Visions of Sister Hadewijch

...[supported Me]. That is true. We were never separated.

Meanwhile, out of love, I wish to share with you a secret truth about Myself, which is comprehensible to those who are able to understand it: — that despite all My power and all the suffering through which I passed, I never sufficed for Myself even for a single hour, nor did I ever receive even one of the gifts of My Spirit for Myself; rather, I had to earn them from My Father through tormentsoriginal: "Martern" — refers to the intense physical and spiritual agonies of the Passion. and devotional exercisesoriginal: "Tugendübungen" — the disciplined practice of virtues like humility, patience, and obedience. until the day the hour of My fulfillmentoriginal: "Erfüllung" — likely referring to the completion of the work of Redemption or the Ascension. struck—from My Father, who with Me was one and the same, just as We are now. Never was I able, through My perfectionoriginal: "Vollkommenheit", to transform either vexation or pain.

Now you have lamented your miseryoriginal: "Elend" — in a mystical context, this refers to the state of being exiled from God in a mortal body. to Me, and why you did not receive from Me that which, in your opinion, you are due. I ask you: when do you lack this, since you already possess the seven gifts of My Spirit? And I ask you: when were you ever, or in what manner, abandoned by My Father? For My Father was always with you, exactly as He was with Me and I with Him, back when I lived as a human beingoriginal: "Mensch". Since you are a human being, live also in wretchedness as a human being.

I desire to see Myself so perfectly imitated by you in all the virtues of the earthly realmoriginal: "Erdreich" that you fall short of My own self in no respect. Utilize the seven gifts of My Spirit and the strength and helporiginal: "Hülfe"...