Once again, for Lent 2021 Scoop will be publishing a serialisation of Katya Rivas’s “The Passion”. To order a video
about Katya’s work visit apleatohumanity.com
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 Editions: 1996 and 1998 - English 1st Edition - November 1999
Jesus Forgives The Greatest Sinners
Extract 18
Jesus
Pilate has pronounced sentence. My little children, consider attentively how My Heart suffered…
After Judas surrendered Me in the Garden of Olives, he wandered off and ran away as a fugitive without being able to
silence the shouts of his conscience, which accused him of the most horrible sacrilege. When the news of My death
sentence reached his ears, he gave in to the most terrible despair and hung himself.
Who will be able to understand the intense pain in My Heart when I saw that soul throw himself to eternal damnation? He
who had spent three years in the School of My Love learning My doctrine, receiving My teaching, and many times hearing
My lips forgive the greatest sinners.
Judas! Why do you not come and throw yourself at My feet so that I may forgive you? If you do not dare to come near Me
for fear of those who surround Me and treat Me so badly, at least look at Me and you will see how soon My eyes will look
at you.
Souls, who are entangled in the greatest sins… If at times you have lived wandering as fugitives because of your crimes,
if the sins of which you are guilty have blinded you and hardened your hearts, if by pursuing some passion you have
fallen into greater disorder, do not allow desperation to take possession of you when the accomplices of your sin
abandon you and your soul realizes its blame. As long as man has an instant of life, he still has time to appeal to My
Mercy and implore forgiveness.
If you are young and the scandals of your past life have left you in a state of degradation before men, do not be
afraid! Even when the world may despise you, treat you as evil people, insult you, and abandon you, be certain that your
God does not want your soul to be fodder for the flames of hell. He wants you to dare to speak to Him, to direct your
gaze and sighs of your heart at Him, and you will soon see that His kind and paternal hand leads you to the source of
forgiveness and of life.
If out of malice you have perhaps spent a greater part of your life in disorder and indifference, and now near eternity,
desperation wants to blindfold your eyes, do not let it deceive you. There is still time for forgiveness. Listen
carefully: if you have but a second of life, take advantage of it because you could gain eternal life during that
second.
If your existence has passed away in ignorance and in error, if you have been the cause of great harm to men, to
society, and even to religion, and for any reason you perceive your mistake, do not allow yourself to be brought down by
the weight of faults nor by the harm for which you have been an instrument. But, on the contrary, allow your soul to be
penetrated with the deepest sorrow, plunge yourself in trust and turn to the One who is always waiting to forgive you.
The same is true for a soul who has spent the first years of its life in faithful observance of My Commandments, but has
little by little fallen from fervor into a lukewarm and comfortable life…
Do not hide anything that I tell you, for it is all for the benefit of the whole of humanity. Repeat it in broad
daylight; preach it to those who truly want to hear it.
The soul who one day receives a strong jolt that wakes it up, all of a sudden sees its useless life, empty and without
merits for eternity. The Evil One, with infernal jealousy, attacks it in a thousand ways, exaggerating its faults. He
inspires in it sadness and loss of heart, and finally drives it to fear and despair.
Soul that belongs to Me, do not pay attention to the cruel enemy. As soon as you feel the movement of grace at the
beginning of your battle, come to My Heart. Feel and watch how it pours a drop of its Blood over your soul, and come to
Me. You know where I am, under the veil of faith…. Lift it and, with complete confidence, tell Me all your sorrows, your
miseries, your falls… Listen to My words with respect and do not fear for the past. My Heart has submerged it in the
endless depths of My Mercy and My Love.
Your past life will give you the humility that will fill you. And if you want to give Me the best proof of love, trust
Me and count on My forgiveness. Believe that your sins shall never be greater than My endless Mercy.
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(continuing)
EDITOR’S NOTES: Once again for Lent 2021 Scoop is publishing a series of daily reflections on the Passion from Bolivian author Katya
Rivas. Rivas has received an official imprimatur from the Catholic Church for several books.. To order a video about
Katya’s work visit… apleatohumanity.com
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