Source: https://www.bertha-dudde.org/en/proclamation/2024

2024 A reminder of the strength of faith....

August 11, 1941: Book 30

Receive everything from God as it is sent to you. There will come times when you will be weary and despondent and when your faith threatens to weaken. But then just stick to prayer and implore God for strength, and you will overcome the weakness of faith and all earthly hardship. For God needs strong fighters for the battle against the world, and man only becomes strong by overcoming himself. And therefore make every sacrifice to God; try to abstain from every worldly pleasure; remain deeply inwardly connected to God and recognize His great love in that He imposes trials on you by which you are to mature. For the day is drawing ever closer that calls you to action. God stands by you in every adversity, and so it must not weigh you down. For once God has seized you with His love He will not let you fall, and this faith should become so strong in you that you will face every earthly adversity without fear and only ever take refuge in Him in prayer. What God sends upon people will shake everyone's peace, and even the believers will doubt His love and think that God has abandoned them. Yet He invisibly stands by their side and only demands confidence and hope in His help.... and He will not disappoint them....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers