Divine Birth

Paul of the Cross to Bartholomew Calderoni
8th letter on January 1, 1770 in Vol. 3 on Page 552

"...be reborn every day in the Divine Word-Made-Man to a new life, all holy, so that you be a true portrait of Jesus Christ. All this will happen if you are faithful and remain solitary within and rest your soul on the divine bosom of the Heavenly Father, where there is celebrated every moment that Divine Birth. In that way it will be always Christmas in the inner stable of your soul..."  

Paul of the Cross to Anna Maria Calcagnini
19th letter of December 1770 in Vol. 3 on Page 590

"...I am praying the gentle Jesus to have you reborn to a life that is completely holy and godlike. Believe that by remaining in your interior solitude with that sacred silence of faith and holy love, you will celebrate in your heart that Divine Birth, and you will be reborn to a new life of grace in the Divine Word..."

Paul of the Cross to Mother Mary Crucified
15th letter on December 15, 1767 in Vol. 3 on Page 391

"...mystical Divine Birth is celebrated every day in the most profound internal solitude. In that sacred desert, with a deep abstraction and detachment from every created thing, in perfect nakedness and poverty of soul, and in a sacred silence of faith and love, the human soul is reborn in the Divine Word-Made-Man to a new life completely holy and godlike..."

Paul of the Cross to Mother Mary Crucified Costantini
5th letter on December 22, 1762 in Vol. 3 on Page 166

"...Stay well enclosed in your interior with a profound knowledge of your horrible nothingness, and in this way there will be celebrated in your soul the Divine Birth of the Divine Word-Made-Man in the silence of the night of holy faith and holy love..."

Paul of the Cross to Maria Johanna Venturi Grazi
 16th letter on December 19, 1764 in Vol. 3 on Page 249

"...This Divine Birth will take place in the interior temple of your soul if you continue, as I hope, to be faithful to God, a lover of virtue, with a continual exercise of humility of heart, patience, silence, meekness, most fervent charity, and, above all, remaining solitary in the holy desert of your soul, taking your rest on the bosom of God in a sacred silence of faith and holy love..."

Paul of the Cross to Teresa Palozzi
30th letter on December 19, 1764 in Vol. 3 on Page 249

"If you will be faithful, as I hope, that spiritual Divine Birth will take place in the temple of your soul not only now, but always, provided you remain faithful and alone in your interior, reposing your spirit on the bosom of God in a sacred silence of faith and holy love..."

Paul of the Cross