God's extraordinary activity of imparting His word to people testifies to His infinite love for His living creations, for it is an act of greatest mercy since humanity is already in a state which excludes the direct attention of His word. As soon as people live according to His will and are therefore turned towards God they are also able to hear His word, for this is the prerequisite for receiving the divine word, that the human being consciously devotes himself to Him. However, humanity is currently so distant from God that it could never hear the voice of God. The distance from it to God is so great that such a connection can no longer be established which requires the ability to hear the divine word. The spiritual state has sunk so extraordinarily low that it would exclude such an extraordinary work if God's love did not want to have mercy in order to bring the last help to mankind. And for this purpose He uses a mediator whose will is turned towards Him and who likewise wants to help his fellow human beings.... For the will turned towards God also gives him the realization of the spiritual plight of his fellow human beings. And thus God is obviously at work and forcefully demonstrates to humanity what hardship awaits them if they do not change and endeavour to come closer to Him. For His love for His creatures is boundless.... He seeks to bring them salvation, He seeks to clearly and understandably reproach them with their purpose of life on earth and to determine them to avoid the illusory splendour of worldly life and to acquire the true light of the soul as long as they dwell on earth.... And thus He gives them His word against their will and therefore also has to leave people enough freedom of choice to be able to reject it, which is why the word has to be offered in a form which does not turn the acceptance of it into compulsion. His immense love would otherwise allow the word to reach every individual in order to save their soul, but this is impossible due to the human being's freedom of will, otherwise God would overturn His own laws and act against Himself.... A person's love, however, can build a bridge from humanity to God, and every person is free to enter this bridge and familiarize himself with the divine word. And on this bridge God Himself descends to earth and reveals Himself to humanity, i.e., He gives it knowledge of Himself, His reign and activity and the destiny of every individual person, his beginning and his goal. And the knowledge of this is such an incomprehensible grace, for it makes it unspeakably easier for people to work on themselves, which they should tackle of their own accord if they want to become perfect and enter the kingdom of peace.... divine love descends Itself and tries to bring Itself closer to humanity, It comes to meet it even though it has already decided in favour of God's adversary through its desire for the world and its goods and thereby makes itself unworthy of God's love.... Yet His love never ceases and remains eternally turned towards that which has emerged from Him....

amen

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