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The Medallion of the Apostolate of the New Evangelization
The Passion
Reflections that Jesus makes on the mystery
of His suffering and the value it has on the Redemption.
Cochabamba — Bolivia
Spanish Edition: 1997
English 1st Edition - March 2000
Jesus Looks for His Disciples,
Who Are Asleep
Extract #7
In spite of everything, the enormous weight and the terrible fatigue, together with the sweat of Blood, I had been hit
in such a way that when I went to look for My Apostles, I felt tremendously exhausted.
Peter, John, James! Where are you that I do not see you alert? Wake up, look at My face, see how My Body trembles in
this tribulation that I experience! Why do you sleep? Wake up and pray with Me; I have sweated Blood for you!
Peter, My chosen disciple, do you not care about My Passion?… James, to you I have given so much preference, look at Me
and remember Me! And you John, why do you let yourself sink into sleep with the others? You can bear more than they… Do
not sleep, keep watch and pray with Me!
This is what I obtained: seeking comfort, I found bitter affliction. Not even they are with Me. Where else shall I go?…
It is true, My Father gave Me only that which I asked for, so that the judgment to all humanity would fall upon Me. My
Father, help Me! You can do all; help Me!
I prayed again as a man for whom all hope has been destroyed and who seeks comprehension and comfort from on high. But
what could My Father do if I had freely chosen to pay for everything? My election had not changed. Nevertheless, the
natural resistance had come to such an excessive degree that My humanity was overwhelmed.
Again I fell to the ground on My face because of the shame of all your sins; again I asked My Father to take away that
Chalice. But He answered that, if I did not drink from it, it would be as if I had not come to this world and for Me to
console Myself because many creatures would take part in My agonies in the Garden.
I answered: Father, do not let My Will be done, but Yours. This Angel has assured Me of Your Love, and this brief joy
that You have sent Me, has done a good deed even with My natural resistance. Give Me My creatures, those I have
redeemed. You Yourself take them because for You I have accepted. I want to see You content. I offer You all My
sufferings and My unchanging Will, that in truth is not in disagreement with Yours, because We have always been One…
Father, I am destroyed but thus Our Love will be known. Your Will be done, not Mine!
Again I returned to wake My Disciples, but the rays of the Divine Justice had left Me in a permanent rut… They became
filled with fright when they saw Me like a mad man, and the one who suffered the most was John. I, silent…they stunned…
Only Peter had the courage to speak. Poor Peter, if he had only known that part of My agitation had been caused by him.
I had taken My three friends so that I could rest in them and in their love, so that they could help Me by sharing My
anguish, and pray with Me… How do I describe what I felt when I saw them asleep?
How My Heart suffers even today and, wanting to find relief in My souls, I go to them and find them asleep. More than
once, when I wanted to wake them and take them out of themselves, away from their worries. They answer Me, if not with
words, with deeds: “Not now, I am too tired; I have too much to do; this is bad for My health; I need a little time; I
want some peace.”
I insist and gently tell that soul: Do not fear. If for Me you leave your rest, I shall reward you. Come and pray with
Me, only one hour! Look, this is the moment when I need you! If you stop, will you now be behind schedule? How many
times I hear that same answer!
Poor soul, you have not been able to keep watch one hour with Me. Soon I will come and you shall not hear Me because you
are asleep. I will want to give you the Grace but since you are asleep, you shall not be able to receive it. And who
will make sure that later you will have the strength to wake up?… It is possible that deprived of food, your soul will
be weak and you may not be able to come out from that lethargy.
Many souls have been surprised by death in the middle of a deep sleep and, where and how have they awakened?
Dear souls, I also want to teach you how useless and vain it is to look for relief in creatures. How often they are
asleep and, instead of finding the relief that I look for in them, I leave with bitterness for they do not correspond to
Our wishes nor to Our Love.
When I prayed to My Father and asked for help, My sad and abandoned soul was suffering the anguish of death. I felt
overpowered with the weight of the worst ingratitude.
The Blood that poured out of all the pores of My Body and that in a short time would gush forth from all My wounds,
would be useless for a great number of souls that would be lost. Many would offend Me and many would not know Me! Later
I would spill My Blood for all and My merits would be applied to each one of them. Divine Blood! Infinite merits! And
yet, useless for so many, many souls.
But by then I was already going to encounter other things, and My Will was bent to the fulfillment of My Passion.
Men, if I suffered, it has certainly not been without fruit nor without reason. The fruits that I have obtained have
been Glory and Love. It is now up to you, with My help, to demonstrate to Me that you appreciate My work.
I never tire! Come to Me! Come to He who vibrates in Love for you and who only knows how to give you the real Love that
reigns in Heaven and that transforms you now on earth.
Souls that taste My thirst, drink from My bitter and glorious Chalice, for I tell you that the Father wants to reserve
some of the drops of this Chalice precisely for you. Think about these few drops taken from Me and then, if you believe,
tell Me that you do not want them. I have not set limits and neither should you. I was destroyed without mercy. For
love, you should allow Me to destroy your self-esteem.
I am He who works in you, just as My Father worked in Me when in the Garden.
I am He who gives you sufferings so that one day you may be happy. Be docile for a time; be docile in imitation of Me
because this helps you greatly and it pleases Me a great deal. Do not lose anything, but rather acquire the love. How
could I allow My beloved ones to suffer real losses while they try to show Me love?
I wait for you. I am always waiting and I shall not tire. Come to Me; come as you are, it does not matter as long as
you come. Then you shall see that I will adorn your foreheads with jewels, with those drops of Blood that I spilled in
Gethsemane - those drops are yours, if you want them. Come, soul, come to Jesus who calls you.
I said: My Father; I did not say: My God. This is what I want to teach you: when your heart suffers most, you should say
“My Father” and ask Him for consolation. Show Him your sufferings, your fears, and with moans remind Him that you are
His children. Tell Him that your soul can no longer bear it! Ask with a child’s trust and wait, for your Father will
help you; He will give you and the souls who trust, the necessary strength to go through your tribulations…
This is the Chalice that I accepted and drained to its last drop. Everything to teach you, dear children, not to ever
believe again that suffering is useless. If you do not see results always attained, yield your judgment and allow the
Divine Will to be fulfilled within you.
I did not retreat. On the contrary, knowing that it was in the Garden where they had to apprehend Me, I stayed there. I
did not want to flee from My enemies…
My daughter, tonight allow My Blood to irrigate and strengthen the roots of your littleness.
(continues…)
EDITOR’S NOTES: Through the rest of 2003, Scoop will be publishing a series of daily reflections on spiritual matters from Bolivian
author Katya Rivas. Rivas, has received an official imprimatur from the Catholic Church for several books she says she
was instructed to write by Jesus Christ, Mary and various Angels. Scoop’s extract, above, comes from Rivas’s book “The
Passion”. Readers can sign up to recieve daily extracts from Katya Rivas's writings by email at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dailykatya/
In 1999 Katya Rivas was the subject of a top-rating documentary show hosted by Mike Willessee (see Scoop TV review - Jesus Christ Tells FOXNews He Wants To Hug World and Scoop Images ). More recently Rivas says she was instructed by Jesus to have her books translated and published on the internet with
the intention of having the books distributed to as wide an audience as possible. Several of the books can now be read
online at http://www.greatcrusade.org/, and more are coming soon. In August 2002 Rivas visited Wellington New Zealand and met with Scoop Editor Alastair
Thompson. See… Scoop Feature: Jesus's Secretary Visits Wellington
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