{"id":44078,"date":"2021-02-16T17:26:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T23:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=44078"},"modified":"2021-02-17T13:17:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T19:17:48","slug":"preparing-for-the-era-of-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/preparing-for-the-era-of-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for the Era of Peace","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-44081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/priestsourlady2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/priestsourlady2.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/priestsourlady2-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/priestsourlady2-1024x990.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/priestsourlady2-768x742.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/priestsourlady2-640x618.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/>Photo by Micha\u0142 Maksymilian Gwozdek<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Men must look for the\u00a0peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">\u2014POPE PIUS XI, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_11121925_quas-primas.html\">Quas Primas<\/a>, n. 1; Dec. 11th, 1925<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Holy Mary, Mother of God, our Mother, <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">teach us to believe, to hope, to love with you. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Show us the way to his Kingdom! <\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Star of the Sea, shine upon us and guide us on our way!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html\">Spe Salvi<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>n. 50<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong> essentially is the &#8220;Era of Peace&#8221; that is coming after these days of darkness? Why did the papal theologian for five popes, including St. John Paul II, say it will be &#8220;the greatest miracle in the history of the world, second only to the Resurrection?&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_44078_1('footnote_plugin_reference_44078_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_44078_1('footnote_plugin_reference_44078_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_44078_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_44078_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Cardinal Mario Luigi Ciappi was the papal theologian for Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, and St. John Paul II; from <em>Family Catechism,\u00a0<\/em>(Sept. 9th, 1993), p. 35<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_44078_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_44078_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Why did Heaven say to Elizabeth Kindelmann of Hungary&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>\u2026the Spirit of Pentecost will flood the earth with his power and a great miracle will gain the attention of all humanity. This will be the effect of grace of the Flame of Love\u2026 which is Jesus Christ himself\u2026 something like this has not happened since the Word became flesh. <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Satan\u2019s blindness means the universal triumph of My divine Heart, the liberation of souls, and the opening of the way to salvation to its fullest extent.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u2014Jesus to Elizabeth Kindelmann,\u00a0<em>The Flame of Love<\/em>, p. 61, 38, 61; 233; from Elizabeth Kindelmann\u2019s diary; 1962; Imprimatur Archbishop Charles Chaput<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All this sounds rather extraordinary, epochal in fact. And it will be, because what God is about to do will, at last, bring to fulfillment the words we have been praying for 2000 years:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. (Matt 6:10)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-43163\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Gift2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Gift2.jpg 1532w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Gift2-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Gift2-1024x848.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Gift2-768x636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-Gift2-640x530.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/>When Jesus says that this will open <em>&#8220;the way to salvation to its fullest extent,&#8221;<\/em> He means that a new grace is coming, a final &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-gift\/\">Gift<\/a>&#8221; to the Church in order to sanctify and prepare her <em>as a Bride\u00a0<\/em>for the final coming of the Groom at the end of time. What is this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-gift\/\">Gift<\/a>? It is the Kingdom of the Divine Will or &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-gift\/\">Gift of living in the Divine Will<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><i><b>Have you seen what living in My Will is?\u2026 It is to enjoy, while remaining on earth, all the Divine qualities\u2026 It is the Sanctity not yet known, and which I will make known, which will set in place the last ornament, the most beautiful and most brilliant among all the other sanctities, and that will be the crown and completion of all other sanctities.<\/b>\u00a0<\/i>\u2014Servant of God Luisa Picarretta,\u00a0<i>The Gift of Living in the Divine Will<\/i>, Rev. Joseph Iannuzzi; n. 4.1.2.1.1 A<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As I wrote in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/true-sonship\/\">True Sonship<\/a>, <\/em>this is much more than simply <em>doing <\/em>God&#8217;s will, but actually uniting to it and <em>possessing<\/em> it as one <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-single-will\/\">single will<\/a>, <\/em>thus regaining the rights of divine sonship that were lost in the Garden of Eden. These include the &#8220;preternatural&#8221; gifts once enjoyed by Adam and Eve.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Our first parents\u2019 \u201crightful claims\u201d&#8230; include, but are not limited to the preternatural gifts of immortality, infused knowledge, immunity from concupiscence and their mastery over all creation. Indeed, after Original Sin, Adam and Eve who enjoyed the rightful claims of kingship and queenship over all creation, lost this rightful claim, whence creation turned against them.<\/strong> \u2014Rev. Joseph Iannuzzi, theologian,\u00a0<em>The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will, <\/em>footnote n. 33 in\u00a0<em>Divine Will Prayer Book,\u00a0<\/em>p. 105<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the 36 volumes that Jesus and Our Lady dictated to Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_44078_1('footnote_plugin_reference_44078_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_44078_1('footnote_plugin_reference_44078_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_44078_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_44078_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/on-luisa-and-her-writings\/\"><em>On Luisa and Her Writings<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_44078_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_44078_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> they repeatedly explain how the restoration of the Divine Will in man <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-38846\" style=\"margin: 1px 2px 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luisa_piccarreta-cross.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luisa_piccarreta-cross.jpg 411w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luisa_piccarreta-cross-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/>will be the pinnacle of salvation history. Jesus is almost beside Himself in anticipation of this final crowning, which is the glory of His Passion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>In Creation, My ideal was to form the Kingdom of My Will in My creature\u2019s soul. My primary purpose was to make each man the image of the Divine Trinity by virtue of the fulfilment of My Will in him. But by man\u2019s withdrawl from My Will, I lost My Kingdom in him, and for 6000 long years I have had to battle.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014from Luisa\u2019s diaries, Vol. XIV, November 6th, 1922;\u00a0<em>Saints in the Divine Will<\/em>\u00a0by Fr. Sergio Pellegrini, with the approval of the Archbishop of Trani, Giovan Battista Pichierri, p. 35<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So now we come to it: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/clash-of-the-kingdoms\/\"><em>The Clash of the Kingdoms<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>is underway. But in this darkness, God has given us a Star to follow: Mary, she who literally shows us the path we are to take in order to prepare for the descent of this Kingdom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>It is to her as Mother and Model that the Church must look in order to understand in its completeness the meaning of her own mission.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014POPE JOHN PAUL II,\u00a0<em>Redemptoris Mater,\u00a0<\/em>n. 37<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OUR LADY, THE KEY<\/p>\n<p>In the apparitions of Our Lady around the world, she often announces herself under a title such as: &#8220;Our Lady Queen of Peace,&#8221; &#8220;The Immaculate Conception&#8221; or &#8220;Our Lady of Sorrows&#8221;, <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44082 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/annuncfiat2sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/annuncfiat2sm.jpg 734w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/annuncfiat2sm-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/annuncfiat2sm-640x893.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/>etc.\u00a0These are not boasts or mere descriptions: they are prophetic reflections of who and what the Church herself is to become <em>within the boundaries of time<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Among all believers she is like a \u201cmirror\u201d in which are reflected in the most profound and limpid way \u201cthe mighty works of God.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong> \u2014POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II, <em>Redemptoris Mater, <\/em>n. 25<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>When either [Mary or the Church] is spoken of, the meaning can be understood of both, almost without qualification<\/strong>. \u2014Blessed Isaac of Stella,\u00a0<em>Liturgy of the Hours<\/em>, Vol. I, pg. 252<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hence, the Church is going to become Immaculate;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_44078_1('footnote_plugin_reference_44078_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_44078_1('footnote_plugin_reference_44078_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_44078_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_44078_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. Rev 19:8<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_44078_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_44078_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> she too is going to become the mother of universal peace; and thus, she too Church must also pass by way of <em>sorrows<\/em> in order to realize this coming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-resurrection-of-the-church\/\">Resurrection<\/a>. In fact, this purity is a necessary precursor in order for the Kingdom of the Divine Will to descend and for Jesus to reign <em>within <\/em>it, that is, within the Church in a new modality (cf. Rev 20:6).\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Only a pure soul can boldly say: \u201cThy kingdom come.\u201d One who has heard Paul say, \u201cLet not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies,\u201d and has purified himself in action, thought and word will say to God: \u201cThy kingdom come!\u201d<\/strong><\/span>\u2014<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church, <\/em>n. 2819<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Lady explained to Luisa how she was conceived without sin, but that it was still necessary for her throughout her young life to expand the Kingdom of the Divine Will within in her heart in order to prepare for the descent of Jesus into her womb.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_44078_1('footnote_plugin_reference_44078_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_44078_1('footnote_plugin_reference_44078_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_44078_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_44078_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-test\/\"><em>The Test<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_44078_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_44078_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In fact, it was not until the Annunciation that she became aware of the Divine Plan, thus giving her complete &#8220;<em>fiat<\/em>&#8221; at that moment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><strong>By living in the Divine Will, I formed the heavens and its Divine Kingdom within my soul. Had I not formed this Kingdom within me, the Word would never have descended from heaven to earth. The only reason He descended was because He was able to descend into his own Kingdom, which the Divine Will had established within me&#8230; Indeed, the Word would never have descended into a foreign kingdom \u2013 not at all. For this reason he first wanted to form his Kingdom within me, and then descend into it as a conqueror.<\/strong><\/em> \u2014<em>The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will,<\/em> Day 18<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There is the\u00a0<em>key\u00a0<\/em>to understanding what you and I must do in the days ahead in order to prepare for the coming of Christ to reign within us in this &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-coming-new-and-divine-holiness\/\">new and divine holiness.<\/a>&#8221; <em>We have to cease giving life to our human will<\/em> and embrace the Divine Will in all things. Hence, Our Lady becomes the <a href=\"https:\/\/sacredartbytianna.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-40269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/star-of-the-sea-Tianna-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/star-of-the-sea-Tianna-Williams.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/star-of-the-sea-Tianna-Williams-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/star-of-the-sea-Tianna-Williams-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/star-of-the-sea-Tianna-Williams-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/star-of-the-sea-Tianna-Williams-640x800.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;sign&#8221; that has appeared in our times, a &#8220;Woman clothed in the sun&#8221; of the Divine Will who is thus able to elude the dragon. If we then are to defeat Satan in this hour of apostasy (which is really the futile crowning of the human will), then we must imitate this Woman with all our being.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>Do you know what renders us dissimilar? It is your will that robs you of the freshness of grace, of the beauty that enraptures your Creator, of the strength that conquers and endures everything and of the love that impacts everything. In a word, your will is not the Will which animates your Heavenly Mother. I knew my human will only to keep it sacrificed in homage to my Creator<\/em>.<\/strong> \u2014Our Lady to Luisa, Ibid. Day 1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If we too keep our human will sacrificed, whilst asking each day for God to give us the Gift of Living in the Divine Will, then we will slowly begin to observe how interior discord, restlessness, anxiety, fear, and malaise\u2014in a word, the <em>effects<\/em> of the human will\u2014begin to melt before the rising Sun within. I can tell you that since I said &#8220;yes&#8221; to Our Lady over a year ago to live in the Divine Will,<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_44078_1('footnote_plugin_reference_44078_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_44078_1('footnote_plugin_reference_44078_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_44078_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_44078_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-voids-of-love\/\"><em>The Voids of Love<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_44078_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_44078_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> she has crushed beneath her heel so much in me that has stolen away peace\u2014even though I am only at the very beginning of this new journey. It has filled me with so much hope. For authentic hope is not whipping oneself into a state of wishful thinking, but is born when one actually exercises <em>faith<\/em> in not only repenting but <em>doing\u00a0<\/em>what God asks of him. As Our Lady said to Luisa&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>The light of the sun of the Divine Will that enveloped me was so great that, embellishing and investing my humanity, it continuously produced heavenly flowers in my soul. I felt the heavens lower themselves to me as the earth of my humanity arose within it. So [in me] heaven and earth embraced, were reconciled and exchanged the kiss of peace and love.<\/strong><\/em> \u2014Ibid. Day 18<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TRUE PEACE<\/p>\n<p>Hence, one can better understand now the foundation of the Era of Peace: the reunion of the will of man with the Will of God, to the very ends of the earth. In this <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-single-will\/\">Single Will<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>the fruits of <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-38943\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seaofgracedw1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seaofgracedw1-scaled.jpg 2535w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seaofgracedw1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seaofgracedw1-1014x1024.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seaofgracedw1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seaofgracedw1-768x776.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seaofgracedw1-1521x1536.jpg 1521w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seaofgracedw1-2028x2048.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seaofgracedw1-640x646.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/>justice and peace will manifest in a way so miraculously as to have not had their equal since the Incarnation and Resurrection of Jesus Himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Here it is foretold that his kingdom will have no limits, and will be enriched with justice and peace: \u201cin his days shall justice spring up, and abundance of peace\u2026And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth\u201d\u2026 When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony\u2026 for with the spread and the universal extent of the kingdom of Christ men will become more and more conscious of the link that binds them together, and thus many conflicts will be either prevented entirely or at least their bitterness will be diminished.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014POPE PIUS XI,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_11121925_quas-primas.html\"><em>Quas Primas<\/em><\/a>, n. 8, 19; Dec. 11th, 1925<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That &#8220;link&#8221; is the Divine Will.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Peace is not merely the absence of war\u2026 Peace is \u201cthe tranquillity of order.\u201d Peace is the work of justice and the effect of charity.<\/strong><\/span>\u2014<em>CCC,\u00a0<\/em>n. 2304<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u2026in Christ is realized the right order of all things, the union of heaven and earth, as God the Father intended from the beginning. It is the obedience of God the Son Incarnate which reestablishes, restores, the original communion of man with God and, therefore, peace in the world. His obedience unites once again all things, \u2018things in heaven and things on earth.\u2019<\/strong> \u2014Cardinal Raymond Burke, speech in Rome; May 18th, 2018; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/cardinal-burke-catholics-must-allow-christ-to-reign-as-king-in-face-of-apos\">lifesitnews.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u201cAll creation,\u201d said St. Paul, \u201cgroans and labors up till now,\u201d awaiting Christ\u2019s redemptive efforts to restore the proper relationship between God and his creation. But Christ\u2019s redemptive act did not of itself restore all things, it simply made the work of redemption possible, it began our redemption. 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Walter Ciszek,\u00a0<em>He Leadeth Me<\/em>\u00a0(San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1995), pp. 116-117<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>This is our great hope and our invocation, \u2018Your Kingdom come!\u2019\u2014a Kingdom of peace, justice and serenity, which will re-establish the original harmony of creation.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014POPE JOHN PAUL II,\u00a0<em>General Audience<\/em>, November 6th, 2002, Zenit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/preparing-for-reign\/\">Preparing for Reign<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-gift\/\">The 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