"Love Me Just As You Are"

Encouraging words of Jesus to you

I know your misery, the struggles, the afflictions of your soul, the weakness of your body.

I am also aware of your cowardness and your sins, but nevertheless I tell you: Give Me your heart, love Me just as you are!

If you wait to become an angel before you devote yourself to love, you will never love Me.

 Although you are fainthearted in fulfilling your obligations and in practising a virtuous life, although you often fall back into the sins which you would not like to commit any more, I will not allow you not to love Me.

 Just love me as you are!

In every moment and in whatever situation you find yourself, in eagerness and dryness, when you are faithful or unfaithful to me,

love Me just as you are!

I desire the love of your poor heart, for if you wait until you are perfect, you will never love Me.

Could I not make a precious seraph out of a little grain of sand, radiating purity, noblemindedness and love?

 Am I not the Almighty? And when it pleases Me to leave those wonderful beings in heaven and to prefer the love of your poor heart - am I not always the Lord of My Love?

My child, allow Me to love you. I want your heart.

 I will certainly change you in the course of time, but today I love you just as you are,
and I wish that you also love Me just as you are.

 I want to see the rising of your love out of your deepest misery. I also love your weakness in you.

I love the love of the poor and the humble ones.

I want the unceasing big call coming out of your miseries - "Jesus, I love You!"

I request only and alone this song of your heart. I do not need your wisdom, nor your talents.

One thing only is important to Me: To see you working with love! It is not your virtues I am desiring, for if I had given you such, you were so weak as to nourish your selfish love with them.

But do not bother about this. I could have made you something greater, but you will be the useless servant. I will even take away the little you possess, because I created you for love.

 Today, I am standing at the gate of your heart like a beggar - I, the King of Kings! I knock and wait - hurry up to open for me! Do not plead your misery, for if you would know fully your spiritual poverty, you would die from pains. What would wound My heart would be to see you doubt Me and lose confidence in Me. I also want the least dealing you undertake, you do it out of love. I count on you that you please Me.
Do not bother that you do not possess virtues. I will give you Mine. When you have to suffer, I will give you the strength to stand it. If you offer Me your love, I will give you so much of it that you understand what it means to love - far more than you can dream of.
However, remember to love Me just as you are! I have given you My Mother. Let everything, just everything, go through her pure heart.
May come whatever, do not wait to become a saint before you devote yourself to love; for then you would never love Me. - And now go.*

*Excerpt from

"Ecce Mater Tua"

translated from the Italian.