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12:05 a.m.
Jesus says:
“The first counsel of the new year, O children dear to Me.
“If you so desire, you can print up the Holy Hour and the dictations on the Our Father and Purgatory. But I do not want even a word taken from the visions of my Public Life to be published. The Public Life must be printed in its entirety, at most in three books, one for each year. But it must not be cut up into individual visions, much less into fragments of them. That would be a degradation of it of which I disapprove. That would make it useless in regard to its purpose. That would paralyze its power. Never do so.
“And now, dear children, receive the blessing of the Triune God upon your works, exertion, and sufferings and also upon your moral and spiritual joys in the year which is beginning. May the Lord bless and keep you. May the Lord show you his countenance and have mercy on you. May the Lord turn his face to you and give you peace. May Love and the Blood fortify and purify you, and, like sweet-smelling hosts, burn on the altar for the glory of the Lord.”
6:35 a.m.
Jesus says:
“Rise, Maria. Let us sanctify the day with a page from the Gospel. For my word is sanctification. See, Maria. For to see the days of Christ on earth is sanctification, for to repeat what Jesus says is sanctification, for to preach Jesus is sanctification, for to instruct brothers and sisters is sanctification. You shall be greatly rewarded for this act of charity.”141
141 We pass over about thirty-eight handwritten pages containing two episodes from The Third Year of the Public Life (January 1 and 3, 1946).