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In God’s relationship with mankind there are three prime decrees, which the Most Holy Trinity has issued and which absolutely must take effect. The first is the decree of Creation. Here, two humans are the principle objects of this decree: Adam and Eve who were created in a most perfect manner. They were created immaculate without sin. In their original state of justice, they were full of grace because they possessed the fountain of all grace – the Divine Will – which was the crowning glory of' their creation, super-added to their perfect human nature. They lived and acted by the vital principle of God Himself, namely the Divine Will, which eternally animates the Three Divine Persons.
Had our first parents maintained the Gift of the Divine Will, with which they were endowed, at the time they were tested, a test which was to confirm this Kingdom within themselves, the other two decrees would not have been necessary. But the omniscient Trinity foresaw the rejection of their greatest Gift to man. Behold, therefore, the merciful Decree of Redemption, the second of the prime decrees.
The two principal humans involved in the Decree of Redemption are Jesus and Mary. Here we have a Man God. The eternal, uncreated Word becomes man in the most pure womb of Mary. She is Mother of God! These two holy ones are full of grace. Jesus possesses the fountain of grace, the Divine Will, by nature, for He is God. Mary possesses the Divine Will by Gift. It is the cause of her Immaculate Conception. This Kingdom of the Divine Will, which reigned in Mary, drew the Word to come to earth, incarnating Himself in her virginal womb. It would have been unfitting for God to enclose Himself in Mary had the human will been reigning in Her; for the human will on its own is weak, inconstant, prone to evil.
When the Man God, Jesus, our Redeemer, was on earth He taught us only one prayer: the "Our Father." In that prayer He and we ask our Father in Heaven that his Kingdom come and that his Will be done on earth as in Heaven. The Kingdom we ask for is none other than the Kingdom of the Divine Will. This is God's own, eternal Kingdom. When it comes to reign in souls on earth, then those fortunate souls will be able to do the Will of God as It is done in Heaven. This is the third prime decree of the Holy Trinity: The Reign of the Divine Will on earth!
These three prime decrees, being put into effect, are the Three Fiats of God. The First Fiat, Creation, involved Adam and Eve. The Second Fiat, Redemption, involved Jesus and Mary. Who does the Third Fiat involve? From all Eternity that person was also chosen. Jesus called her the Little Daughter of the Divine Will and other similar titles for she would be the very first to do the Will of God as in Heaven in fulfillment of the Lord' Prayer. She is Luisa Piccarreta of Corato, Italy (1865-1947).
Interestingly, the canonically erected Association Luisa Piccarreta in Italy also featured the Three Fiats of God in their June 1993, newsletter that goes to all the Italian bishops and Vatican hierarchy.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q. What is the “First Fiat of God”?
A. The ''First Fiat of God” is the Creation, decreed by the Holy Trinity, of all that exists outside of God Himself. In our literature we will be concerned pnncipally with the creation of mankind and the universe, which was created for love of man.
Q. What is the “Second Fiat of God”?
A. The “Second Fiat of God” is the Redemption of Mankind decreed by the Holy Trinity to flee men from the bond of sin and darkness resulting from the Fall of Adam and Eve.
Q. What is the “Third Fiat of God”?
A. The “Third Fiat of God” is the fulfillment of God's eternal decree to sanctify man with the Divine Sanctity Itself by gifting souls, as far as it is possible to a ceature with the fullness of the very same Life of the Holy Trinity, which is the Divine Will, eternal fountain of all grace and blessings. This Gift enables man to do the Will of God as in Heaven. This is what Jesus taught us to pray for in the Lord's Prayer.
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THE SIN OF ADAM, REDEMPTION,
AND THE LORD'S PRAYER
“By one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death.” (Rm. 5:12) “Therefore, as by the offense of one, unto all men to condemnation; so also by the obedience of one, unto all men to justification of life.” (Rm. 5:18)
In the natural order of things established by God in the realm of time, Adam was the first human created. He was the head of the human race, endowed with incalculable gifts, graces and benefits by our Creator. These marvelous natural, preternatural, and supernatural gifts, graces, and benefits were to be passed on to all of Adam's children if only Adam would be faithful and obedient to his God, never ceasing, even for one moment, to love God above all things. Everything depended on Adam's use of his power of free choice, namely to maintain himself in the most holy and sublime state of his creation, or to chose to break away from his most intimate union with his Heavenly Father by doing his own will – infidelity, disobedience, failing to constantly love God above all things. At the moment ordained by Divine Providence for Adam to prove himself and give his own “Fiat” of acceptance, confirming himself and all the human race in his original state of justice, Adam, under a variety of negative influences, which He could have overcome, weakened. He failed his test of fidelity and lost the Great Inheritance for himself, for his Spouse, Eve, and for the entire human race.
Of all his endowments, the greatest and most Divine, was the Gift of the Divine Will. This Gift enabled Adam to live a Divine Life in common with the Holy Trinity, like the good angels and the saints to come would live in Heaven. Doing God's Will as in Heaven is to do God's Will as God does it, and this is simply not possible without God giving his creature His own Will – His Greatest possible Gift. God, not being disposed to do anything less in creating man, did endow Adam with the Divine Will to enable him to perfectly please the Most Holy Trinity and at the same time this gave Adam the capacity to receive all that the Goodness and Wisdom of God could give, for the very nature of God is to love and give. So, in the beginning, Adam was living the most important parts of the Lord's Prayer, namely to give full and proper honor to the Father's name and to do the Will of God as it is done in Heaven.
But Adam lost a Divine Gift, which no mere man or angel could recover or restore to humanity. A man-God was needed to restore this Divine Gift to mankind. This required the greatest of all mysteries, which most perfectly demonstrates the goodness of God – the Incarnation! God would assume human flesh and nature. Because Jesus never let his human will operate separately, his Divine Will was able reign perfectly and freely in his Humanity. This was his prime purpose in Redemption: to restore to humanity the original, supernatural relationship with God enjoyed by Adam and Eve!
So, we can see that the thing most important to Our Dear Lord, Our Brother, was to restore to us our original relationship with God. Jesus wanted a. woman, the Virgin Mary, to cooperate with Him in bringing this about. He wanted Her spotless and to be His Mother. He wanted Her to live that original state of perfect unity with the Divine Will. She freely let God have his way in Her and never for one instant used her power of free choice to interfere with God reigning supremely in her soul and body. If Jesus and Mary suffered, experienced poverty, or denied themselves some of the prerogatives of Adam and Eve, they did so freely in accordance with their sublime mission to live among a fallen race and give them the helps to at least save themselves. Knowing that the fullness of the effects of His Redemptive work would be complete only when the Wisdom of the Father would allow, Jesus urged all men to pray for that fullness, to pray for that restoration of man's original state. Jesus said: “Thus therefore shall you pray: “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done on earth as It is in Heaven.” One cannot even begin to imagine the joy of Jesus and Mary and all the Saints and Angels as they see the beginning of the fulfillment of the Lord's very own Prayer, which is the very fulfillment of fullest effects of His prime purpose in Redemption, in our own time as we begin the Third Christian Millennium.
Jesus chose a virgin and unknown soul, Mary, to cooperate with Him in the Redemption. The evidence today is abundantly clear to many that He has followed the same pattern with the Coming of the Father's Kingdom, by choosing another virgin and unknown soul, Luisa, to cooperate with Him in bringing to fruition His greatest desire – the fulfillment of the prayer known as the “Pater Noster.” If there were those persons in His time who refused to recognize, in spite of all the signs, the much longed-for Redeemer, it follows that the same should happen with the coming of the Father's Kingdom. So, be strong, steadfast, resolute, your eternity will be incredibly happier. Listen to Holy Mother the Church, the only official voice of the Holy Spirit. Jesus was called a drunkard and a crazy man in his time. Do not let today's Scribes and Pharisees mislead you. Remember Jesus’ very important parable of the sower!!
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