The "Littlest" are the souls called:
-to follow the littlest way of love manifested to Sr. Consolata Betrone by Jesus,
- to give testimony to it and to spread it with the apostolate.
"Consolata, concentrate upon one continual 'Jesus, Mary I love You! Save souls!' It is the one and only resolution which will give you the strength to reply with a 'yes' to My every request for sacrifice!".
"Love Me only, love Me always; answer with great love a 'yes' to everything, to everybody, always: there is your path. Nothing but that; it is I who will think about and provide for all of the rest!".
TheLittlest Way of Loveof sister Consolata consists in:
• an unceasing act of love from the heart,
• a smiling 'yes' to everyone; to see and treat Jesus in everyone,
• a grateful 'yes' to everything.
TheLittlest Soulthanks for everything and always, because nothing of what she receives is little to her eyes.
The usual traits of a Littlest Soul are:confidence and abandon. These two holy traits are like a consequence
and a perfection of the life of love.
TheLittlest Soulsare called to grow in love: in this sense we can speak of a 'special love's vocation'.
And this vocation, although already included in the Christian vocation, will nevertheless develop and become a reality in a different way in each soul, according to the conditions of her life's state.
To deepen the knowledge of this spirituality is necessary to read the following texts:
• P. Lorenzo Sales -JESUS APPEALS TO THE WORLD- St. Paulus
• P. Lorenzo Sales -THE LITTLEST WAY OF LOVE- St Raphael's
You can find them described in the review of the books.
The soul who feels called to live as littlest, feels also a need to begin with a specialconsecration of herself to Love.
For the Consecration we recommend:
• set a date, preferably a feast of Our Lord or the Blessed Mother or even a First Friday of the month;
• prepare for it with a few days of quiet and prayer;
• on the set date, attend mass and, during the Holy Communion, make your consecration toLittlestentrusting it to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the hands of the Blessed Mother;
• end with the recitation of aMagnificat.
8 September: Feast of the Littlest Souls
Sister Consolata entrusted the firstLittlest, and all the other that would come after,to the Heart of Jesus and to the Vergin Mary Girl, the first and greatest "Littlest"!
"This evening, I embraced in spirit all the Littlest souls throughout the centuries, and I consecrated them all in anticipation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Since the first of these souls it is consecrated today, first Friday in September,novena of the Nativity of Mary,on September 8 I will embrace them all consecrating them to Mary girl. And the littlest will love so much the Vergin Mary because the incessant act they offer to Jesus is also for Mary Most Holy. Jesus, Mary I love you, save souls" (4 sept 1936).
