By Stefania Caterina and Tomislav Vlašić

Dearest brothers and sisters,

Last time, we spoke about the Angels, who are pure spirits who remained faithful to God. They are perfect instruments for touching our spirit and for sending the impulses of the Holy Spirit deep within us. We spoke about this in the context of Abraham’s preparation. As we know, he is the forefather of the new people. Therefore, we will continue to follow Abraham’s steps and learn much about which steps to take and how to receive the impulses of the Holy Spirit within us.

Abraham leaves his land

“A new people needed a new land to live in, far away from the noise of the Chaldeans and their questionable customs. God asked Abraham to leave his land and go towards the place God had chosen to be the cradle of a new offspring and a new civilization in spirit.[1] 

Once again Abraham obeyed. Guided by his firm faith and supported by God’s help, he left his everyday life behind to start a totally new life he knew nothing about. He was already advanced in age but his spirit was ageless. When Abraham set off with his wife and part of his family, he did not know where the land of destination was. However, he knew that God Himself had chosen that land and that He would show it to him. That was enough to give him the courage; he knew that his God would never disappoint him.

Abraham thus began his quest without a clear destination but with his heart full of hope. During his tiring journey his love for God grew; he headed towards Canaan and crossed it. Here God spoke to him again to tell him that the land he found himself on was the land He had chosen for him and his offspring.

When God chooses a man for His work, He asks him for a change. God‘s call is primarily the call to welcome and live the newness of life as in God life is continuously renewed. Abraham was asked to leave his land and the life he had lived in safety until that day. The willingness to change is the very foundation of life which, as such, is in a constant evolution. Thus, God cannot build something new on old foundations; for this reason, Jesus said that the new wine must be put into new wineskins.[2]

Man, however, fears change since he feels weak and incapable of controlling events. He wants to keep unchanged what he knows and gives him a sense of security, although sometimes a fragile one. Resisting to change causes man a lot of unnecessary hardship; it is better for him to entrust himself to God and allow Him to free him from what he no longer needs.

God never acts in a brutal way, nor does he force anyone. On the contrary, He prepares man for the change; He instructs him deep inside, leads him to understand what needs to be transformed in him and arouses in his spirit a desire for something new. Then, He will wait for his decision respecting his choice and his freedom. Lucifer, on the contrary, demands that his followers be the way he wants; he violently threatens and forces them to change themselves; if they do not, they will pay dearly for it, sometimes even with their life. The newness of God goes hand in hand with integrity, as He does not transform man on a whim or punish him, but makes him a better and more righteous person. Lucifer, in contrast, does not transform but deforms man; the change he demands from him is a further step towards decline and existential death. When God asks for a change, it is always for the better; when the devil demands it, it is for the worse. So, know how to behave!

What kind of change does God demand? It is the change of our thoughts, that is, our attitude before God, ourselves and our neighbour. Thought distinguishes man from all other creatures and makes him a righteous being, a real child of God, because thought is the highest heritage of God.[3] Thought is formed deep in the human spirit where the Holy Spirit is present communicating the thought of God through His impulses to the spirit of man, and thus what is good for him to do according to God‘s laws. The Holy Spirit helps him understand in all circumstances what action to take, enlightening all his steps and suggesting the decisions to take.

Man is made of spirit, soul and body.[4] The spirit is at the centre of the soul and sends to the soul what the Holy Spirit communicates to it. The soul possesses three powers: memory, intellect and will. When the spirit conveys the impulses coming from the Holy Spirit to the soul, it re-elaborates them with its intellect and sends them to the brain whose task is to transform them into rational thoughts, words and actions. Thus, we can say that man’s thought is born in the spirit, takes shape in the soul and manifests itself through the body. After these steps, which take place an infinite number of times within each of you, the thought can be defined as the thought “of the human being” in its entirety and originality. In fact, within each one of you spirit, soul and body are original and unique; no similar exists. Consequently, also the thought of each one of you is original and unrepeatable.

Thought cannot be static; it evolves in parallel with the growth of your spirit. Therefore, the more you are united to God, the more you receive always new, powerful inner impulses, which allow you to elaborate a profound and harmonious thought in tune with the divine thought. That leads you to look at your life and the reality that surrounds you with new eyes; that makes you wise in accordance with God’s only true wisdom.[5]   

God wants each one of His children to reach a higher level of thought, even more so if someone is called to a particular mission like that of Abraham. Therefore, everyone is called to be ready to improve himself in every moment and to accept His guidance, which always requires moving forward, step by step, towards the transformation of being and thinking. It is a challenge given by God; if you accept it with love, it will become an opportunity for a happy life. Abraham accepted the challenge and started his journey.”

 

After the passage you have just listened to, other passages follow, referring to Isaac, Jacob, Joseph of Egypt, and Moses. With Abraham, a whole people set off: the history of salvation passed from individuals to a people. From Abraham, the chosen people of Israel were born, Israel of God, where God manifested Himself in an extraordinary way.

The election of the people of Israel took place in view of the coming of Jesus Christ. You know how history went: the heads of the Jewish religion, together with the political executors of the Roman Empire, crucified and killed Jesus, but then He rose from the dead. He revealed God the Father and formed a new people: the Church, which received the Trinitarian Spirit.

We are now in a new phase for the new people: the phase of immediate preparation for the glorious manifestation of the Lord. However, we do not know how long this phase will last. With His coming, humanity – those who choose Jesus Christ – will be led into the new creation. At that point, it will no longer be possible to say both “yes” and “no”, but only “yes” or “no”. Those who wish to be submitted to the laws of the pure Spirit through Jesus Christ will be led into the new creation.

In parallel, the people of Lucifer have formed: the Luciferians. You must have noticed those who are corrupt, selfish, merciless, and destructive. That people began to exist through individuals consecrated to Lucifer, who sought to dominate the Earth and the universe, as explained in this book. They will reach the peak of their power with the Antichrist; but the Antichrist will possess the power of Lucifer, and in the end, that power will be deflated and hurled into cosmic nullity. Only one people will remain: the people of God, the universal Church. We find ourselves now in this time.

Why have we chosen this passage of the book? We wanted to offer you a vision of the path to take. At the same time, you should not wait passively for the evolution of humanity but let yourselves be guided by the Holy Spirit. Only the Holy Spirit and the sublime instruments act, in perfect harmony with the Holy Spirit, in your souls. The difference between Lucifer and Jesus Christ is this: Lucifer is the destroyer: he destroys and leads to existential death; he also uses violence against everyone. Jesus Christ, on the other hand, uses violence against Himself humiliating Himself so that He may descend deep within each one of us if we are people of goodwill. He guides and directs every individual with His Holy Spirit towards God the Father so that we may enter into harmony with Him; from this harmony arises the integrity of a person, of a people. I mean the integrity of a whole people who will enter the new creation.

Through these reflections, we will walk together along this path. We will speak about the Church founded by Jesus Christ and about its current situation. In these times, as the Synod of Bishops is taking place, we offer ourselves—we offer our lives to God so that He may be glorified in this gathering. We pray, and we invite all of you to take part. We will speak of God’s infinite love for the Church, and we will speak of the things that do not work well within it.

We want to be a people like Abraham and his descendants: people who listen to the inner impulses and transmit them to the Church of God, to the people of God, so that those who wish to reach the new creation may continue on their path and understand. I am referring to those who welcome these teachings from within – the teachings of the Holy Spirit given by Jesus Christ – for He opens those sealed places within us, as it is written in the Book of Revelation. Many times, we have felt as though we were sealed.

The call is meant for all of you, for all of us, so that within each of us, a new person may be born, and thus, from all of us together, one great people may arise throughout the universe. The perspective for our people, as I said, is that we cannot be Christians who say both “yes” and “no” but only “yes”. Later on, we will speak about the mystical union with Christ. Christians who are mystically united with Him cannot be different from Him; they are called to be part of His Body. Christians cannot remain in darkness; they are sons and daughters of the light, as the Apostles affirm. This is what we received in the moment of our baptism.

As adults, we must take possession of the heritage of being children of God. Next time, we will speak about Jesus Christ. The themes concerning the patriarchs, which you can find in the book, are spiritual pearls, which lead you, under the impulse and guidance of the Holy Spirit, to understand the steps to take, how to respond, how to welcome Him, how to grow, and how to be transformed. I leave it to you to decide whether you wish to read that chapter. We may return to certain topics later to explore them more deeply. For now, let us move directly to our present time, to understand the grace that has been given to us for these times.

I bless you, that the Holy Spirit may dwell within you and that you may be deeply touched by His impulses and by the powerful graces that the Trinitarian God bestows upon His children and upon all those who desire to know the true God and to become like Him. I bless you, that you may take concrete steps – both individually and through the formation of cells – by coming together in small groups to share experiences, to pray, and to reflect on these themes. I bless you; may the grace descend upon you – the same grace that Abraham received. He left his own land, and you may be moved to step away from yourselves towards God, who wishes to encounter you as He encountered the Apostles and revealed Himself to the Saints. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

[1] See Gen 12,4-9

[2] See Matt 9,17

[3] We have developed the theme of the divine mind in the book Riscrivere la storia – Nel pensiero di Dio, Vol. I, Stefania Caterina, Luci dell’Esodo, 2010.

[4] See S. Caterina, Beyond the Great Barrier, chapter 13, and Riscrivere la storia – Nel pensiero di Dio, Vol. I, chapter 2

[5] See S. Caterina, Riscrivere la storia – Nel pensiero di Dio, Vol. I, chapter 3