Jesus revealed to Saint Brigida the important virtues of the soul

Jesus said: «Imitate my humility; because I am King of glory and King of angels, I have been covered with old rags and tied naked to the column. I have heard every sob, every slander thrown up on me. You prefer my will to yours, because throughout her life Mary, my Mother and your Lady, has never done anything but my will. If you do it too, your heart will be in mine and it will be inflamed by my love; and just as what is dry and arid catches fire easily, in the same way your soul will be full of me and I will be in you, so that all temporal things turn out to be bitter and any carnal voluptuousness is a poison for you. You will rest in the arms of my divinity, which is totally devoid of any carnal voluptuousness, but contains joy and delight of the spirit; in fact the soul full of inner and outer joy does not think or desire anything other than the joy that makes it vibrate. Therefore do not love anything other than me; in this way you will have everything you want in profusion. Is it not written that the widow's oil never fails? And that our Lord has given rain to the earth, according to the words of the prophet? Now, I am the true prophet. If you believe in my words and follow them, in you the oil, the joy, the exultation will never fail ». Book I, 1

«I have chosen you and married you to reveal my secrets to you, since this is my will. After all, you belong to me by right, as to the death of your husband you resigned your will in my hands, since, even after his disappearance, you thought and prayed to be poor and you wanted to leave everything for my love. This is why you belong to me by right. It was necessary that, with such great love, I took care of you; so I take you in marriage and for my delight, the delight that God feels for a chaste soul. The bride, therefore, must be ready when the bridegroom wishes to solemnize the wedding, so that she may be rich enough, adorned and purified by the sin of Adam; how many times, fallen into sin, I supported and supported you. In addition, the bride must wear her groom's insignia and livery on her chest; this means that you must pay attention to the benefits with which I have filled you, to the works that I have done for you, that is: with how much nobility I created you by giving you a body and a soul; how much eminence I have given you by giving you health and temporal goods; how gently I guided you when I died for you and passed on my inheritance to you if you wish to have it. The bride, then, must do the will of her husband; what is my will, if not the fact that you love me above all things and want nothing but me? Now, my bride, if you want nothing but me and if you despise everything for my love, I will not only give you children and parents as a sweet and precious reward, but also riches and honors, not gold and silver, but myself ; I who am King of glory, I will give you myself as Bridegroom and prize. If you are ashamed of being poor and despised, think that I, your God, have preceded you along this road; my servants and my friends, in fact, have abandoned me on earth, since I have not sought friends from earth, but from heaven. Also, if you fear the burden of fatigue and infirmity, think how painful it is to burn in the fire. What would you deserve if you had offended someone just as you have offended me? Even if I love you with all my heart, I never fail in my justice: since you have offended me in all your members, you will find satisfaction in them. However, given the goodwill you show and your intentions to make amends, I turn my justice into mercy, forgiving, in exchange for a small expiation, the most painful tortures. Therefore, accept with enthusiasm a little punishment, so that, purified, you get a bigger reward faster; it is more reasonable, in fact, that the bride suffers and works with the groom, so that he can rest with him with greater fidelity ». Book I, 2

«I am your God and the Lord you honor. I am the one who with his power holds heaven and earth, and who has no support or support. I am the one who, under the species of bread and wine, true God and true man, is immolated every day. I am the one who chose you. Honor my Father; love me; obey my Spirit, give great honor to my Mother, your Lady. Honor all my saints; keep the right faith that the one who has personally experienced the conflict of truth and falsehood and who has won thanks to my help will teach you. Keep my humility true. What is true humility if not that of manifesting what you are, and praising God for the goods he has given us? Now, if you want to love me, I will draw you to me with charity, as the magnet attracts iron; and I will enclose you in the strength of my arm, so powerful that no one can extend it, so firm that when it is stretched out no one can bend or bend it; and it is also so sweet that it surpasses every aroma and cannot be compared with the pleasures of the world, because it surpasses them all ». Book I, 3