"My daughter, I want to teach you a lesson of great importance"

Sister Josefa Menendez (1) noted on Friday, April 22, the devil’s efforts to take away her peace: "I went up to the oratory of the Blessed Virgin in the Novitiate to beg her not to let me give in. She suddenly came, in a very motherly attitude, and said to me: 

- "My daughter, I want to teach you a lesson of great importance: The devil is like a furious dog, but he is chained, which means that he has only a certain amount of freedom. He can only seize and devour his prey if it comes close to him, and it is in order to seize it that his usual tactic is to make himself look like a lamb. The soul that does not realize this, approaches little by little and only discovers its malice when it is within its reach. When he seems far away, he does not cease to watch you, my daughter, his steps are silent and hidden, so as to pass unnoticed." 

She gave me her blessing and disappeared."

The Way of Divine Love

(1) Sister Josefa Menéndez, born in Spain (1890-1923), was a Coadjutrix nun of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She is the author of the famous book The Way of Divine Love in which she conveys, by order of Jesus himself, many messages received from Jesus who calls her his messenger. Sometimes the Virgin Mary also came to visit Josefa in her difficult mission, to support her.