Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta -The little daughter of the Divine Will


Luisa Piccarreta of Corato, "The Little Daughter of the Divine Will" (1865-1947)

Early years
Luisa was born in Corato, province of Bari, Italy, on the morning of April 23, 1865. Her parents, Vito Nicola Piccarreta and Rosa Tarantino had four daughters: Maria, Rachele, Luisa and Angela. Luisa was born on Sunday morning, the first Sunday after Easter. Both her parents were practicing Catholics and she was baptised in the local parish Church that same evening.

During her early years, Luisa experienced her first visions (Luisa calls them dreams) of the evil spirit, who terrorized her frequently, making her very frightened. She tried to conquer her fears by hiding behind her bed, or in seeking refuge in the arms of her mother, in which she felt safe. She soon learned to turn to God in prayer, and beseeched the Blessed Virgin Mary for protection. And our Blessed Mother soon responded to the prayers of little Luisa. One day, being once again assailed and terrorized by the evil spirit, Luisa turned to her Celestial Mother, who lovingly spoke to her:
"Why do you fear? Your Angel is by your side, Jesus is in your heart, and your Celestial Mother keeps you under Her mantle. Why do you fear then? Who is stronger; your guardian Angel, your Jesus, your Celestial Mom, or the infernal enemy? Therefore, do not run away, but stay, pray, and do not fear."
At that instant all the evil manifestations disappeared and a deep peace overcame her.

With her heart filled with the love for her God she received Jesus in Eucharist for the first time at age nine, and she often remained in prayer and adoration for hours before the Most Blessed Sacrament in her parish Church of Santa Maria Greca. At age eleven she consecrated herself to the Blessed Virgin and thus became a "daughter of Mary", and with great fervor she spread devotion to the heavenly Mother among the girls of her neighborhood. Devotion to Mary became one of the fundamental characteristics of her spirituality in fact, and later in life she wrote a book of meditation on Our Lady entitled “The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will”.

Her call to become a victim soul –suffering in union with Christ
While at home at age thirteen, Luisa heard a uproar coming from the street, and she went out to the balcony to see what was happening. There a terrible vision appeared before her eyes: the street was crowded with shouting people and with armed soldiers who were leading three prisoners. Among these, Luisa recognized Jesus, carrying the cross on His shoulders. With deep sorrow and terror, Luisa contemplated this sad procession, but when the Divine Convict was under her balcony, He raised His head and said to her: "Anima, aiutami!" ("Soul, help me!").

At this scene, Luisa cried out and immediately lost her senses.
This extraordinary event marked for Luisa a decisive turning point in her life, because on that day she accepted the call to become a victim of expiation for the sins of humanity. The sufferings which she accepted upon herself lessened the pains of others, including souls in purgatory, and helped bring about conversions. In addition, Luisa’s state of victimhood provided an outlet for the Justice of the Lord, thus reducing the chastisements that should have rained down upon humanity. St. Annibale Di Francia wrote that the prayers, sufferings and tears of Luisa had mitigated a good many of the divine chastisements described or foretold in her Diary.

As she grew older, the communications with Jesus became full-blown supernatural phenomena, which included her Mystical Marriage with the Lord, the Invisible Stigmata, and the Indwelling of the Holy Trinity.

State of unconsciousness and accompanying humiliations
After she accepted her state of victim, Luisa was often drawn into a state of complete unconsciousness: her body would stiffen, becoming hard like stone, to the point that no one, even when joined together, was able to move her. Each morning Luisa would be found stiff and in a unmovable position. This phenomena was completely strange and misunderstood by her family and those who knew her, which often caused them to rail against her and humiliate her. However her family was immensely worried, especially her parents, who subjected her to visits by doctors, who were dumbfounded before such an extraordinary clinical case, unable to make any diagnosis. All of this was for Luisa a trial of unheard-of suffering, which the Lord would make her go through to increase her humility and trust in Him.

Receiving no help from the doctors, her family turned in desperation to the local priests. Father Lojodice, a devout Passionist Priest was called to her home. Father Lojodice drew near the bed of Luisa and blessed her, and to the surprise of all, she immediately regained her normal faculties and lucid state. This fact, so extraordinary, produced the conviction in Luisa and her relatives that Father Lojodice was a Saint. From that day, Father Lojodice went to Luisa every time he was called by her family; and every time, without fail, his blessing freed Luisa from her state of immobility. After a short time, Father Lojodice left Corato, being called by his Superiors to another place. This event caused great sorrow to both Luisa and her family. Luisa lamented with her Jesus:
"Why do you cause all these things when you come into me? Can we not love each other without others knowing anything? Have pity on me! Free me from this terrible humiliation."
And Jesus responded: "Have you not promised to suffer for me? So now let yourself be led by Me along the ways of suffering."

The power of the Priesthood
After the departure of Father Lojodice, another priest was called, who blessed her, and to the stupefaction of the priest himself and of all who were present, Luisa once again regained consciousness. This fact produced in Luisa the conviction that all priests were saints. However, one day the Lord said to her:
"Not because all of them are saints – if only they were so! They all have this power because they are priests, and all the faithful are submitted to their priestly authority, created and wanted by Me. You must always be submitted to their priestly authority, you must obey always, and never go against their will, because they are the continuation of my priesthood in the world. The unworthiness of some does not annul their priesthood."

The humiliations and the sufferings which Luisa had to bear during this period were unspeakable. She was misunderstood by most and was considered proud, false, a cheater, and a person who wanted to draw attention upon herself. Most painfully for Luisa, these accusations were also shared by her parents at times. But the most terrible humiliations she received were from the priests, who completely misjudged the frequent ecstatic state of Luisa. When they were called by her family in order to free her from her usual state of immobility, they would refuse to go; and if they did go, they would often overwhelm her with the most bitter reproaches. Once they left her in that state for as long as twenty-five days.

Her desire to become a Nun
During this time, Luisa expressed to her parents her desire to become a cloistered nun. Her parents were absolutely opposed to the idea. Luisa kept insisting, so one day her mother took her for a visit to the cloistered nuns at Trani, where they met with the Mother Superior. But her mother, not wanting her little Luisa to cloister herself in a monastery, revealed to the Mother Superior in detail all the defects and the strange phenomena surrounding her daughter, adding that she was a sickly girl of weak constitution. Obviously, these details provoked a definitive refusal on the part of the Superior, who immediately dismissed her, saying that life in the monastery was very hard, and that her frail health would not allow her to enter the religious life.
Luisa returned to Corato with her heart full of sadness and she immediately poured out her sorrow to Jesus:
"Had You not promised me that I would become a nun?"

And the Lord answered:
"You will be a nun, but the true little nun of my Heart. You will remain cloistered in a room, without ever moving, in which you will pray, suffer, and be always with Me."

And so it happened as Jesus promised. Luisa remained in her room nailed to her bed of suffering for almost seventy years.

She no longer desires to eat
Beginning at age sixteen she one day awoke from an ecstasy and felt a great repugnance for any food; so she began to refuse to eat. She was soon forced to eat by her parents, and she did so out of obedience, but as soon as she ate she would bring it up immediately. Her family attributed this to a new act of capriciousness or desire for attention on her part, and therefore she had to suffer new and bitter reproaches. However, this was the Will of God, Who was preparing Luisa to live only from the Eucharist and His Divine Will. In fact, this extraordinary phenomenon lasted until her death.

Luisa ate only once a day and then very little, out obedience to her confessor; but immediately after eating she would bring up the food, whole, fresh and to the surprise of all--sweetly fragrant. In his prudence, her confessor was opposed to this new prodigy, and ordered her to eat, even if she brought up everything after a little while. Her Confessor is reported to have said that “ . . . she must eat every day and every one must know that she eats, or they will set the police at her door as they did with Teresa Newman, and with all the publicity of the newspapers."

Luisa becomes completely bedridden
Near the end of 1888, at the age of twenty-three, Luisa asked her confessor, Father Michele De Benedictis permission to suffer in bed for a certain time, about forty days. "If this is the Will of God, stay", Don Michele said; but the bed was never again abandoned by Luisa, who was then, in 1888, twenty-three years old, and remained, always sitting, nailed to the bed, for the fifty-nine years until her death, which occurred on March 4, 1947. From then on Luisa becomes completely bedridden in a state of suffering.

Luisa is ordered to write her diary
Ten years later, in 1898, Father Gennaro Di Gennaro became her new confessor delegated by the bishop, and thus he remained for 24 years. Father Gennaro, an enlightened and prudent priest, realizing the wonders that the Lord was working in this soul, ordered her to put into writing all that the Grace of God operated in her. Luisa did not expect or welcome this order, to which she had to submit with docility, even though it strongly clashed with her humility.

Luisa was to write everything going back to the very beginning, without neglecting anything; and she was to give everything to him, day by day. The excuse of being an illiterate woman, for she had attended school only up to the second elementary grade, had no success: her new confessor was immovable. Though weeping from what was to her a great humiliation, Luisa humbly submitted herself to the request and thus she began to write her volumes (36 in all) in the form of a diary. It was February 28, 1899. She wrote the last chapter of Volume 36 on December 28, 1938. On the day that she was ordered to stop, she immediately stopped and no longer wrote.

Luisa is given the GIFT OF THE DIVINE WILL
On November 22, 1900, the Lord makes known to Luisa that He wants to give her an extraordinary gift: THE GIFT OF THE DIVINE WILL. This particular grace which God gives to the creature from Himself constitutes a special and free gift. Except for the Blessed Virgin Mary, Luisa is to be the first to receive this grace, but God desires that it must be extended to all of humanity who desire to accept this new event of grace. But it was to begin in the most complete silence and in the greatest hiddenness of this Soul. Beginning with Luisa, God desired to send the message of the Divine Will, this grace in which the Holy Spirit wants to renew the face of the earth: the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in Heaven. So beginning with Luisa a new event of grace is to begin in souls, through which God wants to enrich humanity.

As the years progressed, the Lord revealed to Luisa profound and ever deeper insights into the Divine Will. His purpose was to seek perfect fulfillment in Luisa of the Fiat petition of the Our Father, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” (Fiat Voluntas Tua sicut in Coelo et in terra.) He taught her that the three great phases or Fiats of God’s Work are the Creation, Redemption, and Sanctification. The Sanctification will be completed when the Divine Will is done on earth as it is in heaven. Luisa is to live the life of the Divine Will within her own soul, and her writings will inspire and teach others how to do so. This will help fulfill the Sanctification, which will bring about a new era of love, the era of the Third Fiat.

Her daily life
Luisa lived in the strictest poverty, on a small income derived from lace making, which she carried out while sitting up in her bed during the day. Although she wished to live in obscurity, people of all ranks, from the humblest peasants to high-ranking prelates of the church visited her, seeking spiritual advice or consolation.

Luisa never left her bed of suffering and remained sitting in the same position for 64 consecutive years, not counting the first six years when she was often bedridden. Remarkably, she never contracted any bedsores which are normally inevitable for those bedridden.

In the morning Luisa would be found immobile and immovable, huddled in her bed, stiff as though petrified, to the extent that no one could manage to move her, until her confessor or any other priest would come in prayer to bless her; only then would Luisa be able to move and be released. So her sister Angelina and faithful Rosaria would place her again in her usual sitting position, while the priest would begin Holy Mass on a movable altar which was in her room. With the permission of Pope Leo XIII, renewed later by Pope St. Pius X, Mass was allowed to be offered in her bedroom daily.

Luisa participated in the Mass with great devotion; she received Communion every day, and then remained in meditation for about two hours. Afterwards, she would begin her work of “tombolo” (Italian lace sewing).

Each morning before starting her day, out of obedience Luisa was to read to her confessor all that she had written in her diary the night before, and give it to him. This lasted until 1938. These writings formed 36 volumes, many of which have now been published.

Around one o’clock Luisa ate a small amount of food, which she would normally bring up afterwards. In the afternoon she would remain in prayer for a few hours and would recite the Rosary, and then begin her ordinary work. Later in the evening Luisa would begin to write in her diary all that the Lord had worked in her during that day. In this way her day would end. This way of life lasted until her death.

Her Bishop receives a miracle
In 1917 a new Archbishop of Trani, with jurisdiction over Corato, was appointed. His name was Archbishop Regime. Unfortunately he was influenced by some jealous local clergy who were hostile to Luisa, and therefore he was skeptical of Luisa’s reputation for sanctity. Thus he determined to sign a decree preventing priests from visiting her room and saying Mass there. As his hand approached the paper to sign it, his arm and part of his body were at once paralyzed.

Thankfully, he immediately realized the significance of his poor judgement and he asked to be taken immediately to Luisa’s home. Even before he arrived, Luisa asked a companion who was present to open the door, because God enlightened her that the bishop was coming. Supported by two priests, he entered her house for the first time. As soon as she saw him, Luisa asked Archbishop Regime for his blessing. At that moment he was able to raise his arm and bless her as if nothing had happened. He was instantly cured!

He remained with her for two hours that day, and from then on he often visited Luisa’s home, where the two would engage in edifying spiritual conversations. This miraculous episode struck a holy fear in the clergy, which allowed her Confessor henceforth to minister to her under peaceful circumstances. Also, after this event, St. Annibale Di Francia began to visit Luisa more often. St. Annibale would eventually become one of Luisa’s Extraordinary Confessors.

In 1922, her confessor, Fr. Gennaro died, and by order of the bishop Fr. Francesco De Benedictis took his place. Fr. Francesco died in January, 1926. The Bishop, then, appointed a young priest, Fr, Benedetto Calvi, parish priest of Santa Maria Greca, who assisted her until her death. In 1928 she went to live in the convent of the orphanage of the Institute of St. Anthony, founded by St. Annibale. He had already established other orphanages, but had this one specifically erected in Corato so that Luisa could reside there in the company of the nuns of his Institute

As a victim soul for the salvation of sinners, Luisa was struck by deep trials and sufferings, which would certainly have crushed most other persons, but which through the grace of God were surpassed through her prayer and by her profound humility, obedience and faith. Her confessor and the persons who were close to her, especially her faithful friend Rosaria, suffered tremendously along with her, and while some of weaker spirit abandoned her, they remained at her side with humility and faith, until the triumph of the Work of God.

Her holy death
Luisa died in Corato at 6:00 am on March 4, 1947. She had been ill for two weeks with pneumonia . She was 81 years, ten months and nine days old. She died of pneumonia after fifteen days, which was the only clinical illness that she was ever diagnosed with.

The remarkable phenomena after her death
As she appears in the pictures taken at that time, the dead body of Luisa is sitting on the little bed, just as when she was alive; nor was it possible to stretch it out through the strength of various people. She remained in that position; so a special casket had to be built. Her body was not subject to the "rigor mortis" typical of all human bodies after death. This was noticed each day she was exposed to the eyes of the people of Corato, and to those of many foreigners who came to Corato for the purpose of seeing and touching with their own hands this unique and marvelous case: all were able, with no effort, to move the head to all sides, raise her arms and bend them, bend her hands and all the fingers. Even the eyelids could be lifted and her bright eyes, which were not veiled, could be observed. Luisa seemed to be alive, as though sleeping, while a group of doctors, convened for the purpose, after a careful examination of her body, declared that Luisa was actually dead, and therefore it was to be considered a true death and not an apparent death, as many had imagined.

Because of the unending crowd that thronged around “the saint” as she was then often called, the Civil Authority was forced to keep her on her little deathbed for 4 full days. To the surprise of Physicians and also the city Health Officer there was no sign of corruption even to the end of the fourth day.

Notably, in death Luisa remained seated, as she had always lived, and sitting she was to go to the cemetery in a casket which was built for the purpose, with the sides and the front of glass, so that all might see her, just as a queen on her throne, clothed in white, with the "FIAT" on her breast – the little daughter of the Divine Will, whom the Lord wanted to remove from her silence and humility only at her death.

More than forty priests, the Capitolo [the Ecclesiastical authorities] and the local Clergy, were present; many religious sisters, who brought her on their shoulders in turns, and an immense crowd of citizens. The streets along which the procession was to pass, were packed - incredibly; even the balconies and the roofs of the houses were crammed with people, and the procession proceeded with great difficulty. The funeral was celebrated in the Matrice Church by the many religious present. Father Benedetto described the funeral as a “veritable triumph”.

After the funeral Mass, all the people of Corato followed the body of Luisa to the cemetery, and everyone tried to bring home a souvenir of the flowers which had accompanied and touched the body. A few years later, the body of Luisa was transferred to her Parish Church of Santa Maria Greca, and placed in a special niche to the right of the central nave, where she lies today, humbly waiting for the glorification of the Church.

Persecution and the Cause for Beatification/Canonization
Luisa suffered a persecution from the Vatican during the Pontificate of Pius XI. The Holy Office placed three devotional works of Luisa on the Index, because it seems that they had been highly edited by her perhaps over-zealous Confessor, Canon Don Benedetto Calvi, and apparently some of the doctrine contained therein was judged questionable. However, the Index did not apply to any of her Diaries. In fact, the first nineteen volumes of her Diary had already been published and given the Nihil Obstat by her Extraordinary Confessor, St. Annibale, and were granted the Imprimatur by the local Archbishop.

In May of 1938 a priest representing the Holy Office arrived at Luisa’s residence. He asked her for the three works that had been edited by her Confessor, and then required Luisa to turn over thirty-four original notebooks, which contained the writings which comprised her Diary up to that time. This, in spite of the fact that the local ordinary had officially approved the first nineteen volumes for publication.

These original handwritten manuscripts remained in the exclusive possession of the Vatican until 1996, when they were allowed to be photocopied by the Diocesan Tribunal of her Cause. The only volumes that had ever been in print were the first nineteen books, and volumes thirty-five and thirty-six. For a period of almost sixty years, volumes twenty thru thirty-four had never been read except by her Confessors and perhaps some few privileged acquaintances of Luisa, although some parts of volume twenty had made it to print.

When the totally unexpected news of this suppression by the Vatican arrived in July of 1938, Luisa responded as a true saint, immediately sending her Archbishop a letter professing her complete submission to the judgment of the Church.

When her Cause for Beatification and Canonization was officially proposed, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, at that time the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, nullified the previous condemnations of the Index, thereby removing the impediment to her Cause. Thus on the Feast of Christ the King, Sunday November 20, 1994, the process for the Cause of the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta, was finally opened.

And most recently, the second theologian assigned to evaluate the writings of Luisa Piccarreta by the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of the Saints has given a positive, that is, a favorable judgement. This means that both of the official censors librorum for the cause of Luisa have found nothing contrary to the faith in her writings, and her cause can now go forward.
-Source: Padre Bernadino Bucci

~Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta, pray for us!

__________________________________

Primary sources for this article are the book "The Life of the Mystic Luisa Piccarreta, Journeys in the Divine Will - the Early Years" by Frank M. Rega and also "Luisa Piccarreta -The Little Daughter of the Divine Will" written by Father Bernardino Giuseppe Bucci, Parish Priest Cappuccino

30 comments:

aarondavidson said...

Thank you for all your excellent work on your websites. I have heard some very conflicting ideas and thoughts on Luisa-even to the point of sincere Catholics urging me not to read her and regarding her visions as hoaxes. What is your personal opinion on this Glenn?

Glenn Dallaire said...

Hi Aaron Davidson,
Thanks for you comments. I am glad to hear that you are enjoying the websites.

Over the years I too have come across some folks who were quite skeptical concerning Luisa Piccarreta, but it seems that most of their concerns where over what turned out to be some bad translations of her writings. Then too, there are some folks who are always exceedingly skeptical over any mystic. There are some, for example, who very recently fought tooth and nail over the canonisation of St Padre Pio, primarily because they doubted the mystical graces that were given to him.

As for the Servant of God Louisa Piccarreta, time will tell I suppose as to whether or not her cause for canonisation will progress further. However, it is certainly a good sign that the Vatican theologian "censors Librorum" have found nothing against the faith in her writings, thus allowing her cause to continue to go forward. So, time will tell.

Thanks again and may God bless you and yours,
Glenn Dallaire

Rene Serrato said...

Thank you for posting the life of one of the graetest mystics of our times (without any shadow of a doubt). As you so wisely answered to Aaron Davidson, nothing in her writings has been found by all Vatican theologians studying her cause for beatification to be contrary to the teachings, Magisterium, Faith, or Sacred tradition of our Catholic Church.

The reason why some people can not understand her writings is because the containg too much light that can not be observed but with the eyes of a well disposed heart.

Let us remember that her confessor is now a Saint of the Church, Saint Hannibal di Francia, the prymary promoter of one of Luisa's gratest books: The Hours of the Passion of our Lord Jesus christ, by far one the most profound indepth revelations of the interior sufferings, and the meaning behind the passion of Jesus.
Furthermore, Luisa was the instrument used by God to allow us to understand the reason why we were created for, and the meaning of Divine Will. FIAT!!!

Anonymous said...

http://catholicdivinewill.blogspot.com/2008/06/prayer-of-consecration-to-divine-will_30.html

make sure to include the link so people can read it!

Anne said...

I remain very sceptical of her writings and I have seen and heard some people who seem to think they are no longer capable of sin because they feel they are living in the Divine Will at all times. I think that is very dangerous and erroneous. The Church has asked that her writings should not be publicly promoted while under investigation and unfortunately there are people who do not listen or obey the Church and they cause alot of confusion amongst the lay faithful when doing so. There is much merit in being obedient to the Church. God bless

Unknown said...

After reading the volumes. My love for Jesus, Mama Mary and the Church grew stronger. I realized the immense and enormous love of the Holy Trinity among themselves and to the creatures.

Explorer said...

The POSITIVE Canonical Status of Luisa Piccareta and her writings in the Catholic Church (UPDATED) :
http://luisapiccarreta.com/biographical-notes/letters-from-trani-archdiocese/[/b]

Anonymous said...

whichFor anyone who has ever studied Luisa's writings [which I have] and have been taught by the priests who were part of the 1994 prophecy fulfillment [which I also have had], you will know by any shadow of doubt that Luisa is a thoroughly authentic mystic...and her writings are of God. Father Hannibal deFrancia was her confessor, was the priest who had gotten her writings published is now a canonized saint as of 2004. Fr. Hanibal took Luisa's "Hours of the Passion" to the Holy Father, Pope St. Pius X, and he personally declared: "we must kneel when reading this book for these are the words of Christ. God bless and let us welcome the era of the fulfillment of the Our Father.

Unknown said...

Dear Friends,

Your site is a wonderful gift from God to us of the marvellous people He has chosen and given to us here on earth as well as those in purgatory. Plenty to inspire and grow in the love of God as you read about the Love of God in their lives. May Jesus and Mary be blessed forever more. Maureen

Anonymous said...

Dear Glen,
Are you aware of any new developments since November of 2010 when you last posted on Luisa's "Mystics" web site? If so, please update us with another of your postings. God bless you, your family and your work.
Anonymous

Glenn Dallaire said...


Hi Anonymous,
The two most recent news matters concerning her cause for beatification are:
1) On Nov 1, 2012, His Eminence Archbishop Pichierri, who is currently responsible for Luisa Piccarreta's cause, formally rejected the claim that there are doctrinal errors in her writings.
And from what I understand the accusations of errors concerned the early TRANSLATIONS of her writings.

2) The second theologian assigned to evaluate the writings of Luisa Piccarreta by the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of the Saints has given a positive, that is, a favorable judgement. This means that both of the official censors librorum for the cause of Luisa have found nothing contrary to the faith in her writings, and her cause can now go forward.

The Divine Will website is a excellent resource for more info about the Servant of God Luisa Piccaretta and also about her cause for Beatification:

http://divinewill.org/

Best wishes and may God bless you and your loved ones,
Glenn Dallaire

DO said...

Later in April 2015 there were also positive developments announced by the Archbishop in charge of her cause (Pichierri).


Anyone interested in more information on these revelations to Luisa Piccarreta can see my Ebook, Crown and Completion of All Sanctity (free): https://danieloconnor.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/the-crown-and-completion-of-all-sanctity.pdf

Glenn Dallaire said...


Hi Daniel,
Thank you for providing this free information!

May God bless you and your loved ones,
Glenn Dallaire

Kath Ryan said...

Thank you Daniel,

I've just downloaded your beautiful book and skimmed through the contents.
Looking forward to reading it in full.

I have been a devotee of Luisa for many years, and still studying :-)
so truly appreciate your efforts in producing the book.

Thanks also to Glenn, for a wonderful way to spread devotion through
your website. I've read most of it, and hoping you haven't posted your last.

Anonymous said...

Thank you, Glen, for introducing me to the Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta. I am doing her Passion through Daniel O'Connor's guest post in TNRS.

May God bless you in all your undertaking.

Glenn Dallaire said...


Thanks Anonymous for your kind comment. May God bless your prayer intentions and may He also bless you and your loved ones!
-Glenn Dallaire

Vicky S. said...

Hi Glen,
I have read your article about Blessed Luisa Piccarreta, our school is actually named after her. When we were trying to apply for a name of our school it was her that was approved and was given by a special child. We don't have any idea who she was until this special child gave her name to us and tried to research about her. I believe it was destined that we named our school after her for we are also offering special education in our school which from what i know was also one of the advocacy of Blessed Luisa. We are now in our 18th year and also waiting for our church to declare her as saint. Reading your article made me understand further her life and i believe that we made the right decision to introduce her to our students.

Ms. Vicky S. (Philippines)

Glenn Dallaire said...

Hi Ms. Vicky S,
Thank you for your comment---it is wonderful to hear that your school is named after Blessed Luisa Piccarreta! I pray that she may be your schools heavenly protector and guide.
Bl. Luisa Piccarreta, pray for us!
Glenn Dallaire

Anonymous said...

https://amendicant.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/giving-proper-thanks/

Unknown said...

Very much encouraging especially the suffering she encountered and decided to surrender evrything for the glory of God.my intrest to read her work arouse after my father insisted that my sister should name her daughter after the name of blessed Luisa.
truely she deserve that Name and may her mystic life continue to inspire more to the way of holness QMEN.

Gerard Angel of Mary said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Gerard Angel of Mary said...

Oh Sister Luisa Piccarreta, it hurts more than the pain of death that the children of God do not recognise you, it is worse than a plague that you remain uncanonised, may God repay you manifold in heaven I pray, for you have caused the dawn of His love, the fullness of His love in the sanctification of man to shine upon the earth, Jesus and Mama Mary used you as an instrument and you gave your fiat. I bless God for you. Whoever that reads this should bless God, while waiting for the day when God will announce you to the church as His own

DAN said...

I'm still skeptical about some of her writings. Even if they are officially approved, I still won't bother with this "Kingdom of Divine Will" stuff, and I don't buy the idea of the three 'Eras' of humanity. Oh well, it's just a private revelation.

Anonymous said...

Luisa Piccarreta, whose writings were first promulgated by Annibale di Francia, a canonized Saint (by John Paul II), and have been the source of so many blessings, will undoubtedly be named a Saint. The one thing holding up the process is the difficulty in translating the final volumes from the somewhat obscure dialect in which they are written. Readers may be unaware that the Italian language wasn't really unified until after WW2, and some of Luisa's phrases are difficult, and care must be taken in properly translating them into "official" Italian before translating into other languages.

As per Father Robert Young, RIP, formerly director of Radio Maria, it is now permitted to read all of her writings, as long as they are not commercially promulgated. I invite anyone to read the Book of Heaven with an open heart and not have their understanding of the Will of God and their own lives transformed. All 36 volumes are available in PDF format at this site:
https://luisapiccarreta.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CombinedVolumes-1-to-36-Book-of-Heaven-Jan-2019-use.pdf

There are now a number of short volumes available focusing on particular phrases in the diaries that repeat, such as "Be Attentive" and "You Must Know." Here is an example

https://luisapiccarreta.me/you-must-know-2

Daniel O'Conor's books, including 'Thy Will Be Done,' are wonderful introductions to Luisa and the Kingdom of the Divine Will writings.

And lastly, we have the incredibly insightful recordings done by Father Young, covering Volumes 11 -20, as well as an excellent series, 'Introduction to the Divine Will,' and discussions of Luisa's books on 'The Hours of the Passion,' and the Role of the Blessed Vigin in the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Of course, it was Mary's 'Fiat Mihi,' "let it be done to me according to Thy Word," that enabled the Incarnation of Our Savior. His podcasts are found at

https://divinewilllife.org/

Anyone at this juncture (Aug 22, 2022) who is writing against Luisa is, sadly, only hindering the prayer that Jesus taught us, "Thy Will be done on earth as in Heaven," from being accomplished. My own life has been transformed by reading these writings, and I strongly encourage anyone reading these words, and Glenn's amazing blog, to read the Book of Heaven.

My own paltry contribution to spreading this knowledge is on twitter,
https://twitter.com/Fiatquotidianum

God bless all!

Anonymous said...

I also do not believe this lady is a true mystic. The words who she ascribes to Christ don’t sound Christ like- the special clothes bit sounds like the anti.

I Avoid reading her words

Anonymous said...

Responding to that last comment, about not believing she is a true mystic.

How sad for you, or possibly something worse. What do you mean by "the special clothes?" There is nothing in the 36 volume Kingdom of Heaven about special clothes.

Luisa was bedridden for over 50 years, in the course of which, from 1899 to 1937, she wrote her diary. She subsisted on only the Eucharist for over 40 years. To not consider her a mystic is to not believe in the idea of mystics at all.

Luisa had Mass said in her bedroom every morning for 40 years, by special instruction of Popes Pius X and Pius XI. No one else in the history of the Church has ever been given that dispensation.

I encourage all to read her volumes, particularly the higher volumes, 11-36, after Luisa had been given the great gift of living in the Divine Will, and not realize that they are reading the greatest gift given to mankind in the 2000 years since Jesus' Incarnation.

Fiat Mihi.

Anonymous said...

Just a quick note, Glenn, to thank you for your nice write-up on Luisa on your new blog, 'Private Revalations.' Some of the authors you include are of questionable veracity, but this is not for me to judge. I know you are helping many to come to know Jesus more deeply, and for all of your Herculean efforts I give you my heartfelt thanks.

God bless, and Happy New Year! Let us always try to live in the "Kiros," the time of the Holy Spirit, the Eternal Now, as does Our Lord. The years pass but God is Eternal! As Jesus told Luisa many, many times in the Kingdom of Heaven writings, all acts done in the Divine Will have eternal merit, since His Will is One and never ending.

Fiat!!

Unknown said...

Hi Glenn thank you so much for all of the work you put into this website, I find it and the mystics of the church so incredible and awesome! I am studying the Book of Heaven with Frances Hogan who also has an incredible sight and is an amazing teacher and explains the writing franceshogan.com There are recordings of passed classes or you can sign up for upcoming live ones held over zoom She lives in Ireland and has incredible knowledge. You can listen for free or donation after registering Try it…you won’t be sorry! All Christian’s need to learn about this and recommend anyone that will listen… the amount of information on line on dear sweet Luisa is amazing!

Glenn Dallaire said...


Hello Unknown (directly above),
Thank you for sharing the information. I sincerely appreciate it.

May God bless you and your loved ones.
-Glenn

Anonymous said...

As of February 5, 2024, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints suspended the cause of Luisa Piccarreta. The Dicastery identifies three areas of concern: theological, Christological and anthropological.

ShareThis