Destiny, Fate
Destiny in Valtortian writings is not described as an inexorable fate but as God's plan for the life of a person, who is free to accept it or not.
In "The Gospel as Revealed to Me"
- In the Spirit of God who created you, there is a destiny for you. The Father desires it for you, and it is a destiny of love, Peace, and glory.[1]
- Generally, those who are Called to an extraordinary destiny let the Pride of their vocation enter them, and this Pride opens the doors to Satan, driving God away. If the one who falls is someone chosen for an extraordinary destiny, then the ruin is much greater and can even give rise to profound heresies that wound countless spirits.[2]
- One must always remember that everything is in God's hands, every enterprise, every victory. The magnificence, the power, the glory, the victory belong to the Lord. It is He who grants to man this or that thing if He judges that it is the right time to grant it for a certain Good.[3]
- Do not fall yourself into the fatalism of the Pharisees who claim that what is fixed by destiny must be fulfilled and that nothing can prevent the fulfillment of what is fixed by destiny.[4]
- Oh! Believe it, you who complain about your lot. None has been sadder than mine, I, who had the constant foreknowledge of all that was to happen to me, joined with poverty, privations, and bitterness that accompanied me from my birth to my death. So do not complain and hope in Me. I give you My Peace."[5]
In fundamental Christian texts
In the Bible
- Lord, you who are the luck of my life, the portion that belongs to me, you hold my destiny in your hands. It is a fate that delights me, a privilege that enchants me. I thank the Lord, who advises me: even at night, my Conscience warns me.[6]