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From Our Lady to Mother Teresa M. of St. Joseph
“Excessive fear paralyzes the forward surge of souls. If they had not been excessively afraid, the apostles would not have left my Son alone when He was captured. For they were good, at heart. But too fearful. First, of enemies; then, of Jesus, because of their abandonment. Excessive fear produces Jansenism, and Jansenism increases fear because it instills the conviction that it is hard to be saved. And not only this, but in attenuating the spirit’s embraces with Love, it makes the soul weaker and weaker.
“Tell her not to break her wings and dim the flame under the spontaneous condemnation ‘I am bad.’ No one is good except God. But He is so good that He is so even to those who are not entirely good.
“The most beautiful conquests of God were Matthew, Mary Magdalene, Zaccheus, and Disma - that is, the great sinners. Great. But they did not spiritually throw themselves onto the ground passively, saying, ‘I am so bad,’ but, rather, with their spirit they surged up and ran towards Forgiveness and Love with trust.”