Spiritual poverty ....

B.D. No. 5014 December 4th 1950

True filial piety must fill the human heart who wants to pray to Me in spirit and in truth. And only a deeply humble person has this filial piety who feels small and insignificant, who is aware of his great distance from Me and yet has the filial faith that I accept him when he comes to Me in prayer. He has nothing but this faith in My love which does not let him fall, and this spiritual poverty of his makes him humble, but I grant My grace to the humble and through grace he will become blessed. Spiritual poverty is therefore only the admission of his unworthiness and the desire for My grace and mercy, which everyone who lifts his eyes to Me in such humility will also experience. All who feel spiritually poor, who are aware of their deficient state, long for help and look for it where they hope for love and grace. And I praise them blessedly that they entrust themselves to Me in their spiritual poverty, that they recognize themselves and therefore also appeal to Me, for such a prayer will always be humble and always be heard by Me.

Amen