Understanding of "Divine Will" and Divine Volition"

The word "Will" translates the Italian "Volontà". We know from the Writings of Luisa that the Will of God is a boundless "container" which contains all the Acts of God: all of the interior acts of the Three Divine Persons (acts "ad intra"), like the generation of the Word and the proceeding of the Holy Spirit; as well as all the Acts of God in Creation, Redemption and Sanctification (acts "ad extra"), as an incontainable overflowing and outpouring of Love of the Trinity Itself.

Also the human will is a "container", which contains all the human acts of a human being, from his birth up to his death.

But here is the difference. It is true that both the human will and the Divine Will are "containers" which contain respectively the human acts of a man and the Divine Acts of God; however, while the human will has the same qualities and characteristics of the human nature - that is, limited in time and space, finite, incapable of affecting everyone and everything - the Divine Will possesses the same qualities of the Divine Nature - that is, All-Seeing, Infinite, Omnipotent and Eternal.

Therefore, the DIVINE WILL is that boundless container - All-Seeing, Infinite, Omnipotent and Eternal - which contains all the Acts of God, which are All-Seeing, Infinite, Omnipotent and Eternal, as God Himself.

Now, the word "Volition" translates the Italian "Volere".   This word indicates the "will in action".  This distinction could be relevant in the case of a human will and of human acts, which are finite and limited, and therefore they have a beginning and an end; so we can distinguish when they are in action from where they are not in action.

But when we speak about "Will of God" and "Volition of God", the distinction does not exist. In fact, the Will of God is, yes, the "boundless container" of all the Acts of God, but we know that the Acts of God are always in act, always present, therefore it is impossible to distinguish when these Acts are in act, and when they are not – the Acts of God are simply ALWAYS IN ACT.

Therefore, though there may be a semantic difference between the words "Will" and "Volition", when referred to God, any actual and factual distinction disappears, because in God, "Will" and "Will in act" (Volition) are EXACTLY THE SAME THING.