The lessons on the Letter to the Romans are continuing here. The other lessons are in the two notebooks given to Reverend Father Corrado M. Berti, who felt it was appropriate to withdraw them, even though the last one was not yet finished, just as the commentary of the Holy Spirit on the Letter to the Romans is quite far from being finished. But because of all the respect and gratitude - gratitude, above all - I owe to Father Corrado for the way he has always behaved with charity and patience and obedience in regard to me, a poor creature, and the Lord’s wishes, I agreed to hand over what I had.
It is right for so much to be given to those who have done so much for the Work. Father Migliorini, too, did a great deal.... It would suffice to consider how much he typed? But.... Everything has its “but.” And the Work has this “but”; however, if Father Berti had not been there, in view of the behavior of all, or of all except for very few - real exceptions in the mass of the Fathers of the Servants of Mary,372 who have always blocked, criticized, and caused excessive pain and only recently changed their orientation and outlook towards the Work of Jesus and Jesus’ poor instrument - the Work would surely have ended up not going to the Order of the Servants of Mary. But gentleness, sincerity, and honesty overcome. Yes, God and the instrument of God overcome - the instrument must tenaciously defend the interests and desires of God, even if this costs a great deal, for it is not pleasant to dispute, reproach, and threaten punishments.
I don’t know how long I will remain on earth or whether it will be granted to me to see the Work published. But I insist on declaring that if the Work proceeds to bring light and goodness to souls and glory to the Order of the Servants of Mary, souls and Servants of Mary must be grateful to Father Berti and Father Migliorini, who, in different ways, but with the same constancy, have labored so that the Divine Will may be done and souls may receive God’s gift. And, after the first two, I would like to recall a few others who cooperated, with charity, to bring relief to the instrument and assistance to the two main artificers of the triumph of God’s Will and Word: Father Gargiani, Father Sostegno Benedetti, Father Tozzi, and Father Mariano De Santis.373
371 This entry is undated, but the context suggests May 20 as the probable date.
372 The religious mentioned in this passage all belonged to the Order in question.
373 We omit 110 handwritten pages, dated May 20 - June 12, 1948, containing more than four of the Lessons on Paul’s Letter to the Romans.