flower never doubt that it is I, Jesus, your Saviour, behold and look back where I found you, ¹ I found you in wretchedness where so many of My children still are! come, Vassula, do you see this crucifix?

(Jesus meant the crucifix, a wooden of olives from Jerusalem, and which was now near me on the notebook, it is the one that does not leave my hand during the night.)

(Jesus so sweetly kissed it when I lifted it to His divine lips)

(I did.)