“You will always find refuge in me and in your Mother’s heart. No one can take that away from you!” (Inner word)
We urgently need this refuge amid the confusion that surrounds us—a bastion of love and security. We will always need it, even if we have been walking in the Lord’s path for many years and have made steady progress. The refuge is there for us! In His wisdom, our heavenly Father has granted it to us so that we may find our home in the inner sanctuary of our soul. No matter how fiercely the storm rages around us or how the devil tries to frighten us, access to the depths of our heart remains open, and no one can take it away from us. This enclosure, also called the “inner cell,” not only offers us refuge but also the opportunity to deepen the love between the Father and us each day. It is, so to speak, the sacred enclosure of our soul, into which the Evil One cannot enter, because God dwells there.
If we want to achieve a deeper union with the Lord, we must take time to be alone and engage in intimate dialogue with Him. Our Father is waiting for us, and—as He makes clear in the Message to Mother Eugenia—it is a joy for Him to be alone with a soul, for in this way He can fill it with His love.
In the same way, we find refuge in the beloved Mother of God, who carried Jesus in her womb and always in her heart. Since her divine Son entrusted her with the motherhood of the whole human race—and this is realized concretely in those who follow Jesus—her Immaculate Heart is our home, and her love shelters us. There, too, the enemy cannot infiltrate, because the Virgin’s holiness is so radiant that no one with evil intentions can approach her without fleeing from her light.