Earthly decrees .... worldly power ....

B.D. No. 1936 June 2nd 1941

Set My will against the earthly demands .... First fulfil the commandments I have given you before you comply with worldly demands. However, if the worldly ruling power likewise puts My will before its regulations, if it likewise acts or decrees laws which correspond to My commandments of love, it will be blessed by Me and this blessing will visibly rest on everything it undertakes. For a ruler who is accompanied by My blessing will lead his people wisely and righteously, he will fulfil his earthly task and again bestow incomparable blessings wherever he exercises his office. But the commandment of love has to be placed in front of every action, then the ruler will also be wise, then his example will also bring success. And thus people should only ever pay attention to being lovingly active and always consider their fellow human being in accordance with this love, for now he must also increase in knowledge, he will now be able to fully affirm what he previously only recognized emotionally, for the inner voice will teach him to occupy himself thoroughly with divine wisdom. Only then can it be brought to the human heart, only then will what the human being has heard become his property, only then can he also represent it to the world .... then he first subordinates his own will to God's will and, as a sign of this unity with God, he courageously confronts the regulations issued by the ruling power. Resistance can only be offered where Jesus Christ is recognized as the sole lord of heaven and earth. Firm faith in the divine redeemer makes the human being free and strong, and by virtue of this strength he opposes the decrees from the human side with his faith and will have the greatest success, he no longer fears earthly jurisdiction due to the realization that there is one Who controls all human destinies .... Who will also now appear again when earthly legislation tries to invalidate everything that has so far been taught to people as the greatest commandment .... to love God above all things and one's neighbour as oneself ....

Amen