Daily Meditation: Sunday, May 19, 2002

You call to Heaven for help so that it may assist you in …

05/19/2002

You call to Heaven for help so that it may assist you in resolving your problems, but you must realize it is up to you to make a move first. Do not wait for the Lord, in His clemency and mercy, to come down to visit you because He will not. It is up to you to rise up, to reach up. You will say: 'But it is said in the Acts of the Apostles that on the day of Pentecost, the holy Spirit came down from Heaven as tongues of fire, a tongue resting on each of the apostles.' Yes, but in order to receive the holy Spirit we must first inwardly elevate ourselves to the celestial regions, where we merge with the Deity. Those who work at purifying themselves and vibrate in unison with the will of the Lord already live in the most luminous regions. And even if we say that the Lord has come down and is resting in them, in reality it is they who have risen up to the Lord and the Lord has filled them with His presence. Understand this well: praying to God does not consist of making Him come down to you. It is up to you first, through diligent work, to begin reaching up and elevating yourself to Him.