffering for the salvation of others.
Age 26 — Crucified Mystical Union →