They must let themselves be formed by me, as little children, with much trust and abandonment! Then through them the light of the Gospel will shine anew in this world so filled with darkness.This is the task of my priests: to be this light in the great darkness which will be spread over the whole earth, because through them and in them I will be present in the midst of my children, during the great purification, in order to save them in the decisive hours.
Blue Book #22 m-o
Little- -be always little! Be simple… poor… childlike. Preach the Gospel with your life, without compromise! Listen to the Spirit, He will lead you. Do little things exceedingly well for love of Me. Love… love… love… never counting the cost. Go into the marketplace and stay with Me.Pray, fast… Pray always… fast. Be hidden. Be a light to your neighbor’s feet. Go without fears into the depth of men’s hearts. I shall be with you.
Grace in Every Season (February 3)
In order for God to use us to change the world, we need to be changed from deep within ourselves first. This is not a change that we can muster on our own, because the changes required are so contrary to this society we live in, and all that we’ve ever known, that we often can’t even fully grasp our own deficits. But God does… and Jesus entrusts His Mother to work with the Holy Spirit to perfect us.
This is where being child like comes in. Throughout the Blue Book, Our Blessed Mother calls this willingness to listen to God’s will and act on it as ‘docility’.
This can only be accomplished when we’ve gotten our own will out of the way. When there’s truly ‘less of me and more of Him’. That’s when His light will shine through us, to brighten up our own little corner of this darkened world… right where we are.