Chapter 43: Of two pulsations of the Heart of Jesus,

As Gertrude saw one of her sisters hastening to the ser mon, she said to God complainingly : " Thou knowest, my Beloved, with what pleasure I would now hear this ser mon, were I not hindered by sickness." Our Lord replied : " Wilt thou, My dear spouse, that I should preach to thee Myself ? " and she answered : " Very willingly." Then our Lord made her rest on His Heart, so that her soul touched it ; and as she remained there some time, she felt two most sweet and admirable movements therein. Then the Lord said to her : " Each of these movements operates the salvation of man in three different manners. The first operates the salvation of sinners ; the second, that of the just. By the first, I converse continually with my Eternal Father — I appease His anger against sinners, and I incline Him to show them mercy. By the second, I speak to My saints, excusing sinners to them, and urging them, with the zeal and fidelity of a brother, to intercede with God for them. By the third, I speak to sinners themselves, calling them mercifully to penance, and awaiting their conversion with ineffable desire.

" By the second movement of My Heart, I invite My Father to rejoice with Me for having poured forth My precious Blood so efficaciously for the just, in whose merits I find so many delights. Secondly, I invite all the heavenly host to praise My providences, that they may return Me thanks for all the benefits which I have granted them, and that I may grant them more for the future. Thirdly, I speak to the just, giving them many salutary caresses, and warning them to profit faithfully by them, from day to day, and hour to hour. As the pulsations of the human heart are not interrupted by seeing, hearing, or any manual occu pation, but always continue without relaxation, so the care of the government of heaven and earth, and the whole universe, cannot diminish or interrupt for a moment these two movements of My Divine Heart, which will continue to the end of ages."