Lack of humility .... erroneous thinking ....

B.D. No. 1406 May 2nd 1940

It is unspeakably difficult to make people realize the error of their thinking if they lack inner humility. Nothing can be explained to them because they are convinced that they understand everything and therefore do not want to be taught. And yet they are far removed from correct thinking. And even if they are provided with unusual evidence, they ignore it with recklessness because they feel uncomfortable delving deeper. For they must admit to themselves that their way of life is not what God requires, and any confirmation of what they fear is unpleasant to hear. These are the people who lack the sincere will to reach the heights. They regard earthly life and its fulfilment as their first duty and only remember their creator in times of need. But they do not know the right worship of God in their hearts and therefore do not regocnize the word of God for what it is .... as a mission from heaven, offered to people in love, which imparts strength and grace to them unmeasured, which can never rob them of time and strength but always supplies them with it. It is certainly understandable that doubts about the truthfulness of these words can make people disbelieve and that they regard such messages with a certain caution, yet they likewise refuse to subject them to serious scrutiny, and thus they are also unable to judge correctly and stay away from the divine word when it is brought to them in this way. And only the greatest love and patience can bring it about that also those take note of the content of the transmissions from above. They will indeed continue to meet with rejection, but if they can be presented a change of thinking can nevertheless be successful. Only with such people a long time will pass before they are seized by the extraordinary grace, and this time is regrettably lost for eternity ....

Amen