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Above is a copy of an interview with Adriana Pallotti who was a Spiritual Daughter of Saint Padre Pio and also a good friend of Padre Bucci.

She passed away at the very end of December last year. Adriana gathered the first cenacle (prayer group) of the Divine Will in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, (She knew and was encouraged by St. Padre Pio) after World War II.  Now cenacles meet all over the world to pray for “God’s Kingdom to come, on earth as It is in Heaven,” studying the 10,000 words (36 Volumes) that Jesus dictated to Luisa, [chosen by God as the “Little Daughter of the Divine Will”]  Please pray for her.

Please also always pray for the Kingdom of the Divine Will to be known and to come quickly to reign upon the earth as It is in Heaven.

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The “Letter to the Hebrews” speaks to us of Jesus Christ, the only mediator of the new covenant  ” For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant” (Hebrews 9:15).

Only Jesus Christ conquered death and gave us His divine life which is eternal.

He, as God, became like us  “to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself” (Hebrews 9:26). “ So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him” (Hebrews 9:28).

Unlike the priests of the Old Covenant, Jesus is both Priest and Victim. In His Passion He – as pure from every stain of sin –  gave himself to the Father for sinners. By means of His death and resurrection He accomplishes his priestly function; At the Ascension He didn’t enter into a temple built by human hands, but  He entered into heaven, where He remains a Lamb standing before the Father to make intercession for us (Rev 5:6).  Sin is  now deprived of  its strength  and  a “new way” to return to the Father is open to everyone.

The Gospel of Mark presents Jesus as the One before whom we must take a stand: either we join ourselves to Him, our only Savior or we compare ourselves to Him in the exercise of our freedom that rejects Him.

Salvation is a gift, but it can be given only to those who have the desire to be saved.

The servant of God “Luisa Piccarreta” had the desire to be saved. For this she fully adhered to the will of Jesus, obedient servant to the Father even unto death, even the death of the cross. In the Hours of the Passion Luisa comments on the agony of Gethsemane in the following way: “O Jesus, all the rebellions of creatures advance toward You; You see that “Fiat Voluntas Tua”, that “Your Will be done”, which was to be the life of each creature, being rejected by almost all of them, and instead of finding life, they find death. And wanting to give life to all, and make a solemn reparation to the Father for the rebellions of creatures, as many as three times, You repeat: “Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from Me: that souls, withdrawing from Our Will, become lost. This chalice is very bitter for Me; however, not my will, but Yours be done”.

Jesus bound the human will with the divine will making His own person a bridge, a bond of harmony. And this is precisely the starting point of our new life, to be in Christ, with Christ, through Christ.

In another excerpt from the Hours of the Passion Jesus tells Luisa: My daughter, do you want to know what it is that torments Me more than the very executioners? Rather, those are nothing compared to this! It is the Eternal Love, which, wanting primacy in everything, is making Me suffer, all at once and in the most intimate parts, what the executioners will make Me suffer little by little. Ah, daughter, it is Love which prevails in everything, over Me and within Me. Love is nail for Me, Love is scourge, Love is crown of thorns – Love is everything for Me. Love is my perennial passion, while that of men is in time. Ah, my daughter enter into my Heart, come to be dissolved in my love, and only in my love will you comprehend how much I suffered and how much I loved you, and you will learn to love Me and to suffer only out of love.”

Luisa lived immersed in the love of Jesus Christ and learned to love God and her neighbor, declaring herself the ‘little daughter of the Divine Will “.

Dearly beloved, it’s really a gift to know and love Jesus as the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta did. Let us imitate her harmonizing our day in this way: “Today, in your Divine Will, come Jesus to love in me the people I meet, to walk in my steps,  to look with my eyes, to work in my hands,  to talk in my words , etc “.

Jesus made this possible by giving us His Divine Life.

Amen

Wishing Archbishop Giovan Battista Pichierri a Blessed 26th Anniversary today!

Posted 1/23/16 on the Official Website for the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta
On the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary

Dear friends,

January 26, our Archbishop Giovan Battista Pichierri will celebrates the 25th anniversary of his Episcopal ordination.

The Association “Luisa Piccarreta –  Little Children of the Divine Will”, on the occasion of this anniversary, wants to express with all of you, dear friends, who follow us on this website, best wishes to His Excellency, thanking him for his Episcopal ministry bestowed upon the Diocese of Trani-Barletta- Bisceglie, Titular of Nazareth, especially for his dedication during these years to the cause of Beatification of Luisa.

The Association sees in Mons. Pichierri its own father in faith who accompanies and stimulates it continuously, so that, first of all, it can live and testify of the gift of living in the Divine Will.

His numerous visits to the Association and his ongoing commitment to promote the cause of  beatification and canonization are a sign of his bond with the figure of Luisa, daughter of this land of Puglia who the Lord has chosen as a humble instrument to make known the Gift of Living in the Divine Will throughout the world.

Let us not forget that it was Mons. Pichierri who on October 29, 2005, in the presence of thousands of people from around the world, closed the diocesan inquiry into the life, virtue and reputation of Sanctity of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta.

Mons. Giovan Battista Pichierri was born in Sava  (province of Taranto) on February 12, 1943.

After concluding his studies at the diocesan seminary and then at the regional seminary in Molfetta, he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Oria (Brindisi province) on August 30, 1967.

He completed his theological education by attending the Ecumenical Faculty of Bari, where in 1970 he obtained his license in Ecumenical Theology.

He put the first ten years of his priestly ministry at the service of the regional and diocesan minor seminaries for the High School in Taranto.

Here, he served at first as educator and then as rector.

After returning to the diocese in 1977, he served the diocesan Church working directly with Bishops De Giorgi (now Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo) and Franco and in the range of the sequence between them as “Delegate ad omnia” of Apostolic Administrator Voto, Bishop of Castellaneta.

Since 1982, he was appointed Archpriest by Mons. Armando Franco, and was entrusted with the pastoral care of the parish of SS. Trinity in Manduria, where he carried out his service until March12 1991.

In 1986,  Mons. Franco himself called him to collaborate more directly in the guide of diocese entrusting him with the role of Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, in addition to that of pastor.

Throughout the years of his ministry he taught Catholic religion in public primary and lower secondary school, in the Lyceum and commercial and technical institutes. 

On December 21, 1990 the Holy Father John Paul II  appointed him Bishop of the diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano (Foggia Province).

On January 26,  1991 he was ordained Bishop in the Cathedral Church of Manduria by the Bishop of the diocese, Mons. Armando Franco.

On  March 17, 1991 he entered the diocese.

On November 13, 1999 the Holy Father John Paul II transferred him to the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie.

He was installed in it on Jan. 26, 2000, on the ninth anniversary of this Episcopal ordination.

We are grateful to the Lord because the ministry of our Archbishop has been “to testify to the gospel of God’s grace”, as the Acts of the Apostles – Chapter 20, 24 – remind us. Just as his predecessors did consistently with Luisa at first and then with the Association, he has kept the seal of the ecclesial spirit on this small seed destined to bear the fruit of the Kingdom.

Associazione Luisa Piccarreta