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The Divine Will Prayer Group: Discovering the Beauty of God’s Providential Care
For the past 25 years, faithful followers of Our Lord have gathered to immerse themselves in His love, peace, goodness, and wisdom at the Divine Will Prayer Group meetings. Together, these followers have discovered the richness of God’s providential care in their lives, and seen the wonders of His will unfolding before them.
“Together, we learn about God’s Will and gain a much deeper understanding of the Bible,” says leader Kitty Lawson, who helped to found the group. “As a group, we have experienced how to become better Christians, working towards holiness and following the Divine Will. Even though I helped to found this prayer group and I have been a faithful member of it all these years, I am still learning about what it means to live in the Divine Will. Every meeting reveals a wonderful truth of just how much Jesus loves us.”
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The Divine Will Prayer Group meets on the first and third Mondays of each month after Mass in the sanctuary. At their meetings, they follow a specific format with special prayers written by Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta of Corato, Italy, known as the “Little Daughter of the Divine Will,” along with the “Our Father,” “Hail Mary,” and the “Glory Be.” Amazingly, the format they follow has not changed for the past 25 years.
“As we know, Jesus taught all people to ask the Father, ‘Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven,’” Kitty says. “This is the mission that was given to the Servant of God, Luisa, the ‘Little Daughter of the Divine Will.’”
Furthermore, they study the writings on the Divine Will, which were given to Luisa from Jesus under the strict obedience of her confessor. These writings are bound in 36 volumes and named The Book of Heaven.
“We have been so blessed by our studies,” Kitty says. “Catholics and all other Christians need to know about the eras God has given us — Creation, Redemption, Sanctification. We also read Scripture and study the lessons based on Jesus’ call to the creature to return to the order, the place, and the purpose to which it was created by God’.”
Kitty offers encouragement and extends a warm invitation to join the group.
“Jesus wants this,” she says. “It is time to live in the Divine Will, freely giving up our own will to build the Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. This is our way of giving our ‘Fiat,’ just as Our Blessed Mother gave hers.”
