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Bethlehem in Judah

2026-04-27T12:20:12Z

Emmanuel: Text replacement - "Magi (the "wise men" magi)" to "The Magi (Wise Men, “Three Kings”)"

{{Confusion|Bethlehem in Galilee}}
[[File:Bethléem Judée.webp|thumb|Bethlehem in Judah.]]
The City of David where [[Jesus]] was born.

==Inhabitants or Natives==
[[Anne of Bethlehem in Judah|Anne]], the hostess of the holy [[Family]], killed in the massacre of [[Herod the Great|Herod]], [[The Shepherds of the Nativity|the twelve shepherds of the Nativity]], [[Hezekiah, innkeeper of Bethlehem in Judah|Hezekiah]] the innkeeper who refused to receive the holy Family, the holy [[Innocent, innocence|innocents]], the two thousand babies massacred by Herod the Great, [[Elkanah, brother of Johanna of Chuza|ElCana]] and [[Eliel, brother of Johanna of Chuza|Elijah]], the brothers of [[Johanna of Chuza]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-041.htm EMV 580].</ref>.

==Description==

===The City===
<blockquote>I see Bethlehem, small and all white, gathered like a brood of chicks under the starlight. Two main streets intersect at right angles, one coming from beyond the country, it is the main road that continues beyond the city, and the other that crosses the city in its entire width but goes no further. Other small streets cut this small country, without the slightest trace of a master plan as we conceive it, but adapting to the terrain which is at several levels, and to the houses which are distributed here and there according to the accidents of the ground and the whims of the builders. Some turn right, others left, others at an angle compared to the street that borders them, forcing it to present itself like a ribbon unfolding with twists instead of being a straight path that goes from one place to another without deviation. From time to time there is a small square, either for a market, or for a fountain, or because, due to the buildings that rise at random, it has remained a skewed portion where nothing more can be built<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-056.htm#Bethleem EMV 34].</ref>.</blockquote>

===The Cave (the Manger)===
[[File:Brooklyn Museum - The Adoration of the Shepherds (L'adoration des bergers) - James Tissot - overall.jpg|thumb|The Adoration of the Shepherds - James Tissot]]
<blockquote>They approach this "den." It really is a den. Among the rubble of a ruined building, there is a shelter, beyond which there is a cave, more a hole in the mountain than a cave. It looks like the foundations of an old construction whose roof is made of materials supported by these barely squared tree trunks. To see more clearly, because there is very little light, [[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Joseph]] takes out tinder and a striker, and lights a small lamp which he pulls from the satchel he carries sling-style. He enters. A bellow greets him. "Come. [[Virgin Mary|Mary]], it is empty, there is only an ox." Joseph smiles: "Better than nothing! ... "<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-046.htm#Cr%C3%A8che EMV 28].</ref>.</blockquote>Besides [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm EMV 207], the manger is located near the ruins of the Tower of David, after crossing a stream.

==Notable Facts==
It is where Jesus was born<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-047.htm EMV 29].</ref>. It is also the site of the Adoration of the Shepherds<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-049.htm EMV 30].</ref>, then of the [[The Magi (Wise Men, “Three Kings”)|Magi]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-056.htm#Bethl%C3%A9em EMV 34].</ref>, and the site of the massacre of the innocents.

==Its Name==
בֵּית לֶחֶם '''(Beth Lehem)'''<ref>[http://www.croixsens.net/hebreu/alphabet.php Hebrew Alphabet on croixsens.net].</ref>

Bethlehem means "the house of bread." First called Ephrathah "rich in fruit"<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Gn/35 Genesis 35,19].</ref>. Other names: Beit Lahm, Bet Lehem, Beth-Lehem, Beth-lehem-ephratah, Bethlehemjudah, Bit-Lahmi, Ephratah, Ephrath.

==Where is it mentioned in the work?==
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-034.htm EMV 22] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-046.htm EMV 28] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-047.htm EMV 29] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-049.htm EMV 30] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-051.htm EMV 31] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-056.htm EMV 34] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-058.htm EMV 35] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-037.htm EMV 73] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-038.htm EMV 74] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-045.htm EMV 81] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm EMV 207] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-235.htm EMV 538] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-236.htm EMV 539] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-001.htm EMV 601] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-014.htm EMV 628]</blockquote>

==Learn More About This Place==
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 13447 Rachels Tomb.jpg|thumb|Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem.]]
City of David 9 km south of [[Jerusalem]]. According to prophecies, the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Messiah]] was to be born there<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Mi/5 Micah 5,1].</ref>.<blockquote>"The distance from [[Nazareth]] to Bethlehem is long: nearly 150 kilometers. At the donkey's pace, it took four full days." This is the journey Joseph and the pregnant Mary made in early December to fulfill the requirements of the Roman census."<ref>In "Jesus in His Time" by Daniel-Rops, p. 112.</ref></blockquote>

''Excerpt from the [[Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel|Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel by Maria Valtorta]], by [[Jean-François Lavère]]:''<blockquote>The city is located 8 km south of [[Jerusalem]]. It is mentioned several times in the Bible. It is the birthplace of David. Rachel was buried there (Gn 35:19)<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Gn/35 Gn 35],19</ref>, and Ruth and Boaz lived there (Ru 1:1-2)<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Rt/1 RU 1,1]</ref>.

''The hometown of Jesus, the City of David is the birthplace of Jesus, the site of the Adoration of the Magi and of the massacre of the innocents. "''Bethlehem of Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come the ruler''..."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-044.htm#CEV02703 EMV 027.3]</ref>.

Thirty years later, Jesus returns there on a pilgrimage with Disciples, then with the Virgin Mary who exclaims: "''Bethlehem! Oh! Dear! Dear land of my fathers who gave me the first Kiss of my Son! You are open, good and fragrant like the bread whose name you bear, to give the True Bread to the world dying of hunger! You have embraced me, you in whom has remained the motherly love of Rachel, like a mother, holy land of the Bethlehem of David, first Temple raised to the Savior, to the Morning Star born of Jacob to teach the way of Heaven to all Humanity!''"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm#CEV20701 EMV 207.1]</ref>.

It is also in Bethlehem that the apostle Thomas, despondent, finds refuge on the fifth day after the Passion. He testifies: "''I wandered through the hills of Judea and yesterday I ended up in Bethlehem, in its cave. Like a fool I cried… I slept among the rubble and it was there that Elijah found me''"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-014.htm#CEV60804 EMV 628.4]</ref>.

In her descriptions of Bethlehem, Maria Valtorta cites several remarkable elements: the'' Tower of David'', the ''Tomb of Rachel'', the ''Cave of the Nativity'' and a nearby stream (the wadi ''El Djemel''). (''For more details, see these terms.'').</blockquote>

==Gallery==

<gallery>
File:Colline de la nativité vue depuis le nord, Bethléem, en 2022.webp|Nativity Hill seen from the north, Bethlehem, 2022.
File:Basilique de la nativité, Bethléem, en 2022.webp|Nativity Basilica, Bethlehem, 2022.
</gallery>

==Explore==
• 31° 42’ 20’’ N / 35° 12’ 30’’ E

• +750m

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==Notes and References==
[[Category:Locations]]

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[[fr:Bethléem de Judée]]

Gamaliel and the Expected Sign

2026-04-27T12:20:12Z

Emmanuel: Text replacement - "Sciammaï, the great doctor of Israel" to "Shammai, the great rabbi of Israel"

In the month of Nissan 3769 (9 AD)<ref>See Jean-François Lavère, ''[[Investigation on the Dating of the Life of Jesus]]'', Chronology and Dating of the Life of Jesus deduced from the account of [[Maria Valtorta]].</ref> Jesus reached the Age of His legal majority (12 years). A few days before Passover, taking advantage of the mandatory Pilgrimage and in accordance with legal prescriptions, Joseph presented his son to the doctors of the law for his majority examination<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-067.htm#CEV04002 EMV 40.2/7]</ref>.

A few days later, escaping the supervision of his parents, Jesus finds himself before the doctors of Israel. [[Maria Valtorta]] recounts the scene mentioned in [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/2 Luc 2:41-47 Luke 2:41-47] by detailing the context, the participants, and the dialogues<ref>She is the only visionary to report the dialogues so precisely.</ref>
<blockquote>Among the "doctors" there is a group led by a certain [[Gamaliel]] with another, old and almost Confessiongle, whom Gamaliel supports during the discussion. That one, I hear called [[Hillel]]<ref>Hillel the Elder: (approximately 70 BC to 10 AD) Doctor and president (Nassi) of the Sanhedrin. He was the head of a school that interpreted the Law in a liberal manner. His presence is consistent. He will not die long after if we believe the date of his death.</ref> (I put the H because I see there is an Aspiration at the beginning of the name), he seems to be the master or relative of Gamaliel<ref>He is his grandfather.</ref> because the latter treats him with both confidence and respect. Gamaliel’s group has broader views, while another group, and it is the most numerous, is led by a certain Chammaï ([[Shammai, the great rabbi of Israel|Shammaï]])<ref>Shammaï: Pharisee doctor, also of the 1st century BC. Rival of Hillel, his school was distinguished by a rigoristic interpretation of the Law and Traditions.</ref> and is characterized by a hateful and backward intransigence that the Gospel so well highlights.</blockquote>
[[File:1896 Polenow Christus unter den Lehrern anagoria.JPG|thumb|600px|center|Christ among the Doctors, Vasily Polenov, 1896]]
===The prophecy of the sign===
The young Jesus intervenes by opposing Shammaï and siding with Gamaliel and, supported by biblical quotations, demonstrates why the announced Messiah has already been born, which Shammaï disputes. He concludes his debate with a prophecy that will strike Gamaliel and whose fulfillment he will await as Confirmation that Jesus is the Messiah:<blockquote>"Wait for Me at My hour. These stones will hear My voice anew and will tremble at My last word. Blessed are those who, at this voice, have listened to God and believe in Him through Me. To them Christ will give His Kingdom, which your Saltfishness dreams will be all human while it is heavenly."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-068.htm#CEV04109 EMV 41.9].</ref>.</blockquote>

=== Evolution of Gamaliel's state of mind ===
This journey of a righteous man shows, in its own way, the teaching of Jesus Salton according to which "No one puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment, because the patch added pulls on the garment, and the tear gets larger. Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wineskins burst, the wine spills, and the wineskins are lost. But new wine is put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mt/9 Luke 9:16-17].</ref>"
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-050.htm#CEV08504 '''EMV 85.4''']: Gamaliel: "We already have [[John the Baptist]] and, Salton the teaching of the scribes, it takes at least a hundred years between him and the Messiah to prepare the people for the coming of the King. I say it takes less," he added, "because the times are now fulfilled." And he finally said: "However, I cannot admit that the Messiah manifests in this way. One day, I believed the manifestation of the Messiah had begun because His first gleam was truly a heavenly flash[2]. But after... a great silence fell and I think I was mistaken."

* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-081.htm#CEV11408 EMV 114.8/9]:''' Jesus: ""What words did you hear? Who uttered them?" - Gamaliel: "It was someone coming out of childhood... but God shone on his innocent and charming face... I have been thinking about it for nineteen years and I keep that memory... and I seek to hear again that voice... which spoke words of wisdom... What part of the world understands it? I think: ...it was God. Under the appearance of a child so as not to frighten man. Like a flash that crosses the sky appearing swift to the east and west, north and south; He, the Divine, under his semblance of merciful goodness, with the voice and face of a child and a divine thought, travels the earth to say to men: "It is Me". Such is my thought... When will He return to Israel? ...When? And I think: when Israel will be an altar for His divine foot; and my Heart groans seeing the abjection of Israel: never. Oh! harsh answer! And it is true! Can Holiness descend in the person of its Messiah as long as abomination is in us?"
* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-020.htm#CEV16004 EMV 160.4]''': Jesus: – "Someone you believe in told you: “The stones will tremble at my last words” Why then wait for the last words of the Messiah? Won’t you feel remorse for not having wanted to follow me sooner? The last…! Sad words of a friend who dies and whom we have come to listen to too late. Yet mine are more important than those of a friend." - Gamaliel: "You are right. But I cannot. I wait for this sign to Believe."
* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-044.htm#CEV35404 EMV 354.4]''': "Then, for Gamaliel, is this the Christ? Is that what he says? If Rabbi Gamaliel affirms it, the matter is settled. He is the Christ!" - Hermas: "He does not say that. He still cannot Believe it, to his misfortune. But he assures that the Christ is on earth because he spoke to Him, years ago, as well as the wise Hillel. And he awaits the sign that Christ promised him to recognize Him."
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-054.htm#CEV36408 '''EMV 364.8''']: After the gift of the Our Father: Joseph of Arimathea: "Well, Gamaliel? Does this not yet seem a word from the Lord to you?" - Gamaliel: "Joseph, it was told to me: "These stones will tremble at the sound of my words." - Stephen with impetuosity: "Perform the miracle, Lord! Command, and they will move! Let the building collapse, but let the walls of Faith in You rise in Hearts, that would be a great gift! Do it for my master!" - A group of furious rabbis: "Blasphemer!" - Gamaliel: "No. 'My' disciple speaks by an inspired word. But we cannot accept it because the Angel of God has not yet purified us of the past."
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-173.htm#CEV47810 '''EMV 478.10''']: [[Simon of Alphaeus|Simon of Alphaeus]]: "[[Stephen, the first martyr|Stephen]] said that the rabbi (Gamaliel), having learned what happened at [[Chouza]] (attempt to crown Jesus as king), exclaimed: "My spirit shudders wondering if He can really be what He says. But every question would be dead before forming in my mind, and forever, if He had consented to this thing. The Child, whom I heard, said that slavery as well as royalty will not be what we think, misunderstanding the prophets, that is, material, but of The Spirit, Through Christ, Redeemer of Sin and Founder of the Kingdom of God in spirits. I remember these words, and it is on them that I judge the Rabbi. If, in judging Him, I found Him below this height, I would reject Him as a sinner and a liar. And I trembled to see fade into nothingness the hope this Child gave me" - [[Joseph of Alphaeus|Joseph of Alphaeus]]: "Yes, but meanwhile, he does not call Him the Messiah."
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-182.htm#CEV48710 '''EMV 487.10/11''']: Dialogue between Gamaliel and Jesus: "Are the stones that must tremble perhaps those of our Hearts?" - "No, rabbi. These ones (and with a circular gesture, he indicates the walls of the Temple). Why do you ask?" - "Because my Heart trembled when I was told your words at the Banquet and your answers to the tempters. I thought that trembling was the sign..." - "No, rabbi. It is too little for your Heart's trembling and that of a few others to be the sign that leaves no Doubts...
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm#CEV54815 '''EMV 548.14/15''']: Brief reply to the resurrection of Lazarus: "Be ready, oh rabbi. The sign will come soon. I never lie."
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-010.htm#CEV54909 '''EMV 549.9''']: (passage where, in the last paragraph, Gamaliel describes his own state of Soul). Dialogue of Gamaliel with the Sanhedrin: "But then for you He is the Messiah?! Say it!" - "He is not the Messiah." - "He is not? But then, what is He to you? A demon, no. An angel, no. The Messiah, no..." - "He is The One who Is." - "You are delirious! He is God? He is God to you, this madman?" - "He is The One who Is. God knows what He is. We see His works, God also sees His thoughts. But He is not the Messiah because, for us, Messiah means King. He is not, will not be king. But He is holy, and His works are those of a saint. And we cannot lay a hand on the Innocent without committing a sin. I will not subscribe to sin." "But with these words you have almost Called Him the Expected One!" - "That is what I said. As long as the light of the Most High lasted, I saw Him as such. Then... when the hand of the Lord abandoned me, raised in His light, I became again a man, the man of Israel, and the words were only words to which the man of Israel, me, you, those before us and, may God forbid, those after us, give the meaning of 'their,' of 'our' thought, not the meaning they have in the eternal Thought that dictated them to His servant."
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-021.htm#CEV56005 '''EMV 560.5''']: Truly speak the truth: apart from the joy of your Heart for the resurrection of the friend, would you not have preferred that [...I] bring down with my voice the stones and the walls on my Enemies, like the trumpets of Joshua did for the walls of Jericho [...] Yes, you would have preferred that because, Good as you love me much, your love is still impure and nourishes for that, desiring what is not holy, your Israelite thought, 'your old thought,' the one that is in Gamaliel as in the last of Israel."
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-031.htm#CEV57005 EMV 570.5]: "Are you not [[Eleazar ben Parta|Eleazar ben Parta]]? Yes? Then it is certain that you will see Gamaliel before Me. Tell him, in my name, that to him also I will give, after twenty-one years, the answer he awaits. Do you understand? Remember well: to him also, I will give after twenty-one years, the answer he awaits. Amen."

* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-011.htm#CEV59220 '''EMV 592.20''']: "The time has come when all these signs will be given. Those said by the prophets and marked with the symbols of our history, and those I have said: the sign of Jonah; do you remember that day in Cedes? It is the sign that Gamaliel awaits."

* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-021.htm#CEV60205 '''EMV 602.5.7''']: On the evening of Holy Thursday: "Gamaliel, tonight is at Bethphage. I know it. When we arrive at Gethsemane you will go find Gamaliel and you ([[Simon the Zealot (Apostle)|Simon the Zealot (Apostle)]]) will tell him: 'Soon you will have the sign you have awaited for twenty-one years.' Nothing else. And then you will return with your companions."
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm#CEV60410 '''EMV 604.10''']: Brief dialogue during the arrest of Jesus: "Who are you? Tell me." And Jesus, softly: "Read the prophets and you will have the answer. The first sign is with them. The other will come."
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm#CEV60928 '''EMV 609.28/30'''] (where he makes a very beautiful prayer at the foot of the Cross): Gamaliel: "Terrible thing! I was in the Temple! The sign! The Temple wide open! The purple and hyacinth curtain hanging torn! The Holy of Holies is uncovered! Anathema on us!" - Gamaliel: "The sign! The sign! Tell me you forgive me! A groan, even a single groan, to tell me you hear and forgive me." - Gamaliel: "It was You! It was You! We can no longer be forgiven. We asked Your Blood on us. And it cries to Heaven, and Heaven curses us... Oh! But You were Mercy! ...I tell you, I, the shattered rabbi of Judea: 'Your Blood on us, please.' Sprinkle us with it! For only it can obtain forgiveness for us..." - Gamaliel: "I have the sign asked for... But centuries and centuries of spiritual blindness remain on my inner sight, and against my will now rises the voice of my prideful thought of yesterday... Mercy on me! Light of the world, in the Darkness that did not understand You, send down one of Your rays! I am the old Jew faithful to what he believed was justice and was error. Now I am a burnt wasteland, no longer any of the old trees of the ancient Faith, no seed nor stem of the new Faith. I am a dry desert. Work the miracle of making a flower rise that bears Your name in this poor Heart of a stubborn old Israelite. You, Liberator, penetrate my poor thought, prisoner of formulas. Isaiah says: '... he bore the sins of sinners and took upon Himself the sins of multitudes.' Oh! mine too, Jesus of Nazareth..."
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-029.htm#CEV64405 '''EMV 644.5''']: Lazarus evokes Gamaliel’s conversion struck by the sign: "Yes. The sign, the famous sign he awaited to Believe that Jesus was the Messiah, shook him. It cannot be denied that the sign was able to break even the hardest heads and Hearts to yield. And Gamaliel, by this very powerful sign, was shaken, shaken, knocked down more than the houses that collapsed on the day of Preparation while it seemed the world perished at the same time as the Great Victim. Remorse tore him more than the veil of the Temple was torn, the remorse for never having understood Jesus for what He really was. The closed tomb of his old stubborn Hebrew mind opened like the tombs that showed the bodies of the just, and he now seeks, in anguish, the truth, the light, forgiveness, life. The new life: that which one can have only through Jesus and in Jesus. Oh! He will still have to work very much to totally free his old 'self' from the thicket of his old way of thinking! But he will make it. He seeks Peace, forgiveness, knowledge. Peace for his remorse, and forgiveness for his obstinacy. And full knowledge of The One whom, when he could, he did not want to know completely. And he goes to Nicodemus to reach the goal he has now set himself."
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-030.htm#CEV64505 '''EMV 645.5.10''']: Gamaliel tells [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Saul]] (Paul), fierce adversary of Christ, of his encounter with the young Jesus: "I had the privilege of hearing the Most High speak through the mouth of a child who was then a just, wise, powerful, holy man, and who was justly put to death because of these qualities. The words he spoke then were confirmed by facts that happened several years later, at the time predicted by Daniel... Wretched am I for not understanding before! For having waited for the last terrible sign to Believe, to understand! Wretched people of Israel who did not understand then and do not understand, even now! The prophecy of Daniel and those of other prophets and the Word of God continue, and they will be fulfilled for stubborn, Confessiongle, deaf, Unjust Israel who continues to persecute the Messiah in His servants!"
* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-033.htm#CEV64706 EMV 647.2/5]''': Gamaliel, grown old and Confessiongle, turns to the [[Virgin Mary]] to perfect his conversion: "Gamaliel, can you Believe that I, who am the Seat of Wisdom, the Full of Grace who, by the Wisdom that took Flesh in me, and being by the Grace He gave me, full of the knowledge of supernatural things, can give you good advice?" - "Oh! Yes, I believe it! It is precisely because I believe that you are that that I come to you for light. You, Daughter, Mother, Spouse of God, who certainly from your conception was filled with the lights of Wisdom, you can only show me the path I must take to have Peace, to find the truth, to conquer true Life. I am so aware of my errors, so crushed by my spiritual misery, that I need help to dare to go to God."

== Notes and references ==
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[[Category:Characters]]
[[fr:Gamaliel et le signe attendu]]

Visions and Dictations of Maria Valtorta

2026-04-27T12:20:12Z

Emmanuel: Text replacement - "Sciammaï, the great doctor of Israel" to "Shammai, the great rabbi of Israel"

{{Other|See also:|The Work Given to Maria Valtorta}}[[File:Maria valtorta cahier manuscrit 2.png|thumb|369x369px|[[Maria Valtorta]] records her [[Visions, Seers|visions]] and dictations in school notebooks provided by her confessor as she receives them. There are 122 notebooks in total, representing 13,193 handwritten pages. Image: digitized page of a notebook. Source: documentary fonds of the [[Maria Valtorta Heritage Foundation]].]]
The [[Visions, Seers|visions]] and [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|revelations]] form the basis of the Bible<ref>See [https://www.aelf.org/bible/1P/1 1 Peter 1:10-12].</ref>, which is qualified as "Public Revelation" to indicate its immutable and [[Eternity, Eternal|eternal]] character. These manifestations are also found following [[Jesus|Christ]]. Thus, [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|St Paul]] testifies to his vision of Christ on the road to Damascus<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ac/9 Acts 9:1-7] and [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ac/22 Acts 22:5-10].</ref> and the revelations he received<ref>See for example: [https://www.aelf.org/bible/2Co/12 2 Corinthians 12:1-5] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ga/2 Galatians 2:1-2] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ep/3 Ephesians 3:3].</ref>. [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|The Apostle John]] bases his [[Commentaries on the Apocalypse|Apocalypse]] (whose name means revelation) on the visions he received about future [[Time, Century|times]].<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ap/1 Apocalypse 1:1] and [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ap/1 Apocalypse 1:10-11] for example.</ref>

If the [[Word, Verb|Word]] of [[God]] is entirely contained in "the Bible", it is not confined there: it unfolds through Tradition interpreted by the Magisterium<ref>See Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation ''[https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html Dei Verbum]'' § 10 especially.</ref>. The writings of [[Maria Valtorta]], and thus her visions and revelations, fall within the scope of private revelations which constitute "an authentic Call to the Church"<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P22.HTM|CCC §. 67]</ref>, as explained by the [[Karl Rahner S.J. - The Theology of Private Revelations#3 - Meaning and nature of private revelations after Christ|theologian Karl Rahner]], and on which the Magisterium exercises [[Discernment]]. Indeed, private revelations contain the word "revelation" which refers to their Source that must be [[Saltf Measuring, Saltf Examining|examined]].

== Characteristics of Maria Valtorta's visions and revelations ==

=== They are born "in The Spirit" ===
One cannot truly understand the mystical process of Maria Valtorta without referring to [[The Spirit]] present in the [[Soul]], with reference to the [[Man is Body, Soul, and Spirit|three components of Man]] already stated by Saint Paul<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/1Th/5 1 Thessalonians 5:23] : "May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."</ref>. Maria Valtorta indeed writes: "In the body there is the Soul and in the Soul there is the spirit"<ref>''Autobiography'', page 352. </ref>. Later, on the occasion of the Assumption, [[Jesus]] explains to her<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm#CEV65117 EMV 651.17].</ref>: "There is a difference between the separation of the Soul from the body for a true death, and the momentary separation of the spirit from the body and from the Soul that vivifies it by Ecstasy or contemplative rapture<ref>'''Ecstasy''' (''ekstasis'' in Greek, meaning "to stand outside oneself") is a state where the Soul is raised beyond ordinary human faculties. Illuminated by a divine light, it gains revelations or truths inaccessible in the ordinary state. Ecstasy is often associated with an intense experience of God or mystical visions. '''Contemplative rapture''' is a higher form of prayer or contemplation in which the Soul is deeply drawn to God. The will is entirely absorbed in the love of God, often without visions or visible supernatural phenomena.</ref>. Whereas the separation of the Soul from the body causes true death, ecstatic contemplation, i.e. the temporary escape of the spirit beyond the barriers of the senses and matter, does not cause death. And this is because the Soul does not detach and does not fully separate from the body, but does so only with its most excellent part which plunges into the Firex of contemplation." This "most excellent" part is The Spirit that Maria Valtorta calls "the Soul of the Soul."

It is in the spirit that Maria Valtorta receives her visions:<blockquote>"I understand it because, as I have already explained to you many times, when God takes me to be His spokesperson<ref>A spokesperson is an intermediary charged by God to deliver a message to men. This is the fundamental role of the prophets. In the Bible there are often phrases like: "the word of the Lord came to me". </ref>, my intelligence is amplified and elevated to a power higher than that granted to men. And I "see", "hear", I "understand" according to the spirit".<ref>''The Notebooks from 1945 to 1950'', April 15, 1945, p. 52.</ref></blockquote>Maria Valtorta speaks here of intelligence, but amplified in the spirit (lowercase). Likewise, she sees, she hears, in other words her senses are multiplied in this zone of contact with God. Reality abstracts from matter to share the knowledge that God grants her. It is not a view of The Spirit, but a real inner experience. She specifies this to [[Father Romualdo Migliorini and Maria Valtorta|Father Migliorini]], her confessor: she hears "in" her spirit and not "at" her spirit:<blockquote>"You asked me today how I could know the names of [[Hillel]] and [[Gamaliel|Gamaliel,]] as well as that of [[Shammai, the great rabbi of Israel|Shammai]]. It is the voice I call the "second voice" that tells me these things, a voice even less perceptible than that of my Jesus and of the others who dictate. The latter are voices — I have already told you and I repeat it — that my spiritual ear perceives exactly as human voices. I hear if they are gentle or angry, loud or soft, if they laugh or if they are sad. As if someone was speaking next to me. However, this "second voice" is like a light, an intuition that speaks in my spirit. I say 'in' and not 'to' my spirit. It is an indication [...] It is He<ref>Maria Valtorta designates this "second voice" as her "inner monitor" (indicatore interno), same reference.</ref> who makes me understand certain details that I would not grasp by myself, and which it is necessary to understand. I do not know if I have explained myself well."<ref>''The Notebooks of 1944'', January 29, p. 103. Also cited in [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-068.htm#MoniteurInterieur EMV 41.10]</ref></blockquote>

=== The mystic's capacities are increased during her rapture ===
Jesus recalls that rapture (or Ecstasy) multiplies the capacities of the mystic who does not lose her personality. These characteristics apply to Maria Valtorta whose human deficiencies He compensates.<blockquote>"The wise men of my Church (the doctors of the Church) have established and said of those who experience an extraordinary life that, while they are in Ecstasy — whether complete or incomplete to allow them to dictate or write the revelations they receive —, the capacity of their intelligence to apprehend, understand, and express increases, and that, once out of their Ecstasy, they recover their own intelligence.

This is what happens in my little John (nickname given to Maria Valtorta), "an eagle when I possess him, a little dove when I no longer invade him with my splendors."

It is also said and established that, although the revelation made by God to a Soul chosen for a supernatural and extraordinary Mission is always perfect, it may nevertheless be interpreted and reported with secondary errors by the creature, and this is because divine or heavenly perfection mixes and is confused with the insufficiency of the creature, so that some details may be altered. ''It is for this reason that I watch over it, just like the guardian angel of little John''<ref name=":2">Her guardian angel is Azarias. She saw him for the first time on January 4, 1932, when she was suffocating from carbon monoxide from a stove. In her fall, she fortunately breaks a window and her angel diverts her from a fall onto bottles (flasks) where her throat would have been cut. (''Autobiography'', pp. 382-383). He is undoubtedly the one who forms the "second voice" she speaks of and who comments or clarifies certain points for her.</ref>, to restore the thought as it was dictated and when it was interrupted by external causes and then involuntarily badly restored by the spokesperson.''

But I repeat: as it was delivered to you, the Work reports the exact and complete truth of my teaching".<ref name=":1">[https://imitationjesuschrist.forumactif.com/t19p330-les-cahiers-de-maria-valtorta#14399 ''The Notebooks from 1945 to 1950'', December 6, 1947].</ref></blockquote>Several '''doctors of the Church''' have pronounced on the increased capacities during Ecstasy; '''Saint Thomas Aquinas''' (1225-1274), in the Summa Theologica<ref>''Summa Theologica'', IIa-IIae, [https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/1225-1274,_Thomas_Aquinas,_Summa_Theologiae-Secunda_Secundae,_EN.pdf Question 173, Articles 3-4], pp. 931-933.</ref> affirms that, during the ecstatic state, cognitive capacities can be elevated by a divine light, although human intelligence remains distinct from direct divine knowledge. '''Saint Teresa of Avila''' (1515-1582), in ''The Interior Castle''<ref>''The Interior Castle,'' [https://livres-mystiques.com/partieTEXTES/Avila/ChatWater/demeure6.html sixth dwelling, chapter IV] : ''On the state of prayer where God suspends the Soul in rapture, or Ecstasy, or the transport, which are, in her view, one and the same. The great courage required to receive high manifestations of His Majesty.''</ref>, explains how, during moments of Ecstasy, the Soul is in deep union with God, receiving revelations and special Graces. She also notes that, although Ecstasy may suspend bodily senses, intellect and will remain active, allowing the Soul to comprehend and express the spiritual experiences lived. '''Saint John of the Cross''' (1542-1591), in ''The Ascent of Carmel''<ref>''The Ascent of Carmel,'' [https://livres-mystiques.com/partieTEXTES/JdelaCroix/Carmel/livre3.htm Book III, chapter XIII], ''where spiritual knowledge is discussed as residing in memory.''</ref>, emphasizes that, during Ecstasy, the Soul is raised beyond its natural capacities, receiving a divine illumination that allows it to understand deep spiritual truths. After Ecstasy, although the Soul returns to its ordinary state, it retains a lively memory of the revelations received, enabling it to express and share them. '''Saint Augustine''' (354-430), in his ''Confessions''<ref>''Confessions'', Book X, transformation in Augustine's Soul, [https://www.bibliotheque-monastique.ch/bibliotheque/bibliotheque/saints/augustin/confessions/livre10.htm#_Toc509574580 chapter VIII, on memory.]</ref>, describes how, in moments of deep contemplation, the intellect is illuminated, allowing a deeper understanding of divine truths. Although these experiences are transitory, they leave a lasting impression on the Soul, facilitating subsequent expression of the revelations received.

=== It is an initiative of God ===
This immersion in The Spirit is not linked to a particular practice, prayer for instance, and even less to transcendental practices: it is an initiative of God who intervenes in a fundamental and constant attitude of availability:<blockquote>"It often happens to me that inspirations, counsels, voices resonate in my Heart just at the moment when I am busy with things very different from the spiritual realm. When I pray, it is difficult to hear them. Whereas when I write, read, work, eat, play with my little animals, speak with so-and-so or such, there explodes in my Soul a word... It may depend on the fact that whatever I am doing, my deep self always remains fixed in one place, and nothing can tear it away from its life which consists in God. I do not know. I believe it is like that".<ref>''Autobiography'', p. 405.</ref></blockquote>

=== The rapture is adapted to human capacities ===
In one of her earliest comments, Azarias, Maria Valtorta’s guardian angel<ref name=":2" /> confirms that the visions appeal to human senses which God "increases" in a proportion compatible with humanity. These visions are relative but not absolute:<blockquote>"What you see and know seems so good to you that you are dizzy. I could grant you an understanding, a visual and auditory extension even broader to increase your joy amid the tribulations of your immolation. But it would still be a ''relative'' knowledge. Even in human things, you know that one cannot pressure a boiler, for example, a gear, and so on beyond a certain limit, otherwise the experience becomes destruction. The same applies regarding extraordinary things: one cannot obtain the maximum, ''the all,'' because man could not withstand a single moment ''of complete knowledge, of perfect vision of heaven and its divine mysteries".''<ref>''[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias02.htm#BWater Book of Azarias]'', Quinquagesima Sunday, p. 15.</ref></blockquote>Great saints like Padre Pio<ref>Letter of August 26, 1912, to Father Agostino of San Marco in Lamis: "I have lived many of these passionate love outbursts, and I remained for a while as if out of this world. Other times, this Fire was less intense, but that time, one instant, one second more, and my Soul would have separated from my body… it would have left with Jesus."</ref> or Thérèse of Lisieux<ref>''Story of a Soul'', chapter 12: "I felt at a moment as if wounded by a dart of such ardent fire that ''I thought I would die''. There is no comparison possible to adequately convey the intensity of this flame. It seemed to me that an invisible force immersed me wholly in the Fire… And what a Fire it was! What sweetness! [...] while, the day I speak of, one instant, one more second, and ''my Soul would have separated from my body''… "</ref>, plunged into the incandescence of Love, express it in similar terms: if the Ecstasy they lived had continued, they would have died. This rapture known by Maria Valtorta and which, pushed to the limits, leads Padre Pio and Thérèse of Lisieux to the threshold of death, is the one that caused the dormition of the Virgin Mary. She "died" from intense love, as she explains.<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm#CEV65101 EMV 651.1] : "Was I dead? Yes, if by dead one means the separation from the body of the noble part of the spirit. No, if death means separation from the body of the Soul that vivifies it, the corruption of matter no longer vivified by the Soul, and first of all the gloomy character of the tomb and, foremost among all these things, the pain of death. How I died, or rather how I passed from Earth to Heaven, first with the immortal part, then with the perishable one? As was just for Her who never knew the stain of sin."</ref><blockquote>"And if the Fire (of Ecstasy) is kept within the limits God sets to keep creatures on Earth at His service, one can live and burn, finding in its ardor not exhaustion but a fulfillment of life. But when God removes the limits and lets the divine Fire the freedom to penetrate and attract the spirit to Him without measure, then the spirit, in turn responding without measure to Love, separates from matter and flies where Love pushes and invites it. And it is the end of exile and the return to the Homeland."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm#CEV65102 EMV 651.2].</ref></blockquote>

== Characterization of the work ==

=== Visions and dictations have distinct forms ===
On January 5, 1944, the historical visions of the life of Jesus and Mary begin. They start precisely with the vision of the Assumption.<ref>The Visions and Dictations of Maria Valtorta lasted daily until November 1950, when Pope Pius XII proclaimed the Dogma of the Assumption.</ref> This is the first contact of Maria Valtorta with this type of rapture. Ten months later, she notes:<blockquote>"This morning, I feel this ''active joy'' which in me is always the prelude to Jesus' word. I have a ''passive joy'' when I rejoice in His Presence, without being called to serve Him. I have an active joy when an indescribable impression tells me: "He calls you, serve Him"... And then, I move to the real work, properly speaking: writing under dictation or describing what presents itself to me. If it is a dictation related to a passage in the Bible, Jesus first makes me open the Book to the passage He wants to explain... If it is the vision that presents itself, it begins with an initial image which is generally the climax of the vision, and then unfolds following the order. When the vision develops in order, I start at the beginning, when it begins at the climax, I describe that point, and then what precedes and follows it".<ref>''The Notebooks of 1944'', October 11, p.580.</ref></blockquote>Dictations are clearly introduced by the phrase "Jesus says" and visions by "I see, or I see again": they cannot be confused. Note also the biblical reference that guides the dictations. This proximity with Scripture is a strong line of Maria Valtorta's visions and revelations.

=== Faithfulness of Maria Valtorta's narration to the vision she receives ===
Private revelations are not considered a historical source, which is admissible, except in one case: where the private revelation presents all the characteristics of authenticity. It then becomes the exact witness of a vanished reality like the light still visible from an extinct star or the archaeological traces resurfaced. Among the many examples that support the trustworthiness of Maria Valtorta's knowledge not attributable to human knowledge, note Olivier Bonnassies' statement<ref>Marie of Nazareth, June 10, 2016, ''[https://youtu.be/1b4RKkh1qNY?list=PLDTEg-vBp-6poRqNaXzcbVVfPPYvCjeFJ Maria Valtorta, a gift of God validated by science],'' video 27 minutes.</ref>: The probability that the exact calendrical clues provided by Maria Valtorta which allow dating Jesus' life are due to chance is equivalent to the total atoms in the universe, about 10 to the power 80 (10 followed by 80 zeros). Likewise, that she could cover by her narratives the 373 narrative units of the Gospel is unique in the "lives of Jesus", but this in itself is not extraordinary since she knew it "by Heart"<ref>She read it only at age 25, hindered by her mother. ''Autobiography'', pp. 298-299.</ref>. But what is unique and extraordinary at once is that her narratives make reference (implicit or explicit) to 1166 chapters of the Bible out of 1334 that make it up (in its Catholic version). She had received her first Bible only in 1942 and had not fully read it at the time of the visions.

==== Synchronism ====

The time lag between vision and writing caused severe damage in the historical narration of [[Marie d'Agréda and Maria Valtorta|Marie d'Agréda]], spiritual narration being preserved. Maria Valtorta describes the synchronism between these two moments. This is all the more important since she does not revise the account once done.<ref>If there are precisions to add, she writes them on separate slips during the re-reading of the typed texts by Father Romualdo Migliorini.</ref><blockquote>"I can finally write what occupies my mental vision and my mental hearing from the beginning of dawn this morning... For, I have said several times and I repeat it, when I cannot continue or start the account of what I see, the scene stops from the beginning or exactly at the point where I am interrupted, to unfold again when I am free to follow it. I believe God wants this to avoid omissions or errors in detail, something that could happen if I wrote some time after seeing. I affirm consciously that what I write, because I see or hear it, I write while I see or hear it".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-051.htm#CEV36101 EMV 361.1].</ref></blockquote>

==== Detail precisions ====
Jesus insists on the meticulousness that Maria must apply when reporting details. It is indeed what forms the astonishment of [[Abbé René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]]: "Maria Valtorta's account seems to confirm that she really had a vision of the life of Christ two thousand years ago. These convergences between her accounts – apparently quite free – and historical, geographical, sociological, zoological, botanical, chronological reality raise the question: How does Maria Valtorta, without culture, degrees, erudition, retrieve the most hidden data of two millennia ago? It does not seem explainable by chance".<ref>René Laurentin, François-Michel Debroise, Jean-François Lavère, "''[[Dictionary of Gospel Characters|Dictionary of Gospel Characters, by Maria Valtorta]]''", introduction, 2012, Salvator, p. 22.</ref><blockquote>Jesus said: (...)
However, Maria, I have chosen you for the role of divulgator of my Divinity, with its various manifestations, to those who need to be awakened and led to glimpse God: therefore remember to be meticulous to the highest degree when you repeat to them what you see. The slightest trifle has value and is not ''yours,'' but ''mine''. Therefore, you are not allowed to keep it to yourself. It would be dishonest and selfish. Remember that you are the reservoir of the divine Water into which this Water flows so that ''all'' may come to draw from it.

Regarding dictations, you have achieved the fullest fidelity. In contemplations, you observe a lot but, in your haste to write and because of your particular health and entourage conditions, you sometimes omit certain details. You must not do that. Put them in a footnote, but write ''all'' of them. This is not a reproach, but a gentle advice from your Master.

(...)

The more meticulous and precise you are, the more numerous those who will come to Me and the greater your present spiritual happiness as well as your eternal happiness to come.<ref>''The Notebooks of 1944'', January 25, p. 95.</ref></blockquote>

==== Reproach to those who want to confuse errors with typos. ====
Jesus repeats this directive on care regarding details to Mary’s servites for transcription of dictations to avoid any error. He points out the deviations of some in the exercise of Discernment:<blockquote>Jesus said: (...) I cannot allow this work to be treated as a joke, or little better, nor to remain in manuscript form, that is, neither typed nor corrected. We are dealing with a narrow and evil world — even in ecclesiastical circles —, a world that hardly cares to reread these writings to recognize my Presence and approve them but which focuses all its attention on scrutinizing the work solely to find a word that could pass for a theological or merely historical error, whether due to the uncertain handwriting of the writer or an error of the copyist. It is the pure truth. So I act so that their animosity is thwarted<ref>''[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/460121.htm The Notebooks from 1945 to 1950]'', January 21, 1946, p. 169.</ref>.</blockquote>There are "uncertain writings" of Maria Valtorta in some specialized words which she transcribes phonetically, for instance [[Beth midrash|''Bel'' ''Midrash'']] or ''[[Shem Hamphoras|Sciemanflorasc]],'' or in objects she does not know such as the tool she calls ''[[Anachronisms#Termes techniques inadaptés|screwdriver]].'' "The copyist's error" appears in translator initiatives such as [[Anachronisms#Initiatives du traducteur|''Jockey'']]. Other "errors" are based on ignorance of the historical context, like the [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-121.htm#_ftn6 Kiss on the mouth].

=== The work clearly exceeds Maria Valtorta's capacities ===
Jesus draws attention<ref name=":1" /> to the gap between the conditions under which Maria writes and the result obtained. He notes some details observable on the original notebooks (see the example illustrated in this article):<blockquote>"I say that the valid proof that ''it is not you'' who writes according to your thoughts and personal knowledge is provided by the lines inserted between two lines and visible corrections noticed on the dictations. They are caused ''by the physical and sometimes even mental weakness'' of a sick spokesperson, burdened by seven chronic diseases which sometimes reawaken, fully or partially, causing suffering and mortal weakness to the writer; they also come ''from material disturbances due to the entourage'' of the spokesperson, who writes in environment conditions neither peaceful nor convenient; finally, they are ''essentially due to the difference between the impetuosity of the "voices",'' which sometimes dictate quickly, ''and the possibilities of a weakened hand to follow them.''

What happens in these cases? Some passages are interrupted and some sentences omitted. The spokesperson tries to remember them while following me — me or other voices —, to add them once the vision is finished. But when he does, he no longer succeeds exactly and forgets the words spoken or else writes them badly, not as they were dictated".<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>This distinction between Maria Valtorta’s own words and those of Heaven has been highlighted by Italian scholars<ref>Professors Emilio Matricciani and Liberato De Caro, [[Mathematical Analysis of Maria Valtorta's Writings]].</ref>. Jesus, in continuation of the dictation, then details how Heaven compensates for these lacks and His mode of intervention:<blockquote>''"It is then that the Master comes to his aid.'' I order you to Believe these words, I order you by my full majesty of God and as divine Master, who can command His subjects as He ordered His patriarchs and prophets what not to do as well as what to Believe and execute to be his chosen people on earth and His eternal sons in the eternal Kingdom.

''So I come to his aid, I, Jesus, or the guardian angel of the spokesperson,'' the venerable assistant of celestial manifestations, whose angelic intelligence is not subject to the human fatigue and weaknesses of the spokesperson. For the latter, as much as he must be the beloved little John whom I love with extraordinary love, he remains a human creature. ''That is why we come to the aid of God’s instrument, we complete the passages that remain interrupted, fill the gaps of sentences or sayings anew, from beginning to end, those passages that the will, good but ignorant, of the spokesperson has altered, and we reconstruct the lessons as they were given and heard. It follows'' — and I order you to Believe it — ''that the Work reports exactly my thought, my acts, my manifestations, as well as the words and acts of my Mother, the Twelve, and all who surrounded me and surrounded us all".''<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>

=== Maria Valtorta's humanity serves the authenticity of the visions ===
After affirming that Maria Valtorta's work reports "the exact and complete truth" of His teaching, Jesus answers certain objections going against it. He explains how the humanity of Maria Valtorta, which sometimes appears in her narratives, serves the authenticity He affirms.<blockquote>"One will object: "The Lord could grant the writer strength, speed, memory, intellectual capacity, as well as tranquility around her, to avoid these inconvenient retouches."

I could grant all, even clear and assured writing. But I refused it to prevent you from saying: "The writing is not shaky, one distinguishes neither fatigue nor slowness in the way of writing, ''therefore'' the alleged infirmities of the spokesperson are simulation." Some already say it... I did not want to allow it to prevent you from saying: "There is no phrase added, no error in adding them, ''therefore'' the spokesperson is not one, he is a human author who knows what he wants to write because he learned it elsewhere or thanks to his personal capacities." Some already say it...

I answer to that: "It is not so. But if it were the case, it would prove that if, by these personal capacities, ignorant as he is, little John [Maria Valtorta] says divine words, it is evident that the Author of wisdom, the Holy Spirit, lives in him with the fullness of His gifts. So, once again, the Work is the word of God<ref>Word of God "inspired," not "revealed." See what Jesus says: "The work delivered to men through little John [Maria Valtorta] ''is not a canonical book''. Nevertheless, ''it is an inspired book'' which I grant you to help understand certain passages of the canonical books, and especially what my time as Master was, finally so that you know me, ''I who am the Word, by my words''." (''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/470128.htm#EMV Les Notebooks from 1945 to 1950]'', January 28, 1947, p. 317) | Moreover, the assertion that "the Holy Spirit, ''lives'' in her" is illustrated in the [[Commentaries on the Apocalypse]] inserted at the end of the ''[[Notebooks from 1945 to 1950]]''. Its 70 pages full of assurance and depth astonish, have been attributed to The Holy Spirit but, on reading, one realizes that the author is human speaking of Adam as his ancestor and saying "we" to designate the human race. This point is clarified here with Jesus' assertion: The Spirit lives in her (and not dwells in her) and is connected to the testimonies of Maria Valtorta’s holiness.</ref>.

I could do everything, even destroy this work and dictate it anew. It would be the exact repetition (for the passages ''dictated'' by supernatural voices) of the one that will have been destroyed.

The only differences that one would find would be the terms used by the spokesperson to describe places and episodes<ref>This is what happened with Marie d'Agréda's visions: the first narration was burned on a confessor's order. The second one, the one we know, was written 35 years after the visions. The Spirit provided for the spiritual part, but the historical part suffered human interferences (memories, pressures, prejudices, etc...). (''[[Marie d'Agréda and Maria Valtorta#Style|The Notebooks of 1944]]'' – September 12, p. 568).</ref>. It would be the exact repetition of the destroyed work, just as happened for the prophecies of Jeremiah burned by Jehoiakim, king of Judah<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jr/36 Jeremiah 36:32]</ref>. But you would then scream: "You see well that the spokesperson is not inspired, he receives nothing from the heavenly voices, but he writes by himself!" And you would seek to demolish a Peace and a work. The Peace of the spokesperson. The work of your Lord God".<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>Maria Valtorta benefits from an "incomplete" Ecstasy in the sense that her state renders the visions accessible to her but instead of being "annihilated" in this Ecstasy, she keeps the faculty to transcribe them while they unfold.

=== A private revelation is first of all a revelation ===
It has been exposed [[Private Revelations and the Church#The contradictory home of private revelations|elsewhere]] how the blunt phrase on private revelations retained as the only conclusion of the Synod on the Word of God and drowned in a proposition largely devoted to "The Bible and the phenomenon of sects," was unfortunate and shocking. Sister Faustina Kowalska and her ''Diary'' seemed to join Joseph Smith and his ''Book of Mormon'' in the same undifferentiated opprobrium. But the Magisterium, both under Benedict XVI and Francis, has published several texts and interventions recalling the usefulness of these revelations in the announcement of the Gospel. Jesus, in Maria Valtorta, warns against disdain or opposition which were already manifesting when Maria Valtorta's writings were made. Neither is the mark of the Discernment requested by the Magisterium.<blockquote>"Ah, I truly feel indignation before certain thoughts, certain acts or judgments made on my will and on my little John! I tell you in truth that knowledge has placed thick scales on your eyes and brought lethargy to your intelligence, so much so that you do not recognize me where I shine as Master and as God.

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, whose friendship you very much need, by denying His action — every revelation and inspired work has the Paraclete as the author —, by attacking or opposing one of His tabernacles. The wise men of Israel also fought and persecuted the visible Holy Spirit in the words and actions of the Word, but no good came out of it for them.

I said: "Every sin or blasphemy will be forgiven to the one who repents, except the blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit. What is said Against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but what is said and done Against the Holy Spirit will not be." These words still contain the first commandments, by fulfilling which one obtains eternal life: "Love your God with all your being. Love your Neighbor."

Love: salvation. No love: offense to divine Love, that is to say to the Holy Spirit in person or present in His living Temples, your Neighbor. Contesting His words or misunderstanding them is to offend Love. Persecuting one of His instruments is to offend Love who knows wisely why He has chosen this instrument".<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>The new ''[https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240517_norme-fenomeni-soprannaturali_en.html procedural norms for Discernment of presumed supernatural phenomena]'', wisely subtitled: "''Listening to The Spirit at work in the faithful people of God"'' do not seek so much to determine whether a private revelation is supernatural or not, but to know, ''through Discernment'', if it is of prudent faith.<blockquote>"Most sanctuaries, which today are privileged places of popular piety of the People of God, have never known, in the course of the devotion expressed there, a declaration of the supernatural character of the facts which gave rise to this devotion. The ''sensus fidelium'' has felt that there was an action of the Holy Spirit, and no major critical points have appeared requiring the intervention of the Shepherds.

In many cases, the Presence of the Bishop and priests at certain moments, such as Pilgrimages or the celebration of certain Masses, has been an implicit way to recognize that there were no serious objections and that this spiritual experience exercised a positive influence on the life of the faithful.

In any case, a ''Nihil obstat'' allows Shepherds to act without doubt or hesitation to be beside the People of God in the home of the gifts of the Holy Spirit which may arise amid these events. The expression “in the midst of”, used in the new ''Norms'', allows understanding that, even if no declaration of supernaturalness on the event itself is made, one clearly recognizes the signs of a supernatural action of the Holy Spirit in the context of what is happening. (presentation, ''Recognition of an action of the Spirit).' '</blockquote>And, in these same norms, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith defines this ''minimum'' of a "supernatural action of the Holy Spirit".<blockquote>'''17.''' ''Nihil obstat —'' Even if no certainty is expressed regarding the supernatural authenticity of the phenomenon, many signs of an action of the Holy Spirit "in the midst of"<ref>The Dicastery specifies: The expression "in the midst of" does not mean "by means of" or "through", but indicates that in a given context, not necessarily of supernatural origin, the Holy Spirit operates good things.</ref> a given spiritual experience are recognized, and no particularly critical or risky aspect has been detected, at least so far. That is why the diocesan Bishop is encouraged to appreciate the pastoral value and to promote the dissemination of this spiritual proposal, including through possible Pilgrimages to a sacred place.</blockquote>

== Characterization of "the instrument": Maria Valtorta ==
The visions and revelations must also be described by the way Maria Valtorta receives them and positions herself in relation to them. Indeed, these are important criteria of Discernment regarding their authenticity<ref>Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, [https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240517_norme-fenomeni-soprannaturali_en.html ''Procedural norms for Discernment of presumed supernatural phenomena'']: "Art. 14 – Among the ''positive'' criteria, one must not neglect to appreciate: 1. The credibility and good reputation of the persons who claim to be recipients of supernatural facts or to be directly involved in such facts, as well as heard witnesses. Particular regard should be given to psychic balance, honesty and rectitude in moral life, sincerity, humility and usual docility towards ecclesiastical authority, availability to collaborate with it, promotion of a spirit of authentic ecclesial communion. 2. The doctrinal orthodoxy of the phenomenon and any associated message. 3. The unpredictability of the phenomenon, from which it clearly emerges that it is not the result of the initiative of the persons involved. 4. The Fruits of Christian life. Among them, the existence of a spirit of prayer, conversions, vocations to the priesthood and religious life, testimonies of charity, as well as healthy devotion and abundant and constant spiritual Fruits. The contribution of these Fruits to the growth of ecclesial communion must be evaluated.</ref>.

=== Maria Valtorta is first in "fear" of the privilege falling to her ===
One month after having benefited from the first dictations from Heaven (the visions came later), Maria Valtorta explains to her confessor, Father Romualdo Migliorini, the source of her inspiration. She is very aware of what happens to her:<blockquote>"Not long ago, you told me to write anew. The physical effort is nothing compared to the moral effort I have to accomplish to lift the veils behind which the supernatural hides. Why? For many reasons.

The first is that it seems almost like profanation to reveal God's secrets in me. And I always fear that this proclamation will earn me a punishment: being deprived of divine caresses and divine words…

The second reason is a remnant of human mistrust, towards myself and others: what I perceive as “supernatural” should perhaps be judged as illusion by me and as delirium by others. I have been called mad so many times that it is possible that I continue to be classified in this category.

The third reason is that I am fearful of these manifestations. The dreadful fear that it is a trick. Is it possible that I, who am nothing, may deserve such manifestations from my King? And also fear that they awaken Pride in me. I feel that if I should become proud, even for a moment, I would be punished for it".<ref name=":0">''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430513.htm The Notebooks of 1943]'', May 13, p. 17.</ref></blockquote>This first reaction is also found in the [[Marie d'Agréda and Maria Valtorta|Venerable Marie d'Agréda]] who confesses in her introduction that she hesitated ten years before yielding to the revelations made to her: "the Most High told me He held hidden several mysteries that He had worked for this divine Queen, and several manifestations He made to her as salt(?) when she was still journeying among mortals; and He wanted to reveal them to me, so that I might write them as she would teach me. Yet I resisted for ten years against this divine will, until I began for the first time to write this divine history".<ref>Marie d'Agreda, [https://www.bibliotheque-monastique.ch/bibliotheque/bibliotheque/saints/marieagreda/tome01/introduction.htm#_Toc31536646 ''The Mystical City of God''], introduction, § 8.</ref>

=== Narrator of the visions, she is not their initiator ===
In this same initial text<ref name=":0" />, Maria Valtorta exposes her Discernment on the origin of the revelations made to her and affirms: "There must be nothing of me."<blockquote>"And now that I have told you the reasons why I do not like to talk about it (the revelations), I will tell you those which make me feel that I am not a naive person who takes her fantasies for supernatural truths and demonic words for divine words: I have certainty because of the sweetness and the Peace that fill me after these words, these caresses, the force that takes hold of me, forcing me to listen to and write them without being able to change one word… And always at moments which escape all will on my part of listening to these things … One does not negotiate with this gentle power...

"There is nothing that comes from me. … (Jesus) makes himself heard when he wants. If I am taken by something else, to something he urges me to accomplish, I must stop and occupy myself only with Him. Likewise, if, consistent with my style, I prefer a certain formulation to another and try to change it, I am incapable. It is said a certain way and remains so."</blockquote>
And as Father Romualdo Migliorini urges her to write down her past revelations, she decides: "It would be impossible for me to repeat those words now with exactness and so I will not repeat them. ''There must be nothing of me''."

=== "The slavery of God's instruments" ===
Although the joy of sharing 'the king's secrets' is immense, it is accompanied by strict mystical discipline which Jesus wishes to explain to those interested, sometimes clumsily, in Maria Valtorta and her work. As for her, Maria seldom complains:<blockquote>"You, men, if you knew what slavery it is to be God's instrument! A holy slavery, but absolute! The slavery of a galley slave. It entails sleep, hunger, suffering, fatigue, desire to think of something else, to read writings which are not words of supernatural source, to speak and hear ordinary things, the desire to be and live like everyone else, ''even just one day: all this, the inexorable burning of God's will prevents from having it and realizing it.'' On all this, the spite of men deposits its salt and acid, as if the galley master put salt and vinegar on the burns of his slaves."<ref name=":3">''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440924.htm#Esclavage The Notebooks of 1944]'', September 24, p. 566.</ref></blockquote>This excerpt also deserves to be added to the file of Maria Valtorta's holiness. In this same dictation from [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440924.htm Sunday, September 24, 1944], Jesus gives his instructions for the dissemination of the work he called "explosive".<ref>''The Notebooks of 1943'', December 9, p. 572</ref><blockquote>But you, have no hurry. Be ''patient'' and ''attentive, prudent'' and ''gentle.'' I tell you again. ''If I allow you,'' to those closest to you, ''to draw freely for the needs of your ministry and for the uplifting of crowds overwhelmed'' by current life, ''you must never forget'' that it is not only ''your'' interests at stake here, ''but those of God,'' who wants to shine in his creature with his power and wisdom. (p. 570)"</blockquote>And He adds that Violence must not intervene between "God who wants and man who does not want the work".<ref name=":3" />

== In "The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me" ==
*Difference between seen visions and lived visions.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-049.htm#DifferentVisionsValtorta EMV 30]</ref>
*Maria Valtorta is informed on details by a "second voice" that speaks to her "in" her [[The Spirit|spirit]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-068.htm#InnerMonitor EMV 41]</ref>
*[[Jesus]] explains to Maria Valtorta why he does not give the visions in chronological order.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-072.htm#OrderOfVisions EMV 43]</ref>

*The more attentive and precise you are in describing the visions, the greater the number of those who come to Me.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-004.htm#ReasonBook EMV 45]</ref>
*How Maria Valtorta proceeds: her different works on behalf of Jesus (dictations, visions, ...)<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-021.htm#WorksMariaValtorta EMV 58]</ref>
*Jesus corrects errors made by Maria Valtorta in transcriptions.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-072.htm EMV 105]</ref>
* Instructions to Maria Valtorta on the necessity to report the slightest detail of her visions.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-099.htm#Details EMV 236]</ref>

* I affirm consciously that what I write, because I see or hear it, I write while I see or hear it.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-051.htm#VisionsValtorta EMV 361]</ref>

==In other works by Maria Valtorta==
===[[Notebooks of 1943]]===

* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430827.htm '''Catechesis of August 27'''] : The dictations do not contradict each other. One must know how to read them with [[Faith, conviction|faith]] and a simple [[Heart]] (p. 261).<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430827.htm Catechesis of August 27, 1943]</ref>
* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431026.htm Catechesis of October 26]''' : One of the things those who judge your case with too little faith and too much of that humanity which rationalism makes hostile and incredulous towards the admirable and free works of God should examine is the difference in tone of my communications. That should be a proving point. But, since nothing contradicts more than disbelief, and nothing alters the divine reality more than the spirit of the world, this will be an obstacle on which those who cannot set sail for the high sea of faith in God will stumble and who prefer to stay close to solid ground, in the shallows of their rational science and spiritual aridity. They will say that, while one of the tones I use is solemn and hieratic, tinged with antique nuances, the other is more familiar, more human and more modern. What seems to convict you in their eyes is in fact undeniable proof of your sincerity.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431026.htm Catechesis of October 26, 1943]</ref>

=== [[Notebooks of 1944]] ===

* '''November 25''' : You are nothing. But I entered into your "nothing", and I said "See, speak, write." This nothing has become my instrument. What is mine is always consecrated and must be treated as such (p. 616).

===[[Notebooks from 1945 to 1950]]===
*'''December 19, 1945''' : Know that I adapt the manifestations to the environment and the purpose for which I caused them. You had the Mission to be a worldwide voice. You must sing the hymn of Mercy and Love, of Wisdom and Perfection, for all ears and all [[Heart|Hearts]], for all intelligences and all Souls. That is why, after preparing you for this capacity — do not take pride because everything you have, I have given you for this Mission, even the illness, even your solitude, absolutely everything —, I made you a perfect "voice," a giant, you who are a pygmy. But it is not you, it is I in you. So I am the giant, my little Christopher who carries the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]] but is also carried by him (p. 116).
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/460121.htm '''Catechesis of January 21, 1946'''] : - Jesus resumes instructions for disseminating the work and reproaches failings. He cannot allow the work to be treated as a joke. - Jesus did not follow the chronological order of the Gospel to communicate the visions. - Maria Valtorta can do nothing from herself. - Lesson to [[Father Romualdo Migliorini and Maria Valtorta|Father Migliorini]] on his actions. - There are two supernatural: that which comes from God and that which comes from the Enemy of God. When I instruct, everything metamorphoses in the instructed person. - False mystics indulge in pride of being "someone". - God withdraws from the trinkets of holiness. - Romualdo, beware of the flashy.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/460121.htm Catechesis of January 21, 1946]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/460602.htm '''Catechesis of June 2, 1946'''] : - Jesus entrusts the work to the order of the [[The Servites of Mary and Maria Valtorta|Servites of Mary]] - What Jesus wants for the work. Distribute this bread: How? - The work on the work is not yet finished. Publish with approval of the [[Church]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/460602.htm Catechesis of June 2, 1946]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/470128.htm '''Catechesis of January 28, 1947'''] : - Seeing God is possible for all simple just persons - Reproaches to the Servites of Mary in charge of the work - The work has been scrupulously scrutinized.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/470128.htm January 28, 1947]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/Temptation.htm#NotConsent '''Catechesis of February 18, 1947'''] : - This book ([[The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me|The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me]]), it is me. Not only did I dictate and explain it, but I live it, present myself to you as I was when I was mortal - I am the eternal Word, the Word full of wisdom who accomplishes a new work of love and salvation out of pity for all those, too many, who die of spiritual starvation, who perish because they do not know me.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/Temptation.htm#NotConsent Catechesis of February 18, 1947]</ref>
*'''[https://imitationjesuschrist.forumactif.com/t19p330-les-cahiers-de-maria-valtorta#14399 Catechesis of December 6, 1947]''' : What happens in these cases? Some passages are interrupted and some sentences omitted. The spokesperson tries to remember them while following me — me or other voices —, to add them once the vision is finished. But when he does, he no longer succeeds exactly and forgets the words spoken or else writes them badly, not as they were dictated (p.441). […] It is then that the Master comes to his aid. That is why we come to the aid of God's instrument, we complete the passages that remain interrupted, fill the gaps of sentences or sayings anew, from beginning to end, those passages that the will, good but ignorant, of the spokesperson has altered, and we reconstruct the lessons as they were given and heard. It follows — and I order you to Believe it — that the Work reports exactly my thought, my acts, my manifestations, as well as the words and acts of [[Virgin Mary|my Mother]], the Twelve, and all who surrounded me and surrounded us all. Accept the Work calmly as I have given it to you. It is right, and it is supernatural (p.442). […] If the [[Satan|demon]] does not try to corrupt the words of the Work by spitting its venom on it, it is also because it is aware it would be a useless task, since I watch and protect my Word as my instrument. Moreover, I have set limits to the Destroyer that the Accursed cannot cross (p. 443). […] It is also said and established that, although the revelation made by God to a Soul chosen for a supernatural and extraordinary Mission is always perfect, it may nevertheless be interpreted and reported with secondary errors by the creature, and this is because divine or heavenly perfection mixes and is confused with the insufficiency of the creature, so that some details may be altered. This is why I watch over it, just like the guardian angel of little John, to restore the thought as it was dictated and when it was interrupted by external causes and then involuntarily badly restored by the spokesperson. But I repeat: as it was delivered to you, the Work reports the exact and complete truth of my teaching (p. 444).<ref>[https://imitationjesuschrist.forumactif.com/t19p330-les-cahiers-de-maria-valtorta#14399 Catechesis of December 6, 1947]</ref>
*'''January 6, 1948:''' These are not pages intended for them. I order you to remove them from here and make a separate booklet to give to whom you know, in the way you know. They have received what was necessary to obtain approval of Jesus' Work. The rest is a treasure that must be deserved. Some have deserved it by having done our will on you with perfect charity and without the slightest claim on His work towards you. There is also another reason of divine Providence that justifies this order. (p. 472).
*'''March 1949''' : The book of which I am the author and you the one who formed its body with so much suffering […] In modern scientific terms, they (the skillful detractors) want to treat you as a psychopath. […] Do they not know that, generally, one judges according to what one is oneself? The psychopath – I would rather say lunatic, to use the old term – is a splendid ground for Satanic invasions. He is almost always in relation with the diabolical, loves it and shows certain signs: habit of lying, pride, disobedience, sensuality. Are these elements found in you? (p. 513)
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/490816.htm '''Catechesis of August 16, 1949'''] : - Jesus makes severe reproaches to the deniers of the work - They have received all the proofs needed - Do not commit blasphemy Against the Spirit - Do not do as they do - Even now they neither call Me nor recognize Me.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/490816.htm Catechesis of August 16, 1949]</ref>

=== [[Book of Azarias]] ===

* '''Book of Azarias, 3rd Sunday of Advent''' : If therefore you hear these words in your Heart, it is a sign that you hear the divine conversations of The Holy Trinity. If you hear me speak, it is therefore a sign that I am in you with my love. So even if it really was your Heart that suggested these thoughts which then you write, it is a sign that your Heart is full of God, for "It is from the heart of man that what comes out of his mouth proceeds." Now if your Heart puts divine or supernatural thoughts, visions, and words in your mouth and in your mind, it is a sign that your Heart is holy, that your Heart contains only love, justice, heavenly things, it is a sign that your conversation is in heaven and that you live in heaven with your spirit having heaven enclosed within you.

== Notes and references . ==
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==Notes and references==
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The Spirit

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Emmanuel: Text replacement - "Sciammaï, the great doctor of Israel" to "Shammai, the great rabbi of Israel"

{{See also|See also:|Soul|Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Spirit}}
In the spiritual writings of [[Maria Valtorta]], The Spirit (with a lowercase) acts as the third component of Man. The description of [[Man is Body, Soul, and Spirit|Man in three parts]]: [[Flesh, meaning|body]], [[Soul]] and spirit, is not new. [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Saint Paul]] already briefly affirmed it in his first letter to the Thessalonians: "May the [[God]] of [[Peace]] himself sanctify you entirely, and may ''all that is within you, The Spirit, the Soul, and the body,'' be kept blameless until the day of the coming of our Lord [[Jesus]]-[[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]]!"<ref name=":0">[https://www.aelf.org/bible/1Th/5 1 Thessalonians 5:23]</ref> The Letter to the Hebrews discusses the division between the Soul and The Spirit.<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/He/4 Letter to the Hebrews 4:12]</ref> The ''[[Teaching, Catechism|Catechism]] of the Catholic Church'' mentions it without dwelling on it.<ref>''[https://www.vatican.va/archive/FRA0013/__P1C.HTM Catechism of the Catholic Church]'', § 365.</ref> But Maria Valtorta identifies it very clearly: "In the body, there is the Soul and in the Soul there is the spirit."<ref>[[Autobiography]], page 352.</ref>

This assertion is repeated three times in all these writings. Each time the affirmation is presented under a different authority, but twice it is related to the [[Assumption and Dormition of the Virgin Mary|Assumption]]:

*In 1943, the above affirmation is a statement by Maria Valtorta in her ''[[Autobiography]].''
*On May 1, 1946, it is a comment by [[Jesus]] regarding the Assumption.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm#CEV65117 EMV 651.17]</ref>
*On May 1, 1948<ref name=":1">[[Notebooks from 1945 to 1950|The Notebooks from 1945 to 1950]], May 1, 1948, page 475.</ref>, Maria Valtorta attributes them to an explanation by [[Book of Azarias|Azarias]], her [[Angels|guardian angel]] while she [[Meditation, contemplation, prayer|meditates]] on the fourth [[Glory, To Glorify|glorious]] mystery of the [[Rosary]], the very one dedicated to the Assumption.<ref name=":2">I received this explanation from my guardian angel because, while reciting the Rosary, I was meditating on the fourth glorious mystery (the Assumption of Mary), and thus on the words of Mary from April 12 (1948) and on those of the Holy Spirit from February 2 (1948).</ref>

This is a constant in her work. She thus receives approximately the same commentary three times, but each time the explanation seems new to her and does not refer, for example, to [[Visions and Dictations of Maria Valtorta|the dictation]] of [[Jesus]] she received three years earlier since she writes: "My [[Angels|guardian angel]] explains to me … He tells me that … To help me understand better, he points out that …" This seems to confirm that she is only a faithful transcriber who does not explore the content of her [[Visions and Dictations of Maria Valtorta|visions]] or dictations at the moment.

===The Spirit According to Maria Valtorta===
Each time [[Maria Valtorta]] uses the word ''spirito'' in a clearly [[Spirituality, Spirit|spiritual]] sense that is not quite so clearly rendered in French, where the word esprit has a broader meaning. For instance, this is evident in the way the maxim "You shall [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] the Lord your [[God]] with all your [[Heart]], with all your [[Soul]] and with all your spirit" is translated. The Vulgate uses the Latin word ''mente''. This is the same word in Italian, and it designates the intellect. However, that same word is translated into French once as ''esprit'' in <ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mt/22 Matthew 22:37]</ref>-<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mc/12 Mark 12:30]</ref>, and another time as ''intelligence'' in <ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/10 Luke 10:27]</ref>, which would be closer.

Thus Man is [[Flesh, meaning|body]] (or [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]], matter, sensuality, etc.), [[Soul]] (or intelligence, thought, morals, [[Heart]], etc.), and spirit (or spiritual Soul, spiritual essence, etc.). These three parts are interwoven: within the body, there is the Soul infused by God, which itself contains the spirit. In<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm#CEV65117 EMV 651.17]</ref>, [[Jesus]] even defines this spirit as the most excellent part of the Soul (''la sua parte migliore'') and Maria Valtorta defines it as the place of "[[Beatitudes, Blessed|superspiritual bliss]]."<ref>''Autobiography'', p. 393.</ref>

In the article on the [[Man is Body, Soul, and Spirit|tripartition of Man]], it was said that:

*The Soul is inseparable from the body. Their separation leads to [[Agony, Death|earthly death]].
*The escape of The Spirit causes [[Ecstasy]] (rapture).
*The immortal Soul without its spiritual life (following a [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|mortal sin]], for example) is a [[Man is Body, Soul, and Spirit#L'Soul morte|dead Soul]].

This is explained on May 1, 1946, to Maria Valtorta by Jesus, commenting on the vision of the Assumption: <blockquote>There is a difference between the separation of the Soul from the body for a true death, and the momentary separation of the spirit from the body and from the Soul that vivifies it by Ecstasy or contemplative rapture.

Whereas the separation of the Soul from the body causes true death, ecstatic contemplation, that is the temporary escape of the spirit beyond the barriers of the senses and matter, does not cause death. And this is because the Soul does not detach and separate completely from the body, but only its most excellent part, which immerses in the fires of contemplation.

All men, as long as they are alive, have within them either a dead Soul due to sin or a living Soul by [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]], but only those who greatly love God reach true contemplation.

This suggests that the Soul, which preserves existence as long as it is united with the body—and this peculiarity is the same in all men—possesses within itself ''a more excellent part'': the Soul of the Soul, or the spirit of the spirit, which in the [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|just]] are very strong, whereas in those who have ceased to love God and His [[Law, Rules, Discipline|Law]], even by lukewarmness or venial sins, they become weak, depriving the [[Creation, creatures, Genesis|creature]] of the capacity to contemplate and to [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|know]], as much as a human creature can, according to the degree of [[Perfect, Perfection|perfection]] attained, God and His eternal truths.

The more the creature loves God and serves Him with all its strength and possibilities, the more the most excellent part of the spirit increases its capacity to know, to contemplate, to penetrate eternal truths.

Man, endowed with a rational Soul, is a capacity that God fills with Himself. (Commentary of May 1, 1946, inserted in<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm#CEV65117 EMV 651.17]</ref>).</blockquote>

==The Doors of Mysticism==

===Mysticism Between Success and Rejection===
At the turn of the 20th century, the Catholic Church was confronted with intellectual and social upheavals (rationalism, industrial revolution, secularization, ...). On October 13, 1884, Leo XIII witnessed a dialogue between God and Satan. The devil boasts of destroying the Church given extra time and power. God grants him a period of one hundred years. The pope then sees the century "wrapped in Darkness and the abyss", then a legion of demons scattered throughout the world until Saint Michael the Archangel casts them into the abyss.<ref>Françoise Breynaert, ''[https://www.mariedeNazareth.com/encyclopedie-mariale/la-vierge-marie-remplit-le-monde-sanctuaires-marials/europe/portugal/notre-dame-de-fatima-ou-n-d-du-Rosary/de-leon-xiii13-octobre-1884-a-fatima-13-octobre-1917 From Leo XIII, October 13, 1884, to Fatima, October 13, 1917]'', Marian Encyclopedia, Mary of Nazareth</ref>

Simultaneously, "ascetic and mystical" movements developed marked by a return to intense spirituality, centered on union with God and often associated with mystical experiences. Great figures presented themselves as [[Co-redeemer, Victim Soul, Reparative Soul, Host, Victimal Gift|Victim Souls]]. This is the case of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, who inspired Maria Valtorta's mystical path. She even faced making a "crusade of Victim Souls"<ref>''Autobiography'', pp.368-369.</ref>" against the dangers emerging in the 1930s throughout the world and particularly in Italy.

However, this ascetic and mystical movement was considered suspect by some religious authorities, especially from the 1950s/60s on. Padre Pio was a victim, as were others, and the Holy Office even suspended the beatification process of Yvonne-Aimée de Malestroit on the grounds that, in her case, there were ''too many'' supernatural manifestations.

This rejection of mysticism still persists in some circles. Theories have emerged denying the supernatural character of [[Miracles, wonders and signs|Jesus' miracles]] and reducing them to mere "signs". The same movements relegate episodes of the Gospel to the level of symbolic stories devoid of historical foundation (for example, the Magi).

The work of Maria Valtorta demonstrates quite the opposite: that the "supernatural" and the "natural" are intimately intertwined in both the narration of the Gospels and spirituality. Here are some of the most representative examples:

===1. The spirit is the "tent" of our encounter with God===

According to Maria Valtorta, this spirit, located in the Heart of the Soul, is the dwelling of God in us:<blockquote>The spirit belongs to the Eternal. ''It is the house where the Master of the house dwells,'' the King, where the holy Triad meets because wherever the Son is, so is the Father, who sent His Son out of Love. And this house will be their home as long as we, with our ill will, do not drive them out by our sins.<ref>[[Autobiography|''Autobiography'']]', p. 441.</ref> </blockquote>[[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Saint Paul]] attests to this Presence of God in us: "You are not under the power of the flesh, but under the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you.<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Rm/8 Romans 8:9]</ref> And Jesus, in his encounter with [[Photinai the Samaritan woman|the Samaritan woman]] attests that it is a sacred place: "God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship ''in spirit (spiritus)'' and truth.<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Jn/4 John 4:24]. In the [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ioannes%204&version=VULGATE Vulgate]: "Spiritus est Deus et eos qui aDorant eum ''in spiritu'' et veritate oportet aDorare."</ref>

Since the spirit is "the house where the Master of the house dwells," one can suppose that this is where the unions spoken of by several great mystics occur, foremost among them Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591).<ref>St John of the Cross, doctor of the Church, speaks of the mystical union with God ("nuptial union"), the culmination of a path of Purification, in "''[https://livres-mystiques.com/partieTEXTES/JdelaCroix/le_cantique_spirituel.pdf The Spiritual Canticle]''" ("The Spirit is raised to unite with the divine Spirit who comes to it; thus the Soul must necessarily abandon its body in some way", p.40) and in "''[https://livres-mystiques.com/partieTEXTES/JdelaCroix/la_vive_flamme_d_amour.pdf The Living Flame of Love]''" (Thus it is how spiritual acts are accomplished [...] as for the other acts the Soul produces by itself, they rather deserve the name of dispositions, desires or affections that succeed one another but never become perfect acts of love or contemplation, except sometimes, I repeat, when God himself forms and quickly perfects them in The Spirit..", p. 16).</ref> Even if these mystics generally speak of "Soul" or "Heart."

Maria Valtorta had several moments of mystical union with God. Sometimes it was illuminative encounters as described in her ''[[Autobiography]]'' :<blockquote>At the moment when our spirit unites with God, Peace flows wholly into us from the eternal lakes, it enlightens us with the splendors of God and makes us capable of seeing, it opens the ''spirit'' and makes us capable of understanding, it expands our Heart and makes us able to love, it gives us strength and makes us able to resist, in a word, it gives itself to us wholly.''<ref>[[Autobiography|''Autobiography'']], p. 525.</ref>''</blockquote>But it was also for her the fusion in the ardent Heart of Jesus, similar to what Marguerite-Marie Alacoque (1647-1690)<ref>This vision is reported in ''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440602.htm#VisionAlacoque The Notebooks of 1944],'' June 2, pp.336-338.</ref> and many other mystics report. On the night of March 12-13, 1947 (she would turn 50 on the 14th), Maria was seized by nostalgia, feeling the end of visions approaching. Jesus then appeared to her in her room and pressed her to His Heart, making her participate in His wound from which flames radiate. She drank of it with delight. Jesus then commented: <blockquote>This is how every Fire, even that of purgatory, differs from my Fire. For mine is a fire of perfect love, and it does no harm, not even to do Good. This is the Fire I reserve for you, and only this one. This is what my love for you is: It is Fire which comforts and does not burn, light, harmony, a gentle caress. And this is what my blood is for you: gentleness and strength. And finally this is what I do for you, to compensate you for men: I squeeze my blood so that it springs for you, as a mother does from her milk for her newborn, you, my daughter! This is how I love you!<ref>Reported in [[Notebooks from 1945 to 1950|''The Notebooks from 1945 to 1950'']], dated March 16, 1947, p. 370.</ref></blockquote>These words and this vision repeat, notes [[Maria Valtorta]], and Jesus makes this promise: "This is how we will love each other in the Future. This is what I will give you as a reward for your faithful service. It is your Future as long as you live on earth. Then will come the perfect union (p. 370)." A few days later Jesus confirms this promise to her. It is March 14, 1947, her fiftieth birthday: "From now on, you will only contemplate. And all will be bWater. Be happy, very happy! I love you so much! And you love me so much! Our two loves...! Heaven that already receives you! (p. 371)"''

These passages certainly give meaning to the prostration that she experienced [[Maria Valtorta#End of life|at the end of her life]]. But these scenes are described in their reality and not as an inner vision. Maria speaks at this moment of "Ecstasy" and, if we remember well the explanation given by Jesus, this "spiritual rapture" is indeed the ''detachment of the spirit'' in contemplation. According to what Maria Valtorta says, this rapture of the spirit is preceded by an announcing joy which is at the same time Peace of the Soul: <blockquote>We do not know when the encounter will occur, but we know it will take place. It is thus with great joy deep in the Heart that all the small material tasks of the day are accomplished, writing, working, reading, talking with visitors, eating... but the body doing all this seems to be a borrowed body, so foreign are our moral and spiritual selves, kneeling beneath the ever-stronger waves of love that overwhelm us, to the action of the body. How distant everything that is sensible! On the other hand, the supersensible is upon us, it surrounds us, we drown in it.

Sweet shipwreck that is not death, but a Vitality which receives its power from superhuman forces, a virility – forgive me for borrowing this vocabulary, I who am a Woman – a virility of the spirit that reaches, at these moments, a wise maturity, an increase of spirituality and capacity to love, and of joy, oh! of so much joy!

I experienced all this yesterday for Hours. Then, suddenly, I passed from the “Call” to the “encounter” with the supernatural. And that supernatural was once again Mary, my Virgin of Fatima.<ref>[[The Notebooks|''The Notebooks'']], June 9, 1948, p. 131. There are more than twenty references to [[Fatima and Maria Valtorta|Our Lady of Fatima]] in all the work of [[Maria Valtorta]], both in inspired writings and in author narrations. But none, to our knowledge, before 1943.</ref></blockquote>
===2. The spirit is the seat of the "Kingdom of God" within us===
[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/17 Luke 17:21] is sometimes translated as "behold, the reign of God is ''in the midst of you''"<ref>For example, the translation of [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/17 the A.E.L.F.] (liturgical): "behold, the reign of God is in the midst of you."</ref>, but also as "behold, the [[Our Father 2: Thy Kingdom come#Le Royaume de God|kingdom of God]] is ''within you''".<ref>For example, the translation of the [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3256-chapitre-17 Canon Crampon]: "behold, the kingdom of God is within you." This seems closer to the [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Lucas%2017&version=VULGATE Vulgate]: "Ecce enim regnum Dei intra vos est."</ref> [[Jesus]], in the work of [[Maria Valtorta]], explains this ambivalence: <blockquote>Regarding the Kingdom of God, ''it is within you and wherever there are men who believe in Me''. ... It is there, in the Kingdom of God, that the new Temple will be built, that is to say where the spirits (''spiriti'') that accept my Doctrine, the Doctrine of the Kingdom of God, and practice its precepts.

How will it be built if you are poor and few? Oh! truly, no money nor power is needed to build the edifice of the new dwelling of God, individual or collective. ''The Kingdom of God is in you'', and the union of all those who will have the Kingdom of God in them, all those who will have God in them, God: Grace; God: Life; God: Light; God: Charity, will constitute the great Kingdom of God on Earth, the new Jerusalem which will manage to extend to the ends of the world and which, complete and perfect, without Imperfections, without shadows, will live forever in Heaven.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm#CEV59639 EMV 596.39]</ref></blockquote>[[Maria Valtorta]] locates this Kingdom of God within us, similarly to [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Saint Paul]]<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/1Co/3 1 Corinthians 3:16]</ref>, affirming that "The Spirit of God dwells in you": <blockquote>The Kingdom of God within us, [is] invisible since it is spiritual, ''living in its spiritual part'' and living since its creation, provided man does not destroy the Kingdom of God in him by sin and perseverance in sin, thus killing even ''Life within his Soul.''<ref>[[Commentaries on the Apocalypse|Commentaries on the Apocalypse]], p. 551.</ref></blockquote>And [[Book of Azarias|Azarias]] further explains how this Kingdom is already the seed of the eternal Kingdom: <blockquote>The dead do not enter the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God begins in ''The Spirit'' of man on earth by union with God; it is completed in Heaven by full possession of God. Here on earth, God is in you, and in heaven, you will be in God. But God does not enter the corruption of death, and the decay of death does not enter Heaven. Just as in the eternal Jerusalem there will be no Temple "because its Temple is the Lord" (cf. [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ap/21 Apocalypse 21:23-27]) in which we shall all be.<ref>[[Book of Azarias|Book of Azarias]], 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, page 163.</ref></blockquote>It should be noted that Maria Valtorta develops, with great mastery, this description of the Kingdom of God in her [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/Apocalypse.htm#Royaume commentaries on the Apocalypse]. These commentaries are of such a high level and depth that they were long attributed to the Holy Spirit until Marie-Juliette Quignon<ref>See in this regard the [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/Apocalypse.htm#QuiDonc explanatory note], to the left of these commentaries.</ref> pointed out that the author was human and that this author was Maria Valtorta herself, having reached a very close proximity to God.

===3. The spirit is the place of revelations and visions===
The scenes seen by Maria Valtorta in Ecstasy are truly perceived by the mystic's senses but inaccessible to our senses, says Cardinal Ratzinger in his catechesis on the secret of [[Fatima and Maria Valtorta|Fatima]]<ref name=":3">Cf. Cardinal J. Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) – [http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_fr.html ''Theological Commentary on the Secret of Fatima''] - The anthropological structure of private revelations, June 29, 2000, </ref>. In one of his commentaries, Azarias informs Maria that visions become accessible by ''extension'' of the possibilities of our ordinary senses.<ref>''[[Book of Azarias|Book of Azarias]], [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias02.htm#BWater Quinquagesima Sunday]'', p. 15.</ref> He also implies that this is a gift from God, not the result of a human practice. [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Saint Paul]] almost explicitly says: "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows). And I know that this man (whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up into paradise and heard inexpressible things, which it is not lawful for a man to utter."<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/2Co/12 2 Corinthians 12:2-4].</ref>

Indeed, the separation of the Soul and body causes death, but the rapture of the spirit causes only Ecstasy or a similar state. [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|Saint John]], at the beginning of the Apocalypse, is clearer about this rapture: "I, John, your brother, [...] I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, saying: 'Write what you see in a book.'"<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Ap/1 Apocalypse 1:9-11].</ref>

Maria Valtorta confirms that in this state of rapture, the spirit of Man, the Soul of the Soul, becomes the place for revelations and visions, not abstractly, but through amplified senses.<blockquote>I understand this because, as I have already explained to you many times, when God takes me to be His spokesperson, my intellect is amplified and raised to a power far superior to that granted to men. ''And I "see", "hear", "understand" Thus the spirit.''<ref>[[Notebooks from 1945 to 1950|''The Notebooks from 1945 to 1950'']], April 15, 1945, p. 52.</ref></blockquote>Maria Valtorta talks here of intelligence but amplified in ''the spirit'' (with a lowercase). Likewise, she sees, hears, in other words, her senses are multiplied in this zone of contact with God. Reality abstracts itself from matter to share the knowledge that God grants. This is not linked to a particular situation, such as formal prayer for example, but to a fundamental and constant attitude of availability to listen to God:<blockquote>It often happens that inspirations, counsels, voices resonate in my Heart just at moments when I am engaged in things very different from the realm of the spirit. When I pray, it is hard for me to hear them. Yet when I write, read, work, eat, play with my little animals, talk with so-and-so, suddenly a word explodes in my Soul... Perhaps it is because whatever I am doing, my deep “self” always remains fixed ''in one place,'' and nothing can tear it away from its life which consists in God. I do not know. I believe that is how it is.<ref>[[Autobiography|''Autobiography'']], p. 454.</ref></blockquote>These are not pathological hallucinations, but rather this inner perception (visio imaginativa) that Cardinal Ratzinger defined as: "This vision calls upon the 'internal senses'. The Soul is made capable of seeing the non-sensible, the non-visible by the senses, but the objects are real, although they do not belong to our usual sensible world."<ref name=":3" /> This takes place indeed ''in the spirit'' as Maria Valtorta specifies when answering a question from [[Father Romualdo Migliorini and Maria Valtorta|Father Migliorini]]:<blockquote>You asked me today how I could know the names of [[Hillel]] and [[Gamaliel]], as well as that of [[Shammai, the great rabbi of Israel|Shammai]]. It is the voice I call the "second voice" which tells me these things, a voice even less perceptible than that of my Jesus and the others who dictate. Those latter voices — I have already told you and I repeat — are voices which my spiritual ear perceives ''exactly like human voices''. I hear if they are gentle or angry, loud or soft, if they laugh or if they are sad. As if someone was speaking next to me. However, this "second voice" is like a light, an intuition that speaks in my spirit. ''I say well "in" and not "to" my spirit''. It is an indication.<ref>[[Notebooks of 1944|''The Notebooks of 1944'']], January 29, p. 103.</ref></blockquote>Everything that puts us in the listening state to God is therefore particularly important, notably prayer, in all its forms, or ''Lectio divina''<ref>Lectio divina (divine reading) consists in reading a passage of the Holy Scriptures (lectio), meditating on its application to our concrete life (meditatio), then conversing with God (oratio) to finally render perceptible the Presence of Christ "with us until the end of time" (contemplatio).</ref> for example.
===4. The spirit is the place of consumption of redemptive suffering===
The spirit, this "house where the Master of the house dwells," plays a vital role for [[Co-redeemer, Victim Soul, Reparative Soul, Host, Victimal Gift|Victim Souls]]. Indeed, it is the place of communion with the sufferings of Christ. It is there where Christ accompanies and supports the Soul in its holocaust. It is where the physical and moral sufferings endured by [[Co-redeemer, Victim Soul, Reparative Soul, Host, Victimal Gift|co-redeemers]] are transformed into a Work of Salvation.

One can better understand what this means by reading this confession from [[Maria Valtorta]]: <blockquote>Immediately after offering myself to martyrdom of love came added a martyrdom of acute suffering in the flesh, accentuated ''in the spirit'' by an austerity which seemed to weigh on my being.

I explain myself, or try to. I did not feel abandoned by God. No. His love always watched over me. But if Jesus caressed me, the Father intensified the weight of His hand on my Heart. Then began a period of harsh penances […] It had come immediately, total and obscure, the hour of Gethsemane... and it lasted, I could say, ten long years, because it was only from 1941 that its harshness diminished.

Do not imagine that I felt dryness of the Heart. No, never that. Just as I was never deprived of the comfort of Christ’s love. But I suffered intensely and morally in perceiving ''exactly'' what was to occur in the world...<ref>[[Autobiography|''Autobiography'']], p. 374.</ref></blockquote>Here, redemptive suffering is accentuated but simultaneously supported by the love of Christ. In this second excerpt, one discovers that ''under these conditions'', suffering becomes a source of joy. Not a masochistic joy<ref>Joy is not in suffering but in participation in the work of the Redeemer.</ref>, but redemptive joy. The one that made [[Jesus]] exult on the threshold of His Passion,<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Lc/12 Luke 12:49-50]: I came to cast fire upon the earth... and how I wish it were already kindled!</ref> the one that animated Saint Paul, who endured much suffering for evangelization,<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Ac/9 Acts 9:16]: I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.</ref> and whom we have quoted several times: "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church."<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Co/1 Colossians 1:24].</ref><blockquote>I asked for suffering, writes Maria Valtorta. And suffering came to me from all sides. I felt like a cistern into which pour the waters of many channels. There poured the channel of illness, that of slander, that of indifference, that of demands, that of greed. All, all poured in […] And I was, and ''I am, in my spirit,'' in perfect joy, for Jesus, treating me as a friend, gives me the joy of willing suffering for love of Him, pains, crosses, and all kinds of sufferings.<ref>[[Autobiography|''Autobiography'']], p. 421.</ref></blockquote>And a little further on: <blockquote>It was something strange. The Soul always remained the same, united to God, in Peace, in the Thirst for sacrifice. Prayer constituted my joy. I desired the Sacraments more than air itself. The flesh went mad. I have the impression that by a will to attribute I do not know to whom, the Most High or the Most Low, I was somehow split in two. ''On my spirit'' reigned God, while on my matter Lucifer bit, excited, disturbed... and sometimes lay in the mud. ''Then flesh and spirit reunited'' and then came the anguish of having been weak... I suffered hell.<ref>''[[Autobiography]],'' p. 462.</ref></blockquote>The sufferings, very real, are offered to the Heart of God, who redistributes the merits. This is how one can understand why Maria, like all Victim Souls, was able to bless suffering. This feeling, which may seem inhuman, becomes more accessible to humanity through compassion: sharing, through listening and Presence, someone’s trial lightens the burden weighing on them. This act restores, in a spirit overwhelmed by the trial, the love that suffering had driven away.
===5. The life and death of the spirit===

If the Soul is immortal, the Life inhabiting it can nevertheless "die" when, through our will, we expel God who resides therein. The Soul then becomes "dead." It is not so much the sins themselves that condemn, but the conscious and repeated decision to reject God until the end. That is hell. "God predestines no one to go to [[Hell, Hells|hell]]. It requires a voluntary aversion to God (a mortal sin), and persisting in it to the end."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0976-1065.htm#1037 CEC § 1037]</ref>

As long as life lasts, this rejection remains temporary because it can be erased by contrition. After death, however, this rejection becomes definitive and eternal. Killing the spirit within us—this Life which is the Soul of our Soul—is therefore an action of extreme gravity. This spiritual death begins with the appearance of [[Pride]]: the human pretension to be equal to God, to be able to do without Him. It is through Pride that Lucifer became Satan. And no one is safe from this Temptation, not even Maria Valtorta, to whom Jesus said: <blockquote>Never pride. You would be punished by losing me.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-037.htm#CEV34915 EMV 349.15]</ref></blockquote>If that is the path to death, then what is the path to life? Azarias shows the way, a path accessible to all: it is the very path of the Gospel:<blockquote>It is truly clear that man does not know how to see, reflect, or understand. If man knew how to love, he would see, reflect, and understand. The proportion of seeing, understanding, and reflecting corresponds to the ''degree of love'' attained by the Soul.

Man becomes capable of seeing, reflecting, and understanding in the same measure as he gives himself and surrenders to love to be enveloped by it, burned, destroyed to be rebuilt under a new form, inflamed to inflame and thus glorify and sanctify by carrying among men the ardor of the immense furnace where the creature is transformed into a seraph to truly ''enter'' God, into the burning tabernacle that is God — the source of all, the tireless accomplishes-all, the perfect, the accomplished, the holy, the power, the wisdom, the light, the thought, the word, the love, the life, the Grace, the one who confirms Grace.

In a word: the loving man, living ''by his spirit'' within the Most Holy Trinity, takes on the habits and feelings of the place where it dwells, therefore active, contemplative, joyful love, light and knowledge, the faculties of seeing, reflecting, and understanding.<ref>[[Book of Azarias|Book of Azarias]], Pentecost Sunday, pages 131/132.</ref></blockquote>Azarias continues the following Sunday, explaining how God goes to meet the prodigal son:<blockquote>The stronger the love, the stronger the knowledge, and the distance is reduced. I remind you that to the degree of love attained by the creature corresponds a degree of love of God relative to it, and even multiplied by its power, because God loves to give Himself to those who seek Him without measure, He who gives by His mercy and Providence even to His children who do not seek Him. This distance is reduced because the Soul is more united to God ''who descends—'' as it cannot rise to the abyss of height where the Trinity burns,—to God ''who concedes Himself'' to be known as much as possible, burning to be ''completely'' known, ''completely'' possessed by His child when the reward of paradise will be given to his faith, his love, his heroism.<ref>''Id°,'' 1st Sunday after Pentecost. Feast of The Holy Trinity, page 145.</ref> </blockquote>But human weakness remains. Maria, once again, enlightens and advises us: <blockquote>Of this body, from which we cannot, by ourselves, part, let us make it an instrument of glory rather than defeat. We must show patience even with ourselves, especially with ourselves, and lead with the spirit made of light the matter made of Darkness, raise with the spirit, fit for flight, the matter which tends to fall to the ground. And this must be done without ever tiring. We must bear ourselves without fear. We must take example from the Master who bears us and never tires of healing us every time we hurt ourselves.<ref>[[Autobiography|''Autobiography'']], p. 497.</ref> </blockquote>This human frailty finds its aid, refuge and invincible strength in a source known and offered to all: <blockquote>Mary is the one who triumphs over [[Satan]]. The true Death, that of the spirit, will not come to those who know how to pray to the Mother for the hour of their life, for the hour on earth, for the hour of Temptation and for the hour of Death.<ref>[[Notebooks of 1943|''The Notebooks of 1943'']], November 8, p. 449.</ref> </blockquote>The work addresses our spirit. <blockquote>I speak to you, little voice, I speak to all the "voices", and then to those who are still men made in the image and likeness of God, that is to say a combination of body and Soul ''in whom The Spirit is a king who remembers God.''<ref>[[Book of Azarias|Book of Azarias]], 4th Sunday after Easter, page 103.</ref> </blockquote>Jesus, concluding his discourse on the Bread from Heaven,<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-044.htm#CEV35411 EMV 354.11]</ref>, proclaimed: "It is the spirit (spiritus) that gives life; the flesh is no help. The words I have spoken to you are spirit (spiritus) and they are life."<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Jn/6 John 6:63].</ref>

===Is this reflection on The Spirit applicable to Jesus, true God and true Man?===
[[Peter the Apostle|Saint Peter]] reveals our destiny as participants in the divine nature<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/2P/1 2 Peter 1:3-4]</ref> and assures us that we have all we need to become so: "His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire."

But what about Christ himself: what was the nature of his Soul? Did he have a spirit like ours?

The ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' answers us: the Incarnation of the Son of God does not mean that Jesus Christ is partly God and partly man, nor that He results from a confused mixture of the divine and the human. He really became man while remaining truly God.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0422-0483.htm#CEC0464 CEC § 464]</ref>

The Christ, perfect in divinity and perfect in humanity, truly God and truly man, made up of a rational Soul and a body, consubstantial with the Father as to divinity, consubstantial with us as to humanity, like us in everything except sin" (<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0422-0483.htm#CEC0467 CEC § 467]</ref>-<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/He/4 Hebrews 4:15]</ref>).

The difference of natures is not annulled by their union but rather the properties of each are preserved and united in a single person and a single "hypostasis".

Christ possesses two wills and two natural operations, divine and human, not opposed but cooperating, so that the Word made flesh willed humanly in obedience to His Father all that He divinely decided with the Father and the Holy Spirit for our salvation. Christ’s human will "follows his divine will, without resistance or opposition to it, but rather while being subordinated to that all-powerful will."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0422-0483.htm#CEC0470 CEC § 475]</ref>

This is perfectly illustrated by the following dialogue where Jesus, in Maria Valtorta, addresses [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]]: <blockquote>During the night ''my spirit'' draws nourishment from the Father. Prayer, meditation, and solitude are more necessary to me than material food. Whoever wants to live by ''The Spirit'' and bring others to live the same life must put the flesh after — I would almost say kill it — to devote all care to ''The Spirit''.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-032.htm#CEV06901 EMV 69.1-3]</ref> </blockquote>This domination of divinity over humanity is commented on by Maria Valtorta in footnote:<blockquote>The two ladders of [[Satan]] aim to make man, this child of God, an animal, and the Only Son of God made man, a sinner.

The first descends from the spirit to the flesh and "succeeded" by the fatal fall. The second ascends from the flesh to the spirit and "failed" for the following reason: the Satanic design to induce the Messiah to sin and thereby destroy forever all possibility of man's regeneration to his condition of child of God, served, thanks to the perfection of the Man-God, to confirm Christ in his grace as man and therefore in his power as Messiah, cause of eternal salvation for the offspring of [[Adam and Eve, New Eve|Adam]] redeemed (<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm#CEV17409 EMV 174.9]</ref>, in the note on original sin).</blockquote>The divine and human nature is again explained in the commentaries Maria Valtorta writes on a typed page attached to the original text which she never touches. For this, she takes up the wording of Jesus in the work and then comments:<ref name=":4">[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2006/06-095.htm#CEV40610 EMV 406.10], footnote.</ref> <blockquote>(Jesus): "The spirit, created for all men from the same Source of power and goodness, knows no difference of “initial” perfection, but he knows many once united to flesh. There is only one uncreated and perfect Spirit, and who has always remained so. There are three perfect created spirits (=Adam, Eve, and Mary)…"<ref name=":4" /> </blockquote>Later: <blockquote>(Jesus): "I have in my flesh the divine Spirit, uncreated, but begotten by the Father in overflowing love. And I have the Soul that the Father created for me since now I am Man. It is a perfect Soul, as fits the Man-God. But I speak of other spirits."<ref name=":4" /> </blockquote>Maria Valtorta then comments: <blockquote>"He speaks here as the God-Word 'through whom all things were made,' even His human Soul. If He spoke as a man, He would say that God — thus Himself again — created "the unique perfect spirit" to unite it to His Incarnate Word's flesh, in whom all perfections concentrate. And He speaks to pagans, thus in a way adapted to their ignorance on the matter."<ref name=":4" /> </blockquote>The editor finds it necessary to conclude this commentary by Maria Valtorta as follows: <blockquote>In light of what Jesus says about Himself in<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-044.htm#CEV08009 EMV 80.9]</ref> and in<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm#CEV27204 EMV 272.4]</ref>, we can affirm that the spirit (one of the three parts that constitute man: body, Soul, and spirit), created (and infused) by the Father for all men, was, in the case of Christ, begotten (and not created) by the Father. Therefore, Christ’s Soul is created and His spirit uncreated."<ref name=":4" /></blockquote>

==In "The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me"==

* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-024.htm#CEV02401 EMV 17.1]''': How many truths your Soul would reveal to you if you knew how to converse with it, if you loved it as the one who gives you the likeness of God, who is Spirit as your Soul is '''spirit'''!<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-024.htm#CEV02401 EMV 17.1]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-024.htm#CEV02402 EMV 17.2]''' : If you knew how to question your Soul, it would teach you the true, exact meaning, as vast as creation itself, of the word “to dominate”: “So that man dominates ''over all''. Over his three levels: the lowest level, ''animal''; the intermediate level, ''moral''; and the highest level, '''''spiritual'''''. All aim at a single goal: to possess [[God]].” To possess Him by deserving it through this absolute mastery which subjects all the forces of the “self” to serve this purpose alone: to deserve to possess God.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-024.htm#CEV02402 EMV 17.2]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-059.htm#CEV03507 EMV 35.7]''' : But you are so entangled by your humanity, which excessively dominates '''The Spirit''' in you, that you cannot follow these paths indicated to you (the Law and the Doctrine).<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-059.htm#CEV03507 EMV 35.7]</ref>
* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-059.htm#CEV03508 EMV 35.8]''' : And the more he (Satan) raged, the more we took refuge in the light of God out of disgust for the muddy Darkness he presented to our bodily and '''The Spirit''' eyes.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-059.htm#CEV03508 EMV 35.8]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-059.htm#CEV03510 EMV 35.10]''' : They are fallen in their Soul so corrupted, in their '''spirit''' prostituted to the flesh, to the point of being unable to think that a man could respect the Woman by seeing the Soul in her and not the flesh […] I say that Mary was and remained a virgin, and that only the Soul was married to Joseph, as her '''spirit''' was united only to the Spirit of God and by its operation conceived the Only One She bore: Me, [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]], the Only Son of God and of [[Virgin Mary|Mary]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-059.htm#CEV03510 EMV 35.10]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-061.htm#CEV03608 EMV 36.8]''' : '''The Spirit''' in these two saints was more alive and dominated everything. It was this '''spirit''' that made them magnify the Lord by thanking Him for choosing them as guardians of His Eternal Son.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-061.htm#CEV03608 EMV 36.8]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-061.htm#CEV03609 EMV 36.9]''' : In the house and in '''The Spirit''' of those who love work, vice with many faces does not enter. And as it does not grow there, affection, mutual esteem, and respect develop.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-061.htm#CEV03609 EMV 36.9]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-063.htm#CEV03708 EMV 37.8]''' : You, mothers, you beget and that is all. You, fathers, you do not care more. But a son is not only a being of flesh. He is intelligence, a Heart, a '''spirit'''. Believe it, therefore, no one more than a father and mother has the right and the duty to form this intelligence, this Heart, this '''spirit'''.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-063.htm#CEV03708 EMV 37.8]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-006.htm#CEV04613 EMV 46.13]''' : The two paths most commonly taken by Satan to reach Souls are carnal attraction and greed. He always begins from the material side of nature. After dismantling and enslaving it, he directs the attack towards the upper part.
* First the moral side: thought with its Pride and desires; then '''the spirit''', by taking away not only love but also the fear of God. Divine love no longer exists when man has replaced it with other human loves. It is then that man abandons himself, body and Soul to Satan to reach the pleasures he pursues and to become more and more attached to them.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-006.htm#CEV04613 EMV 46.13]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-032.htm#CEV06901 EMV 69.1-3]''' : During the night my '''spirit''' draws its nourishment from the Father. Prayer, meditation, and solitude are more necessary to me than material food. Whoever wants to live by '''The Spirit''' and bring others to live the same life must put the flesh after — I would almost say kill it — to give all care to '''The Spirit'''. This is true for all, Judas. For you too, if you truly want to belong to God, that is to the supernatural.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-032.htm#CEV06901 EMV 69.1-3]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-044.htm#CEV08009 EMV 80.9]''' : (With the Apostles on the mountain of fasting) "With whom were you?!" - "With my '''spirit''' and with the Father." […] "Then came the Angels of the Lord... Man had won the triple victory. Man knew what it meant to be man and he had conquered. He was exhausted. The Struggle had been more exhausting than prolonged fasting... But '''the spirit''' dominated...<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-044.htm#CEV08009 EMV 80.9]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-089.htm#CEV12208 EMV 122.8]''' : Because of this, as I did with this deficient one, the Name that puts Satan to flight must be taught, engraved in '''The Spirit''' and in the Heart, put on the inner being as a seal of ownership.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-089.htm#CEV12208 EMV 122.8]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-092.htm#CEV12502 EMV 125.2]''' : "It is said: 'Work an honest work, and on the seventh day dedicate it to the Lord and to your '''spirit'''.' This is what the Sabbath rest commandment says.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-092.htm#CEV12502 EMV 125.2]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-104.htm#CEV13705 EMV 137.5]''' : "I only ask you to let me do Good to those who have infirmity in their flesh, in their head, or in their '''spirit'''. Why do you forbid me?"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-104.htm#CEV13705 EMV 137.5]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm#CEV17409 EMV 174.9]''' : (In the note on original sin) : Satan’s two ladders aim to make man, this child of God, an animal, and the Only Son of God made man a sinner. The first descends from '''the spirit''' to the flesh and "succeeded" by the fatal fall. The second rises from the flesh to '''the spirit''' and "failed" for the following reason: Satan’s design to induce the Messiah to sin and thus to destroy forever all possibility of man's regeneration to his condition of child of God served, thanks to the perfection of the Man-God, to confirm Christ in His grace as man and thus in His power as Messiah, cause of eternal salvation for the descendants of Adam redeemed.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm#CEV17409 EMV 174.9]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-006.htm#CEV14601 EMV 146.1]''' : At least a moral law was given to you, O Gentiles, O idolaters, because you are men, and man has within him an essence that comes from God and is called '''spirit''' and that always speaks to you and advises you to rise and urges you to the reality of a holy life.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-006.htm#CEV14601 EMV 146.1]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-057.htm#CEV19604 EMV 196.4]''' : Indeed a father and mother who are healthy and holy do not only give Food and caresses to their child’s flesh but also nourishment and love to their child’s Soul and '''The Spirit'''.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-057.htm#CEV19604 EMV 196.4]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-065.htm#CEC20405 EMV 204.5]''' : This comes from a spur of the Soul which is alive and present even among pagans. It also suffers in them, for it is disappointed in its desire, for in its nostalgia it is hungry for the True God whose memory it keeps, in this body where it dwells and which is governed by a pagan '''spirit'''. Even you have had the awareness that man is not only flesh and that to his perishable body is united something immortal.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-065.htm#CEC20405 EMV 204.5]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-065.htm#CEC20408 EMV 204.8]''' : One must know how to surround the Soul, queen of a body that is the Temple of the eternal Spirit, with a barrier which defends it without, however, cutting off the light or oppressing it by the sight of ugliness. A sure enclosure, freed from the desire of love for all that is inferior: the flesh and blood, to rise towards what is superior: '''The Spirit'''.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-065.htm#CEC20408 EMV 204.8]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-071.htm#CEV20906 EMV 209.6]''' : As for the one who, for a whole set of reasons, comes to hate the human race and sees in every man an enemy from whom he must defend himself and whom he must fear, his pain is even greater than other pains because it affects not only the flesh, the blood, the mentality, but '''The Spirit''' with its supernatural duties and rights and this leads him to his perdition.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-071.htm#CEV20906 EMV 209.6]</ref>
* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-074.htm#CEV21202 EMV 212.2]''' : But Christ takes refuge in faithful Hearts and from there He looks, from there He speaks, from there He blesses Humanity and then... and then He gives Himself to these Hearts, and they... and they touch Heaven with its beatitude, while remaining here below, but burning so much as to feel a delightful torment of the whole being: in the senses and organs, feelings and thought and finally in '''The Spirit'''.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2003/03-074.htm#CEV21202 EMV 212.2]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-087.htm#CEV22508 EMV 225.8]''' : Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, I too, the Son, can give life to whomever I wish and even, because of the infinite love the Father has for the Son, it is granted to me not only to give life to the lower part but also to the upper part by freeing man's thought and Heart from errors of '''The Spirit''' and evil passions, and to the spiritual part by restoring to '''The Spirit''' independence from sin.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-087.htm#CEV22508 EMV 225.8]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-100.htm#CEV23702 EMV 237.2]''' : Try to surpass yourselves, to trample down your human tendencies to make '''The Spirit''' triumph. Assimilate not only my word but its '''spirit''', that is, sanctify yourselves by it and then you will be able to do all.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-100.htm#CEV23702 EMV 237.2]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-106.htm#CEV24310 EMV 243.10]''' : "A Doras, as you say, so as not to lack charity towards anyone, […] are those who are more completely possessed by Satan, who extends his power over the 'three great powers of man'. The most tyrannical and subtle possessions, from which only those free themselves who are still little degraded in their '''spirit''' enough to understand the invitation of Light. Doras […] did not come to the Liberator. This is the difference. Whereas for those who are lunatics, and mute, deaf, or Confessionglers by the demon's action, the parents seek and think of bringing them to me, for those possessed in their '''spirit''', only their '''spirit''' seeks freedom. Because of this, they receive forgiveness in addition to their liberation, because their will has first started the dispossession of the demon.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-106.htm#CEV24310 EMV 243.10]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm#CEV27204 EMV 272.4]''' : There is transmigration of '''The Spirit''' only from the Creator to the being and from the being to the Creator, to whom one presents after life to receive a judgment of life or death. That is the truth. And where it is sent, it remains forever."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm#CEV27204 EMV 272.4]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-139.htm#CEV27510 EMV 275.10]''' : '''The Spirit''' has infinite value compared to flesh and blood, yes that, but the flesh does not have a power superior to that of The Spirit. And '''The Spirit''' can be corrupted not by material things, but by spiritual things.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-139.htm#CEV27510 EMV 275.10]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-139.htm#CEV27513 EMV 275.13]''' : Give the bread of '''The Spirit''' to the hunger of '''spirits'''.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-139.htm#CEV27513 EMV 275.13]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-150.htm#CEV28607 EMV 286.7]''' : "You have read Genesis, haven't you? What did you find? In the beginning, a complex sin embracing all three states of man: matter, thought, and '''spirit'''. (<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Gn/Livre+de+la+Gen%C3%A8se/chapitre/3 Genesis 3:1-24]</ref>) and <ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-150.htm#CEV28607 EMV 286.7]</ref>
* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2005/05-034.htm#CEV34605 EMV 346.5]''' : And there is no redemption without suffering. My suffering will reach the body, flesh, and blood, to repair the sins of the flesh and blood. It will be moral to repair the sins of the Soul and passions. It will be spiritual to repair the faults of '''The Spirit'''. It will be complete.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2005/05-034.htm#CEV34605 EMV 346.5]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2006/06-095.htm#CEV40610 EMV 406.10]''' : Footnote: The created spirit… up to the perfect created spirits… was rewritten by Maria Valtorta on a typed page as follows: "'''The spirit''', created for all men from a single Source of power and goodness, knows no difference of “initial” perfection, but many as soon as it is united to the flesh. There is only one uncreated and perfect Spirit, and he has always remained so. There are three perfect created spirits (=Adam, Eve, and Mary)…" The following answer of Jesus, which begins with "No, not me," was entirely rewritten by Maria Valtorta on a typed copy as follows: "I have in my flesh the divine Spirit, uncreated, but begotten by the Father by overflowing love. And I have the Soul which the Father created for me since now I am Man. It is a perfect Soul, as fits the Man-God. But I speak of other '''spirits'''." Still on the same typed copy, Maria Valtorta added this note: He speaks here as God-Word "through whom all things were made," even His human Soul. If he spoke as man, he would say that God — hence himself again — created "the unique perfect spirit" to unite it to His Incarnate Word's flesh, in whom all perfections concentrate. And He speaks to pagans, thus in a manner adapted to their ignorance on the matter. One must also take into account our note in <ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-024.htm#CEV02402 EMV 17.2]</ref> on the sometimes ambiguous use of the terms “Soul” and “'''spirit'''”. In the light of what Jesus says about himself in<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2002/02-044.htm#CEV08009 EMV 80.9]</ref> and in<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm#CEV27204 EMV 272.4]</ref>, it can be affirmed that '''the spirit''' (one of the three parts that constitute man: body, Soul, and spirit), created (and infused) by the Father for all men, was, in Christ’s case, begotten (and not created) by the Father. Consequently, Christ’s Soul is created and His '''spirit''' uncreated.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2006/06-095.htm#CEV40610 EMV 406.10]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2007/07-158.htm#CEV46504 EMV 465.4]''' : Even when imposing Virtues, one must be careful not to demand more than spiritual formation and the general resources of the being can provide. Demanding a virtue or spiritual mastery too strong, relative to the degree of '''spiritual''' moral, and even physical strengths attained by a creature, can produce a Dispersion of already accumulated forces and a breaking of the being in its three degrees: spiritual, moral, physical.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2007/07-158.htm#CEV46504 EMV 465.4]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2007/07-168.htm#CEV47309 EMV 473.9]''' : But now, now that too many Women are strangers to their husbands, I say: "Those who do not love their companion ''with their Soul, their '''spirit''', and their flesh'', push him to adultery, and if I ask him why of his sin, I will also ask for the one who did not perform it but caused it."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2007/07-168.htm#CEV47309 EMV 473.9]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2007/07-221.htm EMV 524.7/8]''' : "The Soul is not thought, man. The Soul is '''The Spirit''', the immaterial principle of life, the impalpable but true principle that animates the whole man and endures beyond man. That is why it is said to be immortal. […] In eternal thought, the Soul, '''The Spirit''', is the thing that reigns in man, in the created animal called man. It came from the King and Father of all kings and fathers, His breath and His image, His gift and His right, and its Mission is to make the creature called man a king of the great eternal kingdom, to make the creature called man a God beyond life, a "living" in the Dwelling of the very sublime, unique God, it was created queen, and with the authority and destiny of a queen. Its servants are all the Virtues and faculties of man, its minister the goodwill of man, its servant the thought, servant and pupil the thought of man. It is through '''The Spirit''' that thought gains power and truth, gains justice and wisdom, and can rise to royal perfection. Thought deprived of the light of The Spirit will always have gaps and Darknesses, and will never be able to understand the truths. Etc...<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2007/07-221.htm EMV 524.7-8]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2007/07-224.htm#CEV52707 EMV 527.7]''' : How did [[Satan]] corrupt [[Adam and Eve, New Eve|Adam]]? By tempting the senses, the thought, '''The Spirit'''.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2007/07-224.htm#CEV52707 EMV 527.7]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm#CEV54814 EMV 548.14]''' : There was a day when God took of the mud, gave it shape, and breathed into it the Spirit of life and it was man. I was there to say: "Let us make man in our image and likeness," for I am the Word of the Father. Today, I, the Word, have said to what was still less than mud: to corruption: "Live," and corruption became again flesh, an integral, living, beating flesh. Here it is looking at you. And to the flesh I joined '''The Spirit''' that had been lying for days in the bosom of Abraham. I recalled it by my will because I can do all, I, the Living One, I, the King of kings to whom all creatures and things are subject.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm#CEV54814 EMV 548.14]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2008/08-016.htm#CEV55506 EMV 555.6]''' : man: the perfect creature, above all that is alive, in time and in the world, endowed with matter like animals, minerals, and plants, and '''with spirit''' like the Angels of Heaven, and destined like them, if faithful in trial, to know and possess God, with Grace first, with Paradise afterwards. Man, a synthesis embracing all states*, has a Mission that other creatures do not have and which for him should be, besides a duty, a joy: to love God. To give intelligently and voluntarily a Worship of love to God. To repay God for the love He gave to man by giving him life and giving him Heaven after life. To give intelligent Worship. (*note): ''All states'' is corrected by Maria Valtorta to ''all natures''. Indeed, she notes on a typed copy: ''“The mineral nature is present in man — since his matter is composed of mineral substances — as well as the animal nature and the '''spiritual''' state.”''<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2008/08-016.htm#CEV55506 EMV 555.6]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm#CEV56716 EMV 567.16]''' : What have you done ([[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]]) with your free will? With your intelligence? Did you preserve for your '''spirit''' the freedom it had? Did you use your '''spirit''''s intelligence wisely? No. You do not want to obey Me, I do not say Me as Man, but not even Me as God. You obeyed [[Satan]]. You used the intellect of your thought and the freedom of your '''spirit''' to understand Darkness. Willfully.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm#CEV56716 EMV 567.16]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm#CEV56721 EMV 567.21]''' : And I said again, the first time, to you alone ([[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]]): "Life is a holy gift and therefore it must be loved holily. Life is a means that serves the end, which is eternity". I said: "Let us then give life what it needs to endure and to serve '''The Spirit''' in its conquest: continence of the flesh in its appetites, continence of '''The Spirit''' in its desires, continence of the Heart in all the passions that belong to the human, and unlimited impulse toward the passions of Heaven: love for God and Neighbor, will to serve God and Neighbor, obedience to the Voice of God, heroism in Good and in virtue."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm#CEV56721 EMV 567.21]</ref>
* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2009/09-020-02.htm#CEV60101 EMV 601.1]''' : Come: I want to lead you to my sufferings. Long will be the road that we will have to travel together, for no pain was spared to me: neither those of the flesh, nor those of the '''spirit''', nor those of the Heart, nor those of the Soul. I knew them all, I made each of them my food and my drink, unto death.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2009/09-020-02.htm#CEV60101 EMV 601.1]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2009/09-028.htm#CEV60813 EMV 608.13]''' : It is the first word since he was tortured that expresses his suffering. For in this word, there is the confession of everything and all his terrible pain of '''The Spirit''', moral and flesh.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2009/09-028.htm#CEV60813 EMV 608.13]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2009/09-030.htm#CEV61016 EMV 610.16]''' : And the torture continued with periodic assaults until dawn on Sunday. I had, in the Passion, only one Temptation. But the Mother, the Woman, expiated for the Woman, guilty of all evil, many times over. And Satan pounced on the Victorious one with a hundredfold ferocity. Mary had defeated him, On Mary the most atrocious Temptation. Temptation Against the flesh of the Mother. Temptation Against the Heart of the Mother. Temptation Against '''The Spirit''' of the Mother. The world believes that Redemption ended with my last breath. No. The Mother fulfilled it, adding her triple torture to redeem the triple concupiscence, fighting for three days Against Satan who wanted to lead her to deny my Word and not To Believe in my Resurrection.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2009/09-030.htm#CEV61016 EMV 610.16]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2009/09-032-02.htm#CEV61309 EMV 613.9]''' : That is what your Jesus suffered in His innocent body. And I do not speak to you of the tearing that my affection for my Mother caused me, especially seeing her pain. That pain was necessary, but it was my cruelest torment. Only the Father knows what His Word endured '''spiritually''', morally, physically.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2009/09-032-02.htm#CEV61309 EMV 613.9]</ref>
* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm#CEV65117 EMV 651.17]''' : "There is a difference between the separation of the Soul from the body for true death, and the momentary separation of '''the spirit''' from the body and from the Soul that vivifies it by Ecstasy or contemplative rapture. While the separation of the Soul from the body causes true death, ecstatic contemplation, that is the temporary escape of '''the spirit''' beyond the barriers of the senses and matter, does not cause death. And this is because the Soul does not detach and separate completely from the body, but does so only with its ''most excellent part'' which plunges into the fires of contemplation. All men, as long as they are alive, have within them the dead Soul due to sin or a living one by justice, but only the great lovers of God reach true contemplation. This tends to show that the Soul, which maintains existence as long as it is united to the body—and this particularity is the same in all men—has within itself a more excellent part: the Soul of the Soul, or '''the spirit of the spirit''', which in the just are very strong, whereas in those who have ceased to love God and His Law, even by lukewarmness or venial sins, they become weak, depriving the creature of the capacity to contemplate and to know, as much as a human creature can, according to the degree of perfection it has reached, God and His eternal truths. The more the creature loves God and serves Him with all its strength and possibilities, the more the most excellent part of its spirit increases its capacity to know, to contemplate, to penetrate eternal truths.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm#CEV65117 EMV 651.17]</ref>

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{{Other|See also:|Face and Appearance of Jesus}}[[File:JesusVivantFerri.jpg|thumb|Drawing of Jesus by [[Lorenzo Ferri]] based on the indications of [[Maria Valtorta]]. Source: documentary collection of the [[Maria Valtorta Heritage Foundation]].]]
<blockquote>
- "Your name." - "Jesus of [[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Joseph of Nazareth of Jacob]] of the race of David, and of [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] of [[Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary|Joachim]] of the race of David and of [[Anne of Aaron, mother of the Virgin Mary|Anne of Aaron]], Mary, the Virgin whose [[Union, Marriage, Unity|marriage]] was celebrated in the Temple, because she was an orphan, by the [[The High Priests|High Priest]], Salton the [[Law, Rules, Discipline|Law]] of [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-031.htm EMV 68]</ref> </blockquote>

===Jesus, true God and true man===
At the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) in the third year of his public life, Jesus' reputation is at its peak. The declared hostility of the [[Temple]] as well. "Who is he really?" is the debate among the crowd.<ref>[http://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-jean/3270-chapitre-7#v_24 John 7:25-30]</ref><blockquote>"The [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Messiah]] will be a being of mystery, but this Jesus we know. So he is not the Messiah."</blockquote>Jesus replies: "Do you know me?" and he elaborates an important discourse about his nature as God and his nature as man.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-182.htm#VousMeConnaissez EMV 487]</ref> It is certainly not the first time Jesus reveals his nature, but it is the most complete and explicit. The depth is such that [[Maria Valtorta]] admitted to grasping its importance, but not all its content.

===An existence rooted in history===
He is 30 years old at the beginning of his public life<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-032.htm EMV 69]</ref> which corresponds to the year 27 or 28 AD if we refer to the Jewish reply: "It took forty-six years to build this Temple."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-016.htm#Evangile EMV 53.5 and note 6 at the bottom of the page]</ref>-<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/2 John 2:20]</ref> Yet, the Temple was begun by [[Herod the Great]] in the eighteenth year of his reign. We know this from [http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/historiens/Flajose/intro.htm Flavius Josephus]. That is in 19 BC.<ref>See "Jesus in His Time", Daniel-Rops.</ref>

'''Birth''': "I am the Eternal Incense, [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]]. "Do you know that I was born precisely on the 25th of the month of Kisleu (Casleu)?"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-099.htm#DateNaissance EMV 132]</ref> This day is the feast of light (Hanukkah) whose festivities last eight days. Jesus was born in [[Bethlehem in Judah|Bethlehem Ephrath]]a (of Judea).<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-047.htm EMV 29]</ref>-<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm EMV 207]</ref> "(...) the [[Virgin Mary|Mother]] who was already about to give birth, came, under the order of Caesar Augustus, on the advice of the imperial delegate, Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, while Sentius Saturninus was governor of Palestine. The notice ordered the census of all inhabitants of the Empire ''(while the world was at Peace''<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-044.htm EMV 27]</ref>'').'' Those who were not [[Slaves, oppressed, prisoners|slaves]] had to go to their place of origin to register in the Empire's records. [[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Joseph]], husband of the Mother, was of the race of David and similarly the Mother. [[To obey, obedience, disobedience|Obedient]] to this notice, they left [[Nazareth]] to come to [[Bethlehem in Judah|Bethlehem]], cradle of the royal race. The inn and other lodgings being full, they found only a sort of poor cave to shelter in.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-046.htm#CEV02801 EMV 28.1]</ref> The weather was cold..."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-037.htm#CEV07311 EMV 73.11]</ref> Jesus is born.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-047.htm EMV 29]</ref> He then receives the [[Adoration]] of the [[The Shepherds of the Nativity|twelve shepherds]] on the night of his [[Nativity]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-049.htm EMV 30]</ref>, then one year later that of the [[The Magi (Wise Men, “Three Kings”)|magi]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-056.htm#CEV03401 EMV 34.1]</ref> It is known from the testimony of [[Gamaliel]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-081.htm EMV 114]</ref> that the year of his profession of [[Faith, conviction|faith]] (Bar-mitzvah) at the Passover of year 9, i.e. around 14 Nisan, the winter had been exceptionally cold, but followed by an exceptional harvest. The year then had 13 months (VeAdar).
[[File:Jesus12ansLorenzoFerri.jpg|thumb|Drawing of Jesus at Age twelve by [[Lorenzo Ferri]] based on the indications of [[Maria Valtorta]]. Source: documentary collection of the [[Maria Valtorta Heritage Foundation]].]]
Note that Jesus is good "son of David" according to the [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]], by the lineage of his grandfather [[Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary|Joachim]]. This corresponds to the attestation of the [[Angels|angel]] of the Annunciation: "The Lord [[God]] will give him the throne of David '''his father'''".<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3240-chapitre-1#v_32 Luke 1:32]</ref> It is often thought that this filiation only refers to his "father" Joseph. This is not the case: the belonging of Joseph AND Mary to the royal race is a cause of their marriage. Maria Valtorta, like other seers, confirms it.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-019.htm EMV 12]</ref>

At twelve years old, Jesus sustains a discussion in the Temple about the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Messiah]] with the greatest theologians of the time<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-068.htm#CEV04104 EMV 41.4-9]</ref>: [[Hillel]] the liberal, his grandson [[Gamaliel]] who will become a late [[Disciples|disciple]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-033.htm EMV 647]</ref> and [[Shammai, the great rabbi of Israel|Sciammaï]] the rigorist.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-068.htm EMV 102]</ref>

After the [[Agony, Death|death]] of his father [[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Joseph]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-070.htm EMV 104]</ref>, he resumes the trade of carpenter: "I worked up to fourteen hours a day without experiencing [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffering]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-172.htm EMV 306]</ref> Later, he will practice this profession episodically: to save a widow of [[Korazim|Capernaum]] from bankruptcy<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-130.htm EMV 267]</ref> or to repair furniture in Nazareth.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-126.htm EMV 434]</ref>

=Character and Appearance=
Maria Valtorta describes the appearance of Jesus at various stages: on earth – [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|resurrected]] – during the [[Visions and Dictations of Maria Valtorta|dictations]] – in Paradise: See also: [[Face and Appearance of Jesus]].

[[Anne of Aaron, mother of the Virgin Mary|Anne]] gave her height to her grandson and the more dark ivory color of the skin.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-007.htm EMV 5]</ref> Tall ''"blond, with long combed Hair, ivory white complexion, azure eyes'' (light blue), ''simple but majestic clothing".'' <blockquote>"Here is the beautiful voice, which cannot be confused with another, full, sonorous, peaceful, expressive, clear, manly, [[Gentle, Gentleness|soft]] and penetrating".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-019.htm#CEV05604 EMV 56.4]</ref>

"It is Jesus who intones with his powerful and very beautiful light baritone voice that brings out tenor vibrations."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-056.htm#CEV19504 EMV 195.4]</ref>
</blockquote>'''His appearance and character''' are described by Maria Valtorta following her [[Visions and Dictations of Maria Valtorta|visions]] of Jesus' life, notably in chapter 243.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-106.htm#PortraitJ%C3%A9sus Appearance and character, EMV 243]</ref>

But in addition to these visions, she sees and observes him when he appears in her room to talk with her and dictate catecheses:<blockquote>"Jesus is here, with his ordinary garment of white wool, ivory white, very different in weight and shade from the bright garment that seems made of immaterial linen, so white one would say it is made of threads of [[Light, Lamps|light]], covering him in [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]]. He is here with his beautiful, long, slender hands, old ivory white, with his pale, elongated Face where his dominant and [[Gentle, Gentleness|gentle]] sapphire dark eyes shine between thick lashes of a chestnut shimmering with reddish blonde. He is here with his long, blonde, soft Hair, brighter reddish blonde in the lighted parts and darker in the folds."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440607.htm#Aspect ''The Notebooks of 1944'', notes June 7]</ref> </blockquote>Jesus is rooted in a culture: his Galilean speech is recognizable.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-011.htm#Galileen EMV 625]</ref>
He is also very sensitive to nature and [[Creation, Creatures, Genesis, Theory of Evolution|creation]]:<blockquote>"Genesis lives in nature."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-020.htm#LaGen%C3%A8se EMV 160]</ref>

"I love [[Children, Childhood|children]] as I love flowers because they are [[Pure, Purity, Impure, Impurity|pure]] and without malice."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-027.htm EMV 167]</ref></blockquote>Here is also his action of [[Grace]] on the evening of his first anniversary of Public Life, while contemplating the beauties of a garden<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-103.htm#DonCr%C3%A9ation EMV 136]</ref>:
<blockquote>"I bless you, [[God|Father]] [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Holy]], for this [[Perfect, Perfection|perfection]] and for the [[Joy, happiness|joy]] You have given me!" </blockquote> He sleeps little.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-016.htm EMV 555]</ref> Walking and [[Evangelization, to evangelize|preaching]] by day, [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|praying]] often much of the night, Jesus does not seem affected by hunger, nor thirst, nor heat, nor cold, nor the severity of the seasons.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-040.htm#ResistanceJesus EMV 579.1-10]</ref>

One can read his description during the [[Transfiguration]], in the third year of his public life.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-037.htm#CEV34906 EMV 349.6]</ref>

The appearance of resurrected Jesus is described, during His Apparitions:
* On the morning of the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]], at the [[Tomb, Bones|tomb]]:<blockquote>"Jesus is quite different from what the mind can recall, he is in perfect form, without wounds or blood, but only dazzling with light streaming from the five wounds and coming out from all pores of his epidermis. (...) the rays that come from the hands and feet halo him with blades of light, from the head crowned with innumerable wounds of the crown of thorns which no longer bleed but only shine, to the edge of the garment when, opening his arms crossed on his chest, he reveals the area of very bright luminosity filtering through his clothing giving it the radiance of a sun at heart level.<ref>This vision should be compared with sacred Heart visions of Jesus received by Margaret Mary Alacoque, Sister Faustina, etc...</ref> Then, it is truly the "Light" which has taken body. It is not the weak light of earth, nor the poor shine of stars or sun. It is the Light of God: all paradisiacal splendor gathers into one Being and gives him an inconceivable azure blue in the eyes, golden Firex instead of hair, pure and angelic whites for clothing and colors and, indescribable by human words (...) the love of God, the love for God, this is the Light that is the risen Christ and gives him form."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-003.htm#CEV61704 EMV 617.4-5]</ref></blockquote>
*To his mother the Virgin Mary: <blockquote>"Mary, who was shaken by the noise and raises her head to see what wind opened the shutters, sees her Son radiant: paler, infinitely paler than he was before suffering, smiling, alive, brighter than the sun, clothed in white that seems woven light, and advancing toward her (...) And with a cry she throws herself at his neck, embraces and kisses him, laughing in her tears. She kisses his forehead where there are no more wounds, his head no longer disheveled nor covered in blood, his dazzling eyes, his healed cheeks, his mouth no longer swollen. Then she takes his hands and kisses the top and palm upon the radiant wounds, and suddenly bends down to his feet, uncovering them from under his splendid garment and kisses them. (...)"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-004.htm#CEV61802 EMV 618.2-3]</ref></blockquote>
*To the [[Apostles]]: <blockquote>"Look. These are real hands and real wounds. Observe my feet. See how the mark is that of the nail? Yes, it is really Me and not a phantom. Touch me. Specters have no bodies. I have real flesh on a real skeleton." He puts his hand on the head of John who dared approach Him: "Do you feel? It is warm and heavy." He breathes on the Face: "And this is the breath." (...) Jesus offers food and eats and gives each a bit of what he eats. And he looks at them, so kind but so majestic, that they are paralyzed. (...) Jesus seems to emit light while being of flesh similar to ours."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-013.htm#CEV62706 EMV 627.6] ; [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm#CEV62902 EMV 629.2-4]</ref></blockquote>
*To the Apostles and the returned Thomas: <blockquote>"The body of Jesus is first made of light lines, like I see in Heaven the Father and the holy Angels: immaterial. Then he materializes more and more until taking in every respect the aspect of a real body, that of his divine glorified body. (...) Jesus is clothed in white, as when he was resurrected and appeared to his Mother. Very paler, affectionate and smiling, he keeps his arms along the body, slightly apart, with hands toward the earth and palms facing the Apostles. The wounds on the hands look like two diamond stars from which come two very bright rays. I do not see his feet, covered by his garment, nor his side. But the fabric of his garment, which is not terrestrial, lets light pass where it covers the divine wounds. At first, it seems that Jesus is only a body of moonlight then, when he materializes appearing outside the halo of light, he has the natural colors of his Hair, his eyes, his skin. It is Jesus, in short, Jesus-man-God, but now more solemn since he is resurrected." (...) And when he shows his wounds to Thomas: "Light no longer comes out of the wounds since, coming out of his moonlight halo, he began to walk like a mortal man, so that the wounds appear in their bloody reality: two irregular holes - the left one goes to the thumb - piercing a wrist and a palm at their base, and a long cut, which on the upper side slightly forms a circumflex accent, on his side."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm#CEV63002 EMV 630.2]</ref></blockquote>
* During his Ascension: <blockquote>"Jesus stands on a large white stone standing out a bit in the green grass of a clearing. He is flooded with sunlight which makes his garment snow-white and makes his Hair shine like gold. His eyes shine with a divine light. He opens his arms in an embrace gesture. He seems to want to hold to his breast all the multitudes of the earth that his spirit sees represented in this crowd. (...) He transfigures into pale. How pale he is! Paler than on Tabor, even more. All fall on their knees to worship him. While already he rises from the stone he is on, he looks once more for the Face of his Mother, and his smile attains a power that no one will ever be able to render… It is his last goodbye to his Mother. He rises, rises… The sun, now freer to embrace him, since no Fireillage, even light, intercepts its rays, strikes with its brilliance the God-Man who rises with his very holy body to Heaven, and unveils his glorious wounds that shine like vivid rubies. The rest is a nacreous light smile. It is really the Light that manifests itself for what it is, at this last instant as in the night of the Nativity. The Creation sparkles with the light of Christ rising. Light that surpasses that of the sun… Supernatural and Goodly light… Light descending from Heaven against the Light ascending… And Jesus Christ, the Word of God, disappears from the sight of men in an ocean of splendors…”<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm#CEV63823 EMV 638.23]</ref></blockquote>

=His public life=

The three years of public life mark the three blows of the [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|Redemption]] of [[Man, Humanity, Human|Humanity]]. In<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-002.htm EMV 142]</ref>, Jesus distinguishes three Faces for the three years of his public life: "At the beginning, dominated the '''Master''', Now, here is revealed the '''[[To Save|Savior]]'''. The end will have the Face of the '''[[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|Redeemer]]'''".

<blockquote> '''The first year''', that of the '''Master''', begins with his [[Baptism]], his [[Retreat, Rest, Comfort|retreat]] in the desert. It is the year of recruiting his future [[Apostles]] and his [[The Seventy-Two Disciples|main Disciples]]. He is rejected by the [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|great]] of Judea. It ends with life in common with his Apostles at the [[Clear Water|Beautiful-Water]], where he gives his first series of [[Teaching, Catechism|teachings]] (the [[Decalogue, Ten Commandments|Decalogue]]) ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-085.htm EMV 118] to [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-099.htm EMV 132]).

'''The second year''', the year of the '''Savior''', sees a speech of rupture with the Pharisees delivered at [[Caesarea on the Sea]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-014.htm EMV 154]</ref> and the establishment of a group of [[The Women Disciples|Women Disciples]], who will become the 12 holy Women who will follow him to Calvary. ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-010.htm EMV 150] to [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-017.htm EMV 157]).

It is the year of the great teaching of the Sermon on the Mount, the [[Beatitudes, Blessed|Beatitudes]] ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-029.htm EMV 169] to [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm EMV 174]) which truly foundations all his [[Teaching, Catechism|teaching]] as [[To Save|Savior]] (early Adar). "I, who am the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]], constantly pray for the [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|strength]] Against [[Satan]]." ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-043.htm EMV 183] to [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-114.htm EMV 251] / [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-115.htm EMV 252]).

Hostility grows against Him. [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]] becomes radicalized and begins to [[Betrayal, To Betray, Denunciation|betray]]: the first time during a stay in [[Nazareth]], then denouncing "undesirable" persons from Jesus' entourage ([[John of Endor]], [[Syntyche|Sintica]]). This forces concerned people to go into exile to [[Antioch]]. They will found the Christian community of this city.

'''The third year,''' the year of the '''Redeemer''', is the opportunity for travels with some Apostles. Judas and [[Thomas the Apostle|Thomas]] have been kept away under the pretext of Hanukkah celebrations. [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]], during this winter period, will begin a real manhunt to find the "fugitives", while Thomas [[Evangelization, to evangelize|evangelizes]] his region, [[Ramah (Judea)]] in Judea. Jesus transfigures into [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|Redeemer]]: he founds his [[Church]] by instituting [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]], then revealing himself during the [[Transfiguration]] on Mount [[Mount Tabor|Tabor]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-037.htm EMV 349]</ref>

Shortly before the 3rd Passover, Jesus performs the second multiplication of loaves. He then reaches a peak of popularity yet he delivers a radical rupture discourse: that on the [[Bread, Bread of Heaven|Bread]] of Life<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-044.htm#CEV35411 EMV 354.11]</ref>, which divides his followers in two camps: a small number who remain [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|faithful]] to him, and a mass who will now join those hostile to him. Judas, despite short periods of improvement, becomes more and more Satanized openly. Jesus will spend in [[Achzib|Aczib]] a very hard period of [[Penance, fasting|fasting]] and [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prayer]] to try to redeem him: in vain.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-005.htm EMV 317]</ref>

Thus Jesus, in this setting of great hostility and great faithfulness, will be able to say: "Hatred and [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] drive me to fulfill my [[Destiny, Fate|destiny]]." During the 3rd Pentecost an important event occurs: the speech of rupture with pharisaism at the Banquet of [[Helkai the Pharisee|Elchias]]: "Woe to you hypocritical Pharisees" ... (<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-matthieu/3203-chapitre-23 Matthew 23:1-36]</ref>-<ref> [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-marc/3220-chapitre-12#v_37 Mark 12:37b-40]</ref>-<ref> [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3250-chapitre-11#v_37 Luke 11:37-52]</ref>). From then on, the setting that will lead to the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]] is put in place: the will to kill Jesus by the Pharisees, and the decision to deceive Judas.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-103.htm EMV 414]</ref> Must Jesus be Saved? No, Jesus answers [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]]: "I must [[To Save]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-104.htm EMV 415.5]</ref> </blockquote>'''Miscellaneous''' : The crown of the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]] was made of nabak spines, the jujube tree of Palestine.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-036.htm#CEV57513 EMV 575.13]
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=His name=
Latin name, derived from the Greek "Iêsous", itself coming from the Hebrew "yechoua", late form of "yehochoua", i.e. Joshua: "the Eternal is [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|salvation]] or [[God]] saves". One of the pronunciations of Jesus had to be Jesaï if we believe the name given to a [[Jesai of Juttah|small child]], and the reflection of [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] in<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-054.htm#Jesai EMV 89]</ref>'''. '''

In the [[Book of Azarias|Book of Azarias]], the angel explains the Hebrew name of Jesus "Yehoshua":<blockquote>"Being Jesus Christ, has he ceased to be God? No, he has not ceased to be, but he went as far as assuming human nature, becoming truly man in order to be the Savior, that is Yehoshua.<ref>The [https://www.scrittivaltorta.altervista.org/azaria/azaria_37.pdf Italian text] spells it: Jeos(c)iuà.</ref>

Scholars explain that it means Savior. But, my [[Soul]], it also means something Good more powerful! Contemplate and compare the name of the son of Mary with the name of God as the Hebrews said it. They have the same root to signify the same origin and the same nature. Jesus therefore means God, still God. And it also means Savior by its second part: Oshua.<ref>The Italian text spells: os(c)iuà.</ref> However, his ancestry, more precisely his origin in God the Father, is confirmed by the root of the name."<ref>''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias37.htm The Book of Azarias, Feast of Christ the King]'', 20th Sunday after Pentecost, p. 271.</ref></blockquote>Yehoshua is contraction of "Yeho" (יְהוֹ) which represents the name of God (יהוח) and of "shua" (שוע) meaning "a cry for help!" that is a cry uttered by someone asking to be [[Help, Aid|rescued]].
==In "The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me"==

===Key passages===
*Power of the [[The Divine Name|name]] of Jesus.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-089.htm#NomDeJ%C3%A9sus EMV 122]</ref>
*The divine nature of Jesus.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-082.htm#JeSuis EMV 220]</ref>
*Jesus openly declares himself Son of God in the Temple of [[Jerusalem]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-087.htm#FilsDeGod EMV 225]</ref>
*Portrait of Jesus.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-106.htm#PortraitJ%C3%A9sus EMV 243]</ref>
*In the beginning was the [[Word, Verb|Word]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-107.htm#Prologue EMV 244]</ref>
*2nd apologue of the fable Against Abimelech related to the [[Destiny, Fate|destiny]] of Jesus.<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Jg/9 Judges 9:7-20] ; [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-109.htm#ApologueJ%C3%A9sus EMV 246].</ref>
*How [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]] sees in Jesus a Messiah with a human face.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-127.htm#JugementJudas EMV 264]</ref>
*But people, what do they say I am? And how do they define the Son of man?<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-031.htm#QueDisentIls EMV 343]</ref>
*Long live Jesus, because Jesus means "Savior". And it is I who [[To Save|save]] you. I save you all, [[Rich, Riches, Treasure|rich]] and [[Poor, Poverty|poor]], [[Children, Childhood|children]] and the elderly, Israelites and [[Pagans, Gentiles (Goyim)|pagans]], all, provided you want to give me the [[Will, Good or Bad Will|will]] to be saved. Jesus is for all.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm#NomJ%C3%A9sus EMV 370]</ref>
*"Tell us then who you are, from your mouth of [[Truth, sincerity|truth]] and [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]]" - "Have I not told you many times who I am? It has been nearly three years that I tell you, and before Me John told you at the Jordan and the [[Voice of God|Voice]] of [[God]] coming from [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]]."<ref>[http://www.info-bible.org/lsg/43.Jean.html#10.22 John 10:22-39] ; [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-234.htm#CEV53705 EMV 537.5].</ref>

===All the Apparitions and mentions of Jesus===
<blockquote>'''Mary's childhood:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-001.htm EMV 1] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-004.htm EMV 3] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-006.htm EMV 4] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-008.htm EMV 5] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-010.htm EMV 6] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-012.htm EMV 7] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-017.htm EMV 10] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-021.htm EMV 13]

'''The Nativity cycle:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-024.htm EMV 17] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-026.htm EMV 17] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-047.htm EMV 29] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-048.htm EMV 29] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-049.htm EMV 30] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-050.htm EMV 30] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-051.htm EMV 31] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-052.htm EMV 31] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-053.htm EMV 32] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-054.htm EMV 32] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-055.htm EMV 33] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-056.htm EMV 34] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-057.htm EMV 34] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-058.htm EMV 35] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-059.htm EMV 35] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-060.htm EMV 36] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-061.htm EMV 36]

'''Jesus' youth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-062.htm EMV 37] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-063.htm EMV 37] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-064.htm EMV 38] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-065.htm EMV 39] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-066.htm EMV 39] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-067.htm EMV 40] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-068.htm EMV 41] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-069.htm EMV 41] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-070.htm EMV 42] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-071.htm EMV 42] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-072.htm EMV 43]

'''Preparation for Public Life:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-001.htm EMV 44] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-002.htm EMV 44] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-003.htm EMV 45] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-004.htm EMV 45] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-005.htm EMV 46]

'''Call of the first Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-006.htm EMV 46] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-007.htm EMV 47] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-008.htm EMV 47] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-010.htm EMV 49] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-011.htm EMV 49] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-012.htm EMV 50] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-013.htm EMV 51] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-014.htm EMV 52] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-015.htm EMV 52] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-016.htm EMV 53] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-017.htm EMV 54] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-018.htm EMV 55] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-019.htm EMV 56]

'''Beginning of the apostolate in Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-020.htm EMV 57] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-021.htm EMV 58] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-022.htm EMV 59] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-023.htm EMV 60] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-024.htm EMV 61] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-025.htm EMV 62] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-026.htm EMV 63] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-027.htm EMV 64] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-028.htm EMV 65]

'''Apostolic journey in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-029.htm EMV 66] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-030.htm EMV 67] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-031.htm EMV 68] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-032.htm EMV 69] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-033.htm EMV 70] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-034.htm EMV 70] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-035.htm EMV 71] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-036.htm EMV 72] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-037.htm EMV 73] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-038.htm EMV 74] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-039.htm EMV 75] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-040.htm EMV 76] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-041.htm EMV 77] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-042.htm EMV 78] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-043.htm EMV 79] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-044.htm EMV 80] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-045.htm EMV 81] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-046.htm EMV 82] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-047.htm EMV 83] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-048.htm EMV 83] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-049.htm EMV 84] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-050.htm EMV 85] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-051.htm EMV 86]

'''Selection of the last Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-052.htm EMV 87] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-053.htm EMV 88] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-054.htm EMV 89] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-055.htm EMV 90] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-056.htm EMV 91] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-057.htm EMV 92] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-058.htm EMV 93] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-059.htm EMV 94] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm EMV 95] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-061.htm EMV 96] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-062.htm EMV 97]

'''The last shepherds:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-063.htm EMV 98] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-064.htm EMV 99] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-065.htm EMV 100] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-066.htm EMV 101] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-067.htm EMV 106] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-068.htm EMV 102] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-069.htm EMV 103] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-070.htm EMV 104] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-071.htm EMV 105] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-072.htm EMV 105] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-073.htm EMV 106] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-074.htm EMV 107] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-075.htm EMV 108] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-076.htm EMV 109]

'''In Judea before common life:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-077.htm EMV 110] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-078.htm EMV 111] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-079.htm EMV 112] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-080.htm EMV 113] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-081.htm EMV 114] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-082.htm EMV 115] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-083.htm EMV 116] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-084.htm EMV 117] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-085.htm EMV 118]

'''Teachings on the Ten Commandments:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-086.htm EMV 119] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-087.htm EMV 120] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-088.htm EMV 121] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-089.htm EMV 122] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-090.htm EMV 123] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-091.htm EMV 124] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-092.htm EMV 125] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-093.htm EMV 126] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-094.htm EMV 127] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-095.htm EMV 128] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-096.htm EMV 129] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-097.htm EMV 130] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-098.htm EMV 131] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-099.htm EMV 132]

'''End of year festivities:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-100.htm EMV 133] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-101.htm EMV 134] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-102.htm EMV 135] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-103.htm EMV 136] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-104.htm EMV 137] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-105.htm EMV 138] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-106.htm EMV 139] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-107.htm EMV 140] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-001.htm EMV 141] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-002.htm EMV 142]

'''The Samaritan woman:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-003.htm EMV 143] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-004.htm EMV 144] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-005.htm EMV 145] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-006.htm EMV 146] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-007.htm EMV 147] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-008.htm EMV 148] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-009.htm EMV 149]

'''The female apostolate:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-010.htm EMV 150] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-011.htm EMV 151] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-012.htm EMV 152] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-013.htm EMV 153] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-014.htm EMV 154] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-015.htm EMV 155] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-016.htm EMV 156] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-017.htm EMV 157] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-018.htm EMV 158]

'''In Galilee, the choice of Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-019.htm EMV 159] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-020.htm EMV 160] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-021.htm EMV 161] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-022.htm EMV 162] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-023.htm EMV 163] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-024.htm EMV 164] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-025.htm EMV 165] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-026.htm EMV 166] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-027.htm EMV 167] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-028.htm EMV 168]

'''The Sermon on the Mount:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-029.htm EMV 169] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-030.htm EMV 170] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-031.htm EMV 171] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-032.htm EMV 172] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-033.htm EMV 173] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm EMV 174] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-035.htm EMV 175] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-036.htm EMV 176]

'''Apostolate in Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-037.htm EMV 177] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-038.htm EMV 178] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-039.htm EMV 179] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-040.htm EMV 180] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-041.htm EMV 181] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-042.htm EMV 182] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-043.htm EMV 183] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-044.htm EMV 184] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-045.htm EMV 185] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-046.htm EMV 185] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-047.htm EMV 186]

'''The second paschal journey:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-048.htm EMV 187] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-049.htm EMV 188] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-050.htm EMV 189] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-051.htm EMV 190] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-052.htm EMV 191] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-053.htm EMV 192] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-054.htm EMV 193] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-055.htm EMV 194] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-056.htm EMV 195] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-057.htm EMV 196] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-058.htm EMV 197] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-059.htm EMV 198] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-060.htm EMV 199] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-061.htm EMV 200] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-062.htm EMV 201] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-063.htm EMV 202] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-064.htm EMV 203]

'''Apostolate in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-065.htm EMV 204] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-066.htm EMV 205] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-067.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-068.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm EMV 207] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-070.htm EMV 208] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-071.htm EMV 209] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-072.htm EMV 210] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-073.htm EMV 211] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-074.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-075.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-076.htm EMV 214] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-077.htm EMV 215]

'''Apostolate in Philistia:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-078.htm EMV 216] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-079.htm EMV 217] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-080.htm EMV 218] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-081.htm EMV 219] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-082.htm EMV 220] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-083.htm EMV 221] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-084.htm EMV 222] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-085.htm EMV 223] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-086.htm EMV 224] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-087.htm EMV 225]

'''The conversion of Mary Magdalene:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-088.htm EMV 226] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-088.htm EMV 228] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-090.htm EMV 229] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-091.htm EMV 230] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-092.htm EMV 231] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-093.htm EMV 232] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-094.htm EMV 233] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-095.htm EMV 234] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-096.htm EMV 235] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-097.htm EMV 236] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-098.htm EMV 236] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-099.htm EMV 236] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-100.htm EMV 237] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-101.htm EMV 238] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-102.htm EMV 239] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-103.htm EMV 240] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-103.htm EMV 241] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-105.htm EMV 242] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-106.htm EMV 243] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-107.htm EMV 244] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-108.htm EMV 245] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-109.htm EMV 246] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-110.htm EMV 247] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-111.htm EMV 248] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-112.htm EMV 249] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-113.htm EMV 250] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-113.htm EMV 251] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-115.htm EMV 252] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-116.htm EMV 253] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-117.htm EMV 254] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-118.htm EMV 255]

'''Sending Apostles and Disciples on Mission:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-119.htm EMV 256] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-120.htm EMV 257] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-121.htm EMV 258] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-122.htm EMV 259] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-123.htm EMV 260] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-124.htm EMV 261] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-125.htm EMV 262] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-126.htm EMV 263] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-127.htm EMV 264] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-128.htm EMV 265] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-129.htm EMV 266] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-130.htm EMV 267] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-131.htm EMV 268] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-132.htm EMV 269] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-133.htm EMV 270] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-134.htm EMV 271] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm EMV 272] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-136.htm EMV 273] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-137.htm EMV 274] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-138.htm EMV 274] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-139.htm EMV 275] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-140.htm EMV 276] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-141.htm EMV 277] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-142.htm EMV 278] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-143.htm EMV 279] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-144.htm EMV 280]

'''Perea, Gilead and Trachonitis:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-146.htm EMV 282] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-147.htm EMV 283] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-148.htm EMV 284] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-149.htm 4.149 -] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-150.htm EMV 286] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-151.htm EMV 287] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-152.htm EMV 288] 4.153 [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-154.htm EMV 290] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-155.htm EMV 291] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-156.htm EMV 292] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-157.htm EMV 293] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-158.htm EMV 294] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-159.htm EMV 295] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-160.htm EMV 296] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-161.htm EMV 297] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-162.htm EMV 298] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-163.htm EMV 298] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-164.htm EMV 299] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-165.htm EMV 299] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-165.htm EMV 300] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-167.htm EMV 301] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-168.htm EMV 302]

'''End of year festivities in Nazareth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-169.htm EMV 303] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-170.htm EMV 304] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-171.htm EMV 305] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-172.htm EMV 306] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-173.htm EMV 307] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-174.htm EMV 308] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-175.htm EMV 309] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-176.htm EMV 310] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-177.htm EMV 311] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-178.htm EMV 312]

'''The journey of the Disciples to Antioch:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-001.htm EMV 313] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-002.htm EMV 314] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-003.htm EMV 315] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-004.htm EMV 316] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-005.htm EMV 317] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-006.htm EMV 318] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-013.htm EMV 325] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-014.htm EMV 326]

'''Phoenicia and Upper Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-015.htm EMV 327] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-016.htm EMV 328] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-017.htm EMV 329] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-018.htm EMV 330] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-019.htm EMV 331] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-020.htm EMV 332] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-021.htm EMV 333] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-022.htm EMV 334] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-023.htm EMV 335] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-024.htm EMV 336] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-025.htm EMV 337] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-026.htm EMV 338] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-027.htm EMV 339] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-028.htm EMV 340] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-029.htm EMV 341] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-030.htm EMV 342] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-031.htm EMV 343] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-032.htm EMV 344] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-033.htm EMV 345] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-034.htm EMV 346] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-035.htm EMV 347]

'''The Transfiguration and the Bread of Heaven:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-036.htm EMV 348] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-037.htm EMV 349] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-038.htm EMV 350] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-039.htm EMV 351] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-040.htm EMV 352] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-041.htm EMV 352] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-042.htm EMV 353] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-043.htm EMV 353] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-044.htm EMV 354] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-045.htm EMV 355] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-046.htm EMV 356] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-047.htm EMV 357] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-048.htm EMV 358] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-049.htm EMV 359] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-050.htm EMV 360] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-051.htm EMV 361] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-052.htm EMV 362] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-053.htm EMV 363]

'''The penultimate Passover:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-054.htm EMV 364] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-055.htm EMV 365] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-056.htm EMV 366] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-057.htm EMV 367] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm EMV 368] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-059.htm EMV 369] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm EMV 370] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-061.htm EMV 371] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-062.htm EMV 372] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-063.htm EMV 373] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-064.htm EMV 374] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-065.htm EMV 375] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-067.htm EMV 377] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-068.htm EMV 378] In Judea: [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-069.htm EMV 379] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-070.htm EMV 380] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-071.htm EMV 381] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-072.htm EMV 382] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-073.htm EMV 383] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-074.htm EMV 384] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-075.htm EMV 385]

'''AGods in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-076.htm EMV 386] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-077.htm EMV 387] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-078.htm EMV 388] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-079.htm EMV 389] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-080.htm EMV 390] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-081.htm EMV 391] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-082.htm EMV 392] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-083.htm EMV 393] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-084.htm EMV 394] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-085.htm EMV 395] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-086.htm EMV 397] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-087.htm EMV 398] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-088.htm EMV 399] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-089.htm EMV 400] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-090.htm EMV 401] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-091.htm EMV 402] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-092.htm EMV 403]

'''Plain of Sharon:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-093.htm EMV 404] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-094.htm EMV 405] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-095.htm EMV 406] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-096.htm EMV 407] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-097.htm EMV 408] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-098.htm EMV 409] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-099.htm EMV 410] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-100.htm EMV 411] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-101.htm EMV 412]

'''Pentecost, Decapolis and Plain of Esdraelon:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-102.htm EMV 413] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-103.htm EMV 414] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-104.htm EMV 415] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-105.htm EMV 416] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-106.htm EMV 417] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-107.htm EMV 417] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-108.htm 6.108] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-109.htm EMV 418] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-110.htm EMV 419] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-111.htm EMV 420] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-112.htm EMV 421] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-113.htm EMV 422] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-114.htm EMV 423] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-115.htm EMV 424] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-116.htm EMV 425] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-117.htm EMV 426] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm EMV 427] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-119.htm EMV 428] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-120.htm EMV 429] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-121.htm EMV 430] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-122.htm EMV 430] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-123.htm EMV 431] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-124.htm EMV 432]

'''Summer in Nazareth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-125.htm EMV 433] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-126.htm EMV 434] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-127.htm EMV 435] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-128.htm EMV 436] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-129.htm EMV 437] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-130.htm EMV 438] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-131.htm EMV 439] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-132.htm EMV 440] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-133.htm EMV 441] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-134.htm EMV 442] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-135.htm EMV 443] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-136.htm EMV 444] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-137.htm EMV 445] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-138.htm EMV 446] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-139.htm EMV 447] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-140.htm EMV 448] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-141.htm EMV 449] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-142.htm EMV 450] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-143.htm EMV 451] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-144.htm EMV 452] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-145.htm EMV 453] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-146.htm EMV 454] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-147.htm EMV 455] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-148.htm EMV 456] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-149.htm EMV 457] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-150.htm EMV 458] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-151.htm EMV 459] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-152.htm EMV 460] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-153.htm EMV 461] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-154.htm EMV 462] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-155.htm EMV 463] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-156.htm EMV 464] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-157.htm EMV 464] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-158.htm EMV 465]

'''In Syro-Phoenicia:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-159.htm EMV 466] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-160.htm EMV 467] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-161.htm EMV 468] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-162.htm EMV 468] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-163.htm EMV 469] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-164.htm EMV 470] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-165.htm EMV 471] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-166.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-167.htm EMV 473] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-168.htm EMV 473] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-169.htm EMV 474] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-171.htm EMV 476] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-172.htm EMV 477] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-173.htm EMV 478] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-174.htm EMV 479] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-175.htm EMV 480] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-176.htm EMV 481] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-177.htm EMV 482] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-178.htm EMV 483] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-179.htm EMV 484]

'''The Feast of Tabernacles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-180.htm EMV 485] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-181.htm EMV 486] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-182.htm EMV 487] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-183.htm EMV 488] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-184.htm EMV 489] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-185.htm EMV 490] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-186.htm EMV 491] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-187.htm EMV 492] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-188.htm EMV 493] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-189.htm EMV 494] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-190.htm EMV 494] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-191.htm EMV 495]

'''In Moab and Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-192.htm EMV 496] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-193.htm EMV 497] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-194.htm EMV 498] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-195.htm EMV 499] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-196.htm EMV 500] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-197.htm EMV 501] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-198.htm EMV 502] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-199.htm EMV 503] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-200.htm EMV 503] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-201.htm EMV 504] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-202.htm EMV 505] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-203.htm EMV 506] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-204.htm EMV 507] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-205.htm EMV 508] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-206.htm EMV 509] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-207.htm EMV 510] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-208.htm EMV 511] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-209.htm EMV 512] -[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-210.htm EMV 513] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-211.htm EMV 514] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-212.htm EMV 515] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-213.htm EMV 516] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-214.htm EMV 517] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-215.htm EMV 518] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-216.htm EMV 519] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-217.htm EMV 520] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-218.htm EMV 521] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-219.htm EMV 522] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-220.htm EMV 523] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-221.htm EMV 524] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-222.htm EMV 525] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-223.htm EMV 526]

'''The Feast of the Dedication:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-224.htm EMV 527] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-225.htm EMV 528] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-224.htm EMV 529] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-227.htm EMV 530] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-228.htm EMV 531] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-229.htm EMV 532] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-230.htm EMV 533] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-231.htm EMV 534] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-233.htm EMV 536] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-234.htm EMV 537] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-235.htm EMV 538] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-236.htm EMV 539] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-237.htm EMV 540]

'''The resurrection of Lazarus:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-005.htm EMV 544] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-005.htm EMV 545] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-006.htm EMV 546] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-007.htm EMV 547] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm EMV 548] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-009.htm EMV 548] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-010.htm EMV 549] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-011.htm EMV 550]

'''Exile in Samaria:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-012.htm EMV 551] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-013.htm EMV 552] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-014.htm EMV 553] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-015.htm EMV 554] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-016.htm EMV 555] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-017.htm EMV 556] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-018.htm EMV 557] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-019.htm EMV 558] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-020.htm EMV 559] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-021.htm EMV 560] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-022.htm EMV 561] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-023.htm EMV 562] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-024.htm EMV 563] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-025.htm EMV 564] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-026.htm EMV 565] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm EMV 567] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-029.htm EMV 568] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-030.htm EMV 569] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-031.htm EMV 570] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-032.htm EMV 571] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-033.htm EMV 572] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-034.htm EMV 573] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-035.htm EMV 574] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-036.htm EMV 575]

'''Return to Jerusalem:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-037.htm EMV 576] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-039.htm EMV 578] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-040.htm EMV 579] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-041.htm EMV 580] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-042.htm EMV 581] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-043.htm EMV 582] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-044.htm EMV 583] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm EMV 584] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-046.htm EMV 585] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-047.htm EMV 586]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-001.htm EMV 601] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-002.htm EMV 106] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-003.htm EMV 477] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-004.htm EMV 603] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-005.htm EMV 603] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-006.htm EMV 587] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-007.htm EMV 588]

'''Holy Week:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-008.htm EMV 589] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-010.htm EMV 591] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-011.htm EMV 592] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-012.htm EMV 593] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-013.htm EMV 594] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-014.htm EMV 595] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm EMV 596] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-016.htm EMV 597] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-017.htm EMV 598] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-018.htm EMV 599]

'''The Passion:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm EMV 600] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-020.htm 9.20] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-021.htm EMV 602] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm EMV 604] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-023.htm EMV 604] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-024.htm EMV 605] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-025.htm EMV 605] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-026.htm EMV 606] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-027.htm EMV 607] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-028.htm EMV 608] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm EMV 609] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-030.htm EMV 610] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-031.htm EMV 611] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-032.htm EMV 612] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-033.htm#SainteFace EMV 612] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-034.htm EMV 614] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-035.htm EMV 615]

'''Easter Sunday:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-001.htm EMV 616] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-002.htm EMV 616] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-003.htm EMV 617] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-004.htm EMV 618] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-005.htm EMV 619] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-006.htm EMV 620] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm EMV 621] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm EMV 622] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-009.htm EMV 623] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-010.htm EMV 624] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-011.htm EMV 625]

'''From Resurrection to Ascension:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-013.htm EMV 627] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-014.htm EMV 628] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm EMV 629] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm EMV 630] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-017.htm EMV 631] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-018.htm EMV 632] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-019.htm EMV 633] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-020.htm EMV 634] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-021.htm EMV 635] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-028.htm EMV 643] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-029.htm EMV 644] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-030.htm EMV 645] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-031.htm EMV 645] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-032.htm EMV 646] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-033.htm EMV 647] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-035.htm EMV 649] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-036.htm EMV 650] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm EMV 651] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-038.htm EMV 652]</blockquote>

==In other works of Maria Valtorta==

===[[Notebooks of 1943]]===

*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431229.htm#JesusMarie '''Dictation of December 29''']''' :''' "I was able to good compare the two bodies and two faces (of Jesus and Mary), because they were close to each other, on the right side of my bed, Jesus near my bedside, Mary to his right toward the foot of the bed. Mary was smaller by the whole head of her Son, so that the Virgin's head was at the shoulder level of the Son who is ''very'' tall. She is much thinner than him who has broad shoulders and a robust body without being fat. The complexion of the Face ivory white. Only the lips are accentuated in their color, which contrasts with this colorless color of the skin: the eyes, light blue those of the Virgin, darker those of the Son, and larger. Dominicating eyes, but so gentle! The Hair lighter with the Mother, a more vivid color with the Son, but always blond tending towards copper and also fine, silky and with waves ending with curls in Jesus […] Both have an elongated oval face, slim but not bony. Mary's is more delicate, smaller, proportional to the body. But the forehead, nose, mouth, shapes of the cheeks, shape of the eye, smooth eyelid and rather lowered, are the same. Except that, I repeat, Jesus' eyes are larger and their gaze is that of a dominator. The hands, very white and very small in Mary, are more masculine in the Son and darker skin, but their shape is very similar in both compared to width."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431229.htm#JesusMarie Dictation December 29, 1943]</ref>

===[[Notebooks of 1944]]===
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440102.htm#JudasJean '''Catechesis of January 2'''] : "Maria, the life of [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]] is a teaching even in its most insignificant details, and I teach you because I want you to know me and imitate me even in the smallest things."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440102.htm#JudasJean Catechesis January 2, 1944]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440110.htm#VisionJesus '''Catechesis of January 10'''] : Jesus in Paradise: "I saw Jesus. Not the Master Jesus I usually see. But Jesus as king. He was clothed in white, but his garment was luminous and extremely white, like that of [[Virgin Mary|Mary]]. This garment seemed made of light. He was extraordinarily pale, vigorous, imposing, perfect, radiant. With his right hand - he was standing - he held his sceptre, which is also his banner… But I assure you that, if he did not look at me with [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]], I could not withstand the radiance of his gaze and appearance. He is truly the ''King of terrible majesty'' of whom people speak."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440110.htm#VisionJesus Catechesis January 10, 1944 ]</ref>

==Learn more==

===Historical testimonies of Jesus' existence===
Christian documents on Jesus: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament The New Testament] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Martyr Justin Martyr (100-165)] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertullian Tertullian (c. 155 - c. 225)].

Non-Christian documents on Jesus: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thallus Thallus] - [https://www.info-bible.org/histoire/jesus.htm#_Toc2528250 Josephus (37-97)] - [https://www.info-bible.org/histoire/jesus.htm#_Toc2528251 Syriac Manuscript n° 14658 of the British Museum (around 73)] - [https://www.info-bible.org/histoire/jesus.htm#_Toc2528252 Suetonius (69 - 125)] - [https://www.info-bible.org/histoire/jesus.htm#_Toc2528253 Cornelius Tacitus (55 - 118)] - [https://www.info-bible.org/histoire/jesus.htm#_Toc2528254 Pliny the Younger (61 - 114)] - [https://www.info-bible.org/histoire/jesus.htm#_Toc2528255 Lucian of Samosata (125 - 192)] - [https://www.info-bible.org/histoire/jesus.htm#_Toc2528256 Celsus (2nd century AD)] - [https://www.info-bible.org/histoire/jesus.htm#_Toc2528257 The Talmud].

==Notes and references==
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[[fr:Jésus]]

Lazarus of Bethany

2026-04-27T12:15:10Z

Emmanuel: Text replacement - "MarTyre, MarTyredom, Persecutions" to "Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions"

[[File:LazareFerri.jpg|thumb|Drawing of Lazarus by [[Lorenzo Ferri]] Salton according to the indications of [[Maria Valtorta]]. Source: documentary collection of the [[Maria Valtorta Heritage Foundation]].]]
Lazarus is a man of the Jewish high society, son of a Syrian, [[Theophilus]], local governor of the Province, and of [[Eucheria of Theophilus]], a Judean of royal lineage. This explains the protection he and his properties benefit from by the [[The Romans|Roman]] authorities.

For Lazarus, by inheritance, is "powerfully rich. A good part of the city (of [[Jerusalem]]) belongs to him as well as many lands in Palestine." He notably owns:

* the Cenacle,
* a property in Jerusalem outside the walls, near the [[Kidron|Cedron]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-083.htm#CEV11604 EMV 116.4]</ref>,
* [[Gethsemane]], outside the city, on the [[Mount of Olives]],
* a rich [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-062.htm#PalaisDeLazare palace in Jerusalem], guarded by [[Levi the caretaker|Levi]], which he deserts as long as his sister, [[Mary of Magdala (Magdalene)]], behaves improperly,
* [[Bethany]] where he takes refuge with his other sister [[Martha of Bethany|Martha]],
* properties in [[Antioch]] of Syria<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-178.htm#CEV31207 EMV 312.7]</ref>, future bases of a flourishing Christian community<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/actes-des-apotres/3295-chapitre-11#v_18 Acts 11:19-26]</ref>,
* orchards near [[Gaza]]; a property at the borders of the [[Samaritan|Samaria]], The [[Clear Water|Beautiful Water]], first refuge of [[Jesus]] in the face of the hostility of his [[Enemies]].

This enumeration shows how many of Lazarus' properties serve as support for [[Evangelization, to evangelize|evangelization]].

How can [[Jesus]], "who does not even have a stone to rest his head"<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-matthieu/3188-chapitre-8#v_19 Matthew 8:20]</ref>-<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3248-chapitre-9#v_57 Luke 9:58]</ref> have such a [[Rich, Riches, Treasure|rich]] and [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|powerful]] friend? Jesus explains it: <blockquote>"... Lazarus is an exception among the rich. Lazarus has reached this [[Virtues|virtue]] which is very difficult to find on [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|earth]] and even more difficult to practice in order to [[Teaching, Catechism|teach]] it to others. The virtue of [[Freedom, Free Will|freedom]] with regard to [[Rich, Riches, Treasure|riches]]".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-068.htm#CEV20610 EMV 206.10]</ref> </blockquote>

===Character and appearance===
Lazarus is "''affable, distinguished and full of confidence like all men of great birth...''" in his early thirties, about 1.65 m tall, he is not imposing: <blockquote>"Always thin and pale, with short hair, not thick and without curls, shaved to the chin, dressed only in very white linen".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-049.htm#CEV08402 EMV 84.2]</ref> </blockquote>When [[Simon the Zealot (Apostle)]], the [[Apostles|apostle]] from [[Bethany]], introduces his neighbor Lazarus, Jesus discovers a highly cultured person, reading a lot also due to his [[Sick, Illnesses|illness]], imbued with Hellenistic culture detested by the rulers of [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]]: "''He who initiates his son into the science of the Greeks resembles him who raises pigs''" says the Talmud (Bara Kama f 82 b).

Jesus verifies that these readings do not distance him from [[God]], nor from His [[Law, Rules, Discipline|law]], and do not [[To Disturb, To Upset|trouble]] his [[Soul]]. Noticing that he does not have "the [[Leaven|leaven]] of [[Evil and Its Origins|evil]] and spiritual gangrene," he encourages Lazarus in these secular readings which will help him "know the [[Pagans, Gentiles (Goyim)|pagan]] world."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-049.htm#CEV08406 EMV 84.6]</ref> This remark on the pagans, which seems innocent, is related to the tradition that makes Lazarus the [[Evangelization, to evangelize|evangelizer]] of the Greek city of Massalia (Marseille).

Jesus recognizes his [[Goodness, Good|goodness]] and thanks him: Lazarus anonymously redeemed the house of his friend [[Simon the Zealot (Apostle)|Simon]], without disputing the price<ref>The house of Simon the Zealot (Apostle) close to that of Lazarus in Bethany</ref>, so that the Apostles and Jesus would be hosted near him when they come to his region. Furthermore, because of the exorbitant demands of [[Doras, the cruel master|Doras]], he also doubled the normal sum to redeem his servant [[Slaves, oppressed, prisoners|slave]] [[Jonah the marTyre of Esdraelon|Jonas]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-070.htm#CEV10407 EMV 104.7]</ref>. He arranged not to take from Simon’s funds in order to give him the pleasure of helping Jesus and his [[Poor, Poverty|poor]] greatly.
He wanted to act in secret,
"Oh! Don’t tell! I thought I was doing so well to act thus and in [[In Secret, Discreet, Discretion|secret]]." But Jesus, who says
"I read in hearts", knows it.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-084.htm#CEV11705 EMV 117.5]</ref>

On this occasion, Jesus emphasizes Lazarus’ humility and the value of his [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prayer]] asking for spiritual [[Grace|Graces]] (and not only material or physical benefits, such as his healing):<blockquote>"Do you want me to tell you why the goodness you already have naturally is tinged with a [[Perfect, Perfection|supernatural perfection]]? It is because you ask for a [[Supernatural, Occult|supernatural]] gift: you ask for the [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|salvation]] of a [[Mary of Magdala (Magdalene)|Soul]] at the same time as your [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|holiness]] and that of Martha.
... You have not heard my words. But I said<ref>I said, as if quoting the Gospel [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mt/6 Matthew 6:3-4], in an eternal present, because he will only say it in time in [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-033.htm#CEV17304 EMV 173.4].</ref>: "When you do good, do it in secret, and the Father will greatly reward you". You acted by a natural impulse towards [[Humility, humble|humility]]. And, in [[Truth, sincerity|truth]], I tell you that the Father is preparing for you a [[Reward|reward]] that you cannot even imagine."
"The redemption of Mary? ..." "That’s it, and more, much more."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-084.htm#CEV11706 EMV 117.6]</ref> </blockquote>
===Life journey===

==== Pain for the waywardness of his sister ====

Although Lazarus belongs to high society, he is excluded from it: he is a mixed-blood Judean-Syrian, protected by the Roman invaders, brother of the one who was initially the very scandalous [[Mary of Magdala (Magdalene)]]. <blockquote>"Is Lazarus your friend?" a [[Sanhedrin|Sanhedrist]] (the cruel [[Doras, the cruel master|Doras]]) wonders to Jesus. "But you must not! Don’t you know he is anathema because his sister Mary is a prostitute?"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-076.htm#CEV10909 EMV 109.9]</ref> </blockquote>
It is rather a dissolute life for Mary Magdalene: she burns her [[Life, Living|life]] in the company of successive [[Adultery, Infidelity|lovers]].
But due to her misconduct, Lazarus loses all his [[Friend, Friendship|friends]], except a handful of faithful: [[Joseph of Arimathea]], [[Nicodemus]], Simon the Zealot (Apostle), his neighbor.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-042.htm EMV 581]</ref>

==== His illness and death ====
The [[Trials|torments]] caused by his sister’s misconduct add to Lazarus’s [[To Heal, To Care, Health|health]] problems. His illness, gangrene, continues its inexorable progress. Lazarus’s legs rot, giving off a nauseating odor which his sister Martha bravely tries to endure while [[To Heal, To Care, Health|caring]] for him (helped by Mary after her conversion). Maria Valtorta emphasizes that his wounds are particularly "frightening and repulsive".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-216.htm#CEV51906 EMV 519.6]</ref>

At first [[Revolt|revolted]] by the idea of dying, he comes to understand the meaning of [[Penance, fasting|sacrifice]] and to desire it.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-104.htm#CEV41503 EMV 415.3]</ref> Jesus says to him about this: <blockquote>"Do more, my friend. It is already a lot to resign yourself and endure the pain. But you, give it a greater value."
"What, my Lord?"
"Offer it for the [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|redemption]] of men." "I am a poor man, too, Master. I cannot aspire to be a [[Co-redeemer, Victim Soul, Reparative Soul, Host, Victimal Gift|redeemer]]."

"You say so, but you are wrong. God became Man to [[Help, Aid|help]] men. But men can help God. The works of the [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|just]] will be united with mine at the hour of Redemption. (...)

To Save oneself? It is little. It is a "minimum" of holiness. It is good to save, to give oneself to save, to push love to become a blaze of immolation to save. Then love is [[Perfect, Perfection|perfect]]. And very great will be the holiness of the one who is generous."

"How good all this is, isn’t it, my sisters?" says Lazarus with a dreamy smile on his delicate face.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm#CEV37603 EMV 376.3] </ref> </blockquote>

But the [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|sufferings]] and [[Penance, fasting|mortifications]] serve for the long-awaited [[Conversion, To Convert|conversion]] of Mary Magdalene. She asks Jesus if it is she (and her conversion) who cost these sufferings to her brother: <blockquote>Jesus, [[Truth, sincerity|sincere]] to the end, says: "Certainly Yes! (...) But this must not give you an [[Anguish, Anxiety, Worry|anguish]] that weighs you down, but rather the [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|desire]] to become [[Perfect, Perfection|perfect]] because of what you have cost. And rejoice! Rejoice because, to have you, Lazarus tore you from the [[Satan|demon]]..." "...for that, he deserved from God a future reward thanks to which nations and the [[Angels]] will speak of him (...)"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm#CEV37604 EMV376.4]</ref> </blockquote>

Despite the [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|supplication]] of Martha and Mary, Jesus seems [[Weakness(es), powerlessness|powerless]] to [[Save|save]] his friend from [[Agony, Death|death]]: Lazarus dies after a terrible [[Agony, Death|agony]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-004.htm EMV 544]</ref> "Lord, he smells," says Martha to Jesus who returned too late to Bethany: Lazarus had been dead for 4 and a half days.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-007.htm#CEV54708 EMV 547.8]</ref> His death moves "All Jerusalem"<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-jean/3274-chapitre-11#v_17 John 11:18-19]</ref>, explained by the wealth and [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|power]] of the deceased.

But the [[Sanhedrin]] mostly came to mock the manifest powerlessness of Jesus to [[Save|save]] his friend. For them, his "imposture" is unmasked. Some even demand to see the [[Flesh, meaning|body]] to be sure there will be no trickery. However, it is indeed a [[Flesh, meaning|body]] in decomposition that Jesus will [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|publicly resurrect]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm EMV 548]</ref>:<blockquote>"Lazarus! come out!"<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-jean/3274-chapitre-11#v_42 John 11:43] ; [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm#CEV54809 EMV 548.9].</ref></blockquote>''Nota bene'': The description of Maria Valtorta [[Holy Office, Opinion of Alberto Vaccari, (26/01/1949)#Specific points noted 4|was contested]] by an expert of the Holy Office on the ground that it would contradict John 11:30. This disregards the Jewish Mourning laws (Shiva) which Maria Valtorta’s account perfectly integrates.

==== His Resurrection ====
It is the [[Tables of Miracles in the Work of Maria Valtorta|most powerful miracle]] of the three years of Jesus' public life, in the presence of many witnesses and personalities, friends or [[Enemies|enemies]].
He prays to the Father in a very powerful voice, chanting the words, then appears in [[Ecstasy]], and finally shouts extremely loudly: <blockquote>"Lazarus! Come out!" (...) Lazarus comes forward. (...) In the sunlight that envelops him, the bandages seem here and there to let the rot flow (...) there is putrefaction flowing from the nose, ears, mouth. (...)"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm#CEV54809 EMV 548.9-12]</ref> </blockquote>His servants clean him, and his sisters cry out in surprise seeing his legs: the bandages have absorbed very abundant purulent discharge. But beneath, the gangrene wounds are completely healed. The meaning of his [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|resurrection]] is later given to him by Jesus: <blockquote>- "You who are newly born,... You are a man and you are a child. You are a man by age, you are a child by the [[Pure, Purity, Impure, Impurity|purity]] of your [[Heart]]. You have the advantage over [[Children, Childhood|children]] of already knowing [[Good]] and [[Evil and Its Origins|Evil]], and having already known how to choose Good. You have been plunged into the [[Fire|flames]] kindled by love. You must be '[[Love, Charity, To Love|love]]', so as never to know anything other than the loving embrace of [[God]]." - "And in acting thus, will I accomplish the [[Mission]] for which you resurrected me?" - "By acting thus, you will accomplish it."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-011.htm#CEV55004 EMV 550.4]</ref>
</blockquote>And in the eyes of the world: <blockquote>"...I needed to convince the most obstinate unbelievers by the resurrection of an already advanced putrefaction. And my [[Apostles]] also, who were destined to carry my [[Faith, conviction|Faith]] into the world, needed to possess a faith supported by miracles of the first magnitude."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-009.htm#CEV54822 EMV 548.22]</ref> "But the stench of the corpse, the rot of the bandages, the long stay in the tomb did not leave Doubt."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-009.htm#CEV54826 EMV 548.26]</ref> </blockquote>
Lazarus, once resurrected, appears everywhere and "''as far as Syria''". He arouses curiosity and [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|apprehension]] everywhere, but at the same time publicly manifests the power of Jesus.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm#CEV56616 EMV 566.16]</ref>

==== Refuge for the Apostles who will flee ====
After the last meal Jesus takes in Bethany<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-jean/3275-chapitre-12 John 12:1-8]</ref>, he takes Lazarus aside, announces his imminent [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]] and formally orders him not to leave Bethany at the hour of the approaching turmoil. He must host the disoriented [[Apostles]]: <blockquote>"... where will they go in their despair? To Lazarus. … Gather them. Give them [[Courage, Boldness|courage]]. Tell them that I forgive them. I entrust you with my forgiveness for them. They will have no [[Peace]] because of their flight. Tell them not to fall into a greater [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]] by [[Despair, Suicide|despairing]] of my forgiveness."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-006.htm#CEV58709 EMV 587.9]</ref> </blockquote>

==== Appearance of the Risen Jesus ====
He comes to thank him for his faithfulness in this terrible trial of his Passion. Indeed, not witnessing it to keep his promise to Jesus was even worse for Lazarus, who could only imagine his torments without being able to comfort Him at the foot of the Cross.

But his prayers played a great role: <blockquote>"Your [[The Spirit|spirit]] was at the foot of my [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|Cross]] and was in the darkness of my [[Tomb, Bones|Tomb]]. You called me earlier, like all those who have totally loved me, from the depths where I was (...)" </blockquote>Jesus instructs Lazarus to immediately send the Apostles he has gathered to the house of the Last Supper, which he does shouting and crying with joy: <blockquote> "Go! Go! He wants to see you! He [[Love, Charity, To Love|loves]] you! Do not fear him... Oh! he is more than ever the Lord, the [[Goodness, Good|Goodness]], the Love!" <ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm#CEV62107 EMV 621.7-9]</ref> </blockquote>

==== Ascension of Christ ====
At the Ascension, he is called very close to Jesus: <blockquote>"You, Lazarus, my friend. You, [[Joseph of Arimathea|Joseph]], and you, [[Nicodemus]], full of [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|pity]] for the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]] when it could have been very dangerous".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm#CEV63819 EMV 638.19]</ref> </blockquote>With the emerging [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutions]] Lazarus, like the Bethany Family, goes into exile:<blockquote>"One cannot certainly say that Lazarus, Mary and Martha were [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fearful]] creatures. You see, however, that, as good as with extreme [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pain]], they moved away from here to carry the divine [[Word, Verb|Word]] elsewhere, which here would have been stifled by the Jews".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-034.htm#CEV64802 EMV 648.2]</ref></blockquote>This corroborates the tradition of their [[The Exiles in Gaul|exile]] in Gaul (see below).

===His name===
Lazarus is the Greek form of Eleazar [Èl'azar] which means ''[[God]] has [[Help, Aid|helped]]'' or ''God comes to help''. Historical reference: the son of Aaron who became high priest like him at his death.

===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>
[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-033.htm EMV 70] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-035.htm EMV 71] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-047.htm EMV 83] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-049.htm EMV 84] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-055.htm EMV 90] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-070.htm EMV 104] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-076.htm#P424 EMV 109] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-079.htm EMV 112] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-080.htm EMV 113] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-081.htm EMV 114] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-083.htm#P469 EMV 116] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-084.htm#P480 EMV 117] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-088.htm#P506 EMV 121] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-100.htm#P591 EMV 133] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-102.htm EMV 135] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-103.htm EMV 136] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-032.htm EMV 172] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm EMV 174] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-059.htm EMV 198] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-060.htm EMV 199] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-061.htm EMV 200] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-065.htm EMV 204] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-066.htm EMV 205] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-067.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-068.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-072.htm EMV 210] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-073.htm EMV 211] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-088.htm EMV 226] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-096.htm EMV 235] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-106.htm EMV 243] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-110.htm EMV 247] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-132.htm EMV 269] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-133.htm EMV 270] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-143.htm EMV 279] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-146.htm EMV 282] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-147.htm EMV 283] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-168.htm EMV 302] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-177.htm EMV 311] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-001.htm EMV 313] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-007.htm EMV 319] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-010.htm EMV 322] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-011.htm EMV 323] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-022.htm EMV 334] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-026.htm EMV 338] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-055.htm EMV 365] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-062.htm EMV 372] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-065.htm EMV 375] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-068.htm EMV 378] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-083.htm EMV 393] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-104.htm EMV 415] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm EMV 427] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-156.htm EMV 464] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-176.htm EMV 481] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-180.htm EMV 485] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-183.htm EMV 488] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-216.htm EMV 519] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-224.htm EMV 527] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-233.htm EMV 536] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-237.htm EMV 540] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-001.htm EMV 541] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-002.htm EMV 542] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-003.htm EMV 543] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-004.htm EMV 544] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-005.htm EMV 545] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-006.htm EMV 546] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-007.htm EMV 547] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm EMV 548] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-009.htm EMV 548] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-010.htm EMV 549] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-011.htm EMV 550] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-012.htm EMV 551] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-015.htm EMV 554] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-020.htm EMV 559] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-021.htm EMV 560] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-023.htm EMV 562] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-033.htm EMV 572] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-039.htm EMV 578] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-042.htm EMV 581] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-043.htm EMV 582] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm EMV 584] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-046.htm EMV 585] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-047.htm EMV 586] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-006.htm EMV 587] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-011.htm EMV 592] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-012.htm EMV 593] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-013.htm EMV 594] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm EMV 596] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-017.htm EMV 598] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-001.htm EMV 616] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm EMV 621] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-014.htm EMV 628] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm EMV 630] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-017.htm EMV 631] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-020.htm EMV 634] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-021.htm EMV 635] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-026.htm EMV 641] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-027.htm EMV 642] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-029.htm EMV 644] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-032.htm EMV 646] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-034.htm EMV 648] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-035.htm EMV 649]</blockquote>

===Learn more about this character===
Extracts from the Dictionary of Gospel Characters, Salton Maria Valtorta ([[Abbé René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]], [[François-Michel Debroise]], [[Jean-François Lavère]], Éditions Salvator, 2012): <blockquote>Several writings attest to the exile of the Lazarus Family in Narbonese Gaul following the emerging persecutions and the appointment of Lazarus as bishop of Marseille where he died. Among them: The Golden Legend by Jacques de Voragine in the 13th century<ref>[https://www.bibliotheque-monastique.ch/bibliotheque/bibliotheque/voragine/index.htm The Golden Legend by Jacques de Voragine]</ref>, the ''Annales ecclésiastiques'' of Cardinal C. Baronius at the end of the 16th century, A.C. Emmerich at the beginning of the 19th century, etc... It is sometimes necessary to distinguish, in an abundant literature, what popular piety may have added, in legendary facts, to the accounts of tradition.

Epiphanius (4th century) writes that it was tradition to believe that Lazarus was 30 years old when he was resurrected and that he lived another 30 years. He would therefore have died in 60. The Church celebrates him on July 29. His head is kept in the [http://cathedrale.marseille.free.fr/vieille/ori/ori.htm ancient cathedral of the Major] in Marseille.

Until the 3rd century, the other bishoprics recognized Marseille as the place of the "first" [[Church]] of Gaul. This primacy of the port of Marseille then passed to Arles, then Lyon.

Saint Jerome of Stridon indicates his tomb in Bethany, but this is undoubtedly that of his resurrection.</blockquote>
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Lazare de Béthanie]]

Cleopas, son of Cleopas

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[[File:Apparition du Christ aux pélerins d’Emmaüs by Laurent de La Hyre.jpg|thumb|Appearance of Christ to the pilgrims of Emmaus by Laurent de La Hyre]]
One of the [[Pilgrimage|pilgrims]] of Emmaus, Clopas [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3240-chapitre-1#v_24 Luke 24:18].

He is one of the two [[Son, daughter(s)|sons]] of the [[Cleopas, leader of the synagogue of Emmaus on the Mountain|Leader of the synagogue]] of [[Emmaus on the Mountain]]. He bears the name of his [[Parents, Father, Mother|father]].

He is [[Union, Marriage, Unity|married]] and is in his forties.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-119.htm EMV 428]</ref>

Before following [[Jesus]], he was a disciple of [[John the Baptist|the Baptist]].

He owns nothing but vineyards. His way of speaking about them to other [[Disciples]] forms a magnificent parable about the [[Work, Toil, Fatigue|work]] of the [[Soul|Souls]] that Jesus elevates.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-119.htm EMV 428]</ref>

On Easter Sunday, he walks with his co-father, [[Simon of Emmaus|Simon]], to join Emmaus on the Mountain when [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Jesus appears to them]].<ref>See [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3263-chapitre-24#v_13 Luke 24:13-35].</ref><ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-011.htm EMV 625]</ref>

=== His name ===
Clopas would come from a contracted form of Cleopatros.

=== Where is he mentioned in the work? ===
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<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-107.htm EMV 140]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm EMV 427] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-119.htm EMV 428]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-209.htm EMV 512] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-210.htm EMV 513]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-011.htm EMV 625]</blockquote>

=== Learn more about this character ===
Excerpts from the Dictionary of Gospel Characters, Clopas [[Maria Valtorta|Maria Valtorta]] ([[L’Abbé_René_Laurentin_et_Maria_Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]], [[François-Michel Debroise]], [[Jean-François Lavère]], Éditions Salvator, 2012): <blockquote>[[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Clopas of Emmaus is celebrated by the [[Church]] on September 25.

Theodosius (6th century) in his ''Guide to the Holy Land'', and Adon of Vienne (circa 860) in his ''[[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|Martyrologist]]'', report that Clopas was massacred in the very house where he had received Jesus at his table. This is said to have occurred during the first [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutions]] Against Christians (around 44 AD).<ref>See ''The Witnesses of Christ: history of each of the seventy-two Disciples of J. C.'' – Stéphane Maistre 1868, pages 409-413.</ref>

Clopas was [[Anne-Catherine Emmerich and Maria Valtorta|Anne-Catherine Emmerich]] (19th century) married. This statement therefore confirms [[Maria Valtorta|Maria Valtorta]]. His wife later joined the women of the Christian community.<ref>Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, vol 1, chap. 1, 7/11/1819.</ref>.</blockquote>

== Notes and references ==
[[fr:Cléophas, fils de Cléophas]]

Doubt

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{{Other|See the opposite:|Faith, conviction}}
[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Saint Peter Walks on the Sea (Saint Pierre marche sur la mer) - James Tissot - overall.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Apostle|Peter]] walking on the Waters, then Doubt - James Tissot - Brooklyn Museum.]]
Doubt originates from the [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]] of [[Error, to be mistaken, lost|being wrong]]. But [[God]] deceives no one, which is why Doubt of him is a [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|fault]]. Faced with Doubt, one must [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|pray]] to ask for more [[Faith, conviction|faith]].

==In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me"==

* The deadly danger of Doubt: During the Passion of [[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Joseph]] who believes himself betrayed by [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] whom he sees pregnant upon returning from [[Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist|Elizabeth]] and [[Zacharias, father of John the Baptist|Zacharias]] (Visitation): The Virgin says: "Who can tell my struggle against the Discouragement that sought to overwhelm me to persuade me that I had hoped in vain in the Lord? Oh! I believe it was a rage of [[Satan]]! I felt Doubt seize me by the shoulders and extend its tentacles to imprison my [[Soul]] and stop it in its [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prayer]]. Doubt, so dangerous, deadly to the [[The Spirit|spirit]]. Deadly because it is actually the first attack of the [[Sick, Illnesses|illness]] called '[[Despair, Suicide|despair]]' and Against which The Spirit must react with all its strength to avoid witnessing its Soul perish and lose God."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-041.htm#Doubt EMV 25.9]</ref>
* [[Jesus]] says to [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]] who, like him, walks on the Waters, then Doubt, [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|panic]] and sinks: "[[Man, Humanity, Human|Man]] of little [[Faith, conviction|faith]]. Why did you doubt Me?"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-137.htm#CEV27404 EMV 274.4]</ref>
* For you who [[To Believe|believe]] in Me, there is another [[Struggle|battle]] waiting for you. Several battles. The battle Against Doubt, Against the words that will be told to you, Against the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutions]]. Resist Doubt. I do not [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|lie]]. I am the One spoken of by the [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophets]]. Like the mother of John a moment ago, raise the memory of what I have done for you, and say: "Such are the works of God. He has left them to us as a memory, a Confirmation, an [[Help, Aid|aid]] to [[To Believe]] and to Believe precisely at this hour." Struggle and you will overcome the Doubt which strangles the breathing of the Soul. Struggle Against the words that will be told to you. Recall the prophets and my works, and answer hostile words with the prophets and with the [[Tables of Miracles in the Work of Maria Valtorta|miracles]] you have seen me perform. Do not be afraid and do not be ungrateful out of fear, by silencing the [[Miracles, wonders and signs|miracles]] I have done for you (...)<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-094.htm#R%C3%A9sistezAuDoubt EMV 405.9]</ref>
* [[Martha of Bethany|Martha]], shaken by the [[Agony, Death|death]] of [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]], Doubts that [[Jesus]] is the [[Truth, sincerity|Truth]]. [[Mary of Magdala (Magdalene)]] her sister, truly at her wit's end, does not know what to answer and weeps.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-004.htm#Desillusion EMV 544.12]</ref>

==In fundamental Christian texts==

=== In the Bible ===
They [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|spoke ill]] of God by asking the question: "Is God really capable of giving us a meal in the desert? True, he struck the rock to make [[Water]] flow and torrents gush. But could he also provide [[Bread, Bread of Heaven|bread]] or offer meat to all?"<ref>[http://www.info-bible.org/lsg/19.Psaumes.html#78.19 Psalm (77)78,19]</ref>

You weary the Lord with your words. But you ask: In what way do we weary Him? Well, it is when you say: The Lord looks favorably on those who do [[Evil and Its Origins|evil]], he approves of that sort of people. Or again: Where then is the God who enforces [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]]?<ref>[http://www.info-bible.org/lsg/39.Malachie.html#2.17 Malachi 2:17]</ref>

=== In the Catechism of the Catholic Church ===
The beginning of [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]] and the fall of man was a [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|lie]] of the [[Satan|tempter]] which led to Doubt of the [[Word, Verb|word]] of God, of his Goodwill and his [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|faithfulness]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0198-0267.htm#0215 CCC § 215]</ref>

The Faith of [[Virgin Mary|Mary]], which no Doubt alters.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0484-0570.htm#0506 CCC § 506]</ref>

Even confronted with the reality of the resurrected Jesus [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|resurrected]], the [[Disciples]] still Doubt.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0624-0682.htm#0644 CCC § 644]</ref>
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Doute]]

Anastasica

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[[File:Anastasica.jpg|thumb|Based on a Faiyum portrait (Egypt, 1st – 3rd century). The face Anastasica might have had.]]
Her name designates a desert flower which has the peculiarity of almost completely drying out, but blooming again at the first rain. Her [[Parents, Father, Mother|father]], a [[Rich, Riches, Treasure|rich]] merchant from [[Jericho]], who left very young for Syria to make his fortune, gave her this name evoking the land of her origins.

She marries a notable from Jericho, [[Encountered Characters#51 Personnages rencontr.C3.A9s en Jud.C3.A9e|Samuel]], who soon accuses her of leprosy to repudiate her and [[Union, Marriage, Unity|marry]] another Woman whom he was in love with. <blockquote>"They call me leprous," Anastasica confides to [[Jesus]]. "But I only have a wound on my chest, and it was given to me by my husband who took me [[Virgins, Virginity|virgin]] and healthy, but he was not healthy. But he is great... and has all [[Power(s), Politics|power]]. Even the power to say that I had [[Betrayal, To Betray, Denunciation|betrayed]] him by coming to him [[Sick, Illnesses|sick]] and repudiate me."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-050.htm EMV 360]</ref></blockquote>For several months, she looks for [[Jesus]] whom she had heard about from compassionate passersby. She risks stoning for having fled her leper colony. Jesus meets her hungry and exhausted. He [[Tables of Miracles in the Work of Maria Valtorta|heals]] her and entrusts her to [[Eliza of Bethzur]], a widow deeply affected by the Mourning of her husband and her two [[Son, daughter(s)|sons]], who could not have wished for better.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm#CEV37015 EMV 370.15]</ref>

Young Anastasica no longer leaves Élise, except when the harbor of the apostolic group in [[Nob]], near [[Jerusalem]], shelters a [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]] womanizer and fugitive.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-225.htm EMV 528]</ref>

She is naturally present among the [[Disciples]] at Jesus’ Ascension.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm#CEV63819 EMV 638.19]</ref>
Did she recover, with her inheritance, a property in Jericho or take over Élise's succession? In any case, her [[Dwelling, House|house]] had become one of the usual refuges of the [[Disciples]] until their Dispersion at the approach of the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutions]] of Herod Agrippa I, as attested by a conversation between [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]] and [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]] about the decisions to be made:<blockquote>"It is not out of [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|cowardice]] and [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]], but to prevent total extermination which would harm the [[Church]] of the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]]. … Why could we not stay in Bethany? For this reason. Why is it no longer [[Prudence, Prudent|prudent]] to stay in this house, or in that of [[Nicodemus]], or that of [[Nike (Veronica)|Nique]] or Anastasica? Always for this reason. To prevent the Church from dying by the [[Agony, Death|death]] of its leaders."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-034.htm EMV 648]</ref></blockquote>

===Her Name===
Anastasica comes from the "rose of Jericho," ''Anastatica hierochuntica,'' also called the "rose of [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|resurrection]]" (Anastasis in Greek). See below. Does the current scientific name derive from the ancient name?

===Where is she mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-050.htm EMV 360] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-055.htm EMV 365] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-056.htm EMV 366] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-057.htm EMV 367] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm EMV 368] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm EMV 370] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-061.htm EMV 371] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-065.htm EMV 375] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-068.htm EMV 378] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-088.htm EMV 399]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-091.htm EMV 402] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-133.htm EMV 441]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-208.htm EMV 511] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-225.htm EMV 528] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm EMV 596]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-034.htm EMV 648]</blockquote>

===Learn More About This Character===
[[File:Dico-Personnages-Salvator.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Excerpts from the Dictionary of Gospel Characters, Salton [[Maria Valtorta|Maria Valtorta]] (Mgr R. Laurentin, F.-M. Debroise, J.-F. Lavère).]]
The rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica) has the peculiarity of being able to dry out for 50 years, until it represents only 3% of its initial mass, then green again within two Hours. Because of this, it is often called the "rose of resurrection" (in Greek: anastasis). This root aligns with the name used by [[Maria Valtorta|Maria Valtorta]]: ANASTA'''S'''ICA and not ANASTA'''T'''ICA, its botanical name. This knowledge is intriguing. Does it find a basis in history? The German botanist Heinrich Marzell (1885-1970) traces the origin of the name to Sirach (Ecclesiasticus).<ref>Ursula Brunold-Buger, ''Die Rose von Jericho'', 1977.</ref> He speaks of "roses of Jericho" in verse 24:14 (or 24:18): "quasi plantatio rosae in Hiericho (like a rose plant in Jericho)". Some translate this as oleanders, but the botanical name, Anastatica hierochuntica, clearly indicates its origin: Jericho, provided that the Sirach citation indeed identifies this plant.

What became of Anastasica? The Acts of the Apostles<ref>See [http://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Ac/Livre+des+Actes+des+Ap%C3%B4tres/chapitre/12 Acts 12, 12-16].</ref> speak of a certain "Rose" designated by the Greek name Rhodé: She hears [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]], miraculously escaped from [[Slaves, oppressed, prisoners|prison]], knocking at the door. Filled with joy, she runs to announce the news to the praying assembly, leaving the [[Apostles|apostle]] outside. This Rhodé is presented by [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Luke as a "young [[Servant, To Serve, Service|servant]]".

==Notes and References==

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Judas of Alphaeus (Thaddeus) the Apostle

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Emmanuel: Text replacement - "MarTyre, MarTyredom, Persecutions" to "Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions"

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Jude of Alphaeus (Thaddeus) the Apostle, the Apostle}}[[File:JudeFerri.jpg|thumb|Drawing of Jude by [[Lorenzo Ferri]] according to indications by [[Maria Valtorta]]. Source: documentary collection of the [[Maria Valtorta Heritage Foundation]].]]
Jude is Galilean through his mother, [[Mary of Clopas|Mary, daughter of Clopas]], and Judean through his father [[Alphaeus of Jacob|Alphaeus]], the elder brother of [[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Saint Joseph]]. He is the youngest of the four cousins of [[Jesus]], to whom he also bears resemblance.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-116.htm EMV 253]</ref> They are the same age, Jesus being slightly younger. These two childhood and youth companions had the same teacher: The [[Virgin Mary]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-064.htm#CEV03807 EMV 38.7-9]</ref>

According to [[Maria Valtorta]]: <blockquote>"Jude Thaddaeus is a handsome man, in the fullness of male [[Charm|charm]]. Tall, strong and well proportioned, dark-haired, like Saint [[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Joseph]] when he was young, olive-skinned without being earthy, with eyes that have something in common with those of Jesus, because they are of a bluish shade, almost periwinkle. His beard is square-shaped and brown, with wavy hair, less curly than Jesus', and brown like the beard."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-013.htm#CEV05101 EMV 51.1]</ref> </blockquote>He has an aristocratic face, "kingly features"<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-222.htm#CEV52504 EMV 525.4]</ref>, with a dignity that always commands respect.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-233.htm#CEV53602 EMV 536.2]</ref> His character is fiery and stern.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-036.htm#CEV57519 EMV 575.19]</ref> Further on, Maria Valtorta specifies:<blockquote>"(He has a) dominating face, with a [[Eye, gaze|gaze]] that closely recalls, both in eye color and expression, that of Jesus: a true crowd leader. Yet, beneath his involuntary royal majesty, one sees the glimpse of a [[Heart]] full of compunction."<ref>[https://maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-024.htm#CEV63901 EMV 639.1]</ref> </blockquote>The Virgin Mary, at the end of her life, remembers him thus:<blockquote>"Always noble and loyal. The descent from David was visible in him."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-035.htm#CEV64906 EMV 649.6]</ref> </blockquote>He becomes the 9th [[Apostles|apostle]] of Jesus, in break with his father Alphaeus.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-019.htm#CEV05605 EMV 56.5]</ref>

At the Homelant, Jesus unites his [[Destiny, Fate|destiny]] with that of [[Simon the Zealot (Apostle)]]:<blockquote>"Come, Simon who has no son. Come Jude, who loses your [[Parents, Father, Mother|father]] for my [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]]. I unite you in the same destiny."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-019.htm#CEV05607 EMV 56.7]</ref> </blockquote>This perfect accord between the two is confirmed.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-127.htm#CEV43505 EMV 435.5]</ref> Tradition jointly gives them as [[Evangelization, to evangelize|evangelizers]] of Persia where they suffer [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrdom]].

Jude cannot bear his namesake [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]], "an unreasonable [[Antipathy, Disgust, Repulsion|aversion]] that appeared from their first meeting.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-099.htm#CEV41003 EMV 410.3]</ref>-<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-194.htm#CEV49803 EMV 498.3]</ref> This leads to regular altercations which Jesus must mediate.

Jesus predicts the fate of Jude, a fiery evangelizer:<blockquote>"Jude has a whole temperament. He will act very well where it is a matter of overthrowing [[Idols, deities, idolater|paganism]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-121.htm#CEV25804 EMV 258.4]</ref> </blockquote>And further:<blockquote>"Your name is Jude, and you are like our great Jude (Judah): a giant. You are the protector. Your actions are like a lion and a roaring lion cub. You will unmask the impious who will recoil before you, and the wicked will be [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|terrified]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm#CEV600011 EMV 600.11]</ref> </blockquote>This prediction refers to Judah, son of Jacob, whose tribe is symbolized by the lion<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/livre-de-la-genese/3555-chapitre-49#v_8 Genesis 49:8-10]</ref> and to Judas Maccabeus, the craftsman of the liberation of the [[Israel, Jewish people|Jewish people]].<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/premier-livre-des-maccabees/4331-chapitre-2#v_66 1 Maccabees 2:66]</ref>

This temperament of Jude undoubtedly earned him the nickname ''Thaddaeus'', which Maria Valtorta commonly uses. Thaddaeus, in Aramaic, means "[[Courage, Boldness|courageous]]". Jude and Judas are pronounced the same in Hebrew: Yehuda, which sometimes leads to confusion. This name thus distinguishes him from Judas, his namesake.

Jude witnesses the Last Supper<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm EMV 600]</ref>, the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-013.htm EMV 627]</ref>-<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm EMV 629]</ref>, the Ascension<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm#CEV63816 EMV 638.16-23]</ref>, and Pentecost.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-025.htm EMV 640]</ref>, but not the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]], because he flees during Jesus' arrest.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-021.htm EMV 602]</ref>

=== His name ===
Jude (ג'וד) or Judas (Yehuda), and its feminine Judith, come from the Hebrew “yehudi” meaning Judean, Jew.<ref>[https://www.croixsens.net/hebreu/alphabet.php Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net]</ref>

Historical reference: Judah, son of Jacob. Judas Maccabeus, the liberator of the [[Israel, Jewish people|Jewish people]]. This name similarity between Jude and Judas causes some ambiguities.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-158.htm#CEV46509 EMV 465.9, see note 5 on the site]</ref>

Jude is called Thaddaeus (from the Aramaic Thaddai, full of heart) or Lebbaeus (from the Hebrew Libbay, courageous or cordial) in some manuscripts, including the Codex Bezae. ("cordial or courageous," a meaning close to "full of heart"). This name distinguished him from Judas, his namesake.

=== Where is he mentioned in the work? ===
<blockquote>'''The childhood of Mary:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-022.htm EMV 14] The Nativity cycle: [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-059.htm EMV 35]

'''The youth of Jesus:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-064.htm EMV 38] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-066.htm EMV 39]

'''Preparation for Public Life:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-002.htm EMV 44]

'''Calling of the first Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-013.htm EMV 51] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-014.htm EMV 52] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-019.htm EMV 56]

'''Beginning of the apostolate in Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-020.htm EMV 57]

'''Selection of the last Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-055.htm EMV 90] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-056.htm EMV 91] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-057.htm EMV 92] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-058.htm EMV 93] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm EMV 95] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-061.htm EMV 96] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-062.htm EMV 97]

'''The last shepherds:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-063.htm EMV 98] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-064.htm EMV 99] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-065.htm EMV 100] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-066.htm EMV 101] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-068.htm EMV 102] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-069.htm EMV 103] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-070.htm EMV 104] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-071.htm EMV 105] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-072.htm EMV 105] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-073.htm EMV 106] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-075.htm EMV 108] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-076.htm EMV 109]

'''In Judea before common life:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-077.htm EMV 110] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-078.htm EMV 111] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-079.htm EMV 112] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-081.htm EMV 114] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-083.htm EMV 116] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-084.htm EMV 117] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-085.htm EMV 118]

'''Teachings on the Ten Commandments:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-086.htm EMV 119] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-087.htm EMV 120] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-088.htm EMV 121] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-089.htm EMV 122] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-090.htm EMV 123] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-091.htm EMV 124] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-092.htm EMV 125] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-093.htm EMV 126] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-094.htm EMV 127] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-095.htm EMV 128] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-096.htm EMV 129] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-097.htm EMV 130] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-098.htm EMV 131] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-099.htm EMV 132]

'''End-of-year celebrations:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-100.htm EMV 133] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-101.htm EMV 134] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-102.htm EMV 135] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-103.htm EMV 136] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-104.htm EMV 137] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-105.htm EMV 138] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-106.htm EMV 139] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-107.htm EMV 140] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-001.htm EMV 141] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-002.htm EMV 142]

'''The Samaritan woman:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-003.htm EMV 143] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-004.htm EMV 144] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-005.htm EMV 145] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-006.htm EMV 146] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-007.htm EMV 147] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-009.htm EMV 149] '''The female apostolate:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-011.htm EMV 151] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-013.htm EMV 153] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-014.htm EMV 154] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-015.htm EMV 155] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-017.htm EMV 157] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-018.htm EMV 158] '''In Galilee, the choice of Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-020.htm EMV 160] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-022.htm EMV 162] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-024.htm EMV 164] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-025.htm EMV 165] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-026.htm EMV 166]

'''The Sermon on the Mount:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-029.htm EMV 169] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-030.htm EMV 170] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-031.htm EMV 171] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-032.htm EMV 172] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-033.htm EMV 173] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm EMV 174] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-036.htm EMV 176]

'''Apostolate in Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-037.htm EMV 177] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-038.htm EMV 178] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-039.htm EMV 179] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-040.htm EMV 180] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-041.htm EMV 181] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-042.htm EMV 182] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-043.htm EMV 183] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-044.htm EMV 184] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-047.htm EMV 186]

'''The second paschal voyage:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-048.htm EMV 187] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-049.htm EMV 188] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-050.htm EMV 189] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-051.htm EMV 190] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-052.htm EMV 191] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-053.htm EMV 192] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-054.htm EMV 193] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-055.htm EMV 194] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-056.htm EMV 195] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-057.htm EMV 196] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-058.htm EMV 197] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-059.htm EMV 198] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-060.htm EMV 199] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-061.htm EMV 200] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-062.htm EMV 201] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-063.htm EMV 202] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-064.htm EMV 203]

'''Apostolate in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-066.htm EMV 205] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-067.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-068.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm EMV 207] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-070.htm EMV 208] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-072.htm EMV 210] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-073.htm EMV 211] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-074.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-075.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-076.htm EMV 214] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-077.htm EMV 215]

'''Apostolate in Philistia:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-078.htm EMV 216] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-079.htm EMV 217] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-080.htm EMV 218] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-081.htm EMV 219] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-082.htm EMV 220] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-083.htm EMV 221] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-084.htm EMV 222] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-085.htm EMV 223] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-086.htm EMV 224] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-087.htm EMV 225]

'''The conversion of Mary Magdalene:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-089.htm EMV 228] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-091.htm EMV 230] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-093.htm EMV 232] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-094.htm EMV 233] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-096.htm EMV 235] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-100.htm EMV 237] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-101.htm EMV 238] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-102.htm EMV 239] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-103.htm EMV 240] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-104.htm EMV 241] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-105.htm EMV 242] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-106.htm EMV 243] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-107.htm EMV 244] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-108.htm EMV 245] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-109.htm EMV 246] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-110.htm EMV 247] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-111.htm EMV 248] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-112.htm EMV 249] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-113.htm EMV 250] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-114.htm EMV 251] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-115.htm EMV 252] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-116.htm EMV 253] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-117.htm EMV 254] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-118.htm EMV 255]

'''Sending of Apostles and Disciples on Mission:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-119.htm EMV 256] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-120.htm EMV 257] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-121.htm EMV 258] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-123.htm EMV 260] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-124.htm EMV 261] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-125.htm EMV 262] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-128.htm EMV 265] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-131.htm EMV 268] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-132.htm EMV 269] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-134.htm EMV 271] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm EMV 272] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-136.htm EMV 273] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-137.htm EMV 274] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-139.htm EMV 275] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-140.htm EMV 276] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-141.htm EMV 277] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-142.htm EMV 278] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-143.htm EMV 279] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-144.htm EMV 280]

'''Perea, Gilead and Trachonitis:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-146.htm EMV 282] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-148.htm EMV 284] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-149.htm EMV 285] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-150.htm EMV 286] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-151.htm EMV 287] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-152.htm EMV 288] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-153.htm EMV 289] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-154.htm EMV 290] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-156.htm EMV 292] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-157.htm EMV 293] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-158.htm EMV 294] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-160.htm EMV 296] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-161.htm EMV 297] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-162.htm EMV 298] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-165.htm EMV 299] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-166.htm EMV 300] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-167.htm EMV 301] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-168.htm EMV 302]

'''End-of-year celebrations in Nazareth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-170.htm EMV 304] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-173.htm EMV 307] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-178.htm EMV 312]

'''The disciples’ journey to Antioch:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-001.htm EMV 313] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-002.htm EMV 314] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-003.htm EMV 315] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-004.htm EMV 316] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-005.htm EMV 317] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-006.htm EMV 318] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-007.htm EMV 319] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-008.htm EMV 320] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-009.htm EMV 321] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-010.htm EMV 322] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-011.htm EMV 323] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-012.htm EMV 324] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-013.htm EMV 325] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-014.htm EMV 326]

'''Phoenicia and Upper Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-015.htm EMV 327] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-016.htm EMV 328] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-017.htm EMV 329] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-018.htm EMV 330] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-019.htm EMV 331] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-020.htm EMV 332] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-021.htm EMV 333] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-022.htm EMV 334] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-023.htm EMV 335] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-024.htm EMV 336] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-025.htm EMV 337] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-026.htm EMV 338] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-027.htm EMV 339] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-028.htm EMV 340] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-029.htm EMV 341] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-030.htm EMV 342] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-031.htm EMV 343] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-032.htm EMV 344] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-033.htm EMV 345] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-034.htm EMV 346] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-035.htm EMV 347]

'''The Transfiguration and the Bread from Heaven:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-036.htm EMV 348] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-037.htm EMV 349] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-038.htm EMV 350] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-039.htm EMV 351] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-040.htm EMV 352] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-042.htm EMV 353] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-044.htm EMV 354] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-045.htm EMV 355] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-046.htm EMV 356] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-047.htm EMV 357] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-048.htm EMV 358] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-049.htm EMV 359] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-050.htm EMV 360] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-051.htm EMV 361] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-052.htm EMV 362] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-053.htm EMV 363]

'''The penultimate Passover:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-054.htm EMV 364] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-055.htm EMV 365] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-056.htm EMV 366] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-057.htm EMV 367] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm EMV 368] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-059.htm EMV 369] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm EMV 370] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-061.htm EMV 371] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-062.htm EMV 372] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-064.htm EMV 374] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-065.htm EMV 375] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-067.htm EMV 377] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-068.htm EMV 378]

'''In Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-069.htm EMV 379] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-070.htm EMV 380] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-071.htm EMV 381] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-072.htm EMV 382] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-073.htm EMV 383] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-074.htm EMV 384] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-075.htm EMV 385].

'''AGodx in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-076.htm EMV 386] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-077.htm EMV 387] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-078.htm EMV 388] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-079.htm EMV 389] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-080.htm EMV 390] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-081.htm EMV 391] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-082.htm EMV 392] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-083.htm EMV 393] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-084.htm EMV 394] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-087.htm EMV 398] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-088.htm EMV 399] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-091.htm EMV 402] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-092.htm EMV 403]

'''Plain of Sharon:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-093.htm EMV 404] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-094.htm EMV 405] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-095.htm EMV 406] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-096.htm EMV 407] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-097.htm EMV 408] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-099.htm EMV 410] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-100.htm EMV 411] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-101.htm EMV 412]

'''Pentecost, Decapolis, and Plain of Esdraelon:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-102.htm EMV 413] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-103.htm EMV 414] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-104.htm EMV 415] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-105.htm EMV 416] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-106.htm EMV 417] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-109.htm EMV 418] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-110.htm EMV 419] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-111.htm EMV 420] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-112.htm EMV 421] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-113.htm EMV 422] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-114.htm EMV 423] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-115.htm EMV 424] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-116.htm EMV 425] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-117.htm EMV 426] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm EMV 427] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-119.htm EMV 428] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-120.htm EMV 429] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-121.htm EMV 430] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-123.htm EMV 431] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-124.htm EMV 432]

'''Summer in Nazareth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-125.htm EMV 433] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-127.htm EMV 435] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-128.htm EMV 436] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-132.htm EMV 440] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-133.htm EMV 441] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-135.htm EMV 443] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-136.htm EMV 444] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-137.htm EMV 445] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-138.htm EMV 446] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-139.htm EMV 447] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-140.htm EMV 448] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-141.htm EMV 449] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-142.htm EMV 450] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-143.htm EMV 451] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-144.htm EMV 452] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-145.htm EMV 453] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-146.htm EMV 454] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-147.htm EMV 455] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-148.htm EMV 456] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-149.htm EMV 457] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-150.htm EMV 458] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-151.htm EMV 459] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-152.htm EMV 460] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-153.htm EMV 461] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-154.htm EMV 462] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-155.htm EMV 463] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-158.htm EMV 465]

'''In Syro-Phoenicia:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-159.htm EMV 466] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-160.htm EMV 467] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-163.htm EMV 469] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-164.htm EMV 470] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-165.htm EMV 471] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-166.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-167.htm EMV 473] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-168.htm EMV 473] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-169.htm EMV 474] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-171.htm EMV 476] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-172.htm EMV 477] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-176.htm EMV 481] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-177.htm EMV 482]

'''The Feast of Tabernacles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-183.htm EMV 488] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-184.htm EMV 489] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-185.htm EMV 490]

'''In Moab and Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-193.htm EMV 497] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-194.htm EMV 498] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-195.htm EMV 499] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-204.htm EMV 507] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-205.htm EMV 508] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-206.htm EMV 509] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-207.htm EMV 510] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-208.htm EMV 511] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-212.htm EMV 515] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-216.htm EMV 519] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-217.htm EMV 520] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-219.htm EMV 522] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-222.htm EMV 525]

'''The Feast of Dedication:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-224.htm EMV 527] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-225.htm EMV 528] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-226.htm EMV 529] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-229.htm EMV 532] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-231.htm EMV 534] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-233.htm EMV 536]

'''The resurrection of Lazarus:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-007.htm EMV 547] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm EMV 548]

'''Exile in Samaria:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-012.htm EMV 551] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-013.htm EMV 552] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-014.htm EMV 553] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-015.htm EMV 554] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-016.htm EMV 555] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-032.htm EMV 571] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-035.htm EMV 574] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-036.htm EMV 575]

'''Return to Jerusalem:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-037.htm EMV 576] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-039.htm EMV 578] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-043.htm EMV 582] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm EMV 584] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-047.htm EMV 586]

'''Holy Week:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-012.htm EMV 593] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-013.htm EMV 594] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-014.htm EMV 595] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-016.htm EMV 597] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-017.htm EMV 598] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-018.htm EMV 599]

'''The Passion:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm EMV 600] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-021.htm EMV 602]

'''Easter Sunday:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm EMV 621] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-012.htm EMV 626]

'''From Resurrection to Ascension:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-014.htm EMV 628] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm EMV 629] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm EMV 630] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-017.htm EMV 631] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-020.htm EMV 634] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-021.htm EMV 635] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638]

'''The apostolic times:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-024.htm EMV 639] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-025.htm EMV 640] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-026.htm EMV 641] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-028.htm EMV 643] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-035.htm EMV 649]</blockquote>

=== Learn more about this character ===
Excerpts from the Dictionary of Gospel Characters, Salton Maria Valtorta ([[Abbé René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]], [[François-Michel Debroise]], [[Jean-François Lavère]], Salvator Editions, 2012):<blockquote>[[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Jude is celebrated on October 28 with Saint Simon and on June 19 in the East.

Together with Simon the Zealot (Apostle), he preaches the Gospel in Palestine, Syria, Libya, then in Persia where they die as [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrs]] around 80 AD. Jude's tomb is located in the Black Church (Ghara Kelisa), a very ancient Armenian church near the town of Maku in northern Iran. An important pilgrimage still takes place there today. However, another tradition places his tomb in Edessa, now in Turkey.

Some of his [[Relics]] would have been brought back from Babylon in the 8th century and given to Charlemagne by Pope Leo III. They are said to be today at Saint-Sernin in Toulouse.

Jerome of Stridon, the author of the Vulgate, says of Jude that he was "trinomius," as he bore three names: Jude, Thaddaeus, or Lebbaeus. The latter nickname having in Hebrew a meaning close to the Aramaic Thaddaeus (courageous).

Origen and Tertullian attribute to him the Epistle of Saint Jude and identify him as a "brother of the Lord".

Saint Thomas Aquinas, in the ''Catena Aurea''<ref>Saint Thomas Aquinas, [http://www.catho.org/9.php?d=ba2 commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Mark - Chapter III, verses 13-19].</ref> refers to the Venerable Bede<ref>"Thaddaeus is the one whom Saint Luke, in his Gospel (Luke 6), and in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 1), calls Jude, brother of James. He was indeed brother of James, who was himself brother, that is, cousin of the Lord, as he writes in his Epistle." </ref> to affirm that Thaddaeus and Jude are one and the same person, that he was brother of [[James of Alphaeus the Apostle|James]] (the Lesser), cousin of Jesus and author of the epistle bearing his name. This epistle was at one time suspected because of its references to two Old Testament apocrypha: the Book of Enoch and the Assumption of Moses.<ref>It is believed to be the last apostle to have written, except for Saint John.</ref>

In Acts 1:13, the mention "Jude of James" is usually translated as "son of James". Maria Valtorta, along with previous tradition, prefers the translation "brother of James".<ref>The Osty Bible (1973) indicates in its footnote for Luke 6:16 ''"Judas (son or brother) of James". The Chouraqui Bible (2003) does likewise ("''Yehuda of Ya'akov - Jude, son or brother of James. Matthew and Mark here name Thaddaeus (Thaddaeus)"). Jerome of Stridon, author of the Vulgate, mentions his relationship to James, son of Alphaeus, using the expression "Jude of James" without further precision ("Iudam Iacobi" (Luke 6:16, Acts 1:13).</ref>

Eusebius of Caesarea (4th century), citing Hegesippus, reports the appearance of the grandsons of Jude, brother of the Lord, before Emperor Domitian (81-96) during the first large-scale persecution Against Christians.<ref>Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History, Book III, chapters 19 and 20. Source quoted by Daniel-Rops in ''Jesus in His Time'': ''When, later, Emperor Domitian (81-96), informed of the prophecy promising a descendant of David to humble the mighty and thrones before him, summoned the last representatives of the royal lineage of Israel, the poor peasants brought to him – two grandsons of Jude the apostle – appeared so humble, so harmless that he spared their lives and sent them back to their hoes.'' (p. 109.)</ref> Faced with the [[Poor, Poverty|poverty]] of these two persons, the emperor released them. How Jude, portrayed as celibate by Maria Valtorta, had descendants remains uncertain: either he married late (though tradition doesn't mention any name), or he adopted the children of his elder brother [[Joseph of Alphaeus|Joseph]]. In any case, by the end of the first century, there were no other surviving descendants of Alphaeus, Jesus' uncle.

Still according to Salton, Eusebius of Caesarea reports that Agbar, [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|king]] of Edessa, wrote to Jesus upon learning of his fame. Thaddaeus was sent to him and baptized him along with his entourage.<ref>Ib°, Book I, chapter 13, § 11.</ref></blockquote>

==Notes and references==
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[[it:Giuda Taddeo]]
[[fr:Jude d’Alphée (Thaddée)]]

Mark of Jonah

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Emmanuel: Text replacement - "MarTyre, MarTyredom, Persecutions" to "Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions"

He is the [[Son, daughter(s)|son]] of the guardians of this property of [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]] where [[Jesus]] often came and where he spent his night of [[Agony, Death|agony]]. The names of his [[Parents, Father, Mother|parents]], [[Mary of Jonah|Mary]] and [[Jonah of Gathhsemane|Jonah]], as well as this property near [[Jerusalem]], raise questions about the similarity that might exist between this Mark and the [[The Evangelists|evangelist]].<blockquote>"When he realized what was happening, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark. Many people had gathered there to [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|pray]]".<ref>[http://www.info-bible.org/lsg/44.Actes.html#12.12 Acts 12:12]</ref></blockquote><blockquote>"As for [[Joseph called Barnabas|Barnabas]] and [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Saul]], after completing their [[Mission]] in Jerusalem, they returned and took John, also called Mark, with them".<ref>[http://www.info-bible.org/lsg/44.Actes.html#12.25 Acts 12:25]</ref></blockquote>Several details are striking, notably that the [[Gathhsemane]] was indeed a safe property amidst the prevailing hostility, given the [[Protection]] its owner, Lazarus, received from the [[The Romans|Roman]] authorities.

The young man who, roused from bed by the noise of the arrest, fled almost naked, is probably him. "A young man was following him, wearing nothing but a linen cloth. They seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked."<ref>[http://www.info-bible.org/lsg/41.Marc.html#14.51 Mark 14:51-52]</ref> A plausible detail since the arrest happened precisely at Gathhsemane. As a counter-argument to this theory, it is noted that the text of the Acts of the Apostles calls him John, also called Mark, and not Mark, son of Jonah (John).

===Apostolic Journey===
Witness of the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636]</ref> and the Ascension<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638]</ref>, since it partly took place at Gathhsemane. He joined the ranks of the [[Disciples]].

===His Name===
Name or rather nickname of Latin origin. It means "little martyr".

===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-018.htm EMV 55] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-033.htm EMV 70]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-057.htm EMV 196]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-048.htm EMV 358] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-062.htm EMV 372]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-011.htm EMV 625] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-027.htm EMV 642]</blockquote>

== Learn more about this character ==
We know from the Scriptures that his mother Mary was related to Barnabas.<ref>[http://www.info-bible.org/lsg/51.Colossiens.html#4.10 Colossians 4:10]</ref>

During the continuation of the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|Christian persecution]] established in [[Jerusalem]] with the rise of Herod Agrippa I (41 AD), Mark followed [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]] to Rome after accompanying his uncle Barnabas and [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Paul]] on their missionary journey. He became Peter’s Latin interpreter and participated in his apostolic works. He [[Evangelization, to evangelize|preached]] and [[Conversion, To Convert|converted]] the [[Pagans, Gentiles (Goyim)|pagans]] of Rome, explained Jewish culture to them, and translated biblical writings from Aramaic and Hebrew into Latin.

Irenaeus, bishop of Lyon, around 180, affirmed (in the ''Anti-Marcionite Prologue'') that the Gospel of Mark was written (in Latin) in Rome, based on Peter’s direct testimony; which places the date of writing around 64 / 65 AD.

In this same anti-Marcionite prologue, Mark is nicknamed "the one with the cut finger," alluding to the mutilation he inflicted on himself to avoid entering the priesthood which he felt unworthy of.

However, he became bishop (Patriarch) of Alexandria in Egypt, as attested by Eusebius, [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Jerome, and Philo of Alexandria. Peter Damian said of him:<blockquote>"He has such great influence in Alexandria that all those who came in crowds to be instructed in the faith soon reached the height of [[Perfect, Perfection|perfection]] through the practice of continence and all kinds of good works, so much so that one would say it was a community of monks. This result was owed less to the extraordinary [[Miracles, wonders and signs|miracles]] of Saint Mark and the eloquence of his sermons than to his eminent [[Example (to be exemplary)|examples]]."</blockquote>He was captured and cruelly martyred by the [[Idols, deities, idolater|idolaters]] angered by his numerous conversions and died as a martyr in 67 AD. His sacred [[Relics]] were preserved in a small chapel in the small fishing port of Bucoles near Alexandria where he had suffered martyrdom.

In 828, the city of Venice in Italy sought a new powerful [[Paradise, Heaven|heavenly]] protector to replace Saint Theodore and rival Rome and its patron saint Saint Peter. Two Venetian merchants boldly went to steal his sacred relics from the small chapel where they had been since his death. The Basilica of Saint Mark in Venice was specially built for the occasion, and thus he became the patron saint of Venice with his lion as the city’s symbol. Mark had come to evangelize the region by boat and had been shipwrecked in the lagoon that would give rise in 452 to Venice. An [[Angels|angel]] appeared to him and said these words: "[[Peace]] be upon you Mark my evangelist, you will find [[Retreat, Rest, Comfort|rest]] here."

Saint Mark’s feast day is celebrated annually on April 25.

=== Remarkable Points ===
In his note no. 12 written for the site [https://valtorta.fr/ Valtorta.fr], [[Jean-François Lavère]] revisits the identification of Mark.<blockquote>'''Mark the Evangelist and the Olive Press'''

At the very beginning of the 3rd century, Saint Hippolytus (''Philosophumena'' VII, 30) nicknamed Saint Mark (κολοβωδάκτυλος) “''kolobo dactylos,''” meaning “''mutilated finger,''” a detail that has intrigued commentators for centuries. Some have inferred that Mark, Peter’s companion, “had very short fingers, although he was a tall man.” Others imagined he might have self-mutilated to avoid becoming a Levite or to escape military service... But almost all agree that Mark is the young man clothed only in a linen cloth, witness to Christ’s arrest in the Garden of Gathhsemane (Mark 14:51-52).

However, Maria Valtorta presents Mark, still a young man, as the son of Jonah and Mary, the guardians of Gathhsemane. He busied himself around the olive press and guarded it during the Passover period, as his father explained to Jesus at their first meeting: “''He is my son'' (…) ''He keeps watch at the press. We have almost the entire year’s harvest in cellars under the press. It was excellent. It produced a lot of oil. When there is a crowd, some rascals mix in and burglarize places that are not guarded. Exactly eight years ago on the Preparation Day, they stole everything from us. Since then, each of us takes turns on night watch''.”<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-018.htm#CEV05501 EMV 55.1]</ref>

This account justifies Mark’s presence at this location, intrigued by the nocturnal commotion near his olive press. The dangerous work at the olive press provides a truly logical explanation for his strange nickname, little known today.</blockquote>
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Marc de Jonas]]

Mary of Alphaeus, aunt of Jesus

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Emmanuel: Text replacement - "MarTyre, MarTyredom, Persecutions" to "Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions"

She is a Galilean native of [[Nazareth]]. She [[Union, Marriage, Unity|marries]] [[Alphaeus of Jacob|Alphaeus]], the elder brother of [[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Saint Joseph]] and thus becomes the aunt of [[Jesus]] and the sister-in-law of the [[Virgin Mary]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm#P232 EMV 566]</ref> She has four sons: [[Joseph of Alphaeus|Joseph]], [[Simon of Alphaeus|Simon]], [[James of Alphaeus the Apostle|James (the apostle)]], [[Judas of Alphaeus (Thaddeus) the Apostle|Jude (the apostle)]]. They are the "brothers" of Jesus<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-matthieu/3193-chapitre-13#v_54 Matthew 13:55]</ref>, while the wives of the first two are said to be "the sisters" of Jesus.

In the work, Mary is interchangeably called "''Mary (Woman) of Alphaeus''" or "''Mary (daughter) of Cleophas''". See the note below.

She is counted among the [[The Women Disciples|Women Disciples]] closest to the Virgin Mary at Calvary and in the events of the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]] as well as the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]].

She is the one who keeps the house in Nazareth once the Virgin Mary, after the Ascension of Jesus, decides to withdraw into the solitude of [[Gathhsemane]] with [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-027.htm EMV 642]</ref>

===Character and Appearance===
She is robust and of a common appearance.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-055.htm EMV 90]</ref> While Maria Valtorta attributes around fifty years to her eldest son Joseph, Mary of Alphaeus must be around 70 years old, as confirmed by EMV 14.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-022.htm EMV 14]</ref> She is a woman influenced by the prejudices of her time. However, she knows how to overcome them: "her [[Heart]] is full of the prejudices of [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]], but naturally [[Goodness, Good|good]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-130.htm EMV 438]</ref>

===Her Conflict with Jesus===
She is torn between her two sons who follow Jesus and the two who are hostile to him, like her husband Alphaeus. She becomes a widow in the first year of his public life. Now free, and driven by her deep [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|desire]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-010.htm EMV 150]</ref>, she becomes one of the [[The Women Disciples|Women Disciples]] who follow Jesus<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-012.htm EMV 152]</ref>, "the first of the Women Disciples in chronological order". She [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffers]] and works for the [[Conversion, To Convert|conversion]] of all her children: which occurs.

She is present at many events including the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]], the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]], and the Ascension.

===Her Name===

In Hebrew Miriam מרים (Myriam – Mirîam).<ref>[https://www.croixsens.net/hebreu/alphabet.php Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net]</ref> This common name can mean bitterness or "the exalted one," "[[Prophet, Prophecies|Prophetess]]" or the feminine of "Lord" – Historical reference: Aaron’s sister.

===Where Is She Mentioned in the Work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-022.htm EMV 14] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-002.htm EMV 44] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-013.htm EMV 51] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-014.htm EMV 52] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-020.htm EMV 57] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-054.htm EMV 89] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-055.htm EMV 90] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-058.htm EMV 93] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm EMV 95] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-065.htm EMV 100] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-068.htm EMV 102] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-070.htm EMV 104] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-071.htm EMV 105] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-073.htm EMV 106] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-074.htm EMV 107] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-076.htm EMV 109] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-100.htm EMV 133] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-010.htm EMV 150] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-012.htm EMV 152] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-017.htm EMV 157] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-022.htm EMV 162] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-024.htm EMV 164] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-040.htm EMV 180] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-055.htm EMV 194] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-058.htm EMV 197] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-059.htm EMV 198] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-060.htm EMV 199] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-061.htm EMV 200] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-062.htm EMV 201] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-068.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm EMV 207] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-070.htm EMV 208] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-072.htm EMV 210] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-073.htm EMV 211] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-074.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-075.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-076.htm EMV 214] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-102.htm EMV 239] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-108.htm EMV 245] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-110.htm EMV 247] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-111.htm EMV 248] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-112.htm EMV 249] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-113.htm EMV 250] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-115.htm EMV 252] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-116.htm EMV 253] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-117.htm EMV 254] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-118.htm EMV 255] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-119.htm EMV 256] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-120.htm EMV 257] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-123.htm EMV 260] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-124.htm EMV 261] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-125.htm EMV 262] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-146.htm EMV 282] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-149.htm EMV 285] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-150.htm EMV 286] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-151.htm EMV 287] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-154.htm EMV 290] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-157.htm EMV 293] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-158.htm EMV 294] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-169.htm EMV 303] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-170.htm EMV 304] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-173.htm EMV 307] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-176.htm EMV 310] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-177.htm EMV 311] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-001.htm EMV 313] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-002.htm EMV 314] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-024.htm EMV 336] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-036.htm EMV 348] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-038.htm EMV 350] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-055.htm EMV 365] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-056.htm EMV 366] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm EMV 368] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-065.htm EMV 375] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-125.htm EMV 433] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-126.htm EMV 434] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-127.htm EMV 435] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-128.htm EMV 436] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-129.htm EMV 437] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-130.htm EMV 438] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-131.htm EMV 439] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-132.htm EMV 440] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-133.htm EMV 441] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-134.htm EMV 442] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-136.htm EMV 444] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-137.htm EMV 445] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-138.htm EMV 446] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-139.htm EMV 447] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-140.htm EMV 448] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-141.htm EMV 449] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-142.htm EMV 450] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-143.htm EMV 451] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-144.htm EMV 452] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-145.htm EMV 453] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-146.htm EMV 454] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-147.htm EMV 455] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-148.htm EMV 456] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-149.htm EMV 457] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-150.htm EMV 458] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-152.htm EMV 460] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-153.htm EMV 461] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-154.htm EMV 462] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-021.htm EMV 560] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm EMV 567] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-029.htm EMV 568] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-032.htm EMV 571] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-035.htm EMV 574] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-037.htm EMV 576] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-039.htm EMV 578] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-040.htm EMV 579] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-042.htm EMV 581] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm EMV 584] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-008.htm EMV 589] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm EMV 596] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-017.htm EMV 598] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-018.htm EMV 599] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm EMV 609] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-001.htm EMV 616] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-002.htm EMV 616] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-005.htm EMV 619] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-012.htm EMV 626] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-013.htm EMV 627] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-020.htm EMV 634] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-026.htm EMV 641] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-027.htm EMV 642]</blockquote>

===Learn More About This Character===

====Mary of Cleophas or Mary of Alphaeus?====
At the foot of the [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|Cross]] of Jesus stood "his mother and the sister of his mother, Mary, Woman of Cleophas, and [[Mary of Magdala (Magdalene)|Mary Magdalene]]".<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/19 John 19:25]</ref>

Maria Valtorta does not mention a Woman of Cleophas<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm EMV 609]</ref>, but rather Mary of Alphaeus (''Maria d'Alfeo'')<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm#CEC60924 EMV 609.24]</ref>, sister-in-law (''cognata'') of the Virgin Mary.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm#CEC60934 EMV 609.34]</ref>

What should one think?

The [http://speedbible.com/vulgate/B43C019.htm Vulgate] of St. Jerome, as well as the [http://www.vatican.va/archive/bible/nova_vulgata/documents/nova-vulgata_nt_evang-ioannem_lt.html#19 New Vulgate] of 1979 both say the same thing:<blockquote>stabant autem iuxta crucem Iesu mater eius ''et soror matris eius Maria Cleopae'' et Maria Magdalene.</blockquote>Neither specifies the relationship that binds this Mary to Cleophas, because in Latin, "Mary, Woman of Cleophas" and "Mary, daughter of Cleophas" are translated identically: "Maria Cleopae". Only repeated use makes her the [[Union, Marriage, Unity|wife]], but calling her the [[Son, daughter(s)|daughter]] is equally correct.

Moreover, the Vulgates speak well of the (sister-) sister of the Virgin Mary, which is the case in Maria Valtorta.

Thus, nothing opposes the idea that Mary of Cleophas in the Gospel is indeed the same as Mary of Alphaeus, sister-in-law of the Virgin Mary, and if one were to specify the relationship, it would be "daughter of," not "Woman of," that should be translated.

But are Mary of Cleophas and Mary of Alphaeus not two distinct persons?

No, in [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-022.htm#CEV16101 EMV 162.1], Mary Cleophas (''Maria Cleofe'') is well assimilated as the aunt of Jesus (''zia Maria''), and therefore the Woman of Alphaeus since Jesus has only one aunt.

It is known that in Nazareth there were several Marys of Alphaeus. To avoid misunderstandings, then, Mary of Cleophas specified the circumstance. Such a misunderstanding could occur between [[Judas of Alphaeus (Thaddeus) the Apostle|Jude]] the [[Apostles|apostle]] and [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas of Kerioth]], who bearing the same name in Hebrew required an addition for clarity.

This dual designation ultimately caused some confusion: For Eusebius of Caesarea, citing Hegesippus, Clopas was the father of Simon, brother of the Apostles whereas James is well said to be, elsewhere, a son of Alphaeus. This confusion led to the assumption that Clopas and Alphaeus were the same root, which is neither proven nor suggested by anything.

Yet, it is not uncommon in the Gospel to see the same character referred to under several names: [[Peter the Apostle|Simon, son of Jonah]], is one example among others.

====In the Dictionary of Characters====
Excerpts from the Dictionary of Characters of the Gospel, according to Maria Valtorta ([[Abbé René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]], [[François-Michel Debroise]], [[Jean-François Lavère]], Éditions Salvator, 2012):<blockquote>[[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Mary of Alphaeus is celebrated on April 9.

According to a tradition reported by Saint Caesarius of Arles (early 6th century), she would have come to Camargue<ref>Étienne-Michel Faillon, ''Monuments inédits, Le testament de St Césaire'', vol. 2, chapter 11</ref>. Her feast was solemnly celebrated there even before the 6th century. The family from [[Bethany]] emigrated to Provence following the first [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutions]] initiated in 41 by Herod Agrippa I. She is known there under the name Mary Jacobe: a nickname she owes to her son [[James of Alphaeus the Apostle|James]], first bishop of [[Jerusalem]].</blockquote>

== Notes and References ==
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==Notes and References==
[[fr:Marie d’Alphée, tante de Jésus]]

Sidonia called Bartholmai

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[[file:ChatGPT Aveugle ne.png|thumb|Illustration of the healing of the Confession-gle-born from John 9,1-34]]
This is the Confession-gle-born from [http://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Jn/Evangile+de+J%C3%A9sus-Christ+Salton+saint+Jean/chapitre/9 John 9,1-34]. He is a thirty-year-old young man from the working-class district of Ophel, in [[Jerusalem]]. He appears to have no eyelids: the forehead meets the cheeks with no cavity, and it seems that underneath there are no eyeballs. [[Jesus]] spreads mud on his eyelids and asks him to go wash at the [[Fountain of Shiloham|Shiloh]] fountain: he is healed.

This [[Tables of Miracles in the Work of Maria Valtorta|healing]], during the [[Sabbath|Sabbath]], is a trap set up with the complicity of [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]]. To foil it, Jesus does not immediately perform the [[Miracles, wonders and signs|miracle]]. The Confession-gle, having seen nothing, cannot say anything, in all good faith.

This trap foiled, and Jesus gone, the [[Anger, Anger of God|anger]] of the [[Temple]] falls back on Sidonius (Sidonia) and his parents: they will be expelled from the synagogue and declared [[Excommunication, to reject|anathemas]]. In this turmoil, Sidonius keeps his [[Faith, conviction|faith]]:<blockquote>"If [[God]] has loved me so much and loved you to the point of giving us the [[Miracles, wonders and signs|miracle]]," he said to his [[Parents, Father, Mother|mother]] devastated by the condemnation, "will He not defend us against a handful of [[Man, Humanity, Human|men]]?"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-207.htm EMV 510]</ref></blockquote> Later Sidonius encounters Jesus whom he has never seen before. He wants to know the Son of God and [[Servant, To Serve, Service|serve]] him.<blockquote>“You do not need to go to Him. The one you see right now and who is speaking to you is the Son of God,” Jesus replies.</blockquote> At these words, [[Maria Valtorta]] has the impression that a very brief [[Transfiguration]] occurs. Jesus becomes very [[Seduction, BWaterty, Charm|radiant]] and shines.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-215.htm EMV 518]</ref>

He turns to the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutors]] lying in wait. They are [[Blindness|blinder]] than Sidonius was. Jesus is the [[Good Shepherd, Good Pastor|Good Shepherd]] and his [[Sheep, Lambs|sheep]] know him.<ref>See [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-jean/3272-chapitre-9#v_35 John 9:35 through 10:21].</ref> Sidonius decides to [[Following Jesus|follow]] Jesus.

During the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]], his elderly mother, [[Encountered Characters#Des autres quartiers de Jerusalem|Anne]], dies of [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pain]] seeing (Jesus) “wounded and struck, He who had given back the [[Eye, gaze|eyes]] to her [[Son, daughter(s)|son]].”<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm#CEV63011 EMV 630.11]</ref>

===His name===
Sidonius: possibly related to the city of [[Sidon]]. Bartholmai means "son of Tolmai," also a nickname of Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle (Barthélemy).

===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-207.htm EMV 510] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-208.htm EMV 511] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-215.htm EMV 518] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-216.htm EMV 519] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm EMV 630]</blockquote>

===Learn more about this character===

Excerpts from the ''Dictionary of Characters of the Gospel Salton Maria Valtorta'' ([[Abbé René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]], [[François-Michel Debroise]], [[Jean-François Lavère]], Éditions Salvator, 2012):<blockquote>Salton a tradition reported by Mgr Gaume<ref>Mgr Gaume, ''Biographies évangéliques,'' 1881, Volume I, pp. 300-301.</ref>, and attested by several other sources, Sidonius or Celoidonius embarked with the Family of [[Bethany]] during their exile in Provence (Narbonese Gaul).

He became [[Priest, Pastor, Spiritual Guide|bishop]] of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (Ardèche) under the name of Restitut. This name means "he to whom sight has been restored."<ref>Bernard Gui, Dominican and historian (early 14th century), ''Miroir Sanctoral'', and ''Life of Saint Maximin''.</ref>

Saint Restitut is celebrated on November 7.

At the death of [[Maximinus, steward of Lazarus|Maximin]], he became bishop of Aix-en-Provence. He is buried in the crypt of [http://www.st-maximin.fr/basilique/index.php Saint Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume]. It was in his sarcophagus that the [[Relics]] of [[Mary of Magdala (Magdalene)|Mary Magdalene]] had been hidden to protect them from the Saracens.<ref>See [http://www.saintsdeprovence.com/les-saints/sidoine/ Saints of Provence].</ref></blockquote>

==Notes and references==
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[[fr:Sidonia (Sidoine) dit Bartolmaï]]

Pain, Suffering, To Suffer

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{{See also|See also:|Trials|Misfortune, Unhappy, Curse}}
[[File:Brooklyn Museum - My Soul is Sorrowful unto Death (Mon âme est triste jusqu'à la mort) - James Tissot.jpg|thumb|The moral and spiritual suffering of [[Jesus]] during the agony in [[Gathhsemane]]: "My [[Soul]] is [[Sadness, Overwhelm|sorrowful]] even to [[Agony, Death|death]]". James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.]]
[[God]], in the Garden of Eden, had not given [[Adam and Eve, New Eve|Adam]] and [[Adam and Eve, New Eve|Eve]] suffering. Pain is a consequence of [[Original sin, original fault|original sin]]. It can be a great source of [[Grace]] for those who endure it with [[Perseverance, Patience|patience]] and [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] of God.

== In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me" ==

* You do not remove pain, oh [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|holy]] [[Friend, Friendship|friendship]], for pain was the destiny of an incarnate God and it may be the destiny of [[Man, Humanity, Human|man]]. But you make this pain [[Gentle, Gentleness|sweet]] in its bitterness.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-039.htm#Douleur EMV 24]</ref>
* "It is in suffering that we gain [[Peace]] and all [[Grace]] for ourselves and for the [[Neighbor]]", Explanations of the [[Virgin Mary]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-048.htm#Souffrance EMV 29]</ref>
* Is pain not always an evil? - No, [[Friend, Friendship|friend]], it is an [[Evil and Its Origins|evil]] from the human point of view.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-047.htm#Benediction EMV 83]</ref>
* Knowing how to suffer for the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-009.htm#SavoirSouffrir EMV 149]</ref>
* The compared destinies of two [[Son, daughter(s)|sons]] [[Jesus]] and [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]] and the parallel suffering of the two mothers. "The pains of [[Parents, Father, Mother|mothers]] [[To Save|save]] their children, don't you know?..."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-076.htm#DouleursM%C3%A8res EMV 214]</ref>
* Pain obtains Graces - The suffering of the mothers of [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|saints]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-116.htm#DouleurObtientGr%C3%A2ces EMV 253]</ref>
* The ruins of the sons can be repaired by the mothers. And you will do it. Your pain, because it is good, is not sterile but fruitful. Through your suffering the Soul you love will be saved. You [[Penance, fasting|expunge]] for him, and you expunge with such a right intention that you are worthy of [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|mercy]] for your son. He will return to God.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-048.htm#SouffranceM%C3%A8res EMV 358]</ref>
* It is not God who gives you this pain, but man. God allows it to [[Trials|test]] you.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-202.htm#Douleur EMV 505]</ref>
* Guilty man realizes that in comparison with one who is without [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]], his [[Guilt, Guilty|guilt]] stands out more, with his [[Vice, Vitiated, Corruption, Corrupt|vices]], and out of spite he [[Vengeance, To Avenge|avenges]] himself by making the good suffer. ([[Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle|Bartholomew]])<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-212.htm#SouffrancesJesus EMV 515]</ref>
* Even if pain comes to you, for pain is sanctification, it is the myrrh that preserves from the putrefaction of the [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]], you will always have within you the certainty that I love you, and that I love you even in this pain, and the [[Peace]] that comes from my [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-009.htm#P74 EMV 548]</ref>
* There will always be pain and [[Agony, Death|death]] on the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|Earth]]. Even the most [[Pure, Purity, Impure, Impurity|pure]] suffer and will suffer, and even they will suffer for all. The [[Co-redeemer, Victim Soul, Reparative Soul, Host, Victimal Gift|propitiatory hosts]] for the Lord. - But why? I don't understand... - "Many things are not understood on Earth. At least know To Believe that these are things willed by perfect [[Perfect, Perfection|Love]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-014.htm EMV 553]</ref>
* Pain is not a punishment when one knows how to Preach and use it with [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]]. Pain is like a priesthood, Simon. A priesthood open to all. A priesthood that gives great power over the [[Heart]] of God. And great merit.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-016.htm#DouleurSacerdoce EMV 555]</ref>
* [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]] disputes that Jesus can really suffer: "Can a God suffer? He is above pain. The Father's love is for Him like... like an intoxicating wine. And an intoxicating wine is for Him the conviction that his [[Actions]]... are the [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|salvation]] of the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|world]]. And then... can He have the physical reactions that we, humble men, have?"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-026.htm#NegationSouffrance EMV 565]</ref>
* "I do not ask God not to suffer, but to know how to suffer".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-026.htm#SavoirSouffrir EMV 565]</ref>
* Mary: Her Spiritual Childbirth Torment: She says: "But, believe me, my daughter, there has never been and there never will be childbirth torment like my childbirth as a [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyr]] through a spiritual Maternity accomplished on the hardest of beds: that of my cross, at the foot of the gibbet of my Son who was dying. What mother is forced to give birth in such a way, and to mix the torment of her tearing womb at hearing the groan of her [[Jesus|Creature]] in agony with the internal tearing to overcome the horror of having to say: "I [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] you. Come to me who am your Mother" to the murderers of her Son (...)?"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-037.htm#CEV02309 EMV 23.9]</ref>
*'''All suffering is soothed on the breast of Mary''': [[Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist|Elizabeth]] tells her: "Let me place my hands on your breast." "Oh! if in your [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffering]] you always asked me that!" (...) "And all pain calms and '''all hope blossoms and all Grace flows''' for those who come to me and lay their head on my breast."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-037.htm#CEV02310 EMV 23.10]</ref>
* Our Mother from Heaven ceases not to '''[[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|pray]] for us''': "I pray for you. Remember it. The [[Beatitudes, Blessed|blessedness]] of being in Heaven, living in the radiance of God, does not make me forget my [[Son, daughter(s)|sons]] who suffer on [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|earth]]. And I pray. The whole Heaven prays, for Heaven loves. Heaven is living [[Love, Charity, To Love|charity]]. And Charity has [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|pity]] on you. But, if there were only me, it would already be a sufficient prayer for the needs of those who hope in God, since I never cease to pray for you all: [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|saints]] and depraved, to give joy to the saints, to give the [[Wicked, Evil|wicked]] the [[Repentance, Remorse|repentance]] that [[To Save|saves]]." "Come, come, oh sons of my pain. I await you at the foot of the [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|Cross]] to grant you [[Grace]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-037.htm#CEV02310 EMV 23.10]</ref>

== In other works of Maria Valtorta ==

=== Autobiography ===
Degrees of suffering and degrees of [[Faith, conviction|faith]]:

"In lukewarm beings, illness provokes irritation and whining. These are the kinds of [[Sick, Illnesses|patients]] who, even when they have only one ailment and not even very painful, do nothing but complain about it and consider themselves the most [[Misfortune, Unhappy, Curse|unfortunate]] of all. They grumble Against [[God]] who has taken away their [[To Heal, To Care, Health|health]]. Even when they reach eighty years and more they are still saying: "Still, it's not [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|fair]] that now that I am about to [[Agony, Death|die]] I must suffer. He could have spared me a little longer." According to them it would rather be fair that others suffer from their tender [[Children, Childhood|childhood], moreover, they say, those who have always suffered are used to it... They grumble Against the [[Neighbor]] who never gives them sufficient care. A door left ajar is an assault on their precious health. A glass of [[Water]] offered a little late is a certain proof of [[Wicked, Evil|wickedness]]. A slight bump Against their... so fragile person is a crime. A word uttered to try to [[To Encourage, Encouragement|encourage]] them is an unforgivable proof that we do not take their sufferings seriously. If one smiles at them it is mockery, if one [[Tears, To Weep|cries]] one has no [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|pity]] for their melancholy, if one speaks one aggravates their pain, if one is [[Silence, To Be Silent|silent]] one offends them by our indifference. They grumble Against the members of their [[Family|families]], Against the nurses, the doctors... and grumble bitterly Against the [[Priest, Pastor, Spiritual Guide|priests]] who advise them to be [[Perseverance, Patience|patient]]. They grumble Against [[Animals, Domestic Animals|domestic animals]]. They grumble about the heat, the cold, the flies, the handkerchief that fell, the coffee that is too hot or not hot enough, the newspaper that was folded badly... They grumble and grumble like battery-powered machines. They live grumbling, made bitter by their own bitterness towards everyone, more than by the evil itself that strikes them. These are the people from whom there is the least to hope. Even less than from an [[Atheism|atheist]] who has not yet known suffering...

In someone fervent, illness arouses a feeling of resignation. He did not desire it. And if he had been given the chance to [[Choice, to choose|choose]], he would never have wanted it. But since God sends it to him... with a Face covered with [[Tears, To Weep|tears]] he declares: "Oh God! Lord, too bad! If you spared me this [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|cross]], my God, it would be better. But since you sent it to me I keep it." And he keeps it. He preserves it. But he does not embrace it nor carry it either. He just stays there, with this weight on his back... and that's all. It is [[Jesus]] who, from time to time, must lift this weight from their shoulders to allow them to move forward...

In those who [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] God, illness brings [[Joy, happiness|joy]]. The reaction of surprise ceases after a few moments and does not return. The [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]] suffers. But it alone suffers. Everything else is in joy. These beings have asked to suffer. They asked for it with the most ardent [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|supplications]], of an intensity not even known by those who are healthy and when they ask for their health to be preserved. As soon as they see God approaching in the distance bearing the cross, they go to meet Him, they exult, they kiss His holy hands that offer the cross and embrace the cross as the dearest thing. And they do not keep it without doing anything. After holding it close to their [[Heart]], they put it on their shoulders and start walking singing... God goes before them and they follow Him. They put their steps in the Master's steps, not worrying if the path becomes steeper, thorny, rocky, not worrying if the brambles scratch their skin, the stones scrape their feet, the sun beats down and aggravates their wounds, the [[Water]] wets their clothes, the wind chills them, the night makes walking more difficult... They know that at the end of the path the sun will return! They know that at the end the steep path will turn into a smooth sea of glass and [[Fire]] leading to the city of the [[Sheep, Lambs|Lamb]], that on this sea of splendor they will eternally sing the song of Moses and the Lamb. They know all this and they do not hand over the cross to the charitable [[Simon of Cyrene|Simon of Cyrene]] who would like to help them. They say: "No, Jesus, holy Love. One day you bore it for me. It is now my turn to bear it for my [[Brothers, Brotherhood|brothers]]. If your cross has opened a wound on me, where it weighs, and the blood flows from my hurt humerus, look, Jesus, the [[Miracles, wonders and signs|miracle]] worked by my poor blood on the hard wood; it makes flowers of [[Good]] arise!" Yes, the cross blooms when it is loved. Yes, the cross becomes a wing that generously carries us away, a wing as fast as an [[Angels|angel]]'s wing..."("Autobiography" – pages 386 to 388)

=== Notebooks ===

*'''Catechesis of April 23, 1943''': "Suffer, Maria, and tell the [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|just]] to suffer also to supply for the second [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrdom]] that the [[God|Father]] does not want me to fulfill".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430423.htm#Coredemption Catechesis of April 23, 1943]</ref>
*'''Catechesis of February 18, 1947''': "Remember also that man's life serves to expiate the evil he commits. In the best case — that is when no [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]] is committed knowingly —, it always serves as expiation or, if you prefer, as suffering consequent to [[Original sin, original fault|original sin]], God whom my [[Sacrifice, Blood of Christ|Sacrifice]] and the reintegration into [[Grace]] that I have obtained for you have thus abounded to lessen; therefore, everyone is obliged to suffer to regain this degree of [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]], [[To give, to give oneSaltf|given]] freely, which your [[Adam and Eve, New Eve|first parents]] possessed with [[Life, Living|life]]".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/Temptation.htm#TemptationMal Catechesis of February 18, 1947]</ref>

== In fundamental Christian texts ==

=== In the Bible ===

* But God also corrects man by the suffering that throws him upon a bed.<ref>[http://www.info-bible.org/lsg/18.Job.html#33.19 Job 33:19]</ref>
* Ascension of Elijah.<ref>[http://www.info-bible.org/lsg/20.Proverbes.html#15.1 Proverbs 15:1]</ref>
* Accept all that may happen to you and be patient when suffering comes. Do not forget that gold is tested by [[Fire]]; those who please God must also pass through the crucible of humiliation.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/Ecclesiastique.htm#Siracide0204 Sirach 2:4]</ref>

=== In the Catechism of the Catholic Church ===

* From the beginning, [[Jesus]] associated his [[Disciples]] with his life; he shared with them his [[Mission]], his joy and his sufferings.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0748-0810.htm#0787 CCC 787 and following]</ref>
* Illness and suffering have always been among the most serious problems that test human [[Man, Humanity, Human|life]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/1499-1532.htm#1500 CCC 1500 and following]</ref>
[[Category:Themes]]

==Notes and references==
[[fr:Douleur, Souffrance, Souffrir]]

James of Alphaeus the Apostle

2026-04-27T12:15:09Z

Emmanuel: Text replacement - "MarTyre, MarTyredom, Persecutions" to "Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions"

[[File:JacquesAlpheeFerri.jpg|thumb|Drawing of James son of Alphaeus by [[Lorenzo Ferri]] Salton the indications of [[Maria Valtorta]]. Source: documentary collection of the [[Maria Valtorta Heritage Foundation]].]]This cousin of [[Jesus]] is Galilean through his [[Virgin Mary|mother]], [[Mary of Alphaeus, aunt of Jesus|Mary]], daughter of Cleophas and Judean through his [[Parents, Father, Mother|father]], [[Alphaeus of Jacob|Alphaeus]], son of Jacob. He is of royal descent, like Jesus.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-090.htm#CEV12307 EMV 123.7]</ref>

His [[Gentle, Gentleness|gentle]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm#CEV57701 EMV 577.1]</ref>, even [[Penance, fasting|ascetic]]<ref>[http://maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-024.htm#CEV63901 EMV 639.1]</ref> character contrasts with the dominant nature of his brother [[Judas of Alphaeus (Thaddeus) the Apostle|Jude]].

His [[Meditation, contemplation, prayer|contemplative]] tendency, his "[[Perseverance, Patience|patient]] and secret" attitude recall his uncle [[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Joseph]], to whom he also physically resembles.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm#CEV57707 EMV 577.7]</ref>

James is very close to Jesus: they are approximately the same age. In their [[Children, Childhood|childhood]], they shared the same [[Teaching, Catechism|teachings]] from the [[Virgin Mary]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-064.htm#CEV03807 EMV 38.7-9]</ref> When Homilizing him as an [[Apostles|apostle]], Jesus presents him thus:<blockquote>"my [[Perfect, Perfection|perfect]] [[Friend, Friendship|childhood friend]], the one who was my brother during our youth!"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm#CEV09502 EMV 95.2]</ref> </blockquote>

He is the 11th and penultimate apostle to join Jesus. For this reason, he is called "the lesser" in contrast to his namesake [[James of Zebedee the Apostle]], "the Greater," one of the first to follow Jesus.

This late commitment is due to his concern about convincing his [[Family]] hostile to Jesus. [[Joseph of Alphaeus|Joseph]], his elder brother, is stubborn and rigid. [[Simon of Alphaeus|Simon]], the second is fickle.

His father Alphaeus fumes against Jesus ("he is a madman!" he says). Only his mother [[Mary of Alphaeus, aunt of Jesus|Mary]], daughter of Cleophas, and his brother [[Judas of Alphaeus (Thaddeus) the Apostle|Jude]] show favor towards Jesus.

His mother, having become a widow, follows Jesus as a [[The Women Disciples|woman disciple]] up to the foot of the [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|cross]]. His brother Jude is already an [[Apostles|apostle]]. James stays, as long as he can, with his dying father before being forced to choose between his [[Family]] and Jesus. He chooses Jesus:<blockquote>"But now that I know, now that you have told me that even above the father there is [[God]], then I could no longer bear it. (...)

But they did not want to understand us and did not even want to listen to us. And I left. Forced to [[Choice, to choose|choose]]: Jesus or the Family, it is You I chose. Here I am, if at least you want me (...)"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm#CEV09501 EMV 95.1]</ref> </blockquote> His father [[Agony, Death|dies]] shortly after.

His [[Gentle, Gentleness|gentleness]] is not without [[Courage, Boldness|courage]]: despite his lack of confidence, he is the first of the Apostles to preach the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Messiah]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-097.htm#CEV13002 EMV 130.2]</ref>

During a private meeting on [[Mount Carmel|Mount Carmel]], Jesus reveals the Future to him and entrusts him with the future [[Church]] of [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-121.htm#CEV25805 EMV 258.5]</ref> The [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]] says to him:<blockquote>"you will be the leader of those who will be in the [[Jerusalem]] Christianized by your Jesus".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-121.htm#CEV25804 EMV 258.4]</ref> </blockquote>

Coming down from [[Mount Carmel|Mount Carmel]], James performs his first [[Miracles, wonders and signs|miracle]] by healing, in the name of Jesus, the young [[Children, Childhood|child]] of a woodcutter.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-122.htm#CEV25909 EMV 259.9-11]</ref>

James is present at the main events of Jesus' public life: Witness of the Last Supper<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm EMV 600]</ref>, the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-013.htm EMV 627] ; [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm EMV 629].</ref>, the Ascension<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm#CEV63816 EMV 638.16-23]</ref> and Pentecost.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-025.htm EMV 640]</ref>

But he does not attend the [[Passion (Redemption)|passion]] and the [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|crucifixion]] of Jesus: he flees at the time of his capture.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm EMV 621]</ref>

He becomes the first bishop of [[Jerusalem]], one of the very first figures of the nascent [[Church]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm#CEV63812 EMV 638.12]</ref> He fears that he will not be able to carry out this task. Jesus appears to him to [[Retreat, Rest, Comfort|comfort]] him<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/1Co/Premi%C3%A8re+lettre+de+saint+Paul+Ap%C3%B4tre+aux+Corinthiens/chapitre/15 1 Corinthians 15,7]</ref> and encourages him during his speech just before his Ascension.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm#CEV63812 EMV 638.12]</ref>

Together with others, he collects the body of [[Stephen, the first martyr|Stephen]], the first [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyr]], who died stoned.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-032.htm#CEV64601 EMV 646.1-2]</ref> Despite the burgeoning [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecution]] and advice of [[Prudence, Prudent|prudence]], he remains in Jerusalem.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-032.htm#CEV64604 EMV 646.4]</ref>

===His name===
Jacob, James (ז'אק – יעקב): Ya'aqob.

Etymologically: "he who takes by the heel, who supplants" (a reference to the birth of the twins); another etymology proposed is a contraction of Ya'-cob-El: "May [[God]] [[Protection|protect]]" -

Historical reference: Jacob, son of Isaac and Rebecca, the twin brother of Esau. He took the name Israel after struggling with the [[Angels|angel]].

He is known under the triple title of '''James, son of Alphaeus''', '''James the Lesser''' (became apostle after James "the Greater," son of Zebedee), or '''James the Just''' due to his reputation for [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|holiness]] as bishop of Jerusalem for more than thirty years, until his assassination in 62 on the order of the High Priest Ananias II, the fifth son of the [[Hanne, the high priest|High Priest Hanne]], reportedly.

===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>'''Hidden Life of Jesus:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-059.htm EMV 35] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-064.htm EMV 38] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-066.htm EMV 39]

'''Preparation for Public Life:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-002.htm EMV 44] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-013.htm EMV 51] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-019.htm EMV 56]

'''Choice of the last Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-055.htm EMV 90] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-058.htm EMV 93] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm EMV 95] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-061.htm EMV 96] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-062.htm EMV 97]

'''The last shepherds:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-063.htm EMV 98] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-064.htm EMV 99] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-065.htm EMV 100] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-066.htm EMV 101] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-068.htm EMV 102] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-069.htm EMV 103] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-070.htm EMV 104] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-071.htm EMV 105] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-073.htm EMV 106] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-075.htm EMV 108] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-076.htm EMV 109]

'''In Judea before the common life:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-077.htm EMV 110] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-078.htm EMV 111] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-079.htm EMV 112] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-082.htm EMV 115] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-083.htm EMV 116] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-084.htm EMV 117] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-085.htm EMV 118]

'''Teachings on the Ten Commandments:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-086.htm EMV 119] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-087.htm EMV 120] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-088.htm EMV 121] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-089.htm EMV 122] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-090.htm EMV 123] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-091.htm EMV 124] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-092.htm EMV 125] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-093.htm EMV 126] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-094.htm EMV 127] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-095.htm EMV 128] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-096.htm EMV 129] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-097.htm EMV 130] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-098.htm EMV 131] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-099.htm EMV 132]

'''Year-end festivals:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-100.htm EMV 133] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-101.htm EMV 134] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-102.htm EMV 135] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-103.htm EMV 136] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-104.htm EMV 137] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-105.htm EMV 138] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-106.htm EMV 139] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-107.htm EMV 140] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-001.htm EMV 141] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-002.htm EMV 142]

'''The Samaritan woman:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-003.htm EMV 143] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-004.htm EMV 144] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-005.htm EMV 145] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-006.htm EMV 146] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-007.htm EMV 147] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-009.htm EMV 149]

'''Female apostleship:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-011.htm EMV 151] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-013.htm EMV 153] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-014.htm EMV 154] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-015.htm EMV 155] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-017.htm EMV 157] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-018.htm EMV 158]

'''In Galilee, the choice of the Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-020.htm EMV 160] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-022.htm EMV 162] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-024.htm EMV 164] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-025.htm EMV 165] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-026.htm EMV 166]

'''The Sermon on the Mount:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-029.htm EMV 169] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-030.htm EMV 170] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-031.htm EMV 171] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-032.htm EMV 172] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-033.htm EMV 173] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm EMV 174] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-036.htm EMV 176]

'''Apostleship in Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-037.htm EMV 177] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-038.htm EMV 178] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-039.htm EMV 179] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-040.htm EMV 180] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-041.htm EMV 181] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-042.htm EMV 182] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-043.htm EMV 183] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-044.htm EMV 184] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-047.htm EMV 186]

'''The second Easter journey:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-048.htm EMV 187] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-049.htm EMV 188] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-050.htm EMV 189] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-051.htm EMV 190] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-052.htm EMV 191] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-053.htm EMV 192] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-054.htm EMV 193] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-055.htm EMV 194] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-056.htm EMV 195] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-057.htm EMV 196] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-058.htm EMV 197] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-059.htm EMV 198] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-060.htm EMV 199] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-061.htm EMV 200] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-062.htm EMV 201] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-063.htm EMV 202] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-064.htm EMV 203]

'''Apostleship in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-065.htm EMV 204] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-066.htm EMV 205] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-067.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-068.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm 3.69 EMV 207] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-070.htm 3.70 EMV 208] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-072.htm 3.72 EMV 210] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-073.htm EMV 211] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-074.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-075.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-076.htm EMV 214] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-077.htm EMV 215]

'''Apostleship in Philistia:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-078.htm EMV 216] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-079.htm EMV 217] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-080.htm EMV 218] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-081.htm EMV 219] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-082.htm EMV 220] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-083.htm EMV 221] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-084.htm EMV 222] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-085.htm EMV 223] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-086.htm EMV 224] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-087.htm EMV 225]

'''The conversion of Mary Magdalene:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-088.htm EMV 226] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-090.htm EMV 229] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-091.htm EMV 230] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-093.htm EMV 232] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-094.htm EMV 233] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-096.htm EMV 235] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-100.htm EMV 237] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-101.htm EMV 238] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-102.htm EMV 239] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-103.htm EMV 240] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-104.htm EMV 241] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-105.htm EMV 242] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-106.htm EMV 243] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-107.htm EMV 244] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-108.htm EMV 245] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-109.htm EMV 246] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-110.htm EMV 247] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-111.htm EMV 248] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-112.htm EMV 249] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-113.htm EMV 250] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-114.htm EMV 251] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-115.htm EMV 252] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-116.htm EMV 253] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-117.htm EMV 254] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-118.htm EMV 255]

'''Sending the Apostles and Disciples on Mission:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-119.htm EMV 256] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-120.htm EMV 257] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-121.htm EMV 258] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-122.htm EMV 259] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-123.htm EMV 260] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-124.htm EMV 261] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-125.htm EMV 262] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-128.htm EMV 265] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-131.htm EMV 268] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-132.htm EMV 269] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-134.htm EMV 271] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm EMV 272] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-136.htm EMV 273] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-137.htm EMV 274] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-139.htm EMV 275] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-140.htm EMV 276] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-141.htm EMV 277] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-142.htm EMV 278] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-143.htm EMV 279] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-144.htm EMV 280]

'''Perea, Gilead and Trachonitis:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-148.htm EMV 284] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-149.htm EMV 285] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-150.htm EMV 286] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-151.htm EMV 287] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-152.htm EMV 288] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-153.htm EMV 289] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-154.htm EMV 290] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-156.htm EMV 292] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-157.htm EMV 293] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-158.htm EMV 294] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-160.htm EMV 296] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-161.htm EMV 297] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-162.htm EMV 298] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-165.htm EMV 299] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-166.htm EMV 300] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-167.htm EMV 301] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-168.htm EMV 302]

'''Year-end festivals in Nazareth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-170.htm EMV 304] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-173.htm EMV 307] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-178.htm EMV 312]

'''The journey of the Disciples to Antioch:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-001.htm EMV 313] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-002.htm EMV 314] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-003.htm EMV 315] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-004.htm EMV 316] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-006.htm EMV 318] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-007.htm EMV 319] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-008.htm EMV 320] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-009.htm EMV 321] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-010.htm EMV 322] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-011.htm EMV 323] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-012.htm EMV 324] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-013.htm EMV 325] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-014.htm EMV 326]

'''Phoenicia and Upper Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-015.htm EMV 327] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-016.htm EMV 328] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-017.htm EMV 329] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-018.htm EMV 330] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-019.htm EMV 331] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-020.htm EMV 332] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-021.htm EMV 333] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-022.htm EMV 334] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-023.htm EMV 335] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-024.htm EMV 336] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-026.htm EMV 338] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-027.htm EMV 339] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-028.htm EMV 340] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-029.htm EMV 341] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-030.htm EMV 342] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-031.htm EMV 343] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-032.htm EMV 344] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-033.htm EMV 345] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-034.htm EMV 346] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-035.htm EMV 347]

'''The Transfiguration and the Bread of Heaven:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-036.htm EMV 348] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-037.htm EMV 349] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-038.htm EMV 350] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-039.htm EMV 351] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-040.htm EMV 352] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-042.htm EMV 353] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-044.htm EMV 354] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-045.htm EMV 355] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-046.htm EMV 356] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-047.htm EMV 357] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-048.htm EMV 358] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-049.htm EMV 359] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-050.htm EMV 360] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-051.htm EMV 361] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-052.htm EMV 362] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-053.htm EMV 363]

'''The second-to-last Passover:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-054.htm EMV 364] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-055.htm EMV 365] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-056.htm EMV 366] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-057.htm EMV 367] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm EMV 368] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-059.htm EMV 369] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm EMV 370] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-061.htm EMV 371] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-062.htm EMV 372] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-064.htm EMV 374] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-065.htm EMV 375] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-067.htm EMV 377] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-068.htm EMV 378]

'''In Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-069.htm EMV 379] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-070.htm EMV 380] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-071.htm EMV 381] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-072.htm EMV 382] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-073.htm EMV 383] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-074.htm EMV 384] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-075.htm EMV 385]

'''God in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-076.htm EMV 386] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-077.htm EMV 387] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-078.htm EMV 388] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-079.htm EMV 389] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-080.htm EMV 390] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-081.htm EMV 391] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-082.htm EMV 392] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-083.htm EMV 393] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-084.htm EMV 394] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-087.htm EMV 398] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-088.htm EMV 399] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-091.htm EMV 402] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-092.htm EMV 403]

'''Plain of Sharon:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-093.htm EMV 404] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-094.htm EMV 405] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-095.htm EMV 406] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-096.htm EMV 407] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-097.htm EMV 408] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-099.htm EMV 410] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-100.htm EMV 411] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-101.htm EMV 412]

'''Pentecost, Decapolis and Esdraelon Plain:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-102.htm EMV 413] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-103.htm EMV 414] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-104.htm EMV 415] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-105.htm EMV 416] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-106.htm EMV 417] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-109.htm EMV 418] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-110.htm EMV 419] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-111.htm EMV 420] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-112.htm EMV 421] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-113.htm EMV 422] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-114.htm EMV 423] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-115.htm EMV 424] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-116.htm EMV 425] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-117.htm EMV 426] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm EMV 427] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-119.htm EMV 428] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-120.htm EMV 429] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-121.htm EMV 430] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-123.htm EMV 431] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-124.htm EMV 432]

'''Summer in Nazareth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-125.htm EMV 433] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-127.htm EMV 435] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-128.htm EMV 436] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-132.htm EMV 440] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-133.htm EMV 441] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-135.htm EMV 443] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-136.htm EMV 444] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-137.htm EMV 445] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-138.htm EMV 446] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-139.htm EMV 447] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-140.htm EMV 448] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-141.htm EMV 449] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-142.htm EMV 450] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-143.htm EMV 451] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-144.htm EMV 452] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-145.htm EMV 453] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-146.htm EMV 454] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-147.htm EMV 455] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-148.htm EMV 456] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-149.htm EMV 457] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-150.htm EMV 458] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-151.htm EMV 459] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-152.htm EMV 460] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-153.htm EMV 461] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-154.htm EMV 462] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-155.htm EMV 463] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-158.htm EMV 465]

'''In Syro-Phoenicia:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-159.htm EMV 466] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-160.htm EMV 467] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-163.htm EMV 469] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-164.htm EMV 470] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-165.htm EMV 471] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-166.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-167.htm EMV 473] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-169.htm EMV 474] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-172.htm EMV 477]

'''The Feast of Tabernacles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-183.htm EMV 488] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-184.htm EMV 489] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-185.htm EMV 490]

'''In Moab and Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-193.htm EMV 497] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-194.htm EMV 498] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-195.htm EMV 499] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-201.htm EMV 504] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-202.htm EMV 505] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-204.htm EMV 507] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-205.htm EMV 508] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-206.htm EMV 509] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-207.htm EMV 510] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-208.htm EMV 511] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-212.htm EMV 515] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-217.htm EMV 520] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-220.htm EMV 523]

'''The Feast of Dedication:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-224.htm EMV 527] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-225.htm EMV 528] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-226.htm EMV 529] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-229.htm EMV 532] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-232.htm EMV 535] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-235.htm EMV 538]

'''The resurrection of Lazarus:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-007.htm EMV 547]

'''Exile in Samaria:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-012.htm EMV 551] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-013.htm EMV 552] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-015.htm EMV 554] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-016.htm EMV 555] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-017.htm EMV 556] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm EMV 567] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-029.htm EMV 568] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-032.htm EMV 571] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-035.htm EMV 574]

'''Return to Jerusalem:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm EMV 584] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-046.htm EMV 585] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-047.htm EMV 586]

'''Holy Week:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-012.htm EMV 593] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm EMV 596] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-016.htm EMV 597] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-018.htm EMV 599]

'''The Passion:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm EMV 600]

'''Easter Sunday:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm EMV 621] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-012.htm EMV 626]

'''From Resurrection to Ascension:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-014.htm EMV 628] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm EMV 629] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm EMV 630] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-017.htm EMV 631] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-020.htm EMV 634] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-021.htm EMV 635] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638]

'''Apostolic times:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-024.htm EMV 639] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-025.htm EMV 640] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-026.htm EMV 641] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-027.htm EMV 642] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-032.htm EMV 646] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-035.htm EMV 649]</blockquote>

===Learn more about this figure===
Excerpts from the Dictionary of Gospel Characters, Salton Maria Valtorta ([[Abbé René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]], [[François-Michel Debroise]], [[Jean-François Lavère]], Éditions Salvator, 2012). <blockquote>James son of Alphaeus is celebrated on May 3 along with [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]] the apostle.

The theologian Jean Beleth<ref>A French theologian (c.1135-1182), rector at Paris and Amiens after having been a student at Chartres. He is known for his "''Summa de ecclesiasticis officiis"'' one of the foundational works of Christian liturgy.</ref> claims that his father Alphaeus was also the brother of Saint Joseph<ref>Jean Beleth, Summa de ecclesiasticis officiis, chapter 124.</ref>, but for Jacques de Voragine, this brother was Cleophas.<ref>Jacques de Voragine, The Golden Legend, [http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/voragine/tome02/068.htm Saint James, the apostle (the lesser)].</ref> For [[Maria Valtorta]], this Cleophas is the maternal grandfather of James.

James is also known as "James the Just" due to his reputation for holiness as bishop of Jerusalem for more than thirty years.

According to the faith of Hegesippus<ref>Fifth book of his Memoirs, Salton Eusebius of Caesarea. Work now lost.</ref>, a figure of the generation after the [[Apostles]], Eusebius of Caesarea and then Saint Jerome call him Nazarene (consecrated to God) from birth: "He always preserved his [[Virgins, Virginity|virginity]] and his [[Pure, Purity, Impure, Impurity|complete purity]]. His prostrations to the ground in [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prayer]] were so frequent that the skin of his knees had hardened like that of a camel."<ref>Eusebius of Caesarea Ecclesiastical History, Book 2, chapter 23.</ref>

James was one of the "pillars of the" nascent "Church". Saint [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Paul]] even names him before [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]].<ref>Cf. [https://bible.catholique.org/epitre-de-saint-paul-apotre-aux-galates/3395-chapitre-2#v_9 Galatians 2:9].</ref> He is the presumed author of the first of the seven catholic epistles.<ref>[http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/fr/audiences/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20060628.html Benedict XVI, catechesis of June 28, 2006].</ref> A 2nd-century apocryphon, the Protoevangelium of James, is attributed to him.

Saint Jerome and Saint Epiphanius confirm that he was bishop of Jerusalem, at the express request of Jesus.<ref>St Jerome, in Gal. p 164, and St Epiphanius 78, c.7 (reported by Maistre, History of St James the Lesser 1870, p 395).</ref>

James was stoned in 62 by order of Ananias II, the acting high priest, along with several of his companions. Salton [http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/historiens/Flajose/intro.htm Flavius Josephus], he was thrown from the top of the Temple terrace into the Kidron Valley where a fuller finished him off with blows of a stick.<ref>Flavius Josephus Jewish Antiquities (20, 201sq).</ref> According to Hegesippus, his last words were those of [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgiveness]]. He was buried near the [[Temple]], on the very site of his [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrdom]].<ref>Eusebius of Caesarea Ecclesiastical History, Book 2, chapter 23.</ref> Part of his Relics rest in Rome<ref>In the crypt of the Basilica of the Holy Apostles.</ref> with those of Saint [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]], but many Churches claim fragments of his Relics.<ref>Notably: Saint-Sernin Cathedral of Toulouse, Monastery of Saint Zoile of Compostela, Church of the Jesuits of Antwerp, Saint-Etienne of Forli, Cathedral of Langres, Saint-Cornelius of Compiègne...</ref></blockquote>

= Notes and references =
[[Category:Characters]]
[[it:Giacomo di Alfeo]]

==Notes and references==
[[fr:Jacques d’Alphée]]

Purgatory

2026-04-27T12:15:09Z

Emmanuel: Text replacement - "MarTyre, MarTyredom, Persecutions" to "Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions"

{{Other|See also:|Paradise, Heaven|The Limbo|Hell, Hells}}
[[File:Carracci-Purgatory.jpg|thumb|Purgatory - Lodovico Carracci]]
<blockquote>The [[Soul|Souls]] immersed in these [[Fire|flames]] [of Purgatory] suffer only for [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]]. They are not unworthy to possess the [[Light, Lamps|Light]], but not quite worthy to enter immediately the [[Paradise, Heaven|Kingdom of Light]]. At the moment they stand before [[God]], these [[The Spirit|spirits]] are invested with Light. It is a brief [[Beatitudes, Blessed|blessedness]] anticipated that assures them of their [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|salvation]]. It gives them the [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|knowledge]] of what their [[Eternity, Eternal|eternity]] will be and full [[Consciousness]] of what they have done to the Soul, frustrating it of years of [[Beatitudes, Blessed|blessed]] possession of God. Then immersed in the place of [[Purification]], they are assaulted by expiatory flames. Those who talk about Purgatory tell the [[Truth, sincerity|truth]] in this. But they are mistaken in wanting to apply various names to these flames. They are a fire of Love. They purify by inflaming the Souls with love. They give Love because, when the Soul has reached, through them, the love it had not reached on [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|earth]], it is delivered and joins Love in [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]]. [[Notebooks of 1943]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431017.htm Catechesis of October 17, 1943]</ref> </blockquote>

==In "The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me"==

*Is it not better to [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffer]] here than in purgatory? Consider, there time is multiplied by a thousand.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-047.htm#Purgatory EMV 83]</ref>
*Purgatory is already "life." Diminished, bound, but still [[Life, Living|life]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm#Purgatory EMV 272]</ref>
*Many will be with [[Jesus|Me]] in [[Paradise, Heaven|Paradise]]. Some will have their reward after expiation, others immediately after [[Agony, Death|death]], but the [[Reward|reward]] will be such that just as you forget the Earth and its [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pains]], so you will forget Purgatory with its [[Penance, fasting|penitential]] nostalgias of love.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-115.htm#ParadisePurgatory EMV 424]</ref>
*Do you not believe valid the [[Reconcile, Reconciliation, Confession, Absolution|absolution]] of [[Jesus]]?" He replied: "I believe it valid but, I think, offering suffrages to the Souls for whom no one [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prays]] and I say: if there is no longer need for my [[Parents, Father, Mother|father]], may these sacrifices go to those whom no one thinks of."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-136.htm#SoulsPurgatory EMV 444]</ref>
*In [[Hell, Hells|Hell]], [[To Hate, Hatred, Racism|hatred]] and punishment cause a fierce Blindness. In Purgatory, the Thirst for expiation annihilates all other [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|thought]]. In the [[The Limbo|Limbo]], the [[Beatitudes, Blessed|blessed]] waiting of the [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|just]] is not profaned by any [[Sexuality, Sensuality, Lust|sensuality]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-148.htm#Beyond EMV 456]</ref>
*The [[Virgin Mary]]: "What happiness spread in all the kingdoms of God: in Paradise, in Purgatory, in The Limbo".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm EMV 630]</ref>

==In the other works of Maria Valtorta==

===[[Notebooks of 1943]]===

*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430616.htm '''Catechesis of June 16'''] : Each era has had its forms of piety [...] Then came the time of austere segregations. To bury oneself far from the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|world]] was, according to the ideas of the time, necessary for the [[Perfect, Perfection|perfection]] and continual [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|redemption]] of the [[Soul|Souls]]. From monasteries, hermitages, from the depths of walled cells, torrents of [[Penance, fasting|sacrifices]] and [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prayers]] spread over the earth, descended to Purgatory, rose to Heaven.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430616.htm Catechesis of June 16, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430628.htm '''Catechesis of June 28'''] : Over the past month, I have spoken much to you about my [[Heart]] and my [[Flesh, meaning|Body]] in the [[Eucharist, Communion|Sacrament]]. Now, during the month of my [[Sacrifice, Blood of Christ|Blood]], I will make you pray to my Blood. Say this: "'Most Holy Blood that flows for us from the veins of God made man, descend like a redeeming dew on the contaminated Earth and on the Souls that [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]] makes like lepers. Here I call you, Blood of my [[Jesus]], and I pour you on the [[Church]], on the world, on the [[Sinner (male and female)|sinners]], on Purgatory…<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430628.htm Catechesis of June 28, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430629.htm '''Catechesis of June 29'''] : I do not like the [[Avarice|miserly]]. Even misers in piety. There are many who pray for themselves, use indulgences for themselves, feed on me for themselves. Never a [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|thought]] for others. It is their Soul they hold dear. I do not love them. They will not be [[Damned, damnation, condemnation|damned]] because they remain in my [[Grace]], but they will only have the minimum Grace that saves them from [[Hell, Hells|Hell]]. As for the rest, which will earn them [[Paradise, Heaven|Paradise]], they must earn it by centuries of Purgatory.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430629.htm Catechesis of June 29, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430630.htm '''Catechesis of June 30'''] : Now, if I told you that a [[Son, daughter(s)|son]]'s adherence at his father's death shortens Purgatory for him, that a son's [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgiveness]] of the more or less true faults of the father is a relief for his Soul, you would believe it. But at that time, you did not resign yourself and wasted the Good you did. Renouncing the richness of affection in order to follow my [[Will, Good or Bad Will|will]] without regrets [[Man, Humanity, Human|humans]] constitutes the [[Perfect, Perfection|perfection]] of renunciation advised to the young man of the Gospel.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430630.htm Catechesis of June 30, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430814.htm '''Catechesis of August 14'''] : The [[Communion (of the saints)|Communion of saints]] unites Catholics of the [[Past, Memory|past]] with those of the present, Catholics who struggle with those who [[Struggle|struggle]] and those who enjoy [[Joy, happiness|happiness]]. Heaven, earth, and Purgatory help and complement each other, and in the same way, members of the [[Church]] militant must help and complement each other.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430814.htm Catechesis of August 14, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431017.htm '''Catechesis of October 17'''] : I want to explain to you what Purgatory is and what it consists of. And I am the one who explains it to you in a form that will shock many people who believe themselves to be the depositaries of the knowledge of the hereafter and who are not. The Souls immersed in these flames suffer only for [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|love]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431017.htm Catechesis of October 17, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431019.htm Catechesis of October 19]''' : When my [[Goodness, Good|goodness]] gives all the [[Miracles, wonders and signs|signs]] and all the time for you to prepare for life ([[Eternity, Eternal|eternal]]), when, through the work, not only of my [[Mercy, merciful|mercy]], but also of human [[Will, Good or Bad Will|will]], the means is given to you to see the last preparations for your coming to life, [[Beatitudes, Blessed|blessed]] are those who prepare with a [[Care, To Take Care|care]] that is never excessive. If you put that care, all of you whom [[Age]] or a long illness, or the merciless contingency of [[War]] put in near certainty of [[Agony, Death|dying]], there would not be so many painful stops in Purgatory. You would accomplish your metamorphosis in me by your love for me, with a true repentance for having saddened me, with true generosity, with true resignation, with all the Virtues practiced with goodwill (...)<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431019.htm#MeltedInJesus Catechesis of October 19, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431021.htm '''Catechesis of October 21'''] : I return to the subject of Souls who enter Purgatory. If you have already grasped the full meaning of my words, it does not matter. These pages are for everyone, for all have loved ones in Purgatory and almost all, with the life they lead, are destined to make a stop in this abode. So I continue for both. I have said that Souls who purge their pain suffer only for love and expiate by love. This explains the system of expiation.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431021.htm Catechesis of October 21, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431112.htm Catechesis of November 12]''' : The [[Satan|Satanic]] era will be three times fiercer than the anti-Christian era. But it will be brief, because for the living of that hour the entire triumphant Church in the midst of the lights of [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]], the entire Church of Purgatory in the purifying flames of love, the entire militant Church with the blood of its last [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrs]] will pray.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431112.htm Catechesis of November 12, 1943]</ref>

===[[Notebooks of 1944]]===

*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440115.htm#Purgatory '''Catechesis of January 15''']''': Purgatory is a place where you expiate your lack of love for your Lord God by thinking of him, whose Essence shone before you at the moment of your [[Judgment, Last, Particular|particular judgment]] and filled you with the desire to possess him. By love, you conquer Love and, passing through increasing degrees of inflamed charity, you wash your garments until making them [[Pure, Purity, Impure, Impurity|pure]] and luminous to enter the kingdom of Light, whose splendors I showed you a few days ago…<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440115.htm#Purgatory Catechesis of January 15, 1944]</ref>
*'''May 29''' : I want to indicate your suffering schedule for your weekdays. Let's see the major categories for which it is necessary to suffer, those for which I also suffered in my [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]]: the clergy, the [[Despair, Suicide|desperate]], the [[Sinner (male and female)|sinners]], the [[Idols, deities, idolater|idolaters]], the Souls awaiting return to God, in other words, for you, the Souls of purgatory; for me, they were then the [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|just]] of limbo.
*'''June 29''' : But to the one who says to me: "Look: your coin is always the same. I did not exchange it, for I feared your [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]]", I will reply: "Go know Love in purgatory and there work to conquer the [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|Kingdom]], for you have been a lazy [[Servant, To Serve, Service|servant]].
*'''August 10''' : Even if you were in the place of provisional expiation, you would show active [[Love, Charity, To Love|charity]]. Indeed, if the Souls of purgatory do not yet see God, they already love him as in heaven, and already have the outbursts of love of the [[Beatitudes, Blessed|blessed]]. So never again say that you want to forget the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|earth]].
*'''November 1''' : (Vision of her mother) "I think — but I do not know if I am right — that she just came out of expiation or that she is just at the threshold, at the edge of purgatory and [[Paradise, Heaven|paradise]], which explains that she has less glow, that she is less concentrated on God than the others."

'''[[Notebooks from 1945 to 1950]]'''

*'''February 25, 1946''' : (Vision of [[Aglae]]) I come to speak to a sister, always less unhappy than me, but who suffers my past sufferings, Purgatory of the greedy [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]]... I speak to her through you, because you saw my abjection and my redemption and, from now on, you will be able to say you have seen me in the [[Glory, To Glorify|glory]]. Oh, be a witness to the [[Goodness, Good|goodness]] of the Lord towards the daughters of [[Adam and Eve, New Eve|Eve]] intoxicated, but who want to rid themselves of the burning ardor of the blood to love him. Tell her to love her purgatory, and to endure it with [[Perseverance, Patience|patience]] and constancy.
* '''October 13, 1946''' : I feel intoxicated and ardent as it is not permitted to describe, I love God and in God all the [[Creation, creatures, Genesis|creation]], the inhabitants of heaven as well as those who live on earth or suffer in purgatory, all, all and... —ah, they couldn't To Believe even if I told them! —, I love them, as a [[Parents, Father, Mother|mother]] can love her [[Children, Childhood|sick]] [[Sick, Illnesses|children]] who, unless cared for with the greatest love, risk perishing and suffer from their [[Sick, Illnesses|illness]] even if they imagine they are not and do not suffer.
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/461124.htm Catechesis of November 24, 1946]''' : (Vision of [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrs]] of Domitian’s persecution) If any sin remains in us, may the flame of the pyre be for us like the Fire of purgatory. A brief purgatory, moreover, then, clad in light, we will go to God. Yes, it is to God, the Light, that we will go! Strengthen your [[Heart|Hearts]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/461124.htm Catechesis of November 24, 1946]</ref>
*'''January 31, 1947''' : When, in my overflowing [[Joy, happiness|joy]] after the [[Sacrifice, Blood of Christ|Sacrifice]] was consumed, I was able to open the [[The Limbo|Limbo]] to the just and draw from purgatory a crowd of Souls, I shuddered in horror contemplating in spirit that only the [[Hell, Hells|place]] of [[Damned, damnation, condemnation|damnation]] knew no redemption nor transformation of horror. But I did not enter it. It was neither right nor useful to do so. You wonder that I was able to release a crowd of Souls from purgatory? Consider: if a Mass can deliver Souls from purgatory and always serves to shorten and soften their Purification, what must the real Sacrifice of the [[Sheep, Lambs|Lamb]] of God have been for them?
*'''March 16, 1947''' : (Vision of the Sacred Heart) This is how all [[Fire]], even that of purgatory, differs from my Fire. For mine is a Fire of perfect love, and it harms nothing, not even to do Good. This is the Fire I reserve for you, and for you alone. This is what my love for you is: it is Fire that comforts and does not burn, light, harmony, [[Gentle, Gentleness|gentle]] caress. And this is what my blood is for you: sweetness and strength.
*'''April 18, 1947''' : You must notice, my Soul, the great difference between the perfection that a Soul attains after purifying itself in purgatory, for years or centuries, of its Imperfections not eliminated during its stay on earth, and that which a Soul attains in a very brief mortal time, not by some action through a means created by God, like that of purgatory — this merciful laboratory where imperfect Souls become what the inhabitants of the heavenly City must be, where nothing impure nor ugly can enter —, but by a personal [[Will, Good or Bad Will|will]] [[Heroism, hero|heroic]].
*'''July 16, 1947''' : People imagine that the Mission of the [[Angels|guardian angel]] ends at the death of its protégé. But this is not always so […] it continues as such, in the form of a [[Protection]] that intercedes and loves the one entrusted to it, for those who pass from earth to purgatory to expiate and purify there. We, the guardian Angels, then pray for you with love before the throne of God and, in union with these prayers of love, we present to him the intercessions of your [[Parents, Father, Mother|parents]] and [[Friend, Friendship|friends]] on earth.
*'''October 30, 1947''' : I tell you truly that if you had not united your insufficiency, compared to the religious instruction I gave you, the total love you have for me, your stay in purgatory would have lasted a long time, because you will be judged on the smallest details, according to [[Justice (Divine, Human)|Justice]]. But Love will forgive you because of your love and according to my [[Word, Verb|word]]. Indeed I said: "Many sins will be forgiven to the one who has loved much."
*'''October 4, 1949''' : I see my mother. She is in the flames of purgatory. I had never seen her in the flames before. I scream. I cannot suppress the scream […] My mother is no longer so dark, grayish, she no longer has the same hard, hostile expression to All and everyone, as when I saw her during the first three years after her death: despite my pleadings, she did not want to turn towards God... She is no longer gloomy and sad, almost frightened, as I saw her in the following years. She is beautiful, rejuvenated, serene.

===[[Book of Azarias]]===

*'''Book of Azarias, 15th Sunday after Pentecost''' : After many minutes on earth, there is eternity to count all the times you mocked God and showed [[Intransigence, hardness|hardness]] towards your [[Brothers, Brotherhood|brothers]]. In [[Eternity, Eternal|eternity]], one reaps what one has sown. That is why one should tirelessly do [[Spirituality, Spirit|spiritual]] works, that is, do [[Good]], if one does not want to later harvest thorns for the Fires of purgatory.
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias35.htm '''Book of Azarias, 18th Sunday after Pentecost'''] : "When one loves to [[Perfect, Perfection|perfection]], one excessively loves the most [[Misfortune, Unhappy, Curse|unfortunate]], those who are our [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pain]]. Without this love coming from us, they would be lost." I intoxicate myself and burn as it is not allowed to describe, I love God, and in God all [[Creation, creatures, Genesis|creation]], with the inhabitants of heaven, with those who live on earth, those who suffer in purgatory, with all, all and... oh! those wouldn't believe it even if I told them! I love them as a mother can love sick children who, if not cared for with maximum love, may perish.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias35.htm Book of Azarias, 18th Sunday after Pentecost]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias37.htm '''Book of Azarias, Feast of Christ the King'''] : The [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|just]] were to have a [[Reward|reward]]. Which, if not [[Paradise, Heaven|paradise]]? But only Souls wounded by [[Original sin, original fault|original sin]] — which no purgatory can erase — could not enter paradise. It follows that it was necessary to erase this fault. So a God had to restore [[Order, disorder|order]] and even make it better.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias37.htm Book of Azarias, Feast of Christ the King]</ref>
*'''Book of Azarias, 2nd Sunday after Epiphany''' : If you are fervent only to have a reward soon after your death, I tell you that you will expiate your wretchedness in purgatory for a long time.

===[[Lessons on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans]]===

*'''Lesson No. 11''' : Fear is not terror. But the holy fear of God must neither become quietism. Opposite to the scrupulous are the quietists. An excess of [[Trust, to rely, to confide|trust]], but disordered trust, leads quietists to believe that God is so good that he is content with anything and everything. Based on this false premise, quietists have no concern to do [[Good]]. They remain seated in their drowsy statism, a statism they seek to maintain with care and complacency. They close the door of their [[The Spirit|mind]] to [[Truth, sincerity|truths]] they prefer not to know, those that speak of [[Punishment, penalty, to punish|punishment]], of purgatory, of hell, those that speak of the duty to do [[Penance, fasting|penance]], and the duty to [[Work, Toil, Fatigue|work]] on their own perfection.
*'''Lesson No. 20''' : If, after doing poorly the Good he could have done, by the mercy of God he avoids the cold and tortures of [[Hell, Hells|hell]], a long stay awaits him at the school of Purgatory, so that he learns that true [[Love, Charity, To Love|charity]] is not "''the heresy of works''"<ref>"The heresy of works" is an expression of Cardinal Gaspard Mermillod (1824-1892), bishop of Lausanne and Geneva. It was taken up by Dom John the Baptist Chautard (1858-1935), Abbot of Sept-Fonds, to denounce feverish activity that takes the place of God's action.</ref>. This is the scourge of your age that causes many people to bustle about serving [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]] only by means of practices and external Actions, practices that leave the good as they are, and perhaps scandalize them, and do not help the [[Wicked, Evil|bad]] to improve or to [[Conversion, To Convert|convert]]. ''True charity''. That means giving in everything, and with [[Conscience]], the [[Example (to be exemplary)|example]] of a deeply Christian life. True charity: that which [[Jesus]] wanted in [[Martha of Bethany|Martha]] who was too concerned about the external honors to give to the Son of God.<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Lc/10 Luke 10:38-42]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre24.htm '''Lesson No. 24'''] : Some among you object: "But then, is [[Glory, To Glorify|glory]] only for those who at the moment of their death are saints? And the others? Purgatory is a prison perhaps less painful, but it remains a place of constraint, and it keeps Souls separated from God. Are not the spirits on the way of Purification also destined for Heaven?" They are. The day will come, it will be at the [[Judgment, Last, Particular|Last Judgment]], when Purgatory will be abolished and its occupants will pass into the Kingdom of God. The Limbo will also disappear because the [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|Redeemer]] has redeemed all [[Man, Humanity, Human|men]] who follow [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]] to honor the God of their [[Faith, conviction|faith]], and to approach him as they know him, with all their strength. But how long will be the exile for them after their earthly life! How long also for those who, though good Catholics, do the bare minimum to keep the flame of their love lit, contenting themselves to barely do what is necessary not to die in a state of mortal sin!<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre24.htm Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans, Lesson No. 24]</ref>

==In fundamental Christian texts==

===In the catechism of the Catholic Church===

* CEC 1030<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0976-1065.htm#1030 CEC 1030]</ref> : Purification.
* CEC 1031<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0976-1065.htm#1030 CEC 1031]</ref> : The position of the Church.
* CEC 1032<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0976-1065.htm#1030 CEC 1032]</ref> : Sources.
* CEC 1472<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/1420-1498.htm#CEC1472 CEC 1472]</ref> : The punishments of sin.

== In other sources ==

===Marian Apparitions of Medjugorje===

*[http://www.clubmedj.com/dossier/MessagesMedj.pdf '''Message of July 21, 1982'''] : In Purgatory, there are many Souls. There are even people consecrated to God: [[Priest, Pastor, Spiritual Guide|priests]], nuns. Pray for their intentions, at least ''7'' [[Our Father|Pater]], 7 [[Ave Maria|Ave]], 7 Gloria and the Creed. I recommend it to you. There are many Souls who have been in purgatory for a long time because no one prays for them. ''' '''
*[http://www.clubmedj.com/dossier/MessagesMedj.pdf '''Message of January 10, 1983'''] : It is not the Day of the Dead, but at Christmas that the greatest number of Souls leave Purgatory. There are Souls in purgatory who fervently pray to God, but for whom no [[Family|parent]] or [[Friend, Friendship|friend]] prays on earth. God blesses them on earth with the prayers of other people. Sometimes God allows them to manifest themselves in various ways to their loved ones on earth, to recall to men the existence of purgatory and ask for their prayers to God who is just but good. Most men go to purgatory. Many go to [[Hell, Hells|hell]]. A small number go directly to Heaven.

===Saint Francis de Sales===

*"We can draw more Consolation than apprehension from the thought of purgatory. Most of those who fear Purgatory so much, think more of their own interest than the interests of God's glory; this comes from the fact that they only see the pains of this place, without considering at the same time the blessings and the [[Peace]] that God makes Souls taste there. It is true that the torments are so great that the most extreme [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pains]] of this life cannot be compared to them; but also the inner satisfactions are such that there is no prosperity or contentment on earth which can equal them."<ref>[http://books.google.fr/books?id=XdDvTZWjR_sC&pg=PA374&lpg=PA374&dq=saint+Fran%C3%A7ois+de+Sales+:+Nous+pouvons+tirer+de+la+pens%C3%A9e+du+purgatoire+plus+de+Consolation+que+d%27appr%C3%A9hension.&source=bl&ots=8J04RyTVok&sig=6hT6xWbFrYLBDMFUBggZJnFFe3c&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB5Jq_rcLeAhUFQBoKHbXXA2UQ6AEwA3oECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=saint%20Fran%C3%A7ois%20de%20Sales%20%3A%20Nous%20pouvons%20tirer%20de%20la%20pens%C3%A9e%20du%20purgatoire%20plus%20de%20Consolation%20que%20d'appr%C3%A9hension.&f=false The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales, bishop and prince of Geneva], chapter IX, On Purgatory, page 374.</ref>

===Saint John Eudes===

*"God gave [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] to the suffering Church as Mother of mercy and [[Consolation|comforter]] of the afflicted, who spreads Consolations and continuous refreshment among those very burning flames of [[Justice (Divine, Human)|divine Justice]]; since she herself assured Saint Bridget that there was no pain in Purgatory that was not made more bearable by her intercession."<ref>[http://jesusmarie.free.fr/jean_eudes_oeuvres_completes_tome_6.pdf Saint John Eudes, The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God], Book Six, chapter I, Oracle X, eighth explanation.</ref>
==Notes and References==
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[[fr:Le Purgatoire]]

Elkanah, brother of Johanna of Chuza

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Native of [[Bethlehem in Judah]] like [[Jesus]], he is of royal lineage like his sister [[Johanna of Chuza|Joanna]] and his brother [[Eliel, brother of Johanna of Chuza|Elijah]]. "They live apart, but they are always great voices in [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]]".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-010.htm EMV 549]</ref> He is a prince of royal blood, "descendant of the valiant of David, the first alongside the [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|holy]] king, the first alongside the Maccabees."

This is undoubtedly the Gadites who rallied to David when he was taking refuge in the desert, and the congregation of the Assideans who rose up with the Maccabees.

=== Apostolic journey ===
He will join with his brother a [[Jesus]] who is persecuted<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-041.htm EMV 580]</ref>: "Absent when you were strong, present now that you are [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecuted]]." Two other notables will join them: [[Joel of Abijah called Alamoth]] and [[Judas the Sanhedrist|Jude the Assidean]].

=== His name ===
ElCana, Elqana, means "[[God]] has acquired" - Historical reference: the father of the [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophet]] Samuel.

=== Where is he mentioned in the work? ===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-010.htm EMV 549] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-039.htm EMV 578] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-040.htm EMV 579] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-041.htm EMV 580] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-042.htm EMV 581] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-044.htm EMV 583] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm EMV 596]</blockquote>
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Elcana, le frère de Jeanne de Chouza]]

Matthew the Apostle

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[[File:MatthieuFerri.jpg|thumb|Drawing of Matthew by [[Lorenzo Ferri]] Salton following the indications of [[Maria Valtorta]]. Source: documentary collection of the [[Maria Valtorta Heritage Foundation]].]]
Galilean from [[Capernaum]], 12th and last [[Apostles|apostle]] of [[Jesus]]. Son of Alphaeus<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-marc/3210-chapitre-2#v_14 Mark 2:14]</ref>, he has a sister who remains anonymous.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-160.htm EMV 296]</ref>

This publican (tax collector) is far from popular, one may doubt it, among the "taxpayers" under pressure, many of whom are found among the Apostles.

He is a reveler and an exploiter, by his function, whom Jesus recruits: <blockquote>"What is he doing here? It's the first time. Perhaps he did not find the companions, especially the female companions, with whom he spends the [[Sabbath]], spending in orgies what he extorts from us in doubled and tripled taxes to have [[Money, Gold, Salary|money]] for the tax and for his vicious conduct."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-059.htm#CEV09406 EMV 94.6]</ref> </blockquote>The apostolic group will remain stunned by Jesus' sudden [[Choice, to choose|choice]] when He calls him. Jesus will later justify the choice of this sinner tax collector (see below "apostolic path").

Matthew recounts his path of [[Conversion, To Convert|conversion]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-012.htm#CEV32405 EMV 324.5]</ref> He gradually allows himself to be touched by the [[Teaching, Catechism|teaching]] of Jesus who often preaches in [[Capernaum]].

He starts by sending to Jesus, anonymously through [[James of Capernaum|little James]], purses for the aid of the [[Poor, Poverty|poor]]. He hears Jesus preach [[Repentance, Remorse|repentance]] and [[Mercy, merciful|mercy]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-059.htm#CEV09407 EMV 94.7-8]</ref>, then the proper use of [[Rich, Riches, Treasure|riches]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm#CEV09504 EMV 95.4]</ref>

All this precedes Jesus' abrupt "come and follow me". He [[To obey, obedience, disobedience|obeys]] immediately, leaving his counter, without gathering the scattered coins or even closing the chest.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-062.htm#CEV09703 EMV 97.3]</ref> <blockquote>"I have been [[Tears, To Weep|weeping]] for almost three months... I did not know what to do... I wanted to come ...But, how to come to You, [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]], with my stained [[Soul]]?"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-062.htm#CEV09704 EMV 97.4]</ref></blockquote>It is on his knees that he asks for [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgiveness]] from the [[Apostles]]: <blockquote>"I unjustly taxed you. But here I kneel before you all and say: do not cast me out! He has forgiven me. Do not be harsher than He."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-062.htm#CEV09704 EMV 97.4]</ref> </blockquote>Levi-Matthew thus becomes the last apostle. To celebrate his regeneration, he gives that same evening a feast attended by the "[[The Reprobates and Slaves Welcomed by Jesus|disreputable]]" of Capernaum, his [[Friend, Friendship|friends]]: [[Encountered Characters#92 Personnages rencontr.C3.A9s en Galil.C3.A9e|Josias]] the pimp, [[Simon of Isaac]] the [[Adultery, Infidelity|adulterer]], [[Azariah of Capernaum|Azarias]] the gambling den owner…<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-062.htm#CEV09706 EMV 97.6]</ref> This causes a scandal among the local Pharisees: [[Eli the Sanhedrist of Capernaum|Eli]], [[Simon of Capernaum|Simon]] and [[Joachim of Capernaum|Joachim]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-062.htm#CEV09707 EMV 97.7]</ref>

He also temporarily holds the role of treasurer in place of [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]], when this role is temporarily revoked by Jesus.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm#CEV56717 EMV 567.17]</ref>

He is one of the four [[The Evangelists|evangelists]].

=== Character and Appearance ===
The first real exchange between Jesus and Matthew takes place in front of the tax counter.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm EMV 95]</ref> Jesus exceptionally comes to pay the tax for Peter’s [[Fishing, Fishermen|fishing]]:<blockquote>"There is no tax for the Master’s [[Disciples|disciple]]," Matthew answers, and in a lower voice: "[[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|Pray]] for my [[Soul]]." - "I carry it within Me, for I harbor sinners. But you... why do you not care?"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm#CEV09503 EMV 95.3]</ref> </blockquote>
His definitive call by Jesus will not be long in coming.

He is a short, stocky man, already aged, about the same as [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]], around his forties, who rises at the sound of Jesus' voice and presents to him "a tired face of a tax collector."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm#CEV09503 EMV 95.3]</ref>

Quite deliberately refined and elegant: he is a "man with curly hair, more perfumed than a Woman," says Peter mockingly about him, when Matthew was still the hated tax collector.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-059.htm#CEV09406 EMV 94.6]</ref> After his conversion, he will not completely abandon this refinement, as noted by [[Maria Valtorta]] in one of the scenes:<blockquote>"The Apostles are very modestly dressed, 'except Judas Iscariot, Matthew, [[Simon the Zealot (Apostle)|Simon]] and [[Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle|Bartholomew]]' ranked in descending order of elegance.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-065.htm#CEV10002 EMV 100.2]</ref> </blockquote>

He shows a firm character for having wanted to convert and succeeded.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-076.htm#CEV21407 EMV 214.7]</ref>

Mary will summarize his portrait as follows: <blockquote>"the [[Humility, humble|humble one]] who, remembering his [[Past, Memory|past]], sought to remain unnoticed."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-035.htm#CEV64906 EMV 649.6]</ref> </blockquote>

=== Apostolic Path ===
Witness of the Last Supper<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm EMV 600]</ref>, the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-013.htm EMV 627] ; [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm EMV 629].</ref>, the Ascension<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm#CEV63816 EMV 638.16-23]</ref> and Pentecost.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-025.htm EMV 640]</ref>
Matthew describes his conversion thus:<blockquote>"I was a sinner, a great sinner. I lived in complete [[Error, to be mistaken, lost|error]]. I was hardened and did not feel troubled by it. If sometimes the Pharisees or the synagogue leader flogged me with their [[Insult, offense|insults]] or [[Reproach, Dispute|reproaches]], recalling to me a God who was an inexorable Judge, I had a moment of terror... and then I indulged in the foolish [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|thought]]: 'Anyway, I am now damned. Let us then, oh my [[Flesh, meaning|senses]], enjoy while it is possible.' And I sank more than ever into [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]]." "Two springs ago, a Stranger came to Capernaum (...) it was the beginning of His Mission. (...)
He sought me, or so I felt. He did not pass once by my counter without looking at me with His gentle and somewhat sad [[Eye, gaze|eye]]. And each time it was like a jolt to my numbed [[Conscience]], which did not return to the same level of torpor.

(...) And then... and then... Oh! that day it was not a sad look, but an imperious gaze. He tore my [[Heart]], laid bare my [[Soul]], cauterized it, took it in hand, that poor sick Soul, and tortured it with His demanding [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]]... and I had a new Soul. I went to Him with [[Repentance, Remorse|repentance]] and [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|desire]]. He did not wait for me to say to Him: 'Lord, [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|have mercy]!' He said to me: 'Follow me!'"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-012.htm#CEV32405 EMV 324.5]</ref> </blockquote>

"My [[Victory, Triumph, To Overcome|victory]]," Jesus said of him. And one evening He said to him:<blockquote>"You are the [[Man, Humanity, Human|man]] with all his painful human experience. You are therefore the one who, after having fed on mud and now eating the heavenly honey, can speak of the two states and give a true analysis and understand, understand and help your contemporaries and future generations understand. And they will [[To Believe|believe]] you because, precisely, you are the man, the poor [[Man, Humanity, Human|man]] who, by his [[Will, Good or Bad Will|will]], becomes the just man whom [[God]] dreamed of. Let Me, the God-Man, lean on you, humanity whom I [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] to the point of leaving Heaven for you and to [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|die]] for you. (...)."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-022.htm#CEV16108 EMV 162.8]</ref> </blockquote>
His past serves him in his new role as an [[Apostles|apostle]]:<blockquote>"The only one among us who has no disgust for any sinner or sinful woman," will say [[Judas of Alphaeus (Thaddeus) the Apostle|Jude Thaddaeus]] of him.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-217.htm#CEV52003 EMV 520.3]</ref> </blockquote>
Jesus tells him, in view of his future role as evangelist:<blockquote>"You, my good chronicler, will repeat to them the parable of the ten wise and ten foolish virgins<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-067.htm#DixVierges EMV 206.2-7]</ref>, and that of the master who gives talents to his three [[Servant, To Serve, Service|servants]] to make them fruitful, and of the two who gain double and the lazy one who buries his.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm#CEV28109 EMV 281.9]</ref> Do you remember?"

- "Yes, my Lord, exactly."

- "Then repeat them to these. Not all know them, and even those who know them will be pleased to hear them again."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm#CEV59651 EMV 596.51]</ref></blockquote>
=== His Name ===
Mattathias, Matthias, Matthew from the Hebrew "mattityah" meaning gift of the Eternal.

=== Where is he mentioned in the work? ===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-059.htm EMV 35]

'''Beginning of the apostolate in Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-023.htm EMV 60] '''Apostolic journey in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-033.htm EMV 70] '''Choice of the last Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-059.htm EMV 94] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm EMV 95] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-061.htm EMV 96] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-062.htm EMV 97] '''The last shepherds:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-063.htm EMV 98] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-064.htm EMV 99] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-065.htm EMV 100] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-066.htm EMV 101] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-067.htm EMV 106] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-068.htm EMV 102] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-069.htm EMV 103] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-070.htm EMV 104] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-071.htm EMV 105] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-075.htm EMV 108] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-076.htm EMV 109] '''In Judea'''-'''common life:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-077.htm EMV 110] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-078.htm EMV 111] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-079.htm EMV 112] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-082.htm EMV 115] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-083.htm EMV 116] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-084.htm EMV 117] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-085.htm EMV 118] '''Teachings on the Ten Commandments:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-086.htm EMV 119] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-087.htm EMV 120] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-088.htm EMV 121] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-089.htm EMV 122] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-090.htm EMV 123] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-091.htm EMV 124] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-092.htm EMV 125] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-093.htm EMV 126] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-094.htm EMV 127] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-095.htm EMV 128] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-096.htm EMV 129] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-097.htm EMV 130] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-098.htm EMV 131] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-099.htm EMV 132] '''End of year celebrations:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-100.htm EMV 133] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-101.htm EMV 134] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-102.htm EMV 135] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-103.htm EMV 136] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-104.htm EMV 137] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-105.htm EMV 138] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-106.htm EMV 139] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-107.htm EMV 140] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-001.htm EMV 141] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-002.htm EMV 142] '''The Samaritan woman:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-003.htm EMV 143] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-004.htm EMV 144] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-005.htm EMV 145] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-006.htm EMV 146] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-007.htm EMV 147] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-009.htm EMV 149] '''The female apostolate:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-012.htm EMV 152] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-013.htm EMV 153] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-014.htm EMV 154] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-017.htm EMV 157] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-018.htm EMV 158] '''In Galilee, the choice of the Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-020.htm EMV 160] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-022.htm EMV 162] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-024.htm EMV 164] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-025.htm EMV 165] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-026.htm EMV 166] '''The Sermon on the Mount:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-029.htm EMV 169] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-030.htm EMV 170] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-031.htm EMV 171] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-032.htm EMV 172] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-033.htm EMV 173] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm EMV 174] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-035.htm EMV 175] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-036.htm EMV 176] '''Apostolate in Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-037.htm EMV 177] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-038.htm EMV 178] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-039.htm EMV 179] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-040.htm EMV 180] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-041.htm EMV 181] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-042.htm EMV 182] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-043.htm EMV 183] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-044.htm EMV 184] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-047.htm EMV 186] '''The second Easter journey:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-048.htm EMV 187] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-049.htm EMV 188] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-050.htm EMV 189] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-051.htm EMV 190] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-052.htm EMV 191] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-053.htm EMV 192] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-054.htm EMV 193] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-055.htm EMV 194] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-056.htm EMV 195] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-057.htm EMV 196] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-058.htm EMV 197] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-059.htm EMV 198] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-060.htm EMV 199] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-061.htm EMV 200] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-062.htm EMV 201] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-063.htm EMV 202] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-064.htm EMV 203] '''Apostolate in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-066.htm EMV 205] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-067.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-068.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm EMV 207] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-070.htm EMV 208] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-072.htm EMV 210] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-073.htm EMV 211] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-074.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-075.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-076.htm EMV 214] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-077.htm EMV 215] '''Apostolate in Philistia:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-078.htm EMV 216] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-079.htm EMV 217] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-080.htm EMV 218] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-081.htm EMV 219] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-082.htm EMV 220] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-083.htm EMV 221] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-084.htm EMV 222] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-085.htm EMV 223] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-086.htm EMV 224] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-087.htm EMV 225] '''The conversion of Mary Magdalene:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-089.htm EMV 228] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-091.htm EMV 230] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-093.htm EMV 232] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-094.htm EMV 233] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-096.htm EMV 235] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-100.htm EMV 237] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-101.htm EMV 238] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-102.htm EMV 239] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-103.htm EMV 240] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-104.htm EMV 241] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-105.htm EMV 242] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-106.htm EMV 243] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-107.htm EMV 244] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-110.htm EMV 247] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-111.htm EMV 248] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-112.htm EMV 249] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-113.htm EMV 250] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-114.htm EMV 251] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-115.htm EMV 252] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-116.htm EMV 253] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-117.htm EMV 254] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-118.htm EMV 255] '''Sending Apostles and Disciples on Mission:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-119.htm EMV 256] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-120.htm EMV 257] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-123.htm EMV 260] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-124.htm EMV 261] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-125.htm EMV 262] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-128.htm EMV 265] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-129.htm EMV 266] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-130.htm EMV 267] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-131.htm EMV 268] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-132.htm EMV 269] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-134.htm EMV 271] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm EMV 272] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-136.htm EMV 273] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-137.htm EMV 274] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-139.htm EMV 275] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-140.htm EMV 276] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-141.htm EMV 277] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-142.htm EMV 278] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-143.htm EMV 279] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-144.htm EMV 280] '''Perea, Gilead and Trachonitis:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-148.htm EMV 284] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-149.htm 4.149 -] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-150.htm EMV 286] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-151.htm EMV 287] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-152.htm EMV 288] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-153.htm EMV 289] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-154.htm EMV 290] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-156.htm EMV 292] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-157.htm EMV 293] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-158.htm EMV 294] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-159.htm EMV 295] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-160.htm EMV 296] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-161.htm EMV 297] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-162.htm EMV 298] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-165.htm EMV 299] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-165.htm EMV 300] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-167.htm EMV 301] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-168.htm EMV 302] '''End of year celebrations in Nazareth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-178.htm EMV 312] '''The journey of the Disciples to Antioch:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-001.htm EMV 313] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-002.htm EMV 314] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-003.htm EMV 315] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-004.htm EMV 316] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-006.htm EMV 318] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-007.htm EMV 319] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-008.htm EMV 320] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-009.htm EMV 321] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-010.htm EMV 322] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-011.htm EMV 323] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-012.htm EMV 324] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-013.htm EMV 325] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-014.htm EMV 326] '''Phoenicia and Upper Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-015.htm EMV 327] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-016.htm EMV 328] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-017.htm EMV 329] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-018.htm EMV 330] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-019.htm EMV 331] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-020.htm EMV 332] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-021.htm EMV 333] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-022.htm EMV 334] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-023.htm EMV 335] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-024.htm EMV 336] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-025.htm EMV 337] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-026.htm EMV 338] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-027.htm EMV 339] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-028.htm EMV 340] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-029.htm EMV 341] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-030.htm EMV 342] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-031.htm EMV 343] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-032.htm EMV 344] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-033.htm EMV 345] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-034.htm EMV 346] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-035.htm EMV 347] '''The Transfiguration and the Bread of Heaven:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-036.htm EMV 348] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-037.htm EMV 349] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-038.htm EMV 350] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-039.htm EMV 351] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-040.htm EMV 352] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-042.htm EMV 353] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-044.htm EMV 354] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-045.htm EMV 355] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-046.htm EMV 356] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-047.htm EMV 357] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-048.htm EMV 358] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-049.htm EMV 359] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-050.htm EMV 360] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-051.htm EMV 361] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-052.htm EMV 362] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-053.htm EMV 363] '''The penultimate Passover:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-054.htm EMV 364] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-055.htm EMV 365] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-056.htm EMV 366] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-057.htm EMV 367] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm EMV 368] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-059.htm EMV 369] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm EMV 370] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-061.htm EMV 371] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-062.htm EMV 372] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-065.htm EMV 375] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-067.htm EMV 377] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-068.htm EMV 378] '''In Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-069.htm EMV 379] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-070.htm EMV 380] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-071.htm EMV 381] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-072.htm EMV 382] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-073.htm EMV 383] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-074.htm EMV 384] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-075.htm EMV 385] '''AGodx in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-076.htm EMV 386] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-077.htm EMV 387] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-078.htm EMV 388] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-079.htm EMV 389] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-080.htm EMV 390] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-081.htm EMV 391] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-082.htm EMV 392] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-083.htm EMV 393] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-084.htm EMV 394] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-087.htm EMV 398] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-088.htm EMV 399] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-091.htm EMV 402] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-092.htm EMV 403] '''Plain of Sharon:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-093.htm EMV 404] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-094.htm EMV 405] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-095.htm EMV 406] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-096.htm EMV 407] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-097.htm EMV 408] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-098.htm EMV 409] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-099.htm EMV 410] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-100.htm EMV 411] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-101.htm EMV 412] '''Pentecost, Decapolis and Plain of Esdraelon:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-102.htm EMV 413] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-103.htm EMV 414] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-104.htm EMV 415] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-105.htm EMV 416] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-106.htm EMV 417] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-109.htm EMV 418] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-110.htm EMV 419] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-111.htm EMV 420] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-112.htm EMV 421] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-113.htm EMV 422] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-114.htm EMV 423] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-115.htm EMV 424] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-116.htm EMV 425] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-117.htm EMV 426] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm EMV 427] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-119.htm EMV 428] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-120.htm EMV 429] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-121.htm EMV 430] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-123.htm EMV 431] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-124.htm EMV 432] '''Summer in Nazareth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-127.htm EMV 435] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-128.htm EMV 436] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-129.htm EMV 437] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-132.htm EMV 440] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-133.htm EMV 441] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-135.htm EMV 443] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-136.htm EMV 444] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-137.htm EMV 445] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-138.htm EMV 446] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-139.htm EMV 447] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-140.htm EMV 448] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-141.htm EMV 449] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-142.htm EMV 450] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-143.htm EMV 451] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-144.htm EMV 452] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-145.htm EMV 453] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-146.htm EMV 454] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-147.htm EMV 455] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-148.htm EMV 456] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-149.htm EMV 457] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-150.htm EMV 458] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-151.htm EMV 459] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-152.htm EMV 460] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-153.htm EMV 461] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-154.htm EMV 462] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-155.htm EMV 463] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-158.htm EMV 465] '''In Syro-Phoenicia:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-159.htm EMV 466] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-160.htm EMV 467] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-161.htm EMV 468] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-163.htm EMV 469] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-164.htm EMV 470] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-165.htm EMV 471] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-166.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-167.htm EMV 473] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-169.htm EMV 474] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm EMV 475] '''The Feast of Tabernacles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-191.htm EMV 495] '''In Moab and Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-195.htm EMV 499] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-196.htm EMV 500] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-199.htm EMV 503] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-201.htm EMV 504] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-207.htm EMV 510] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-208.htm EMV 511] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-211.htm EMV 514] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-212.htm EMV 515] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-214.htm EMV 517] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-217.htm EMV 520] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-218.htm EMV 521] '''The Feast of Dedication:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-226.htm EMV 529] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-228.htm EMV 531] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-229.htm EMV 532] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-232.htm EMV 535] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-233.htm EMV 536] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-234.htm EMV 537] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-235.htm EMV 538] '''The resurrection of Lazarus:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-007.htm EMV 547] '''Exile in Samaria:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-012.htm EMV 551] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-013.htm EMV 552] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-015.htm EMV 554] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm EMV 567] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-029.htm EMV 568] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-032.htm EMV 571] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-035.htm EMV 574] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-036.htm EMV 575] '''Return to Jerusalem:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-037.htm EMV 576] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-043.htm EMV 582] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm EMV 584] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-047.htm EMV 586] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-006.htm EMV 587] '''Holy Week:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-011.htm EMV 592] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-013.htm EMV 594] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-014.htm EMV 595] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-016.htm EMV 597] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm EMV 600] (to be completed) '''Resurrection Sunday:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm EMV 621] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-012.htm EMV 626] '''From the Resurrection to the Ascension:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-014.htm EMV 628] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm EMV 629] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm EMV 630] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-017.htm EMV 631] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-020.htm EMV 634] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-021.htm EMV 635] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-024.htm EMV 639] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-025.htm EMV 640] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-035.htm EMV 649]</blockquote>

=== Learn more about this character ===
In this very famous 13th-century recension<ref>[https://www.bibliotheque-monastique.ch/bibliotheque/bibliotheque/voragine/index.htm The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine]</ref>, Matthew is presented as follows:<blockquote>"Saint Matthew had two names, Matthew and Levi. Matthew means a hasty [[To give, to give oneSaltf|gift]], or a good giver of [[Advice, Opinions, Recommendations|advice]]. Or Matthew comes from magnus, great, and Theos, God, as if to say great to God, or good in hand and Theos, hand of God. Indeed he was a hasty gift since his conversion was prompt. He gave advice through his salutary preachings. He was great before God by the [[Perfect, Perfection|perfection]] of his [[Life, Living|life]], and he was the hand God used to write his Gospel. Levi means taken away, placed, added, appended. He was taken away from his tax office, placed among the Apostles, added to the society of the Evangelists, and appended to the catalog of [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrs]]."</blockquote>He is also endowed with four [[Virtues]]: Promptness of his [[To obey, obedience, disobedience|obedience]], his generosity and liberality, his humility.

His gospel is one of the most read.
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[[it:Matteo]]

==Notes and references==
[[fr:Matthieu (Lévi) l'évangéliste]]

Shalem

2026-04-27T12:15:09Z

Emmanuel: Text replacement - "MarTyre, MarTyredom, Persecutions" to "Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions"

This grandson of [[Nahum, counSaltlor of the High Priest|Nahoum]], the trusted man of the [[Annas the High Priest|high priest]], was born deformed. His [[Parents, Father, Mother|father]], [[Annas son of Nahum|Anna]], chases him away along with his [[Parents, Father, Mother|mother]], who dies from it. She was the one who gave him the nickname Shalem, an affectionate diminutive of Methuselah, but also a play on the word shalem (shalom), [[Peace]].

Shalem cannot stay with the steward John and Mary, with whom he found refuge, and who die in turn. Despite the affection of their [[Servant, To Serve, Service|servants]], Michel, Isaac, Esther, and Judith, he is forced to return to his father, who has remarried in the meantime.

Anna, who does not want to hear about this deformed son, entrusts him to [[Josiah the steward of Nahum|Josias]], a steward from the surroundings of [[Jerusalem]], who mistreats him.

Shalem comes to see [[Jesus]] to ask him to [[Agony, Death|die]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-044.htm EMV 583]</ref> He will take him in and [[Tables of Miracles in the Work of Maria Valtorta|heal]] him by giving this gesture a dimension of [[Teaching, Catechism|teaching]]. Indeed, this [[Children, Childhood|child]] is the rejected son of one of his [[Enemies]] and this [[Miracles, wonders and signs|miracle]] will make him even more [[To Hate, Hatred, Racism|hateful]] (as emphasized by [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]]). Jesus explains:
<blockquote>"True [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]] acts neither by [[Vengeance, To Avenge|vengeance]] nor with partiality."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm#CEV58405 EMV 584.5]</ref>
"I do not perform miracles to make [[Friend, Friendship|friends]], but out of [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|pity]] for the [[Creation, Creatures, Genesis, Theory of Evolution|creatures]] and to give honor to my [[God|Father]]. I do not make distinctions nor calculations, ever, when I stoop with pity over a [[Misfortune, Unhappy, Curse|misery]] [[Man, Humanity, Human|human]]. I do not [[Vengeance, To Avenge|avenge]] myself on the one who [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutes]] me..."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm#CEV58406 EMV 584.6]</ref>
</blockquote>

=== Character and Appearance ===
This child in torn clothes is rachitic: a deformed body, one shoulder higher than the other, a prominent chest. His head is sunk into his shoulders due to the beginning of a hump (gibbosity), and his legs are splayed in an unsteady gait. His pale face is sickly and uneven, where only bright and lively [[Eye, gaze|eyes]] shine. He may be older (ten years) than his size suggests, which is that of a child about six years old, while his small face is already that of a man, somewhat faded, with a prominent chin, almost the face of a little old man.

His sole [[Seduction, BWaterty, Charm|charm]] is his hazel, large, intelligent eyes.

=== Apostolic Journey ===
Witness of Jesus' [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|resurrection]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636]</ref>

=== His Name ===
Methuselah, Matusalem, Metuschélah, Métusélah, Methushélah, Metushèlah, Metoushèlah. Either the Greek form of the Hebrew Mathouchélah, "the man of Chelah," or a name meaning "man of the javelin." Historical reference: a patriarch, [[Son, daughter(s)|son]] of Enoch who would have reached an [[Age]] unmatched by any other.

=== Where is he mentioned in the Work? ===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-044.htm EMV 583] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm EMV 584] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-047.htm EMV 586] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636]</blockquote>
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Scialem]]

Abel of Bethlehem in Galilee, called Ananias

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[[File:Abel bethléem.jpg|thumb|Based on an icon from the Works of the Orient]]
A resident of [[Bethlehem in Galilee]], he bears the prophetic name of Abel, victim of Cain. He is the only son of [[Myrtha]] (Mirta), a young widow, coveted by [[Aser of Bethlehem in Galilee|Aser]], a countryman, but to no avail. In spite, Aser thus involves young Abel in the [[To Kill, Murder, Murderer|murder]] of [[Joel of Bethlehem in Galilee|Joel]], a wealthy man, which he commits with accomplices (Aser, [[Jacob of Bethlehem in Galilee|Jacob]] and Joel's servant).

Based on their [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|false]] testimonies, the tall adolescent is about to be stoned. [[Jesus]] narrowly saves him and strikes the three murderers with immediate leprosy.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-111.htm#CEV24810 EMV 248.10]</ref>

Counted among the seventy-two [[Disciples]] sent "''two by two''"<ref>[http://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3249-chapitre-10 Luke 10:1]</ref>, he is given charge of [[Aurea Galla (baptized Christina)|Aurea]], a young [[The Reprobates and Slaves Welcomed by Jesus|slave]] Gaulish woman snatched by Jesus from the [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|lust]] of her [[Ennius Cassius|master]], a [[The Romans|Roman]] [[Sexuality, Sensuality, Lust|licentious]] man.

He is found busy organizing the triumphant entry of Jesus into [[Jerusalem]] for Palm Sunday.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590]</ref>

=== Character and Appearance ===
A young man [[Pure, Purity, Impure, Impurity|pure]], already on the path to high [[Spirituality, Spirit|spirituality]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-132.htm#CEV44004 EMV 440.4]</ref> This is revealed when he asks Jesus for the [[Miracles, wonders and signs|healing]] of his former accusers who have become leprous:<blockquote>Jesus tells him: "''Abel, they were your Cains and they [[To Hate, Hatred, Racism|hated]] you as much as one could. They wanted to take everything from you: your [[Life, Living|life]], your honor and your [[Parents, Father, Mother|mother]]...''

Abel replies: "''They have been my benefactors, since it is thanks to them that I have had You, You. I [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] them for the [[To give, to give oneself|gift]] they gave me, and I ask You that they be where I am: following You. I want their [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|salvation]] as much as mine, more than mine, for their [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]] is greater.''"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm#CEV47506 EMV 475.6]</ref></blockquote>Jesus will [[To Heal, To Care, Health|heal]] them, but not immediately.

=== Apostolic Journey ===
It is only natural that he is counted by Jesus among the "''future [[Priest, Pastor, Spiritual Guide|priests]]''" who will go "''far to [[Evangelization, to evangelize|evangelize]]''."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-171.htm#CEV47605 EMV 476.5]</ref>

A surprising dialogue with Jesus puts Abel on the same level as the apostle [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]] and unveils his future:<blockquote>''"Jesus puts an arm around the neck of the two and draws them to Him, one on the right, the other on the left, and places a [[Kiss]] on their hair saying: “You will make it because you have understood [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]].” …''

''- “I thought you were going to heal (the lepers) right away” said John.''

''- “Me too, as you always do” said Abel''

''- “They were great sinners. This waiting is just for those who have so much [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]]. Now listen, Ananias…”''

''- “My name is Abel, Lord,” said the young man surprised and he looks at Jesus as if wondering: “Why is he mistaken?”''

''- Jesus smiles: “To Me, you are Ananias, for truly you seem to be born from the [[Goodness, Good|goodness]] of the Lord. Be more and more so, and listen…”''<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-171.htm#CEV47609 EMV 476.9]</ref></blockquote>Hananya (Ananias) indeed means "''[[God]] is [[Grace]]''"

Thus the name Ananias given by Jesus to Abel is justified. It is probably he who, at the time of the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutions]], baptized Homele [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Saul]], struck with Blindness, at [[Damascus]].<ref>[http://bible.catholique.org/actes-des-apotres/3293-chapitre-9#v_18 Acts 9:17-19]</ref>

=== His Name ===
Abel means "''breath''", but also "''son''" - Historical figures: Abel, youngest son of [[Adam and Eve, New Eve|Adam]] and Eve, shepherd killed by his jealous brother Cain

=== Where is he mentioned in the work? ===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-111.htm EMV 248] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-143.htm EMV 279] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-146.htm EMV 282]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-013.htm EMV 325] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-021.htm EMV 333] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-032.htm EMV 344] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-034.htm EMV 346] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-035.htm EMV 347] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-036.htm EMV 348] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-037.htm EMV 349] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-038.htm EMV 350] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-040.htm EMV 352] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-044.htm EMV 354] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm EMV 427] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-119.htm EMV 428] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-132.htm EMV 440] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-133.htm EMV 441] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-159.htm EMV 466] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-171.htm EMV 476]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-232.htm EMV 535] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590]</blockquote>

=== Learn More About This Character ===
According to Eastern tradition, Ananias (Hananya) was one of the seventy-two Disciples. He became bishop of Damascus which he [[Evangelization, to evangelize|evangelized]].

Ananias would have died stoned at Eleutheropolis (Beit Guvrin) around 72 AD. He is celebrated by the Church on January 25th.

His [[Relics]] are kept in Rome, in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.
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[[it:Abele, detto Anania]]

==Notes and references==
[[fr:Abel, dit Ananias]]

Valeria

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[[Youth, young|Young]] [[Woman]] [[The Romans|Roman]] whose baby, [[Faustina]], was [[To Heal, To Care, Health|saved]] by [[Jesus]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-015.htm#CEV15504 EMV 155.4-5]</ref>

She is the first in the group of Roman women to [[Conversion, To Convert|convert]] to [[Israel, Jewish people|Judaism]], as the [[Religion]] of [[Jesus]], and the first to free all her [[Slaves, oppressed, prisoners|slaves]] in His name.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm#CEV56607 EMV 566.7]</ref>

Pressed by her [[Parents, Father, Mother|parents]] to return to Italy, she declines this offer despite the times of [[Trials]] ahead:<blockquote>"if I lose bWatercoup by losing the Master (who has just announced His [[Agony, Death|death]] Neighbore), I will not lose everything, for the [[Faith, conviction|faith]] will remain and I want to stay where she was born. I do not want to take Fausta where nothing speaks of You. Here... everything speaks of You and certainly, you will not leave us without a [[Priest, Pastor, Spiritual Guide|guide]], we who wanted to [[Following Jesus|follow]] you."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-044.htm#CEV58313 EMV 583.13]</ref></blockquote>

===Character and Appearance===

She is a young Woman of distinguished appearance, tall, slender:<blockquote>"(she) appears in her [[Seduction, BWaterty, Charm|charm]] of a young mother, with full but still very youthful forms, and a calm gaze of a mother [[Joy, happiness|happy]] to nourish and see her [[Children, Childhood|child]] grow thanks to her milk. Rosy complexion, chestnut Hair, she has a [[Peace|peaceful]] smile, but so [[Gentle, Gentleness|gentle]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-027.htm#CEV16703 EMV 167.3]</ref></blockquote>

===Apostolic Journey===
Sensitive to the [[Teaching, Catechism|teaching]] of Jesus, she embarks on a path that distances her, like the [[The Roman Disciples|group of Roman women]], increasingly from a [[Vice, Vitiated, Corruption, Corrupt|corrupt]] life. She is involved in the liberation of [[Aurea Galla (baptized Christina)|Aurea]] for whom she offers to be the nurse of her baby Fausta. At the request of [[Virgin Mary|Mary]], she gives her to Jesus, not without [[Sadness, Overwhelm|sorrow]] for not being able to keep her:<blockquote>"Tell your Son these words: 'In memory of Faustina whose [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]] you saved, Valeria leaves Aurea to you so that you [[To Save|save]] her [[The Spirit|spirit]]...' It's true! We are too corrupt... to [[Trust, to rely, to confide|trust]] a [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|saint]]... Domina, [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|pray]] for me!"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-130.htm#CEV43809 EMV 438.9]</ref></blockquote>She confides in Jesus her [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|sorrows]] as a [[Union, Marriage, Unity|married]] and abandoned Woman:<blockquote>"God loved you so much that He gave you back your [[Son, daughter(s)|daughter]] so that you always have present in your [[The Spirit|spirit]] the [[Goodness, Good|goodness]] and the [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|power]] of the true [[God]] [[Truth, sincerity|truth]], and that you possess a bridle against the pagan [[Pagans, Gentiles (Goyim)|license]] and a [[Retreat, Rest, Comfort|comfort]] in all your [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|sorrows]] as a married Woman.

It is because in your affections, you are [[Pagans, Gentiles (Goyim)|pagan]], oh [[Woman]]. It is not your fault. It is the fault of the age you live in and of the [[Pagans, Gentiles (Goyim)|gentility]] in which you were raised. Only one who is in the [[Truth, sincerity|true]] [[Religion]] knows how to give affections their value, their measure, and their proper manifestations. You, pagan wife, [[Love, Charity, To Love|loving]], [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|faithful]], you loved your husband as an earthly God with carnal love, your bWater [[Idols, deities, idolater|God]] who was [[ADoration|adored]] by you by lowering your dignity from equal to servile slave."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-228.htm#CEV53110 EMV 531.10]</ref></blockquote>Her husband, weary of the change that has occurred in his Woman's [[Soul]], leaves for [[Antioch]] with his favorite slaves. He asks for a divorce, but up to that point Jesus encourages her to be a [[Virtues|virtuous]] wife.<blockquote>"I am Master and before Me is a [[Création, créatures, Genèse|creature]] who can grow in the life of [[Grace]]. If you were not what you are, I would demand less of you. But you have good mettle and [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffering]] [[Purification|purifies]] and tempers more and more your metal." - "You and your daughter will become [[Wise Men, Wisdom|wise]] in the [[Faith, conviction|faith]] that will bear my Name."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-228.htm#CEV53115 EMV 531.15]</ref></blockquote>Without delay, she becomes the herald of Jesus among the freed Romans.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-231.htm#CEV53401 EMV 534.1]</ref> Even when the [[Sanhedrin]] bans Jesus and launches a discredit campaign, Valeria not only keeps her [[To Believe|conviction]], but even deepens it.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-024.htm#CEV56307 EMV 563.7]</ref><blockquote>"Do you know that Valeria, after her husband divorced her, became a proselyte? She did it for real. She leads a life of [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|righteousness]] that is an [[Example (to be exemplary)|example]] for many of us. She freed her [[Tusnilde|slaves]] and [[Teaching, Catechism|teaches]] them all in the true God. She took a house in Zion."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm#CEV56607 MV 566.7]</ref></blockquote>[[Friend, Friendship|Friend]] of [[Johanna of Chuza]], she is found by her side at the moment of the ascent to the [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|calvary]]. It is with her, on her property in [[Bether]], that she takes refuge after the death of Jesus.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm#CEV63013 EMV 630.13]</ref>

===Her Name===
In Latin Valeria is the feminine of Valerius (valeo, valere) which means "to be [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|powerful]], vigorous".

===Where is she mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-015.htm EMV 155] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-018.htm EMV 158] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-027.htm EMV 167] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-054.htm EMV 193] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-065.htm EMV 204] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm EMV 370] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-061.htm EMV 371] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-068.htm EMV 378] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-089.htm EMV 400] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-116.htm EMV 425] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-117.htm EMV 426] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-125.htm EMV 433] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-129.htm EMV 437] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-130.htm EMV 438] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-131.htm EMV 439] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-140.htm EMV 448] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-153.htm EMV 461] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-211.htm EMV 514] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-228.htm EMV 531] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-229.htm EMV 532] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-231.htm EMV 534] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-010.htm EMV 549] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-024.htm EMV 563] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-043.htm EMV 582] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-044.htm EMV 583] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm EMV 596] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm EMV 630]</blockquote>

===Learn More About This Character===

[[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Anastasia, [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyred]] under Nero in 68, would be the daughter of Fausta (Faustina), a Christian, and a Roman pagan. The chronology could allow extrapolation on Jesus’ prediction to Valeria: "You and your daughter will become wise in the faith that will bear my Name," but this is only conjecture in the absence of overlap with Saint Anastasia, martyred under Diocletian (3rd century).

There is also a Valeria, martyred under Caligula, emperor from 37 to 41. This martyr is associated with Saint Martial. If there were any truth to it, it would be [[Margziam|Martial]], the adopted son of [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]], and not Martial, bishop of Limoges in the 4th century.
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==Notes and References==
[[fr:Valeria]]

Insult, offense

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{{Other|See also:|Anger, Anger of God}}Do not react against the one who offends; it is one of his [[Teaching, Catechism|teachings]]. - It is one of his teachings because [[Jesus|He]] teaches [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]], [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgiveness]], [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]], and [[Gentle, Gentleness|gentleness]]. He [[Love, Charity, To Love|loves]] [[Enemies]] as well as [[Friend, Friendship|friends]], because He sees everything in [[God]]. <ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-022.htm#Offense EMV 561.8]</ref>

== In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me" ==

* You must not insult the [[Brothers, Brotherhood|brother]] who has sinned.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-024.htm#Insulte EMV 61.6]</ref>
* Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecute you]], and say all kinds of false things [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|against you]] because of [[Jesus|me]]. - Rejoice and be glad, because your [[Reward|reward]] will be great in [[Paradise, Heaven|heaven]]: this is how the [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophets]], your forerunners, were persecuted.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-030.htm#calomni%C3%A9s EMV 170.14]</ref>
* Every [[Man, Humanity, Human|man]] who is [[Anger, Anger of God|angry]] with his brother deserves to appear before the judge; whoever says to his brother: Fool!<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-031.htm#F%C3%A2chezPas EMV 171.5]</ref>
* Do not react against the one who offends; it is one of his [[Teaching, Catechism|teachings]]. - It is one of his teachings because He teaches [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]], forgiveness, justice, and gentleness. He loves [[Enemies]] as well as [[Friend, Friendship|friends]], because He sees everything in [[God]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-022.htm#Offense EMV 561.8]</ref>

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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Insulte, offense]]

Courage, Boldness

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[[File:Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Joan of Arc (1882).jpg|thumb|Saint ''Joan of Arc'' (1882) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882).]]
Courage is a great quality, very useful during the [[Trials]] of [[Life, Living|life]]. To obtain it or strengthen it, there is the help of [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prayer]], especially that addressed to the [[Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Spirit|Holy Spirit]] to give us one of His seven [[To give, to give oneSaltf|gifts]] which is [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|strength]].
== In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me" ==

* This is how it must be done. I do it too. Move forward. Without [[Work, Toil, Fatigue|weariness]]. Weariness is yet another root of human [[Pride]]. And likewise, eagerness.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-052.htm EMV 87]</ref>
* [[Jesus]] to [[Andrew the Apostle]] at the [[Clear Water|Beautiful Water]]: "((The [[Friend, Friendship|friendship]] of [[God]]) must give us boldness, even with [[Man, Humanity, Human|men]]. [[To Believe|Believe]] it: only one who has [[Wicked, Evil|evil]] [[Actions|conduct]] must [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]] his fellow man. Not one who is [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|just]] like you."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-100.htm#AmitieGod EMV 133]</ref>
* [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] says of [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] [[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Joseph]], her [[Chastity, celibacy|chaste]] [[Union, Marriage, Unity|spouse]] and earthly [[Parents, Father, Mother|adoptive father]] of Jesus, who, at the beginning of the journey from Nazareth to [[Bethlehem in Judah|Bethlehem]], had human fears and worries: "Then he comes to hope. In the cave, before the [[Nativity|birth]] of Jesus, he says: 'Tomorrow will be better.' Jesus who comes already gives him courage with this hope which is, among the [[To give, to give oneSaltf|gifts]] of God, one of the greatest. From hope, when he is [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|sanctified]] by contact with Jesus, he passes to boldness.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-072.htm EMV 43]</ref>
* I am not one of those who [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]] men, myself. And ''now,'' I am no longer afraid of God either. I know how Good He is [[Goodness, Good|good]] for [[Soul|repentant souls]]...<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-180.htm#Intr%C3%A9pidit%C3%A9 EMV 485]</ref> ([[Mary of Magdala (Magdalene)|Mary Magdalene]])
* Prayer of [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]] the apostle to have courage in the [[Trials]], shortly before the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]] of Jesus: "(...) our eternal [[God|Father]]! But I am afraid. I am afraid! For He speaks of death, and of painful death and of [[Betrayal, To Betray, Denunciation|betrayal]] and of horrible things... I am afraid! I am afraid, my God! Strengthen my [[Heart]], Lord [[Eternity, Eternal|eternal]]. Strengthen the [[Heart]] of this poor [[Children, Childhood|child]], as surely You strengthen that of Your Son for the coming events... Oh! I feel it! He came here for that, to hear You more than ever, and to strengthen Himself in Your [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]]. I imitate Him, O Most [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Holy]] Father! Love me and make me love You to have the strength to suffer everything without [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|cowardice]] to [[Retreat, Rest, Comfort|comfort]] Your Son."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Concordances/DemandeCourage.htm EMV To ask a Grace, Prayer of John the Apostle to have courage in the Trials, shortly before the Passion]</ref>

== In other works of Maria Valtorta ==

=== Notebooks of 1943 ===

*Jesus in the '''''Catechesis of Thursday, June 17, 1943''''' : "It is true that I told you to be wise as [[Serpent(s), Cunning|serpents]], but not with human [[Man, Humanity, Human|prudence]]. I also told you that to [[Following Jesus|follow]] Me requires boldness Against everything and everyone, Against self-love, Against the [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|power]] when it [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutes]] you because you are My [[Disciples]]; Against the [[Parents, Father, Mother|father]], the [[Parents, Father, Mother|mother]], the [[Union, Marriage, Unity|spouse]], the [[Children, Childhood|children]] when these, out of human affection and [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|earthly]] concern, want to prevent you from following My way. For only one thing is necessary: to [[To Save|save]] your [[Soul]], even if you must lose the [[Life, Living|life]] of the [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]] to obtain eternal [[Eternity, Eternal|life]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430617.htm Catechesis of June 17, 1943]</ref>
* '''Catechesis of Monday, June 14, 1943''': "When I was arrested, the [[Apostles]] and Disciples fled, those who had known how to [[Following Jesus|follow]] Me by swearing their [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|fidelity]] until the breaking of the [[Bread, Bread of Heaven|bread]]. Only two followed Me, [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]] the affectionate and [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]] the impulsive. But Peter’s momentum, as in all impulsive souls, broke against the first obstacle of difficulty and [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]], and he stopped at the door. John, who was all [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]], defied everything and everyone, and entered. There was more courage in John at that moment than in the rest of his life. Afterwards, throughout his [[Apostolate, Zeal|apostolate]], he was strengthened by the [[Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Spirit|Holy Spirit]] and helped, during the first years, by My [[Virgin Mary|Mother]], mistress of firmness and apostolate. Also, he had been confirmed in the [[Faith, conviction|faith]] by My [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]], by the first [[Tables of Miracles in the Work of Maria Valtorta|miracles]], by the fact that he saw My [[Doctrine]] spreading more and more. But that night, he was alone. Against him was a raging crowd, [[Satan]] blowing his Doubts to lead the others, especially the [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|faithful]], into [[Doubt]] which is the first step towards [[Deny, Denial|denial]]. Against him was the [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|cowardice]] of his [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]] which sniffed danger where the Master was, and sensed that this same danger overflowed onto His Disciples."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430614.htm Catechesis of June 14, 1943]</ref>
=== Notebooks from 1945 to 1950 ===

In the '''Dictation of May 17, 1945''', Jesus says: (...) I am the Spirit of Love. But I am also [[Justice (Divine, Human)|Justice]]. The more one [[Penance, fasting|sacrifices]] for Me, the more I give of Myself. Let him who has ears to hear, hear! (...) I am the one who strengthens and I want strong faithful (...)
 Courage, my children, courage! The earth is a place of [[Struggle|combat]]. Happiness is here, where I am. But to get there... It is like a pathway of broken jasper: a torture. Yet every torture is a merit. The Son of God knew only that one. Would you want a better one? Renew yourselves in My [[Fire]]".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/450517.htm Dictation of May 17, 1945]</ref>

== In other sources ==

=== Marian apparitions of Pellevoisin ===

At Pellevoisin, the [[Virgin Mary]] invites to keep "'''courage''', calm, and [[Trust, to rely, to confide|trust]]", three [[Grace|Graces]] which become like beacons on the [[Path, way|path]] leading to [[God]].

Friday, December 8, 1876, the feast of the [[Immaculate Conception of Mary|Immaculate Conception]], the Virgin Mary appears for the fifteenth and last time to Estelle Faguette. She was 32 years old in 1876. Younger, she wanted to be a [[The Consecrated Virgins|nun]] and had made her novitiate. But she had to leave the Augustinian sisters after a few years due to a knee injury that prevented her from meeting the physical demands of [[Consecrated, Religious Vows|consecrated]] life.

Then she falls seriously [[Sick, Illnesses|ill]] and is condemned to [[Agony, Death|die]] from an infection that was eating away at her intestines.

Trusting and stubborn, with a child's heart, she writes to the Blessed Virgin to ask for her [[Miracles, wonders and signs|healing]]: "Grant me then from your divine [[Jesus|Son]] the [[To Heal, To Care, Health|health]] of my poor body for His [[Glory, To Glorify|glory]]." She obtains this at the 5th [[Apparitions|apparition]], a grace of healing that the [[Church]] will recognize as [[Supernatural, Occult|supernatural]]. Then, the Virgin Mary appears to her ten more times.

'''Calm, trust, courage''':

[[Virgin Mary|Mary]] says to her ‘‘Courage!’’: Estelle is brought back to her Christian courage: Through the [[Trials]] of her [[Life, Living|life]], she participates in the story of the [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|Redemption]] by being united to the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]] of [[Jesus]]-[[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]].

Calm is Mary’s pedagogy par excellence: the Virgin even teases Estelle: ‘‘You have the French character. He wants to know everything before [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|learning]], and to understand everything before having learned.’’

Estelle acquires this '''calm''' when she understands that the Virgin Mary will always be by her side, visible during these Apparitions, then invisibly.

'''Trust''', finally, comes to her when she grasps that Mary paid in advance for her [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|Salvation]], at the foot of the [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|Cross]], when she suffered the torture of witnessing the [[Agony, Death|agony]] and death of her divine Son.

Mary comes to visit Estelle to teach her to grow in [[Faith, conviction|faith]], hope, and [[Love, Charity, To Love|charity]]. She educates her in love with remarks and advice to help her be more trusting toward God and lead a life full of [[Mercy, merciful|mercy]]. Mary educates Estelle, who is afraid of her fragility and her [[Weakness(es), powerlessness|weaknesses]], so that she does not put limits on her trust.

Mary [[Retreat, Rest, Comfort|comforts]] her: “Courage and Trust,” “Do not [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]], I will [[Help, Aid|help]] you.” Mary at Pellevoisin teaches us not to let go of her hand and to trust her in every circumstance.

The Blessed Virgin also says to her about her words "Calm, trust, courage (and others): “Repeat them often; may they strengthen and console you in your Trials. You will not see me again.” […]

And she gives Estelle the mission to spread the devotion of the Carmelite Scapular.
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Courage, hardiesse]]

Matthias of Bethlehem in Judah (Saint Matthias)

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[[File:Rubens - RKDimages, 237561.jpg|thumb|alt=Saint Matthias, the apostle|The Apostle Matthias - Peter Paul Rubens]]By his real name Tobie, he is a young [[The Shepherds of the Nativity|shepherd]] from [[Bethlehem]] who witnesses the [[Nativity]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-049.htm EMV 30]</ref> He takes the name [[Matthias the father|son father Matthias]], after the [[To Kill, Murder, Murderer|death]] of the latter during the [[Massacre of the Holy Innocents|massacre]] carried out by [[Herod the Great]], later recounted to [[Jesus]] by traumatized witnesses.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-039.htm EMV 75]</ref>

Matthias becomes a disciple of [[John the Baptist]] like two other [[The Shepherds of the Nativity|shepherds of the Nativity]]: [[John of Bethlehem in Judah, the shepherd|John]] and [[Simeon of Bethlehem in Judah, the shepherd|Simeon]].

During the last meeting of the Baptist with [[Jesus]] in a cave at [[Ennon|Enon]]<ref>See [http://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Jn/Evangile+de+J%C3%A9sus-Christ+Salton+saint+Jean/chapitre/3 John 3:23].</ref>, the forerunner recommends them: <blockquote>"In them [the shepherds] and especially in Matthias, [[Wise Men, Wisdom|Wisdom]] is truly present".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-008.htm EMV 148]</ref> </blockquote>The Baptist, captured, is imprisoned in the fortress of [[Machaerus]], near the Dead Sea. Thanks to [[Manaen]], milk-brother of [[Herod Antipas]] and [[The Former Disciples of John the Baptist Who Follow Jesus|disciple of the Baptist]], Matthias serves in the kitchens of the castle.

The circumstances of the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|decapitation]] of the Baptist are told to him by [[Encountered Characters#51 Personnages rencontr.C3.A9s en Jud.C3.A9e|Saltma]], [[Servant, To Serve, Service|servant]] of [[Herodias]]: she witnessed the scene reported by the Gospels.<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Mt/Evangile+de+J%C3%A9sus-Christ+Salton+saint+Matthieu/chapitre/14 Matthew 14:6-11]; [https://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Mc/Evangile+de+J%C3%A9sus-Christ+Salton+saint+Marc/chapitre/6 Mark 6:19-28].</ref> With Simeon and John, Matthias collects the body of the [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophet]]. They bury him and come to warn [[Jesus]]<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Mt/Evangile+de+J%C3%A9sus-Christ+Salton+saint+Matthieu/chapitre/14 Matthew 14:12]</ref> who calls them to follow him.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-133.htm EMV 270]</ref>

Matthias exerts influence over the other Disciples: his wisdom and [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]] give him a natural authority.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-235.htm EMV 538]</ref> He is counted among [[The Seventy-Two Disciples]]<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Lc/Evangile+de+J%C3%A9sus-Christ+Salton+saint+Luc/chapitre/10 Luke 10:1].</ref> before being elected [[Apostles|apostle]] to replace [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]].<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Ac/Livre+des+Actes+des+Ap%C3%B4tres/chapitre/15 Acts 1:23-26].</ref> He is presented for this position<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-024.htm EMV 639]</ref> at the same time as [[Joseph of Joseph, the shepherd|Joseph the Just]], son of a [[The Shepherds of the Nativity|shepherd of the Nativity]] massacred by Herod the Great.

According to [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]] in the Acts of the Apostles<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Ac/Livre+des+Actes+des+Ap%C3%B4tres/chapitre/15 Acts 1:21-22]</ref>, Matthias indeed was one "of the men who accompanied us all the time the Lord Jesus lived among us, from his [[Baptism]] by [[John the Baptist|John]] until the day he was taken from us." He was witness to: the [[Nativity]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-049.htm EMV 30]</ref>, the [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|Crucifixion]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-028.htm EMV 608], [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm EMV 609].</ref>, the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-012.htm EMV 626]</ref> and the Ascension.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638]</ref>

He is present at Pentecost as the twelfth apostle: the first to be chosen.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-025.htm EMV 640]</ref> He thus has the fullness of apostolic prerogatives and authority. Similarly, the [[Priest, Pastor, Spiritual Guide|bishops]], after him, continue the authority of [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]].

===His name===
Mattathias - Matthias - Matthew (סמתיא): come from the Hebrew "mattityah" [[To give, to give oneSaltf|gift]] of the [[Eternity, Eternal|Eternal]] - Historical reference: the [[Parents, Father, Mother|father]] of the Maccabees brothers, liberators of [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]].<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/premier-livre-des-maccabees/4331-chapitre-2#v_1 1 Maccabees 2:1-5]</ref>

===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-049.htm EMV 30] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-039.htm EMV 75] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-045.htm EMV 81] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-054.htm EMV 89] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-094.htm EMV 127] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-008.htm EMV 148] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-133.htm EMV 270] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-093.htm EMV 404] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-094.htm EMV 405] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-223.htm EMV 526] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-235.htm EMV 538] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-035.htm EMV 574] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm EMV 596] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-028.htm EMV 608] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm EMV 609] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-009.htm EMV 623] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-010.htm EMV 624] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-012.htm EMV 626] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-024.htm EMV 639] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-025.htm EMV 640] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-026.htm EMV 641]</blockquote>

===Learn more about this character ''' '''===
Extracts from the Dictionary of Gospel Characters, Salton [[Maria Valtorta]] ([[Abbé René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]], [[François-Michel Debroise]], [[Jean-François Lavère]], Éditions Salvator, 2012):<blockquote>Saint Matthias is celebrated on May 14.

Salton the doctor Johannes Sepp<ref>Johannes Sepp, ''Life of N-S Jesus'', 1861, Volume 1, page 179.</ref>, Matthias, native of Bethlehem, was one of the young shepherds who witnessed the Nativity, before later becoming a disciple and apostle of Jesus. Before J. Sepp, Jacques de Voragine (13th century) upheld the tradition that stated he was "born in Bethlehem of a notable family.<ref>[https://www.bibliotheque-monastique.ch/bibliotheque/bibliotheque/voragine/index.htm "The Golden Legend" by Jacques de Voragine, Saint Matthias]</ref>

Tradition holds him as an [[Evangelization, to evangelize|evangelizer]] of Egypt and Ethiopia. Returning to Judea, he was stoned then beheaded in the year 63 (or 64). He was about 85 years old. He must therefore have been in his twenties at the Nativity and in his fifties during the public life of Jesus.

Salton Clement of Alexandria (2nd century)<ref>Clement of Alexandria, ''Stromata'', L2.</ref>, Matthias is said to have written a ''Book of Traditions''.

Origen (2nd century) attributes to him a gospel<ref>Origen, ''Luke'', Homily 1.</ref> now lost, but mentioned by Saint Ambrose, Saint Jerome, and Bede the Venerable. This document was classified among the apocrypha by Pope Gelasius in the 5th century.

Clement of Alexandria reports that in his evangelization, he mainly insisted on the necessity to [[Penance, fasting|mortify]] the [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]] by repressing the [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|desires]] of [[Sexuality, Sensuality, Lust|sensuality]]; an important lesson he received from Jesus Christ and practiced himself. He quoted this maxim from him: "One must fight their flesh and completely tame it by refusing it everything demanded by its disordered desires. Instead, one must strengthen and grow the [[Soul]], through [[Faith, conviction|faith]] and knowledge."

[[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, brought his body to Rome. She placed some of his [[Relics]] in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, and gave a portion of the rest to Saint Agricius who placed them in the present Basilica of Saint Matthias in Trier. However, Salton and the Bollandists consider the relics at Saint Mary Major must be attributed to another Saint Matthias, bishop of Jerusalem around the year 120.</blockquote>

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[[fr:Matthias de Bethléem (saint Matthias)]]

Belonging

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[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Mary Magdalene at the Feet of Jesus - James Tissot.jpg|thumb|Mary Magdalene belongs to Jesus and listens at his feet - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.]]
To BeLonginusg to [[God]], one must renounce oneself and [[Work, Toil, Fatigue|work]] to do the [[Will, Good or Bad Will|will]] of God.

== In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me" ==

* "But [[Children, Childhood|children]] belong to [[God]] first, before they BeLonginusg to their [[Parents, Father, Mother|parents]]. And every [[Son, daughter(s)|son]] can say what I said to my [[Virgin Mary|Mother]]: 'Do you not know that I must attend to the interests of the [[God|Father]] of [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]]?'"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-015.htm EMV 9]</ref>
* "He who wants to live by the [[spirit]] and lead others to live the same life must put the [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]] second — I would almost say kill it — to give all care to the [[The Spirit|spirit]]. This is true for everyone, [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]]. For you too, if you truly want to BeLonginusg to [[God]], that is, to the [[Supernatural, Occult|supernatural]]."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-032.htm EMV 69]</ref>
* Jesus [[Consolation|comforts]] his cousin [[Judas of Alphaeus (Thaddeus) the Apostle|Jude]]: "Do not feel scrupulous about BeLonginusg more to God than to your father."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-058.htm EMV 93]</ref>
* "No one can serve two [[Maître|masters]] whose thoughts are different. If he [[Love, Charity, To Love|loves]] one, he will [[To Hate, Hatred, Racism|hate]] the other and vice versa. You cannot equally BeLonginusg to God and to [[Mammon, the Cult of Money, Idols|Mammon]]. The Spirit of God cannot be reconciled with The Spirit of the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|world]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm EMV 174]</ref>
* "It is not BeLonginusg to [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]] that grants a right to [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]], nor being a Pharisee, scribe or doctor that assures this fate. It is to have a [[Will, Good or Bad Will|good will]] and to generously come to the [[Doctrine]] of love, to renew oneself in it, to become through it a son of God in [[The Spirit|spirit]] and in [[Truth, sincerity|truth]]."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-054.htm#ParaboleFils EMV 364]</ref>
* The [[Pride]] of BeLonginusg to God: "Even being 'mine' is for you a matter of [[Pride]]."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-056.htm#Pride EMV 366]</ref>
* "Do not flatter yourselves that you BeLonginusg to me easily. BeLonginusg means living in the [[Light, Lamps|Light]] and Truth, but also eating the bread of [[Struggle]] and [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutions]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-061.htm#BeLonginusg EMV 371]</ref>

== In the other works of Maria Valtorta ==

=== In the Notebooks ===

*'''Catechesis of July 1, 1943''': A [[Soul]] who wants to BeLonginusg to God attracts the hatred of [[Satan]], who doubles his efforts to [[Temptation|tempt]] the person.<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430701.htm Catechesis of July 1, 1943]</ref>
*'''Catechesis of June 16, 1943''': "The life of [[Co-redeemer, Victim Soul, Reparative Soul, Host, Victimal Gift|victims]] consists in the perpetual acceptance of no longer BeLonginusg to themselves, in a continuous outpouring, in an incessant [[Fire]]."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430616.htm Catechesis of June 16, 1943]</ref>
*'''Catechesis of July 1943''': "One of the greatest [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pains]] I experience is seeing that rationalism has infiltrated [[Heart|Hearts]], even in the Hearts that say they BeLonginusg to me."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430718.htm Catechesis of July 1943]</ref>

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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Appartenir]]

Eliza of Jerusalem

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Judean from the [[Ophel|Ophel]], the popular neighborhood of [[Jerusalem]]. She is in her sixties. Her only [[Son, daughter(s)|daughter]], [[Annaleah]], consumption-ridden, is condemned in the short term. She is only fifteen. [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]], upon learning this, intercedes with [[Jesus]] who will [[Miracles, wonders and signs|heal]] her.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-050.htm#CEV08506 EMV 85.6]</ref>

[[Tables of Miracles in the Work of Maria Valtorta|Miraculously healed]], her daughter renounces [[Union, Marriage, Unity|marrying]] her fiancé [[Samuel, fiancé of Annaleah|Samuel]]. Élise [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffers]] and poorly accepts a second piece of news: Annaleah's wish to become the first [[The Consecrated Virgins|consecrated virgin]] following Jesus.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm#CEV36801 EMV 368.1-4]</ref>

When Annaleah confirms her choice to her, her mother says: <blockquote>"Oh! wretched am I! What mother is more [[Misfortune, Unhappy, Curse|unhappy]] than I?!" [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] lets go of the [[Annaleah|young girl]]’s hand to embrace the woman and gently say to her: "Do not [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]] by your [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|thoughts]] and your words. It is not a misfortune to give God a son, but it is a great [[Glory, To Glorify|glory]]. (...) (It is) an [[Angels|angel]] you have, an angel who will precede the Savior in His [[Victory, Triumph, To Overcome|triumph]]. And you want to call yourself unhappy? (...)"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm#CEV36804 EMV 368.4]</ref></blockquote>

But a more painful [[Trials|trial]] awaits Élise: Annaleah knows that Jesus will die a terrible death. Foreseeing that she will not be able to bear the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrdom]] of the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Messiah]], she asked Him for a [[Grace]]: to die before Him.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-016.htm#CEV15606 EMV 156.6]</ref> Following her [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|desire]], she sees Jesus’ [[Victory, Triumph, To Overcome|triumphal]] entry into [[Jerusalem]] on Palm Sunday<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm#CEV59016 EMV 590.16]</ref> and dies immediately afterward.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm#CEV59016 EMV 590.16-18]</ref> This is only a few days before His terrible [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]].

The [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrected]] Jesus will come to [[Consolation|console]] the tested mother by assuring her of her daughter's [[Joy, happiness|happiness]] in [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]]:<blockquote>"Annaleah's mother weeps in [[Despair, Suicide|despair]] in her house (...)

"Lift your head, Elise, and look who is before you!" (...)

Touch my hand, kiss it. You sacrificed your daughter to me, you deserve it. And find, on this hand, the spiritual [[Kiss]] of your child. She is in Heaven, and she is [[Beatitudes, Blessed|blessed]]. You will tell this to the [[Disciples]], and about this day." (...)

"Oh! You are truly risen!!! I am happy! Happy! [[Blessings|Blessed]] be you for having comforted me!"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-018.htm#CEV63201 EMV 632.1-3]</ref></blockquote>

=== Her name ===
Élise, like Elisha (Èlisha), means "[[God]] is [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|Salvation]]". Historical reference: the great [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophet]] Elisha.

=== Where is she mentioned in the work? ===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-050.htm EMV 85]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-060.htm EMV 199]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm EMV 368] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm EMV 370] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-061.htm EMV 371]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-206.htm EMV 509] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-011.htm EMV 592]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-018.htm EMV 632]</blockquote>
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Élise de Jérusalem]]

Aurea Galla (baptized Christina)

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Emmanuel: Text replacement - "MarTyre, MarTyredom, Persecutions" to "Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions"

Daughter of [[Slaves, oppressed, prisoners|slaves]] from the [[War]] of the Gauls, she was raised on an island, with others, in a true "stud farm" to be destined for the pleasures of their masters. Barely into puberty, she was bought, for a large sum, by [[Ennius Cassius|Ennius]], an idle and [[Sexuality, Sensuality, Lust|debauched]] [[The Romans|Roman]] who wanted to make her the highlight of an orgy. [[Jesus]] obtained her release through the intervention of [[Claudia Procula|Claudia]] and [[Valeria]]. Aurea, traumatized by the prospect that awaited her, became seriously [[Sick, Illnesses|ill]] and came close to [[Agony, Death|death]]. She was taken to [[Nazareth]] to [[Virgin Mary|Mary]], who negotiated with [[Valeria]] to have her entrusted to [[Myrtha]] and [[Naomi of Perge|Naomi]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-131.htm EMV 439]</ref> Jesus, who healed her of her deadly [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|terror]], gave her a new name, that of a [[Disciples|disciple]] of the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]]: Christiane. It is with her that [[Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle|Bartholomew]] made his first steps as a catechist.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm EMV 427]</ref>

Jesus spared her the sight of His [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]] by keeping her away from [[Jerusalem]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577]</ref>

=== Character and Appearance ===
About 13 years old. Thick honey-blond hair. A little girl barely reaching the threshold of puberty, almost still a [[Children, Childhood|child]], with the somewhat immature [[Seduction, Beauty, Charm|beauty]] of adolescence, an [[Innocent, innocence|innocent]] look.

=== Apostolic Journey ===
Witness to the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]]

Completely unWorship and frightened when she was taken in by Jesus: She was entirely [[Pagans, Gentiles (Goyim)|pagan]], and even more than pagan. The master who raised her kept her in absolute nothingness: a little wild beast... Only an object of pleasure.

She evolved in contact with [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] in Nazareth until she wished to become a [[Disciples|disciple]]: "I feel that I will remain in [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]]... to know more and more this [[God|Father]] who is mine... And... to be the first disciple from Gaul. At the mention of the [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|Redemption]], she inflames: For me too all this!... How much I cost and how much I [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] you for what I cost you! Oh! Mother of my [[God]], [[Blessings|bless]] me so that the price I cost you does not remain without [[Fruits|fruit]]..."

=== Her name ===
Aurea comes from "[[Money, Gold, Salary|gold]]".

=== Where is she mentioned in the work? ===
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<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-116.htm EMV 425] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-117.htm EMV 426] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm EMV 427] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-125.htm EMV 433] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-126.htm EMV 434] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-127.htm EMV 435] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-128.htm EMV 436] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-129.htm EMV 437] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-130.htm EMV 438] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-131.htm EMV 439] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-132.htm EMV 440] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-133.htm EMV 441]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-212.htm EMV 515] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-020.htm EMV 634] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636]</blockquote>

=== Learn more about this character ===
An Aurea, [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyred]] in the early days at Ostia, is mentioned. [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/mefr_0223-4874_1958_num_70_1_7432 The source would be the "Acts of Aurea".] We have not been able to verify the links between this source and Aurea Galla mentioned in [[Maria Valtorta]]. Some sources place [http://www.archeorome.com/ostie_antique.judaisme.christianisme.htm the saint in the 3rd] century, others [http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/2005/documents/rc_seg-st_20050710_sodano-ostia_fr.html admit their ignorance].

==Notes and References==
[[fr:Aurea Galla (baptisée Christiane)]]

Word, Verb

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[[Jesus|I]], have as eternal Nature the '''Word''' which translates the Divine [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|Thought]] and the Word I give it, because [[Love, Charity, To Love|Love]] urges me to this [[To give, to give oneSaltf|gift]] of making known the Thought of the [[God|Most High]] who is my Father.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-102.htm#Verbe EMV 413]</ref>

== In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me" ==

=== Word of God (Bible) ===

* I have come to increasingly free [[Man, Humanity, Human|man]] from [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]] insofar as the [[The Spirit|spirit]] and the chains of a [[Religion]] corrupted, oppressive, which suffocates under torrents of words, prescriptions, the [[Truth, sincerity|true]] word of [[God]] which is clear, brief, clear, easy, [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|holy]], [[Perfect, Perfection|perfect]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-061.htm EMV 96]</ref>
* They had not heard His word (of [[Jesus]]) which gave The Spirit a richness Grace by which the poor felt rich, the [[The Hungry]] satisfied, the [[Sick, Illnesses|sick]] healthy, those who [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffered]] [[Consolation|consoled]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-164.htm#ParoleQuiNourrit EMV 299]</ref>
* You cannot assimilate all the food that is in my word. You would need much, much, much. But you do not know how to receive much. And then the [[Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Spirit|Holy Spirit]] works the [[Miracles, wonders and signs|miracle]] for you. The [[Spirituality, Spirit|spiritual]] miracle of the multiplication of the Word. He multiplies this word in you by enlightening all your most [[Hidden|secret]] senses, so that, without weighing you down, you nourish yourself with it.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-043.htm#MultiplicationDeLaParole EMV 353]</ref>
* The more your [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] draws from (the Word), the more it, which is the fruit of Love, will increase its streams. [[God]] knows no limits in His riches and in His possibilities. You are relative. He is not. He is infinite in all His works, even in the power to give you at every hour, in every circumstance, the [[Light, Lamps|lights]] you need at that moment.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-043.htm#Tr%C3%A9sorDeLaParole EMV 353]</ref>
* Just as the [[Fire|flames]] spread among the heaths of the valley, mortified in vain by your maneuvers, so my [[Doctrine]] will spread through the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|world]], vainly [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecuted]] by those who do not want the [[Light, Lamps|Light]]. And it will be light, and it will be Purification, and it will be beneficial. Many serpents have perished in these ashes and with them other [[Wicked, Evil|harmful]] beings!<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-133.htm#Parole EMV 441]</ref>
* Where there is no [[Peace]], there cannot be the word of God which, heard peacefully, gives [[Fruits]] in the [[Heart|Hearts]]. And you see that this meeting was not calm and will not be fruitful. Too much [[To Disturb, To Upset|agitation]] in the Hearts...<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-139.htm#Peace EMV 447]</ref>

=== Word of God (Jesus) ===

* The Word of God speaks. Listen. He is only the Word of God, He who speaks to you. His sovereignty comes from the Father and will return to the Father when He has [[Evangelization, to evangelize|evangelized]] [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-042.htm#Av%C3%A8nementJ%C3%A9sus EMV 78]</ref>
* I have as eternal Nature the Word which translates the Divine Thought and the Word I give it, because Love urges me to this gift of making known the Thought of the Most High who is my Father.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-102.htm#Verbe EMV 413]</ref>
* God sent you His Word so that He could speak without His [[Voice of God|voice]] killing you. The Word of God in whom [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgiveness]] will be accomplished.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-166.htm#VerbeDeGod EMV 475]</ref>
* The [[Wise Men, Wisdom|Wisdom]] of God took a mouth to instruct you. It is no longer the [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophets]], O people of [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]], who speak to you of the Unnameable. It is He Himself. He, who knows the mystery that God is, who speaks to you about God.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-222.htm EMV 525]</ref>
* Since I am [[The Holy Trinity|One with the Father and with the Love]], One here as in [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]] — if in Me the two natures exist, and the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]], by human nature and as long as His [[Victory, Triumph, To Overcome|victory]] has not freed Him from human limits, is in [[Ephraim]] and cannot be elsewhere at this moment; as God: Word of God, I am in [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]] as on the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|Earth]], my Divinity always being omnipresent and all-powerful.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm#FilsDeGod EMV 567]</ref>

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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Parole, Verbe]]

Simeon, son of Gamaliel

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[[Son, daughter(s)|Son]] of the great Rabbi [[Gamaliel]] and a [[Sanhedrin|Sanhedrist]] like him. He is a rather reserved character who often keeps his opinion to himself. He is therefore not the orator that his [[Parents, Father, Mother|father]] is. This attitude surrounds him with a certain ambiguity. However, he rises in indignation at the [[Trial of Jesus|trial]] of [[Jesus]] and leaves the session in the company of his [[Parents, Father, Mother|father]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm EMV 604]</ref>

===Character and appearance===
About thirty-five years old.

===Apostolic journey===
Appreciating [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-006.htm EMV 546]</ref>, he seems open to the [[Word, Verb|words]] of Jesus:<blockquote>"You rightly said: ''[[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|Persecuting]] a [[Doctrine]] means increasing its [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|strength]]''" and I noticed, because I never took my eyes off him, that the son of Gamaliel was nodding in approval while you said it".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-069.htm EMV 379]</ref></blockquote>He seems under the influence of his father whom he accompanies in his process of [[Conversion, To Convert|conversion]] after the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-029.htm EMV 644]</ref>.

===His name===
Simon, like Simeon (Chimon- Shim'ôn), means "he who hears". Historical reference: the second son of Jacob who was held hostage by his brother Joseph, who had become Pharaoh's steward.

===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-068.htm EMV 378] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-069.htm EMV 379] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-006.htm EMV 546] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm EMV 548] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-007.htm EMV 588] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-017.htm EMV 598] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm EMV 604] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-029.htm EMV 644]</blockquote>

===Learn more about this character===

====Christian sources====
Bishops A. and J. Lemann, converted Jews, in "[https://livres-mystiques.com/partieTEXTES/Lemann/Valeur/chapitre1.html The Value of the Assembly that Pronounced the Death Sentence Against Jesus Christ]" (1877), present the son of the Elder Gamaliel as follows:<blockquote>"He sat as his father did in the [[Sanhedrin]]. Rabbinic books speak highly of him. The Mishnah, for example, attributes this saying to him: "Raised since my birth among the [[Scholars, Science|scholars]], I have found nothing better for man than [[Silence, To Be Silent|silence]]. Doctrine is not the main thing, but the work. He who habitually speaks too much easily falls into [[Error, to be mistaken, lost|error]]."</blockquote>Simon did not follow his father's example, and did not embrace [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christianity]]. On the contrary, he became the close [[Friend, Friendship|friend]] of the infamous [[To Steal, Thief|bandit]] John of Giscala, whose cruelty and excesses against the [[The Romans|Romans]] and even the [[Israel, Jewish people|Jews]] forced Titus to order the sack of [[Jerusalem]]. Simon was killed in the last assault, in the year 70."

====Jewish sources====
A Jewish tradition reports that Emperor Hadrian cruelly killed ten great [[Wise Men, Wisdom|sages]] of Jewish tradition called the "ten [[To Kill, Murder, Murderer|murdered]] of the [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|king]]" (Âssara harougué malkhoute), among whom was a certain "Rabbi Simeon ben Gamliel". This cannot be the same person.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210211231915/https://www.modia.org/infos/etudes/lexique.html Lexicon of Jewish Concepts] on Wayback Machine, archive of February 11, 2021.</ref>
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Siméon, fils de Gamaliel]]

Slander

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[[File:Brooklyn Museum - The Meal in the House of Matthew (Le repas chez Mathieu) - James Tissot.jpg|thumb|The meal with the [[Apostles]] at [[Matthew the Apostle|Matthew]]'s to celebrate his [[Conversion, To Convert|conversion]]. Some of his guests being disreputable, [[Enemies]] of [[Jesus]] take advantage of it to [[Insult, offense|criticize]] and Slander him - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.]]
Slander consists of [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|lying]] about one's [[Neighbor]] in order to harm their reputation.

== In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me" ==

* Often someone Slanders to excuse themselves. It is the most common form of [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|lying]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-097.htm#Slander EMV 130]</ref>
* [[Beatitudes, Blessed|Blessed]] are you when you are [[Insult, offense|insulted]], persecuted [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|for my sake]], and falsely said [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|all kinds of evil]] against you because of me. - Rejoice and be glad, for your [[Reward|reward]] is great in [[Paradise, Heaven|heaven]]: for so they persecuted the [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophets]], your predecessors."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-030.htm#calomni%C3%A9s EMV 170]</ref>
* Failures in [[Love, Charity, To Love|Charity]], the degree between mockery and Slander.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-149.htm#Moquerie EMV 285]</ref>
* The [[Sanhedrin]] develops Slanders and persecutions against [[Jesus]] to discredit him in the eyes of the people.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-001.htm#Slanders EMV 541]</ref>-<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-006.htm#Slanders EMV 546]</ref>

== In foundational Christian texts ==

=== In the Catechism of the Catholic Church ===

* Respect for the reputation of persons forbids any attitude and word likely to cause them unjust harm (cf. Code of Canon Law, can. 220). One who, by words contrary to [[Truth, sincerity|truth]], harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|false]] [[To Judge, Judges, Judgment|judgments]] concerning them, is guilty of '''Slander'''.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/2464-2557.htm#CEC2477 CEC 2477]</ref>
* Detraction and '''Slander''' destroy the reputation and honor of the Neighbor. Honor is the social [[To Testify, Evidence|testimony]] given to human dignity, and everyone has a natural right to the honor of their name, their reputation, and respect. Thus, detraction and Slander harm the Virtues of [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]] and [[Love, Charity, To Love|charity]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/2464-2557.htm#CEC2479 CEC 2479]</ref>
* "From [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|envy]] arise [[To Hate, Hatred, Racism|hatred]], detraction, '''Slander''', joy caused by the [[Misfortune, Unhappy, Curse|misfortune]] of the [[Neighbor]], and displeasure caused by their [[Rich, Riches, Treasure|prosperity]]." (Saint Gregory the Great, mor. 31, 45 : PL 76, 621)<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/2464-2557.htm#CEC2539 CEC 2539]</ref>

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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Calomnie]]

Anger, Anger of God

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{{Other|See also:|Insult, offense}}
[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Curses Against the Pharisees (Imprécations contre les pharisiens) - James Tissot.jpg|thumb|Jesus speaks harshly toward the Pharisees who continue their sins and persist in their [[Error, to be mistaken, lost|errors]] (example of Divine anger) - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.]]
The word anger comes from the Greek kholê, bile. It was supposed to be caused by the heating of this bile.

In the [[The Work Given to Maria Valtorta|work]] of [[Maria Valtorta]], the word anger covers three different meanings:

*The anger of [[God]], or divine anger. It marks the limit reached by [[Mercy, merciful|Mercy]] which gives way to [[Justice (Divine, Human)|Justice]]. Mercy is a barrier to Divine Justice.
*The anger of [[Man, Humanity, Human|man]], one of the seven [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|capital sins]], which makes him Confession-worthy.
*The anger of [[Satan]], another way to designate his rage.

===The anger of God and Mercy===
God is defined as fundamentally tender, [[Mercy, merciful|merciful]], slow to anger, and full of [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]].<blockquote>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ex/34 Ex 34:6-7]: He passed before Moses and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, God tender and merciful, slow to anger, full of love and [[Truth, sincerity|truth]], who keeps his [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|faithfulness]] to a thousandth generation, bears [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|fault]], transgression and [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]], but lets nothing pass, for he punishes the fault of the fathers on the sons and grandsons, up to the third and fourth generation."

Psalm 102 (Hebrew 103), 8-11<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/Ps/102 Psalm 102 (Hebrew 103), 8-11]</ref>: The Lord is tenderness and [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|pity]], slow to anger and full of love; he is not forever in court, does not maintain his [[Reproach, Dispute|reproaches]] endlessly; he does not act towards us according to our faults, nor repay us according to our [[Insult, offense|offenses]]. As the [[Paradise, Heaven|heaven]] dominates the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|earth]], strong is his [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] for those who [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]] him.

[http://www.aelf.org/bible/Jl/2 Joel 2:12-13]: And now — oracle of the Lord — return to me with all your [[Heart]], in [[Penance, fasting|fasting]], [[Tears, To Weep|tears]] and [[Mourning]]! Tear your [[Heart|hearts]] and not your clothes, and return to the Lord your God, for he is tender and merciful, slow to anger and full of love, renouncing [[Punishment, penalty, to punish|punishment]].</blockquote>Being slow to anger thus does not mean it is excluded.

God is love, says [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]] in 1 John 4:16.<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/1Jn/4 1 John 4:16]</ref> Love, which is incarnated in [[Jesus]]-[[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]], is for everyone. It is without limit but is excluded by the [[Will, Good or Bad Will|will]] of man who persists in his rejection.<blockquote>Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but blasphemy Against [[Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Spirit|the Spirit]] will not be forgiven. And if anyone says a word Against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but if anyone speaks Against the [[Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Spirit|Holy Spirit]], it will not be [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgiven]], neither in this [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|world]] nor in the world to come.<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/Mt/12 Matthew 12:31-32]</ref> </blockquote>The barrier of Mercy which ends where [[Justice (Divine, Human)|Justice]] begins concerns every [[Man, Humanity, Human|man]], but also [[Man, Humanity, Human|Humanity]]. All must face the final ends: eternity of delights or eternity of punishments, according to [[Choice, to choose|choice]]. [[Hell, Hells|Eternal hell]] is indeed the fruit of a decision and not a [[Punishment, penalty, to punish|punishment]]. The final term that [http://www.aelf.org/bible/So/1 Zephaniah 1:14-15] describes as the "day of wrath" for impenitence and that a hymn celebrates:

{| class="wikitable"
| Dies iræ, dies illa,

Solvet sæclum in favílla,

Teste David cum Sibýlla !

Quantus tremor est futúrus,

quando judex est ventúrus,

cuncta stricte discussúrus !
|Day of anger, that day

It will dissolve the world in ashes,

David attests, and the Sibyl.

What a tremor is to come,

when the judge will arrive,

to strictly examine all!
|}

The writings of [[Maria Valtorta]] have a certain eschatological scope: they place our era within the course of centuries. It is in this spirit that they must be discovered. They are to be related, for the theme of this article, to this [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophecy]] of [[Jesus]] entrusted to Saint Faustina (1905-1938):<blockquote>Speak to the world of my Mercy. Let all humanity learn to know my unfathomable Mercy. It is a sign for the last [[Time, Century|times]]. After will come the day of Justice. While it is still time, let men have recourse to the source of my Mercy.<ref>Faustina Kowalska, ''Diary'', § 847, December 25, 1936.</ref> </blockquote>[[John Paul II and Maria Valtorta|John Paul II]], Polish like Sister Faustina, published an encyclical on Mercy<ref>''[https://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/fr/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_30111980_dives-in-misericordia.html Dives in Misericordia]'' (November 30, 1980).</ref>, the second of his pontificate, and instituted Divine Mercy Sunday in the octave of Easter.

It is also appropriate, for a good understanding of the [[Visions and Dictations of Maria Valtorta|dictations]] of Jesus to Maria Valtorta, to remember this prediction of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, also Polish. In his ''spiritual writings'' he wrote:<blockquote>The Modern Times are dominated by [[Satan]] and will be even more so in the Future. The battle Against Hell cannot be waged by men, even the most intelligent. Only [[Virgin Mary|The Immaculate]] has received from God the Promise of [[Victory, Triumph, To Overcome|Victory]] over the [[Satan|Demon]].</blockquote>

===The anger of Man===
Anger is ranked among the seven capital sins, so named because they generate sins. Pope Gregory the Great attributes six "daughters" to anger: [[Reproach, Dispute|quarrel]], outburst of spirit, outrage, clamor, indignation and [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|blasphemy]].<ref>Saint Gregory the Great (540-604), ''Moral commentaries on the books of Job'', Book 5, chapter 31.</ref>

A capital sin is fought by the [[Virtues|virtue]] it contradicts. For [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Saint Paul]], it is love<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/1Co/13 1 Corinthians 13:5]</ref>. But Saint John Chrysostom seems on the contrary to legitimize anger:<blockquote>He who does not get angry when there is cause for it commits a sin. Indeed, unreasonable [[Perseverance, Patience|patience]] sows [[Vice, Vitiated, Corruption, Corrupt|vices]], fosters negligence, and invites [[Evil and Its Origins|evil]] not only by the [[Wicked, Evil|wicked]], but even the [[Goodness, Good|good]] themselves.<ref>Saint John Chrysostom, 11th homily on the Gospel according to Matthew.</ref> </blockquote>How to understand this apparent contradiction? Did [[Jesus]] sin when he got angry Against the [[Merchants of the Temple|merchants]] of the [[Temple]]?

No, of course not: we have just seen the foundations of the "anger of God". The boundary between holy (or sound) anger and the capital sin lies in what carries it: either the love of God and of the [[Brothers, Brotherhood|brother]], as Saint Paul says, or immodest self-love. [[Pride]] and anger, which make one Confession-worthy, can sometimes give reprehensible outbursts the appearance of "holy anger" which are only [[Violence]] and disguised intolerance.

Saint [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Paul]] thus expresses the duality between the holy and the reprehensible:<blockquote>For the desires of the [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]] are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh. Indeed, there is a conflict that prevents you from doing all that you would like. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. You know well to what Actions the flesh leads: misconduct, [[Pure, Purity, Impure, Impurity|impurity]], [[Sexuality, Sensuality, Lust|debauchery]], [[Idols, deities, idolater|idolatry]], [[Necromancy, spiritism, magic, diviner|sorcery]], [[To Hate, Hatred, Racism|hatreds]], rivalry, [[Jealous, jealousy|jealousy]], outbursts, intrigues, divisions, sectarianism, [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|envy]], drunkenness, orgies and other things of the same sort. I warn you, as I have before: those who commit such Actions will not inherit the [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|kingdom]] of God.<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/Ga/5 Galatians 5:17-21]</ref> </blockquote>And just after, he opposes the [[Virtues]] which fight these tendencies.

He also reiterates his exhortation not to give "a foothold to the devil", for that is how [[Satan]] leads us to [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]]<ref>Sister Josefa Mendez (1890-1923) herself suffered, several times, the pains of Hell to Save Souls. How could she return? The dialogues, which she brings back from Hell, explain it: Satan cannot find the weakness that would allow him to seize her.

All these days when I am dragged into hell, when the demon orders others to martyr me, they answer: “We cannot... her members have already been martyred for Him... (they designate Our Lord with a blasphemy)”. Then he commands [...] : “Look, look to find someone of her members, some part of her body to which she gave consent and access...” (April 1, 1922.)

These confidences echo this phrase of Jesus speaking of the “Prince of the world” on the eve of his Passion:

He has no hold over me ([https://aelf.org/bible/Jn/14 John 14:30]).

Because it takes a weakness for Satan to seize and carry away a soul.</ref>:<blockquote>If you are angry, do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. Do not give place to the devil [...] Let no evil talk come out of your mouth; but if there is need, let it be good and constructive speech, beneficial to those who listen to you. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, who has marked you with his seal for the day of your deliverance. Bitterness, irritation, anger, outbursts or [[Insult, offense|insults]], all these must be eliminated from your life, along with every kind of [[Wicked, Evil|wickedness]]. Be kind and tender to one another. Forgive one another, even as God forgave you in [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]].<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/Ep/4 Ephesians 4:26-32]</ref></blockquote>

==In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me"==

*Every man who gets angry Against his [[Brothers, Brotherhood|brother]] deserves to appear before the judge; the one who says to his brother: Fool! (...) But I say to you: "Do not get angry" because you are subject to a higher [[Judgment, Last, Particular|judgment]] which takes even immaterial Actions into account. The one who insulted his brother will be condemned by the [[Sanhedrin]]. But he who has called him a fool and thus harmed him will be condemned by God.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-031.htm#F%C3%A2chezPas EMV 171]</ref>
*When then has a storm ever done Good with its lightning and hail?<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-018.htm#Col%C3%A8re EMV 330]</ref>
*Anger and [[Pride]] are two bad companions, [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]]. They lead to delirium, and he who raves sees things that do not exist, says what he should not.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-024.htm#Col%C3%A8rePride EMV 336]</ref>
*Whoever wants to be my [[Disciples|disciple]] must imitate me. I tolerate and forgive. I am [[Gentle, Gentleness|gentle]], [[Humility, humble|humble]] and [[Peace|peaceful]]. The children of anger cannot stay with Me because they are children of the world and of their [[Instincts, physiological needs, passions|passions]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-139.htm#Col%C3%A8re EMV 447]</ref>

==In other works of Maria Valtorta==

===[[Notebooks of 1943]]===

*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430609.htm Catechesis of June 9]''': You even guessed the origin of this great darkness in the [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pain]] which, for your Good, overwhelms you. Yes. Living in me and for me, you unleash the angers of the [[Satan|Enemy]], who, unable to do anything else, tries to [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|frighten]] you by making your [[Future]] even darker than it already is. But do not be [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|afraid]]; I am with you.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430609.htm Catechesis of June 9, 1943]</ref>
* '''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430613.htm Catechesis of June 13]''': (The Holy Spirit) is, so to speak, the eternal and divine Apostle who tirelessly preaches to souls the [[Doctrine]] of [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]], who enlightens and explains it to you. But if he is badly homily-delivered, if the doors of hearts close at his approach, if he is received with anger, he does what I say to my [[Apostles]]: he leaves and his [[Peace]] returns to him while you are deprived of it.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430613.htm Catechesis of June 13, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430624.htm Catechesis of June 24]''': I could terrorize sinners with a terrible vision in which I would appear as the angry God who judges and punishes. And sometimes I have done so to conquer certain hearts that I really wanted for myself and that I could only win by this means. But these are rare cases. I prefer to attract with [[Love, Charity, To Love|Love]]. And he who has a guilty liaison with [[Satan|the demon]] cannot feel [[Love, Charity, To Love|Love]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430624.htm Catechesis of June 24, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430705.htm Catechesis of July 5]''': When the king comes, he will no longer recognize his abandoned garden; he will angrily tear out the weeds, crush the slimy animals, pick the flowers that remain and bring them into his palace, erasing the garden forever. Now, listen to the explanation. The king is Jesus Christ. The garden is his militant [[Church]]. The gardener is my [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]], and his helpers are the [[Priest, Pastor, Spiritual Guide|priests]]. The flowers and plants are the [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|faithful]] consecrated, the [[Baptism|baptized]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430705.htm Catechesis of July 5, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430707.htm Catechesis of July 7]''': "Bread-food" for those whose spirituality is embryonic to the point that it is already much if they know how to ask God for food to satisfy their stomach. There are those who do not ask for it, but take it with violence, complaining Against God and their Neighbor. God looks at them with anger because they trample the precept from which the others flow: "[[Love, Charity, To Love|Love]] your God with all your [[Heart]], love your [[Neighbor]] as yourself".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430707.htm Catechesis of July 7, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430713.htm Catechesis of July 13]''': But charity is never separated from [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffering]], since, being a [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|holy]] thing, it unleashes the anger of the Enemy.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430713.htm Catechesis of July 13, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430804.htm '''Catechesis of August 4''']: For you have a [[Will, Good or Bad Will|will]] and if you will not, the [[Enemies|Enemy]] cannot. So it is you who kill your [[The Spirit|spirit]]. And upon him who kills his spirit, truly, truly, I say to you, my voice, as a Father [[Deny, Denial|denied]] by his child, as a King dispossessed by his subject, will ring out with just and terrible anger to pronounce [[Damned, damnation, condemnation|condemnation]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430804.htm Catechesis of August 4, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430805.htm '''Catechesis of August 5''']: This anger of the nations is the prodrome of my anger, for it must be so. Painful hour for you, my poor children, who endure it, but it is inevitable that it come, for all must be accomplished, the good and the evil, on earth before my hour comes. Then I will say: "Enough" and I will come in [[Judgment, Last, Particular|Judge]] and [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|King]] to take the kingdom of the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|earth]] also and judge the merits and sins of [[Man, Humanity, Human|men]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430805.htm Catechesis of August 5, 1943]</ref>
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430806.htm '''Catechesis of August 6''']: My [[Sacrifice, Blood of Christ|Blood]], which my [[Enemies]] and my accusers have Called upon themselves with anger, has not lost its double quality of [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgiveness]] and of [[Damned, damnation, condemnation|condemnation]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430806.htm Catechesis of August 6, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430820.htm '''Catechesis of August 20''']: [[War]], famine, epidemics, instruments of military homicide - which are worse than the wild beasts mentioned by the beloved - earthquakes, signs in heaven, eruptions from the bowels of the earth, miraculous [[Miracles, wonders and signs|calls]] to mystical paths of small souls moved by Love, [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutions]] Against my [[Disciples]], greatness of soul and baseness of the [[Flesh, meaning|body]], nothing is lacking in the signs from which you can deduce that the moment of my anger and my justice is near [...] [[Peace]], my chosen! A little longer and I will come.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430820.htm Catechesis of August 20, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430822.htm '''Catechesis of August 22''']: When the time of anger comes, humanity will have reached the perfection of [[Vice, Vitiated, Corruption, Corrupt|vice]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430822.htm Catechesis of August 22, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430924.htm Catechesis of September 24]''': You suffer all the ruins that overwhelm you because you are not [[Humility, humble|humble]] and you are not [[Gentle, Gentleness|gentle]]. Neither in [[Family|families]], nor in your occupations and professions, nor in the wider framework of Nations. [[Pride]] and anger dominate you and are the cause of so many of your crimes.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430924.htm Catechesis of September 24, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430929.htm Catechesis of September 29]''': You come out of God angry, [[Children, Childhood|children]] Confessionglés by your bitterness, and you fall into the pool of [[Satan]]. You are in his pool up to your neck and you do not want to cling to [[Faith, conviction|Faith]], spiritual mooring that divine [[Goodness, Good|Goodness]] has thrown to you, shipwrecked.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430929.htm Catechesis of September 29, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431106.htm Catechesis of November 6]''': You can well reject the [[Miracles, wonders and signs|signs]] that I send you from [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]] and laugh at heavenly warnings. You can continue to believe that everything is permitted to you. At the moment you least expect it, I will reveal to you a sign before which you will fall in terror, and the anger you throw Against the defenseless will fall back on you. This sign is [[Jesus|me]]. When I appear, not on earth, the time is not yet come, but [[Spirituality, Spirit|spiritually]] to the children of anger and to the father of extermination.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431106.htm Catechesis of November 6, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431117.htm '''Catechesis of November 17''']: But you, who are now grown, what will you do when Against you rises, proportionally to the [[Evil and Its Origins|evil]] you have done, the anger of God and of the [[Slaves, oppressed, prisoners|oppressed]]?<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431117.htm Catechesis of November 17, 1943]</ref>
*'''Catechesis of December 5''': If you do not listen to me, in all [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]] I will not listen to you, and you will no longer have me for God, Father and [[To Save|Savior]]. You will then know the anger of the Lord, full and inexorable and, having refused the [[Bread, Bread of Heaven|bread]] of the [[Word, Verb|Word]] of God, you will bite the dust and, like beasts without food, you will tear each other apart, dying in horror to then know an [[Hell, Hells|horror]] still more terrible and [[Eternity, Eternal|eternal]].
*'''Catechesis of December 15''': My Good-beloved who live enclosed in the circle of my arms as in the enclosure of the ancient tabernacle, I give you my command in these times of anger, coming not for you, but for the [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sins]] of the world.
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431229.htm '''Catechesis of December 29''']: And the word of the Lord is addressed to you in these terms, even if you do not want to hear it, because it makes your Heart tremble with [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]] and [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|pity]] for the days reserved to you and your brothers and sisters who, on the day of terrible anger, will not have me in their Heart to [[Retreat, Rest, Comfort|comfort]] them and will see only the horror of Satan, hear only the blasphemies of Satan, and know only the [[Despair, Suicide|despair]] of Satan.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/431229.htm Catechesis of December 29, 1943]</ref>

=== [[Notebooks of 1944]] ===

* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440115.htm '''Catechesis of January 15''']: Since the [[To Curse, Curses|cursed]] burned with all Fires, except the fire of God, the fire of God's anger burns them for [[Eternity, Eternal|eternity]]. Yet in this Fire there is also an icy cold.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440115.htm Catechesis of January 15, 1944]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440116.htm '''Catechesis of January 16''']: It is I indeed who have [[Victory, Triumph, To Overcome|conquered]] [[Agony, Death|death]] after having created it, who made it a [[Blessings|blessing]], and not a [[Misfortune, Unhappy, Curse|curse]], for the man who dies in me since, the Father's anger being annulled by the [[Sacrifice, Blood of Christ|blood]] shed by my [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|cross]], death is no longer a separation but communion with your Father with whom I, the Firstborn, have [[Reconcile, Reconciliation, Confession, Absolution|reconciled]] you by uniting your hands to mine, pierced for you.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440116.htm Catechesis of January 16, 1944]</ref>
*'''March 25''': The end will resemble the beginning. The circle closes by joining the two dark stumps to each other. The new flood, in other words the anger of God, will come in another form. But it will always be anger. Faithful to my [[Word, Verb|word]], I will send no more flood. But I will allow satanic forces to send the flood of Satanic cruelty.
* '''April 9''': The only thing I can do and do, out of [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|pity]] for the [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|saints]], rare as flowers in the desert, who [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|pray]] still, truly pray, and do not show habit and hypocrisy, is to hold back the Father's anger.
*'''October 20''': What love! What experience! What [[Perseverance, Patience|patience]]! What gentleness! What charity, in a word, is needed to [[To Heal, To Care, Health|heal]] Souls, make the sick healthy, deliver the poisoned, give shape to those who no longer have any! If one acts with [[Intransigence, hardness|harshness]], [[Intransigence, hardness|intransigence]], impatience and not with love, one causes greater harm by provoking hardening, anger, distance from the physician and from the [[To instruct, to educate|educator]], in short from the Good.

=== [[Notebooks from 1945 to 1950]]===

* '''December 30, 1945''': The anger of God is terrible!!! I heard it only once more, in that old dictation Against Mussolini and Hitler, in January 1944, if I am not mistaken.
*'''July 14, 1946''': Happy are those who know how to [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgive]] in expiation of all their [[Intransigence, hardness|hardness]] of heart and their sins of anger.
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/461230.htm Catechesis of December 30, 1946]''': If the [[To obey, obedience, disobedience|disobedience]] to God's order and its consequences could transmit, to [[Innocent, innocence|innocents]], evil in all its forms, from [[Sexuality, Sensuality, Lust|lust]], greed, anger, [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|envy]], Pride and [[Avarice]], if this transmission blossomed early into fratricide provoked by Pride, anger, envy and Avarice, what deeper decadence and what stronger domination of Satan would this second sin not have caused?<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/461230.htm Catechesis of December 30, 1946]</ref>
* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/470218.htm '''Catechesis of February 18, 1947''']: Satanic anger always unleashes Against the prey that escapes its hunger and Against the conquests of God.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/470218.htm Catechesis of February 18, 1947]</ref>
*'''Catechesis of October 31, 1947''': It is I who tell you this, the eternal Lord who defends the [[Humility, humble|humble]], the little ones, and who, in anger, tramples the Proud and the [[Intransigence, hardness|hard]] of heart.
*'''Catechesis of December 31, 1947''': This time of anger and [[Darkness]] makes us so Confessionglés, deaf, stupid regarding [[Seduction, BWaterty, Charm|Charm]], that we can no longer even give a pale image of what eternal [[Seduction, BWaterty, Charm|Charm]] is: Jesus, the [[Virgin Mary|Virgin]], the saints... and we make... monsters that reflect the rigid hardness of our souls dead to Love...
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/490816.htm '''Catechesis of August 16, 1949''']: When I hear this hypocritical and absurd phrase: "If it is the work of God, he will take care of it and make it triumph," which is a challenge to charity, wisdom, justice as well as a screen to hide their [[Will, Good or Bad Will|contrary will]] - so boldly, so Proudly and even so cowardly opposed to mine - , I would like in a burst of holy anger to come down to earth and repeat the gesture by which I cleared the [[Temple]] of its exchangers, [[To Steal, Thief|thieves]] and merchants.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/490816.htm Catechesis of August 16, 1949]</ref>

===[[Book of Azarias|Book of Azarias]]===

* [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias01.htm '''Sexagesima Sunday''']: For the comfort of your painful observations of powerlessness to be untouched by Satan who, in his anger, violently assaults you precisely because he cannot drag you where he would like, listen to the Lord’s response to the apostle discouraged by the lashes of Evil: "My [[Grace]] is enough for you, for my power is well measured in [[Weakness(es), powerlessness|weakness]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias01.htm Book of Azarias, Sexagesima Sunday]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias13.htm 4th Sunday after Easter]''': One must respond with goodwill to God's will, that is, be "quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger." Slow to anger because the anger of man does not accomplish the justice of God.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias13.htm Book of Azarias, 4th Sunday after Easter]</ref>
*'''4th Sunday after Pentecost''': Remember all that if the [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prayers]] of the just and of the [[Virgin Mary|Full of Grace]] will accelerate many years the coming of Christ, which is a great Grace, this acceleration of the [[Time, Century|times]] of the end of the world, whose [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|faults]] are innumerable, will be the greatest disgrace from which humanity will suffer, because it is the anger of the Lord that will strike.
*'''19th Sunday after Pentecost''': This is the application of Paul's teaching: "Are you angry? You can and must not sin." One cannot prevent the "self" from suffering for a [[Insult, offense|received offense]], but there is no sin in it. On the other hand, sin occurs when one returns offense for offense by lacking charity.
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias37.htm '''Feast of Christ the King, 20th Sunday after Pentecost''']: Also be prudent with words. How many sins are committed by speech! Licentious words, gossip, angry words, vain words... Watch your tongue, to make it an organ of [[Glory, To Glorify|praise]] to God and edification of your brothers, and not an instrument to hurt or make noise.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias37.htm Book of Azarias, Feast of Christ the King, 20th Sunday after Pentecost]</ref>

===[[Lessons on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans|Lessons on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans]]===

*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre03.htm '''Lesson No. 3''']: No need for lightning for (God’s anger) to be manifested. No need for cataclysms, no floods. It is enough that God abandon you, and you already give yourselves [[Agony, Death|death]], [[Anguish, Anxiety, Worry|anguish]], [[Despair, Suicide|despair]]. The anger of God, the true, immutable anger of God, more than by [[Punishment, penalty, to punish|punishments]], is manifested by abandoning you to yourselves. What you call God's anger, that is to say Wars, the atrocious means of destruction, cataclysms and pestilences, are not really anger without return, or absolute anger. They are reproaches, calls from an offended Father, but still eager to grant forgiveness and help to his guilty children.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre03.htm Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans, Lesson No. 3]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre063.htm '''Lesson No. 6''']: It is Love that tells you: "Those who accept to be [[Co-redeemer, Victim Soul, Reparative Soul, Host, Victimal Gift|victims]] of holocaust are the legions of archAngels that repel demonic legions. They keep the world in place by appeasing God's anger. Those who accept to be [[Hostie|hosts]] are imitators of Christ, and among the most authentic. Those who sacrifice generate [[Son, daughter(s)|sons]] to the Lord their God".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre063.htm Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans, Lesson No. 6]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre17.htm '''Lesson No. 17''']: In the centuries after [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]], Mary is always [[Peace]] and [[Mercy, merciful|mercy]] for Humanity. With the increase of sins, with the growth of the clouds of divine anger and satanic smoke, Mary is always the one who scatters the clouds, disarms the lightnings, and throws her mystical bridge to humanity fallen into the abyss, so that it can rise by a gentle path to its [[Good]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre17.htm Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans, Lesson No. 17]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre22.htm '''Lesson No. 22''']: No one was without Imperfections. Even [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]], who was the seraph of the [[Disciples]] of the Master, was not perfect. He was prone to anger, like his brother, and earned the nickname "son of thunder" […] Before the most holy nakedness of the King of kings who stripped himself even of his divine immortality to know death and [[To Save]] man, John forever laid down the garment of anger.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre22.htm Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans, Lesson No. 22]</ref>

== In fundamental Christian texts ==

===In the Catechism of the Catholic Church===

*'''CCC 1765''': The [[Instincts, physiological needs, passions|passions]] are numerous. The most fundamental passion is love caused by the attraction of Good. Love causes the desire for absent Good and the hope to obtain it. This movement ends in the pleasure and joy of possessed Good. The apprehension of evil causes [[To Hate, Hatred, Racism|hate]], aversion and [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]] of coming evil. This movement ends in sadness of present evil or anger opposing it.
*'''CCC 1866''': The [[Vice, Vitiated, Corruption, Corrupt|vices]] can be categorized according to the virtues they thwart, or linked to the capital sins that Christian experience distinguished after Saint John Cassian and Saint Gregory the Great. They are called capital because they generate other sins, other vices. They are Pride, Greed, envy, anger, impurity, gluttony, sloth or acedia.
*'''CCC 2259''': Scripture, in the account of the murder of Abel by his brother Cain (cf. [https://aelf.org/bible/Gn/4 Gn 4: 8-12]), reveals, from the beginnings of human history, the Presence in man of anger and [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|concupiscence]], consequences of [[Original sin, original fault|original sin]]. Man became the enemy of his fellow man.
*'''CCC 2262''': In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord recalls the precept: "You shall not kill"<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Mt/5 Mt 5: 21]</ref>, he adds to it the prohibition of anger, hatred and [[Vengeance, To Avenge|vengeance]].
*'''CCC 2302''': In recalling the precept: "You shall not kill"<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Mt/5 Mt 5: 21]</ref>, our Lord demands the Peace of Heart and denounces the immorality of murderous anger and hatred: Anger is a desire for revenge. "Desiring revenge for the evil of the one to be punished is illicit"; but it is commendable to impose reparation "for the correction of vices and the maintenance of [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]]" (St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica 2-2, 158, 1, ad 3). If anger goes so far as to deliberate desire to [[To Kill, Murder, Murderer|kill]] the [[Neighbor]] or to seriously harm him, it seriously opposes charity; it is a mortal sin. The Lord says: "Whoever is angry Against his brother shall be liable to judgment."<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Mt/5 Mt 5: 22]</ref>

==Notes and references==
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[[fr:Colère, Colère de Dieu]]

Advice, Opinions, Recommendations

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[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Jesus Commands the Apostles to Rest (Jésus engage les apôtres à se reposer) - James Tissot.jpg|thumb|Jesus recommends to the Apostles to rest - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.]]
Asking for advice or opinions is part of human [[Man, Humanity, Human|nature]], especially in difficult moments or [[Trials]]. To evaluate their value, [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prayer]] is very useful: for example, [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|praying]] to the [[Virgin Mary]] or the [[Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Spirit|Holy Spirit]] to be enlightened.
== In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me" ==

* [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]] asks [[Jesus]] for advice about his secular readings.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-049.htm EMV 84]</ref>
* Advice has two values: that of the source it comes from, which is already great because it can have incalculable consequences, and that of the [[Heart]] to which it is given.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-030.htm#Conseils EMV 569]</ref>
* It is uselessly that someone is [[Temptation|tempted]] by bad advice. If he does not want to [[Sinner (male and female)|sin]], he will not [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-031.htm#Conseils EMV 570]</ref>
* It is bad advice to say: "Do not do this thing that may harm you," while pretending a benevolent interest, and it is bad advice to [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecute]] to persuade the one you want to mislead to fail in his [[Mission]]. It is bad advice to tell supporters: "Defend at all costs and by all means the [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|just]] [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecuted one]]," and it is bad advice to tell the supporters: "If you [[Protection|protect]] him, you will face our indignation."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-033.htm#Parabole EMV 572]</ref>

Other sources to come.
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Conseils, avis, recommandations]]

Enemies

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{{Other|See also the antonym:|Friend, Friendship}}<blockquote>[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Conspiracy of the Jews (Conspiration des juifs) - James Tissot.jpg|thumb|The Conspiracy of the Jews Enemies of Jesus - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.]]"You have heard that it was said: You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. But I say to you: [[Love, Charity, To Love|Love]] your Enemies and [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|pray]] for those who [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecute]] you, so that you may become [[Children, Childhood|children]] of your [[God|Father]] who is in [[Paradise, Heaven|heaven]]; for he makes his sun rise on the [[Wicked, Evil|evil]] and on the [[Goodness, Good|good]], and sends rain on the [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|righteous]] and on the [[Unjust|unjust]]."<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Mt/5 Matthew 5:43-45]</ref></blockquote>

== In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me" ==

* Perfect your obedience to the two [[Decalogue, Ten Commandments|commandments]] of love: love even your Enemies.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-012.htm#AimezVosEnemies EMV 50]</ref>
* Love even those who [[To Hate, Hatred, Racism|hate]] you.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-018.htm#LoiNouvelle EMV 55]</ref>
* It was said to you: "Love those who love you and hate your enemy." [...] But I say to you: also love the one who [[Insult, offense|offends]] you.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-031.htm#AimezEnemies EMV 68]</ref>
* You have heard that it was said: You shall love your [[Neighbor]] and hate your enemy. Well good! I say to you: Love your Enemies, and pray for your persecutors.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-031.htm#AimezVosEnemies EMV 171]</ref>

== In fundamental Christian texts ==

=== In the Bible ===

* You have heard that it was said: You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. But I say to you: Love your Enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may become children of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unjust.<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Mt/5 Matthew 5:43-45]</ref>

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==Notes and references==
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Faustina

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Faustina (Fausta)}}

Young [[The Romans|Roman]] baby, daughter of [[Valeria]], [[To Heal, To Care, Health|healed]] by [[Jesus]].

A little [[Son, daughter(s)|daughter]] a few months old, pale. She has a fatal [[Sick, Illnesses|diphtheria]] and is about to die. Jesus takes the little one who has small convulsive movements in her waxy little hands with already purple nails. He lifts her up. Her little head hangs limply backward. Jesus wets his right index finger with saliva and puts it into the little gasping mouth, pushing it in deeply. The little girl struggles and becomes even blacker. The [[Parents, Father, Mother|mother]] cries: "No! No!" and seems to twist under a stabbing pain. People hold their breath. But Jesus' finger comes out with a mass of purulent membranes. The little girl no longer struggles and after shedding a few [[Tears, To Weep|tears]], calms down with an [[Innocent, innocence|innocent]] smile, waving her little hands and moving her lips like a [[Birds|bird]] chirping while flapping its wings, waiting for the feeding. "Take her, [[Woman]]. Give her the milk. She is [[Tables of Miracles in the Work of Maria Valtorta|healed]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-015.htm EMV 155]</ref>

Nearly two years later, the little girl meets Jesus again. She accompanies her mother who comes to entrust her [[Trials|marital difficulties]] to Jesus:<blockquote>The little girl, who can be at most three years old, wears a small white wool garment and a white cape too, with a hood. But the hood has slipped back from her delicate light chestnut curls, because the little girl looks at the [[Woman]] by raising her little face which emerges from the flowers she tightly holds in her arms. Splendid flowers that can only be found in these countries during cold December: flesh-colored roses mixed with delicate white flowers I do not know.

Jesus has barely set foot on the terrace when he hears greeted by the small voice of the [[Children, Childhood|child]] running to meet him, saying: "Ave, Domine Jesu!"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-228.htm EMV 531]</ref></blockquote>

=== Apostolic Journey ===
Following the [[Example (to be exemplary)|example]] of her mother, she will become "[[Wise Men, Wisdom|wise]]" in the Christian [[Faith, conviction|faith]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-228.htm EMV 531]</ref>

=== Her Name ===
Name of Latin origin: favorable.

=== Where is she mentioned in the work? ===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-015.htm EMV 155] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-018.htm EMV 158] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-027.htm EMV 167] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-054.htm EMV 193]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-105.htm EMV 242]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-117.htm EMV 426] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-130.htm EMV 438]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-228.htm EMV 531] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-044.htm EMV 583]</blockquote>

=== Learn more about this character ===
[[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Anastasia, [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyred]] under Nero in 68, would be the daughter of Fausta (Faustina), a Christian and a Roman [[Pagans, Gentiles (Goyim)|pagan]]. The chronology would allow extrapolation on the prediction of Jesus to [[Valeria]]: "''You and your daughter will become wise in the faith that will bear my'' ''Name,''" but this is only conjecture absent interference with Saint Anastasia, martyred under Diocletian (3rd century).
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[[fr:Faustine]]

Man is Body, Soul, and Spirit

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Usually, two parts are distinguished in [[Man, Humanity, Human|Man]]: the [[Flesh, meaning|mortal body]] and the [[Soul|immortal Soul]], but [[Maria Valtorta]], from her ''[[Autobiography]]'', identifies three parts:<blockquote>"In the body there is the Soul and in the Soul there is [[The Spirit|the spirit]]<ref>''Autobiography'', p. 395.</ref>."</blockquote>She thus states that Man is composed of a [[Flesh, meaning|body]], a [[Soul]], and a [[The Spirit|spirit]]. This tripartition is not a new idea, but it remains a little-known truth. Indeed, only [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Saint Paul]] clearly expresses it, and briefly, in one of his epistles: "May the [[God]] of [[Peace]] himself sanctify you ''entirely,'' and may ''whatever is in you,'' The Spirit, the Soul, and the body, be kept blameless until the day of the coming of our Lord [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]]!<ref name=":0">[https://www.aelf.org/bible/1Th/5 1 Thessalonians 5:23]</ref>."

Maria Valtorta specifies the roles and characteristics of each of these components while making choices among the hypotheses generally formulated about them. However, it is in the exploration of "[[The Spirit|the spirit]]" that she pushes her reflection the furthest, opening the door to mysticism, illuminating many aspects such as:

* how the [[Mystical Calendar of Maria Valtorta#Le Royaume de God|Kingdom of God]] is present within us and how the inner struggle with God takes place,
* the physical process of the [[Visions and Dictations of Maria Valtorta|visions and revelations]] that result from it,
* the paradoxical bliss of the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrs]] or that of the "[[Co-redeemer, Victim Soul, Reparative Soul, Host, Victimal Gift|Victim Souls]]" participating in the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]],
* the [[Soul#Vie et mort de l'Soul|death of Souls]] nonetheless created immortal by God,
* the slipping of some of them into [[Hell, Hells|Hell]] where no particle of God penetrates,
* etc.

The ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'', commenting on Saint Paul's passage about the tripartition, brings clarification while remaining concise:<blockquote>"Sometimes the Soul is distinguished from the spirit. Thus Saint Paul prays that our "whole being, spirit, soul, and body" may be kept blameless at the coming of the Lord<ref name=":0" />. The [[Church]] teaches that this distinction does not introduce a duality into the Soul. "Spirit" means that man is ordered from his creation to his supernatural end, and that his Soul is capable of being elevated gratuitously to communion with God<ref>''[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P1C.HTM Catechism of the Catholic Church]'', § 365.</ref>."</blockquote>This elevation of the Soul is of particular importance in Maria Valtorta, who makes The Spirit the place of what she calls, in her own words, "super-spiritual beatitude"<ref>''Autobiography'', p. 393.</ref>.

==The glorious body==
{{Other|See also the expanded article:|Flesh, meaning}}
The [[Assumption and Dormition of the Virgin Mary|Assumption]] of Mary uniquely illustrates that her body, as it was, entered into [[Glory, To Glorify|Glory]] by the power of God, thus escaping corruption. Good and fleshly, created by the union of [[Anne of Aaron, mother of the Virgin Mary|Anne]] and [[Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary|Joachim]], this body is equivalent to our future glorious body, the one we will receive when our earthly shell has returned to dust<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ph/3 Philippians 3:21] : "[Jesus Christ] will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control."</ref>.

In the biblical story, Enoch and Elijah were also taken up with their bodies. However, they were not brought to [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]], which remained inaccessible because of [[Original sin, original fault|Original Sin]]. Jesus explains to Maria Valtorta that they were taken "to [[The Limbo|a place]] known only to God<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm#CEV65106 EMV 651.6].</ref>". Mary, however, was raised directly to Heaven, to God, in a fullness that only her [[Immaculate Conception of Mary|Immaculate Conception]] allowed. Her Assumption thus anticipates the destiny promised to the righteous, revealing the splendor of bodily glorification in eternity.

===The carnal being and God's design===
But as far as we are concerned, our body and our [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]] create in us contrary and rebellious tensions. Saint Paul recognizes himself as "a carnal being, sold under [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]]<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Rm/7 Romans 7:14]. See also the corresponding commentary in ''[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre23.htm#Charnel Lessons on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans]'', Lesson 23, pp. 131–132.</ref>." He observes his inability to accomplish the Good he desires and his tendency to commit the evil he rejects<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Rm/7 Romans 7:19]. Also see the related commentary in ''[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre23.htm#Charnel Lessons on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans]'', Lesson 23, pp. 131–132.</ref>. This inner Struggle, common to all men, reveals the weakness of our human condition.

In "this valley of tears," as the ''Salve Regina'' sings<ref>This hymn to the Virgin Mary probably dates from around the year 1000. It is one of the most popular hymns of the Middle Ages: "Hail, Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope, hail! To thee we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears..."</ref>, we bear the weight of sorrows, [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pains]], [[Sick, Illnesses|morbid and physical illnesses]] in our body throughout our earthly journey. These sufferings can lead us to perceive our body as an enemy, an obstacle on the path to [[Joy, happiness|happiness]] and holiness.

However, such a vision would be Unjust and erroneous, as it would go against God's design. Indeed, the human body participates in the dignity of "the image of God." It is a human body precisely because it is animated by a spiritual Soul, and it is the whole human being, body and Soul united, who is destined to become, in the Body of Christ, the Temple of the [[Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Spirit|Spirit]]. As the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' recalls ([https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P1C.HTM CCC § 364]), the body is called to be the dwelling of God himself in his third person.

The ''Vatican II'' council, in ''Gaudium et spes'', goes even further: "Body and Soul, but truly one, man is, in his very bodily condition, a summary of the universe of things which thus find, in him, their fulfillment<ref name=":1">Paul VI, December 7, 1965, [https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html Gaudium et spes], Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, paragraph 14, section 1.</ref>" This statement emphasizes the nobility of our body, which must not be despised but understood in its sublime vocation.

Christ himself sanctified the human body by incarnating. His body and blood became the foundation of the [[Eucharist, Communion|Eucharist]], the mystery at the Heart of Christian faith<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mt/26 Matthew 26:26-28] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/6 John 6:55-56].</ref>. It was a true body, true blood, given for the salvation of the world.

In developing [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/7 John 7:28-29] on the identity of the Messiah, Jesus explains, in the [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|revelations]] to Maria Valtorta, why it was necessary for him to take a human body to accomplish the [[Passion (Redemption)|Redemption]]. God did not choose to send an [[Angels|angel]] nor intervene directly, but wanted the Word to fully incarnate to share our condition and redeem humanity at great cost. This [[Incarnation]] underscores the infinite value of our body, destined to participate in God's glory.<blockquote>"Who must be Christ? An [[Angels|angel]]? More than an angel<ref>This discourse echoes [https://www.aelf.org/bible/He/1 Letter to the Hebrews 1:4-5].</ref>. A man? More than a man. A God? Yes, a God, but with a [[Flesh, meaning|flesh]] united to him, to be able to accomplish atonement for the guilty flesh. Everything must be redeemed by the matter with which it sinned. Therefore, God could have sent an angel to atone for the sins of the fallen Angels, for [[Satan#Lucifer|Lucifer]] and his angelic disciples. For, you know, Lucifer also sinned. But God does not send an angelic spirit to redeem the Angels of Darkness. They did not worship the Son of God, and God does not forgive the sin Against his Word generated by his Love. Yet, God loves men and He sends Man, the only perfect one, to redeem man and make Peace with God. And it is right that only a God-Man can accomplish the [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|redemption]] of man and appease God." ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-182.htm#CEV48706 EMV 487.6])</blockquote>Maria's work illustrates this: Jesus shared our humanity also in moments of joy. He loved the land of his birth, he celebrated the bWaterty of Creation, he rejoiced in maternal love and friendship, he ate and rested.

===The meaning of suffering===
The meaning of [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffering]] in Christianity is sometimes difficult to understand for those who have not experienced Christ's love. The Cross is a Scandal and folly to men, said Saint Paul<ref>Cf. [https://www.aelf.org/bible/1Co/1 1 Corinthians 1:23].</ref>. Indeed, if one does not dive into the Heart of the [[Passion (Redemption)|Redemption]], one cannot understand that Jesus was both impatient to live his Passion Neighbore, so painful, and overwhelmed by strong emotional tension<ref>Cf. [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3251-chapitre-12 Luke 12:49-50] : "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism to undergo, and what anguish I feel until it is completed!" The word "anguish" is sometimes translated by "I long" referring to the Greek word συνέχομαι (''synechomai''), which can mean "to be constrained," "to be pressed," "to be tormented," or "to be seized by a strong emotion."</ref>. One cannot understand St Paul affirming: "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Col/1 Colossians 1:24].</ref>. One cannot understand the martyrdom of the deacon [[Stephen, the first martyr|Stephen]], killed by stoning and falling asleep in death while gazing at the glory of Christ<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ac/7 Acts 7:54-60]. See also ''The Strength of the Martyrs in the writings of Maria Valtorta,'' preface by Véronique Lévy, CEV, 2022, pp. 37–50.</ref>. He was the first of tens of thousands of [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrs]] who followed his example.

Maria Valtorta offered herself as a "[[Co-redeemer, Victim Soul, Reparative Soul, Host, Victimal Gift|Victim Soul]]", receiving the [[Invisible Stigmata]] and lived, on the bed of suffering where she was nailed, the paradox of redemptive joy following and imitating Christ. In a burst of exultation, she expresses its meaning:<blockquote>"Blessed, yes blessed are you, oh suffering, you who have snatched me from the world and given me to God! Blessed be you for the knowledge that came to me from you! Blessed be you for the [[Love, Charity, To Love|charity]] you infused in me! Blessed be you for the soaring flight you gave to my self, so that I could gather myself in Heaven with all the holiest desires that dwelt in me! Blessed be you, oh suffering, who united me to Jesus on the same cross in a single Mission, which for twenty centuries has been perpetuated, to bring Souls to the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of God to Souls! I will never cease to bless you, oh suffering, oh my joy, for in you I have found Peace!<ref>''Autobiography'', page 306.</ref>".</blockquote>This Blessed suffering resembles that of martyrs. Maria Valtorta explains it on the occasion of the terrible demonic assaults she endured. Although the physical suffering was intense, her spirit remained in Peace, anchored in Christ, who, having "suffered to the end the trial of his Passion, is able to help those who are being tested<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/He/2 Letter to the Hebrews 2:18].</ref>", in the refuge where he dwells: "the Soul of the Soul":<blockquote>"It was something strange. The Soul always remained the same, united to God, in Peace, in the Thirst for sacrifice. Prayer was my joy. I longed for the Sacraments more than air itself. The flesh was in turmoil. I have the impression that by a will to be attributed I don't know to whom, to the Most High or the Most Low, I had somehow split into two. On my spirit reigned God, while on my matter Lucifer bit, excited, disturbed... and sometimes lay in the mud. Then flesh and spirit reunited and then came the anguish of having been weak... I suffered hell<ref>''Autobiography'', p. 461.</ref>."</blockquote>Our [[Flesh, meaning|body]], this ephemeral companion of the Soul, will eventually disappear: "dust returning to dust<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Gn/3 Genesis 3:19].</ref>". However, this bruised body cannot be reduced to a mere temporary envelope: the unity of the human person will enter God's eternity with its immortal Soul and glorious body.

===The final resurrection and the glorious body===
Saint Paul describes this final resurrection in [https://www.aelf.org/bible/1Co/15 1 Corinthians 15:35-58]: "What is sown perishable is raised imperishable." Not the resurrection of [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]] or the [[Mirjiam, the resurrected daughter of Jairus|daughter of Jairus]], which were only a return to earthly life, but the one given by God for eternity. Maria Valtorta has the vision::<blockquote>"The whole body becomes alive again, identical to ours. Identical, but of a different appearance: these are magnificent bodies whose perfection of shape and colors make them look like works of art; others are horrible, not because they are actually crippled or deformed, but by their general appearance closer to beasts than to humans. They have sly eyes, contracted Faces, a bestial look, and what strikes me most, a darkness that emanates from the body and increases the lividity of the air around them. On the other hand, those that are magnificent have laughing eyes, serene Faces, a gentle appearance, and they emanate a brightness that becomes a halo around their being from head to toe and radiates around them<ref>''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440129.htm#Corps The Notebooks of 1944]'', January 29, pp. 102–103.</ref>."</blockquote>Thus the glorious body is different for the resurrected: sublimated and luminous for the elect, deformed and dark for the damned. A prolongation of what is observed on earth: love or hatred illuminates or distorts the Face.

But in what way does this glorious body resemble our carnal body? An answer is found in the appearance of the resurrected Jesus to the Apostles. Maria Valtorta describes him as both similar and different at the same time. His glorious body is real yet spiritual.<blockquote>"As for Jesus, the Resurrected Jesus, he is always Himself, and yet He is no longer the same. If you look at him well he is different. The features of the Face, the color of the eyes and Hair, the size, the hands, the feet are alike, and yet he is different. The voice and gestures are alike, and yet he is different. It is a real body, so much so that it also intercepts the sunlight of the dying sun whose last ray enters the room through the open window. He projects behind Him the shadow of his tall figure, and yet he is different. He has not become proud, nor distant, and yet he is different." ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm#CEV63002 EMV 630.2])</blockquote>In her ''Lessons on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans''<ref>''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre18.htm#Resurrection Lessons on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans],'' Lesson 18, p. 109.</ref>, the Holy Spirit comments to Maria Valtorta on the fact that the resurrected Jesus still bears his wounds in the hands and feet as the Apostles observe<ref>Cf. [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/20 John 20:27].</ref>:<blockquote>"With his resurrection Jesus proved […] that he truly died crucified. That is why he retained in his Glorious Body the stigmata of the Passion. Other marks of the Passion, such as aging, dirt and thick layers of embalming products, completely disappeared from his Body. To prove that on the cross they nailed a real Christ, a human Christ, and not some image of his person, the real holes caused by the nails and the lance wound remained in his true flesh.

Forever, he had conquered death and had risen in his Body and Soul, as God, for ever and ever. Just as he was seen in the tomb by the pious Women, by the Apostles on the evening of the Resurrection, and by the Disciples during the successive Apparitions, so also, exactly the same, every human spirit who at the moment of particular judgment passes, has passed, or will pass from natural life to supernatural life, sees him, has seen him or will see him."</blockquote>Thus we will carry with us what made our spiritual glory, but no longer the abuses. One should not be surprised that a saint prolongs in Heaven the apostolic life he led on earth. The inhabitants of Paradise indeed keep their personality and all that made the specificity of their human life, as Father Michel Mallet recalls so well in ''The Worship of Saints''<ref>P. M. Mallet, ''The Worship of Saints'', François-Xavier de Guibert editions, 1995, p. 27,</ref>.

==The immortal Soul==
{{Other|See also the expanded article:|Soul}}
The word [[Soul]] comes from Latin, ''anima'', which means breath, life. This word covers several meanings in everyday language as well as in Genesis. It is rightly that St Thomas Aquinas extends the notion of Soul to all living beings, speaking of "animated" beings as opposed to "inanimate" objects<ref>''[http://docteurangelique.free.fr/bibliotheque/sommes/1sommetheologique1apars.htm#_Toc123370288 Summa Theologica]'', First part, question 75: The essence of the Soul, question n° 1, answer.</ref>. If he uses the generic term Soul, he does not put everything on the same level: he distinguishes vegetative life, animal life, and spiritual life. The latter is the one retained by the Catholic Church, under the name "Soul", as the principle of life and thought of man.

Indeed, created by God in his image<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Gn/1 Genesis 1:27].</ref>, the human person is both a corporal and a spiritual being, as we have exposed in the previous paragraph on the glorious body. The immortal Soul is the spiritual element of his being. Soul and body are so united that they form a single nature: their separation is death. It is in this sense that Maria Valtorta uses the word Soul, even though occasionally Jesus applies it to things, for example the Temple of Jerusalem<ref>"Every place has its Soul, that is, The Spirit for which it was built; the Temple should have the Soul of prayer, of holiness" ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-033.htm#CEV07003 EMV 70.3]).</ref>.

===The Soul is created by God===
The creation of Souls, in their initial splendor, is shown to Maria Valtorta in a beatific vision<ref>''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440525.htm#CreationAmes The Notebooks of 1944]'', May 25, pp. 315–316.</ref>. The Father creates Souls out of love for his Son. The Son judges them out of zeal for his Father. Man is immediately constituted fully in becoming, from the embryo, even if the Soul is infused into the fetus<ref>"The Soul is not a brute (an animal), Plautina. The embryo, yes. It is so true that the Soul is given only when the fetus is already formed" ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-065.htm#CEC20406 EMV 204.6]). The 1983 Code of Canon Law (like that of 1917) specifies that the aborted fetus (not the embryo) can be baptized "if it is alive" ([http://www.catho.org/9.php?d=bmc#bi1 CIC § 871])</ref>. "From its fertilization" specifies ''Evangelium vitae''<ref>John Paul II, encyclical on the value and inviolability of human life ''[https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae.html Evangelium vitae]'', 25, § 60.</ref>. What the National Consultative Ethics Committee (France) calls, speaking of the embryo, a "potential human person<ref>National Ethics Committee, [https://www.ccne-ethique.fr/en/publications/opinion-8-of-the-ccne-on-the-research-and-use-of-human-embryos-in-vitro Opinion No. 8 of December 15, 1986,] § 17.</ref>."

This process of birth justifies that Man in his body and his Soul is "a summary of the universe of things which thus find, in him, their fulfillment<ref name=":1" />". St Thomas Aquinas justified it thus: "The Soul ''preexists'' in the embryo; it is at first nutritive, then sensitive, and finally intellectual<ref>''[http://docteurangelique.free.fr/bibliotheque/sommes/1sommetheologique1apars.htm#_Toc123370552 Summa Theologica]'', First part, question 118, on how man is drawn from man concerning his Soul, articles 1 and 2, answers.</ref>". And he further specifies: "The embryo initially has only a sensitive Soul. This disappears, and a more perfect Soul succeeds it, which is both sensitive and intellectual<ref>''[http://docteurangelique.free.fr/bibliotheque/sommes/1sommetheologique1apars.htm#_Toc123370298 Summa Theologica]'', First part, question 76, The union of the Soul with the body, article 3, solution 3.</ref>."

Jesus, in Maria Valtorta, specifies:<blockquote>At first, man is only a seed that develops, a seed of flesh instead of gluten or marrow as that of wheat or Fruits is. At first, it is only an animal forming, an animal embryo not different from the one that now grows in the womb of this sheep. But from the moment this incorporeal part, which nevertheless is the most powerful in its incorporeality and which elevates it, enters this human conception, then the animal embryo not only exists with the pulsations of its Heart, but "lives" According to the Creative Thought, and becomes man, created in the image and likeness of God, son of God, future citizen of Heaven ([http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-085.htm#CEC11806 EMV 118.6]).</blockquote>Which can be paralleled with this other passage:<blockquote>To the equality of conception, formation, and manner of birth of the children of a man and a Woman on Earth corresponds another equality in Heaven: the creation of a Soul to be infused into the embryo so that it is that of a man and not of an animal, and that it accompanies it from the moment it is created until death and survives in anticipation of the general resurrection to then be reunited with the resurrected body and have with it the reward or punishment. The reward or punishment According to the Actions accomplished during earthly life ([http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-136.htm#CEV44405 EMV 444.5]).</blockquote>

===The life and death of the immortal Soul===

====The dead Soul====

God says it in Ezekiel: "the Soul that sins is the one that will die<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/livre-d-ezechiel/4796-chapitre-18 Ezekiel 18:4], translation by Canon Crampon.</ref>". Therefore, the immortal Soul can die, and there are dead Souls in the heart of the living. Jesus, in Maria Valtorta, explains this apparent paradox:<blockquote>"Without Grace, you would simply be animal creatures, evolved to the point of being endowed with reason and a Soul, but a Soul at the level of the earth, capable of evolving within the contingencies of earthly life, but incapable of rising to the regions of ''spiritual life.'' Therefore, not much better than brutes, whose conduct is governed solely by instinct [...] Grace is therefore a sublime gift, the greatest gift God, my Father, could have given you [...] The Soul that loses Grace loses everything. As far as it is concerned, the Father created it in vain, the Son redeemed it in vain, the Holy Spirit infused it with his gifts in vain, the Sacraments exist in vain. It is dead. A rotten branch which, under the corrosive action of sin, detaches and falls from the tree of life and ultimately rots in the mud<ref name=":2">''[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430606.htm#Grace The Notebooks of 1943]'', June 6, p. 51.</ref>."</blockquote>A person, good though still alive biologically, can be spiritually dead because of sin, indifference to God, or lack of charity. This is called "mortal sin"<ref>"Mortal sin turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude" ([https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P67.HTM CCC § 1855]).</ref>", and if it is voluntarily and consciously persisted in, the Soul entirely slips into Hell, for eternity, since the "dead" Soul is immortal. Eternal life corresponds to eternal death.

The stake is therefore Grace for Man designed to be "a little lower than God"<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ps/8 Psalm 8:5-7] : "What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You have made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor; you made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet."</ref>, which Jesus reaffirms to Maria Valtorta after the psalmist: "If a Soul knew how to preserve itself as it is after Baptism and Confirmation, that is to say at the moment when it is literally soaked with Grace, this Soul would be scarcely less than God<ref name=":2" />."

The Soul therefore has an inestimable price: "The price and value of a Soul are such that the treasures of the earth are not enough to buy it. It takes the Blood of a God. Mine," says Jesus<ref>''[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430721.htm#ValeurAme The Notebooks of 1943]'', July 21, p. 175.</ref>. It is because of its value that such a Soul is the target of the Adversary. He relentlessly tries to share with it the feeling that caused him to fall forever from Heaven: the Pride of Believing himself equal to God.

====The living Soul====
Jesus, in Maria Valtorta, announces that the Soul goes through three phases of creation: "The first is creation proper to all men. The second is a new creation, proper to the just. The third is perfection, proper to the saints ([http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-065.htm#CEC20407 EMV 204.7])."

Indeed, if the immortal Soul is universally created by God for all men at their birth, Baptism is a new creation or more precisely a regeneration as sons of God, says the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' ([https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P3B.HTM CCC § 1213]). It opens the door of the Spirit to us, frees us from sin, making us members of Christ and participants in the Mission of the Church. It is the new birth that Jesus speaks about to Nicodemus ([https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/3 John 3:3-5]). The third birth is that of holiness, which begins with the coming of Christ in us. In her ''Autobiography'', Maria Valtorta defines this path by an analogy with the Annunciation at the end of which Christ was incarnated in Mary.<blockquote>"I believe that every Soul is comparable to the Virgin before the Annunciation. Each Soul is indeed called to form Christ, just as a young wife will have to form her creature. The conception of Christ in us happens when we say our: 'Here is the servant of the Lord.' Before that exists only the invitation of the Lord, carried by his angel, by his inspiration. But the event is only fulfilled when a Soul, in a thrill of love, responds with her fiat: "Yes, I want it." Then the Spirit descends to cover with his shadow the generous and loving Soul, he descends with his Fire, with his light, with his gifts, and the conception is engaged. Christ incarnates in us, not, of course, I know well, as in Mary, but he incarnates and is born spiritually, grows, forms himself and informs us of Himself and the more he grows, the more the Soul shrinks and diminishes, to make room for Him alone<ref>''Autobiography'', p. 91.</ref>."</blockquote>Saint Paul says no different: "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." ([https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ga/2 Galatians 2:20]). It is indeed when we have God in us, which is the etymology of enthusiasm, that we can access Heaven and its truths.<blockquote>If your Soul were alive, it would tell you, it who, when it is in the state of Grace, is like a flower in the hands of your guardian angel, like a flower under the Kiss of the sun, bathed in dew by the Holy Spirit who warms it and illuminates it, waters it and adorns it with celestial lights. How many truths would your Soul not reveal to you if you knew how to converse with it, if you loved it as the one who gives you the resemblance of God, who is Spirit as your Soul ''is spirit''! [...] Did I not say: "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him"? The Soul in the state of Grace possesses love and with that it possesses God, that is to say the Father who maintains it, the Son who teaches it, and the Spirit who enlightens it. It thus possesses knowledge, science, and wisdom. It possesses the light. Imagine therefore what sublime conversations you could have with your Soul!" ([http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-024.htm#CEV02401 EMV 17.1]).</blockquote>All this takes place in "the Soul of the Soul," which is our spirit, the place where our free will is exercised, the tent of the struggle with God.

==The spiritual Spirit==
{{Other|See also the expanded article:|The Spirit}}
Certainly, the tripartition is not a new idea. It is found in various forms in ancient philosophy<ref>For example: Plato ([https://remacle.org/bloodwolf/philosophes/platon/rep4.htm The Republic, book IV], § 431: the body and two parts of the Soul) and especially Aristotle ([https://remacle.org/bloodwolf/philosophes/Aristote/ame.htm The Treatise on the Soul] (De Anima): Concept of different parts of the Soul. vegetative in common with plants, sensitive, common with animals and intellectual, proper to man and seat of contemplation, notably).</ref> as well as in modern thought<ref>For example, Sigmund Freud (''The Ego and the Id'': development of the structural model of the psyche: the Id, the Ego, and the Superego) and Carl Jung (''Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious'': Exploration of the human Soul and the collective unconscious. The personal unconscious, the Ego and the collective unconscious, a universal spiritual dimension that connects the individual to a transcendent reality).</ref>, but nothing approaches what Maria Valtorta expresses. She speaks of the spirit (with a lowercase letter). In French, this word covers many meanings that Italian, as Latin, distinguishes. ''Spiritus'' in Latin and ''spirito'' in Italian designate the spirit covering our eternal identity, whereas the word ''mente'' designates the intelligence that chooses what it wants to serve. It is therefore here about our eternal identity.

Maria Valtorta wrote her statement in 1943, at the request of [[Father Romualdo Migliorini and Maria Valtorta|Father Romualdo Migliorini]], who questioned her about her spirituality. She had not yet received the visions of the Gospel that would bring her fame; it is therefore a meditation proper to Maria Valtorta and not a dictated text, which came later. A dictation from Jesus, given on May 1, 1946, explains what Maria Valtorta briefly wrote in her Autobiography:<blockquote>"There is a difference between the separation of the Soul from the body by true death, and the momentary separation of the spirit from the body and the Soul that vivifies it, by ecstasy or contemplative rapture. While the separation of the Soul and body causes true death, ecstatic contemplation, in other words the temporary escape of the spirit beyond the boundaries of the senses and matter, does not cause death. And this is because the Soul does not detach and does not totally separate from the body, but only with its deepest part, which plunges into the Fires of contemplation." ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-037.htm#CEV65117 EMV 651.17]).</blockquote>Body and Soul are thus indissolubly linked until death, but there is in the Soul an autonomous component capable of temporarily escaping matter to reach Heaven. If the cause of this escape is contemplation, in other words God, The Spirit is under the control of our free will: one can want to open the Soul to God or want to exclude him. This is the difference between the life and death of the Soul subjected by God to our choice<ref>"See! I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction." ([https://www.aelf.org/bible/Dt/30 Deuteronomy 30:15]).</ref>. Therefore, eternal life or eternal death depends on this.

==Notes and references==

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[[fr:L'Homme est corps, âme et esprit]]

Dance, to dance

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In the writings of [[Maria Valtorta]], dances are most often mentioned as occasions to [[Sinner (male and female)|sin]] rather than as [[Honesty, Dishonesty|honest]] rejoicings.

== In "The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me" ==

* [[Judas of Alphaeus (Thaddeus) the Apostle|Jude]] as a [[Children, Childhood|child]] does not want to play dancing before an [[Idols, deities, idolater|idol]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-064.htm EMV 38]</ref>
* Account of the [[Conversion, To Convert|conversion]] of [[Aglae]]: her admiration for dance led her astray.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-028.htm EMV 168]</ref>
* "We played and you did not dance."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-129.htm#NousAvonsJou%C3%A9 EMV 266]</ref>
* Description of the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrdom]] of [[John the Baptist|John the Baptist]] and the [[Sexuality, Sensuality, Lust|immodest]] dance of [[Herodias]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-133.htm#CEV27005 EMV 270]</ref>

* [[Jesus]] ignores the dancers of [[Herod Antipas|Herod]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm#CEV60426 EMV 604]</ref>

== In Maria Valtorta's Other Works ==

===In the Notebooks===

*'''Catechesis of June 16, 1943''': "You have trampled everything down and danced, like fools, on the divine maxims on which your [[Good]] in this [[Life, Living|life]] and in the other depended. You have increased [[Scholars, Science|knowledge]] in all fields, except in the only necessary field: the [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|knowledge]] of my Gospel."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430616.htm Catechesis of June 16, 1943]</ref>

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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Danse, danser]]

Benjamin the boy of Capernaum

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It is the [[Children, Childhood|child]] who will later allow [[Jesus]] to demonstrate how one must be, to his [[Apostles]] who were arguing about who was the greatest: He called to him a little child, placed him in their midst, and said:<blockquote>"Truly I tell you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|Kingdom]] of [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]]. Whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-040.htm EMV 352]</ref></blockquote>

=== Character and Appearance ===
A child of seven to eight years old.

=== Apostolic Journey ===
He later became a [[Disciples|disciple]] and [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|marTyred]]:<blockquote>"Do you want to know what happened next to Benjamin? He remained the little [[Sheep, Lambs|lamb]] of the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]], and when he lost his Great [[Good Shepherd, Good Pastor|Shepherd]] since he returned to [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]], he became the disciple of the one who resembled me more, receiving from his hand the [[Baptism]] and the name of [[Stephen, the first martyr|Stephen]], my first marTyre. He remained faithful unto death and with him his [[Parents, Father, Mother|parents]], drawn to the [[Faith, conviction|Faith]] by the example of the little apostle of their [[Family]]. Is he unknown? Many are those who, unknown to [[Man, Humanity, Human|men]], are known to me in my [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|Kingdom]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-041.htm EMV 352]</ref></blockquote>

=== His Name ===
"[[Son, daughter(s)|Son]] of my right hand," or "[[Chance, Unexpected, Luck|fortunate]]." Historical: Name of Rachel's son and the last of Jacob’s 12 sons.

=== Where is he mentioned in the work? ===
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<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-093.htm EMV 232]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-040.htm EMV 352] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-041.htm EMV 352]

'''Holy Week:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590] '''The Passion:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm EMV 600]</blockquote>

==Notes and references==
[[fr:Benjamin le jeune de Capharnaüm]]

Mary of Simon, mother of Judas Iscariot

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[[Parents, Father, Mother|Mother]] of [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]], her only [[Son, daughter(s)|son]]. Widow of Simon. Apparently of [[Rich, Riches, Treasure|very wealthy]] status, she owns a country house in the suburbs of [[Kerioth|Kerioth]], where she likes to retreat to her vineyards, as well as one in the town itself. This [[Parents, Father, Mother|unhappy]] [[Misfortune, Unhappy, Curse|mother]] will have a tragic [[Destiny, Fate|fate]] caused by her son: she dies as soon as she learns of Judas' [[Betrayal, To Betray, Denunciation|betrayal]] and the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]] of [[Jesus]].

===Character and Appearance===
A strong Woman who tempers her authority with great [[Gentle, Gentleness|gentleness]]. In her fifties, rather tall, with black eyes and the [[Hair]] curls of her son.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-042.htm#CEV07802 EMV 78.2]</ref>

===Apostolic Journey===
[[The Named Witnesses of the Resurrection|Witness]] to the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]].

[[Disciples|Disciple]], like many inhabitants of Kerioth. She suffers greatly to see her son go astray. Judas bleeds her dry to maintain his secret lifestyle. His dissolute life tortures her to the pathetic:<blockquote>"Oh! my Lord, is there another who like my Judas is treacherous and criminal against you? Oh! it cannot be! He, who possesses you, has engaged in [[Vice, Vitiated, Corruption, Corrupt|filthy]] practices. He, who breathes your breath, is [[Sexuality, Sensuality, Lust|lustful]] and a [[To Steal, Thief|thief]], maybe he will become a [[To Kill, Murder, Murderer|murderer]]. He... Oh! His thought is [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|falsehood]]! His life is a fever. Make him die, Lord! Have mercy! Make him die!"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm#CEV37017 EMV 370.17]</ref></blockquote> This situation also [[Anguish, Anxiety, Worry|anguishes]] her for her own [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|salvation]]:<blockquote>- "And what if someone does not succeed (in [[Conversion, To Convert|converting]]) despite their [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|desire]]? What will be their fate?"

- "That which their [[Soul]] deserves by their [[Goodness, Good|goodness]]."</blockquote>Mother [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyred]] by her son, she will find refuge, after the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]], with [[Anne of Kerioth]], her close friend following the canceled marriage of Judas with her daughter [[Johanna of Kerioth|Joanna]]. To help reconcile the two Women (<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-085.htm#CEV39501 EMV 395.1]</ref>), Jesus had healed Anne (<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-085.htm#CEV39508 EMV 395.8]</ref>) and entrusted her with the terrible fate of Mary:<blockquote>"This mother will be the victim of her [[Betrayal, To Betray, Denunciation|traitorous]], [[To Kill, Murder, Murderer|murderer]] son of [[God]], sacrilegious, [[Misfortune, Unhappy, Curse|cursed]], she will be unable to bear a man’s gaze, for every [[Eye, gaze|look]] will be like a stone to throw at her, and in every man’s voice, in every word, it will seem to her that she hears a [[Misfortune, Unhappy, Curse|curse]], an [[Insult, offense|insult]], and she will find no refuge on [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|Earth]], never, until [[God]], who is [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|just]], takes the martyr with Him, making her forget that she is the mother of the [[To Kill, Murder, Murderer|murderer]] of God, giving her possession of God... Is this not the greatest [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pain]] of this mother?..." </blockquote>To lessen her pain, Jesus asks Mary not to be in [[Jerusalem]] for the Passover of His Passion:<blockquote>"The Master told me not to be in Jerusalem in spring. I [[To obey, obedience, disobedience|obey]], but I wanted, before the time of His return, to go up to the [[Temple]]. I have such need of God."</blockquote>And she said a strange word... She said:<blockquote>"I am [[Innocent, innocence|innocent]], but I have [[Hell, Hells|hell]] in me, and I am so tortured by it..."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566]</ref></blockquote>Resurrected Jesus will personally [[Consolation|console]] her.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-018.htm#CEV63204 EMV 632.4 II]</ref> He asks her to associate her great [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pain]] with that of His [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]], until her death:

"Jesus has two tears in the corner of His very gentle eyes. They surprise me greatly. I did not think that Jesus could [[Tears, To Weep|weep]] even after He was resurrected..."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-018.htm#CEV63205 EMV 632.5 II]</ref>

"I have [[Purification|purified]] you, Mary. My tears of pity are upon you. I have not wept for anyone since I consumed my pain. But I weep for you with all my affectionate [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|pity]]."

Make me die, if you love me..."
"Still a little while. Your son has given me nothing. You, give me some time of your suffering. It will be short."

"My son gave you too much... It is the infinite horror he gave you."

"And you the infinite pain. The horror has passed, it is no longer useful. Your pain serves. It is united to my wounds, and your tears and my [[Sacrifice, Blood of Christ|Blood]] wash the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|world]]. All the pain is united to wash the world. Your tears are among my Blood and the tears of my [[Parents, Father, Mother|Mother]] and around are all the pains of the [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|saints]] who will suffer for the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]] and for the [[Man, Humanity, Human|men]], for my [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] and that of men. Poor Mary!"

"He [[Blessings|blesses]] her and is about to leave. Mary of Simon utters a passionate cry: "It is said that my son betrayed you with a [[Kiss]]! Is it true, Lord? If Yes, let me wash it by kissing your hands. I cannot do anything else! I cannot do anything else to erase… to erase..." The pain seizes her again stronger."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-018.htm#CEV63206 EMV 632.6 II]</ref>

"Jesus, oh! Jesus does not give her His hands to kiss, those hands over which the wide sleeve of His white garment falls down to the middle of the metacarpus hiding the wounds, but He takes her head in His hands and leans to brush with His divine lips the burning forehead of the most unhappy of Women, and He tells her as He straightens up:

"My tears and my kiss! No one has had so much of me. So remain in [[Peace]] since between you and Me there is only [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]]."

===Her Name===
מרים

'''Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net'''

In Hebrew Miryam. This common name can mean bitterness or "the exalted one," "[[Prophet, Prophecies|Prophetess]]" or the feminine of "Lord."

===Where is she mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-042.htm EMV 78] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-068.htm EMV 102] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm EMV 174] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-072.htm EMV 210] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-177.htm EMV 311] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-057.htm EMV 367] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm EMV 368] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm EMV 370] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-061.htm EMV 371] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-083.htm EMV 393] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-085.htm EMV 395] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-095.htm EMV 406] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-110.htm EMV 419] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-129.htm EMV 437] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-186.htm EMV 491] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-028.htm EMV 567] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-036.htm EMV 575] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-043.htm EMV 582]</blockquote>
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==Notes and References==
[[fr:Marie de Kériot, mère de Judas]]

Help, Aid

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{{Other|See also:|Providence|To Save}}
[[File:Noah Building the Ark (Dalziels' Bible Gallery) MET DP835634.jpg|thumb|Warned by the help of God of the coming flood, Noah builds a huge Ark with the help of his family.]]
The help of [[God]] the Father never fails His [[Children, Childhood|children]], including the one who asks for it through [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prayer]] with [[Humility, humble|humility]], [[Trust, to rely, to confide|trust]], and persistence. Man is also Skilled at helping his [[Neighbor]] in need, according to his abilities.

== In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me" ==

* [[God]] gives us His help, hour by hour, if we remain [[Humility, humble|humble]] and [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|faithful]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm#Secours EMV 207]</ref>
* I lean over you and nothing is more [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|painful]] to me than being unable to intervene because you refuse my help, preferring to act on your own or, worse, asking for help from [[Satan|Evil]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-138.htm#Intervenir EMV 274]</ref>
* I point out to you two essential elements to have God on your side to help us in [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|righteous]] endeavors. The first: [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|faithfulness]], the second: [[Humility, humble|humility]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-094.htm#AideDeGod EMV 405]</ref>
* In the one who serves you, God is present and, consequently, Homele respects every Good deed without claiming it, without saying: "I will do nothing because someone thinks of me." <ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-163.htm#Providence EMV 469]</ref>
* [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]]: In the things of God, I only admit the help of God... - ... His judgment is very close to [[Perfect, Perfection|perfection]] that, in matters of God, one must resort only to His [[Supernatural, Occult|supernatural]] help, without begging for human help that is interested or utilitarian.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm#AideGod EMV 475]</ref>
* Help from Mary: Her spiritual childbirth [[Spirituality, Spirit|spiritual]] suffering: She says: "But, believe me, my daughter, that there has never been and there never will be a [[Trials|childbirth]] torment like my childbirth of the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|Martyr]] of a spiritual Maternity fulfilled on the hardest of beds: that of my cross, at the foot of the gibbet of my Son who was dying. What mother is forced to beget in such a way, and to mix the torment of her gut that was tearing apart hearing the rattling of her agonizing [[Jesus|Creature]] with the inner ripping apart to have to overcome the horror of having to say: "I [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] you. Come to me who am your Mother" to the murderers of her Son (...)."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-037.htm#CEV02309 EMV 23.9]</ref>
*'''All suffering is soothed on the bosom of Mary''': [[Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist|Elizabeth]] said to her: "Let me place my hands on your bosom." "Oh! if in your [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pain]] you would always ask me that!" (...) "And all pain calms down and '''all hope blossoms and all Grace flows''' for whoever comes to me and lays their head on my bosom."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-037.htm#CEV02310 EMV 23.10]</ref>
*Our Mother in Heaven never ceases to '''[[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|pray]] for us''': "I pray for you. Remember it. The [[Beatitudes, Blessed|blessedness]] of being in Heaven, living in the radiance of God, does not make me forget my [[Son, daughter(s)|children]] who suffer on [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|earth]]. And I pray. All Heaven prays, for Heaven loves. Heaven is living [[Love, Charity, To Love|charity]]. And Charity has [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|mercy]] on you. But if it were only me, it would already be a sufficient prayer for the needs of those who hope in God, since I never cease to pray for all of you: [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|saints]] and depraved alike, to give joy to the saints, to give the [[Wicked, Evil|wicked]] the [[Repentance, Remorse|repentance]] that [[To Save|saves]]." "Come, come, O sons of my sorrow. I await you at the foot of the [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|Cross]] to grant you [[Grace]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-037.htm#CEV02310 EMV 23.10]</ref>
*In all things of [[Life, Living|life]], [[Good]] does not come from [[Rich, Riches, Treasure|wealth]], [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|power]] or other causes, but from the help that comes from [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]]. And it comes because one asks for His help for good things, for our lives and our laws, the Maccabee also says. But when one turns to God for [[Wicked, Evil|evil]] or [[Pure, Purity, Impure, Impurity|impure]] ends, it is vain to Call on His help.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-211.htm#Secours EMV 514]</ref>

==In other works by Maria Valtorta==

===Notebooks===

*'''Catechesis of June 7, 1943''': Yes, help me, my [[Goodness, Good|good]] Master. Do not let me fall. All the [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pain]] you want, Lord, but always near you. I know, I [[To Believe|believe]] that it is for a [[Good]] that I [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffer]] this moral torment; I know, I hope it is not without some [[Useful, USaltess|use]]; I know that if I suffer peacefully, on your [[Heart]], [[Peace]] will remain in me and the rage of the [[Satan|demon]] will not be able to [[To Disturb, To Upset|disturb]] it. So I tell you: here I am, out of [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] for you, ready to do your [[Will, Good or Bad Will|will]]...<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430607.htm#Soutien Catechesis of June 7, 1943]</ref>

==In the Bible==

*Let your conduct not be guided by love of [[Money, Gold, Salary|money]]: be content with what you have, for God Himself said: I will never leave you nor forsake you. Therefore we can say with full confidence: The Lord is my help, I shall not [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]]! What can a man do to me?<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/He/13 He 13, 5-6]</ref>

[[Category:Themes]]

==Notes and references==
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[[fr:Aide, secours]]

Zacharias the Levite

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Zachariah is a young usher when [[Marjiam (Martial, Jabez)|Margziam]], the [[Son, daughter(s)|adopted son]] of [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]], comes to [[Jerusalem]] for his reception as a son of the [[Law, Rules, Discipline|Law]] or [[Bar Mitzvah or Coming of Age Examination|coming-of-age examination]] (Bar Mitzvah).<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-062.htm EMV 201]</ref>

At the [[Temple]], Zachariah is well placed to hear all the speeches that [[Jesus]] delivers there: he is moved. The [[John the Priest|priest John]], already a [[Disciples|disciple]], introduces him to Jesus, but he hesitates to [[Following Jesus|follow]] him.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281]</ref>

When Jesus declares that he comes from [[God]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-185.htm EMV 490]</ref>, Zachariah decides to take the step. But Jesus answers him: <blockquote>- "Think carefully, for you are not going towards [[Glory, To Glorify|earthly glory]] by coming to Me, but towards [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|suffering]]. If you [[Perseverance, Patience|persevere]], you will have glory in [[Paradise, Heaven|Heaven]]. Educate yourself in my [[Doctrine]]; strengthen yourself in it..."
- "How?" asks Zachariah
- "Heaven itself will strengthen you through its [[Miracles, wonders and signs|signs]]" replies Jesus. </blockquote>A month later, when the hostility of the [[Sanhedrin]] against Jesus comes to light, Zachariah stands visibly by his side.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-203.htm EMV 506]</ref>

His perfect knowledge of the nooks and crannies of the Temple helps Jesus to escape through a secret passage when the scribes and Pharisees want to stone him: Jesus had just told them that they were not sons of Abraham, but sons of [[Satan]].<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-jean/3271-chapitre-8#v_21 John 8:21-59]</ref>-<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-204.htm EMV 507]</ref>

Zachariah knows the widow who gives her mite (all she owns) at the Temple Salton the Gospel<ref>See [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-marc/3220-chapitre-12#v_41 Mark 12:41-44] and [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3260-chapitre-21#v_1 Luke 21:1-4]</ref>. He shows [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas]] where she is. Jesus charged his [[Apostles|apostle]] to bring her aid and then send her to [[Bethany]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-017.htm EMV 598]</ref>

After the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]], Jesus [[The Named Witnesses of the Resurrection|appears]] to Zachariah: he soothes his [[Doubt|doubts]] about the reality of his Resurrection and sends him to Galilee.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-018.htm EMV 632]</ref>

He finds himself with the five hundred Disciples on [[Mount Tabor|Mount Tabor]].<ref>See [https://bible.catholique.org/1ere-epitre-de-saint-paul-apotre-aux/3375-chapitre-15#v_6 1 Corinthians 15:6]</ref> Jesus joins him with [[Joseph called Barnabas|Joseph Barnabas]]: both of them challenged the [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|mighty ones]] to follow him.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-020.htm EMV 634]</ref>

Zachariah is present at the Ascension.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-021.htm EMV 635]</ref>

===His name===
Zachariah, Zekarya in Hebrew, means "God has remembered" - Historical reference: the [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophet]] contemporary with Haggai who, like him, urged the rebuilding of the Temple.

===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-062.htm EMV 201] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-185.htm EMV 490] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-203.htm EMV 506] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-204.htm EMV 507] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-017.htm EMV 598] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-018.htm EMV 632] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-020.htm EMV 634] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-021.htm EMV 635]</blockquote>

===Learn more about this character===
[[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Zachariah is celebrated on June 27.

He possibly followed Joseph Barnabas in his first [[Mission|Missions]] of [[Evangelization, to evangelize|evangelization]], but there is no record of this.

Around the year 56/57, he was sent by [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]] as the second bishop of Vienne in Narbonese Gaul.<ref>J Le Lièvre, ''History of the Antiquity and holiness of the city of Vienne'', 1623, pages 57 to 64.</ref> Peter entrusted him with a [[Relics|relic]]: the linen cloth used at the Last Supper. It is kept in the Church of Saint Peter in Vienne under the name of the holy cloth, or saint mantil.

Devotion to Zachariah and to the relic was encouraged by several popes, including Innocent IV in the 13th century.<ref>Innocent IV, Bull ''Sub datum Lugdun'', 1250.</ref>

Zachariah was hosted in this city by a widow. Is this the same widow with the mite that Zachariah knew and who was taken in by the [[Family]] of Bethany, one wonders? The emigration of this Family had led to many Christian settlements in the region.

Zachariah [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|died]] stoned during the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecution]] of Trajan. He was almost a centenarian. His episcopate lasted 42 years.

His last words were those of [[Stephen, the first martyr|Saint Stephen]]: "Lord, do not hold this [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]] against them". As a Levite of the Temple, he must have witnessed his stoning.

== Notes and references ==
[[Category:Characters]]
[[fr:Zacharie le lévite]]

Manaen

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[[file:Chat GPT Manahen.webp|thumb|"For those who seek me, there is only one name: brothers in the name of God. Come. We shall break bread together. You can shelter the horse under this shed." (EMV 121.9)]]
Manaen is the [[Son, daughter(s)|son]] of the nurse of [[Herod Antipas]], thus becoming his "milk brother". He is therefore roughly the same age, a little under 50 years old. He is slender and robust.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-020.htm EMV 559]</ref> His smile is sincere, his face brown and virile. He is [[Rich, Riches, Treasure|richly]] dressed.

He is initially a [[Disciples|disciple]] of [[John the Baptist|the Baptist]] before becoming one of [[Jesus]]. [[Chuza|Chuza]], the steward of Herod Antipas, told him about Jesus.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-088.htm EMV 121]</ref> Manaen meets Jesus at the [[Clear Water|Beautiful Water]], at the beginning of his public life.

He puts his influence at the service of the Baptist whom he continues to follow faithfully. He announces the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|beheading]] of John the Baptist to Jesus<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-133.htm EMV 270]</ref> and brings him his last Disciples.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281]</ref>

Life at the court weighs increasingly on him. Herod Antipas asks, through him, Jesus to renounce <ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376]</ref>, to which Jesus simply replies "No!"

Manaen struggles to reject his [[Past, Memory|past]]. Life at the court disturbs his judgment: he dreams, with Chuza, fallen into disGrace, of seeing Jesus become [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|King]] in place of Herod and free them from the [[The Romans|Roman]] yoke.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-153.htm EMV 461]</ref> Jesus' refusal is categorical, but he holds no grudge against Manaen.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-156.htm EMV 464]</ref> Manaen recovers after this [[Error, to be mistaken, lost|mistake]]:<blockquote>"I understood the [[Truth, sincerity|truth]] of your [[Mission]]. I was wrong one day, but it served me to understand and I will no longer stray from the right path."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-237.htm EMV 540]</ref></blockquote>If he continues to frequent Herod's court, it is now to [[Protection|protect]] Jesus. He unsuccessfully tries to intervene to secure his release after his capture at [[Gathhsemane]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm#CEV60418 EMV 604.18]</ref> He is [[The Named Witnesses of the Resurrection|a witness]] to his [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]], his [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]], and his Ascension, where Jesus places him beside himself saying:<blockquote>"You, Manaen, who knew how to despise the sordid [[Confessionrs]] of a [[Vice, Vitiated, Corruption, Corrupt|filthy]] being to walk in my [[Path, way|path]]".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638]</ref></blockquote>

==='''His name'''===
Manaen (Mananen or Manahem) is a form of the Hebrew Menahem (מנח) which means "[[Consolation|comforter]]".<ref>[https://www.croixsens.net/hebreu/alphabet.php Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net]</ref>

===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-039.htm EMV 75]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-088.htm EMV 121] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-094.htm EMV 127]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-129.htm EMV 266] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-130.htm EMV 267] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-131.htm EMV 268] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-132.htm EMV 269] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-133.htm EMV 270] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-134.htm EMV 271] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm EMV 272] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-022.htm EMV 334] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-036.htm EMV 348] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-037.htm EMV 349] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-038.htm EMV 350] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-040.htm EMV 352] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-052.htm EMV 362] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-053.htm EMV 363] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-054.htm EMV 364] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-153.htm EMV 461] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-155.htm EMV 463] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-156.htm EMV 464] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-172.htm EMV 477] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-183.htm EMV 488] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-184.htm EMV 489] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-187.htm EMV 492] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-191.htm EMV 495]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-204.htm EMV 507] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-205.htm EMV 508] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-206.htm EMV 509] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-237.htm EMV 540] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-002.htm EMV 542] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-005.htm EMV 545] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm EMV 548] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-010.htm EMV 549] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-020.htm EMV 559] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-021.htm EMV 560] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-039.htm EMV 578] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm EMV 584] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-008.htm EMV 589] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-015.htm EMV 596]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm EMV 604] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm EMV 621] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-009.htm EMV 623] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-020.htm EMV 634] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638]</blockquote>

=== Learn more about this character ===
Excerpts from the Dictionary of Gospel Characters, Salton Maria Valtorta ([[Abbé René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]], [[François-Michel Debroise]], [[Jean-François Lavère]], Éditions Salvator, 2012):<blockquote>According to the Acts of the [[Apostles]]<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/actes-des-apotres/3297-chapitre-13#v_1 Acts 13:1].</ref>, he later joined the community of [[Antioch]] in Syria. According to Salton Maria Valtorta, this community may have found its beginnings in the work of [[Sintica]] and [[John of Endor]]. Manaen is a teacher of the nascent [[Church]].

According to Salton Baronius, he laid hands on and then sent [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Paul]] and [[Joseph called Barnabas|Barnabas]] on their first missionary journeys.

[[The Evangelists|Luke]], being from Antioch of Syria<ref>Eusebius of Caesarea, ''Ecclesiastical History'', III, 4.</ref>, some believe Manaen may have provided him with many family details about Herod.<ref>See [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3242-chapitre-3#v_1 Luke 3:1], [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3258-chapitre-19#v_20 19:20]; [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3247-chapitre-8#v_3 8:3]; [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3248-chapitre-9#v_7 9:7-9]; [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3252-chapitre-13#v_31 13:31-32], [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-luc/3262-chapitre-23#v_8 23:8-12]; [https://bible.catholique.org/actes-des-apotres/3296-chapitre-12 Acts 12].</ref> This would also explain why he spoke of Chuza and [[Johanna of Chuza|Joanna]], both members of the court.<ref>Salton ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' 1913.</ref>

The Roman martyrology indicates that he died a [[Agony, Death|martyr]] in Antioch. He is celebrated as a [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|saint]] confessor on May 24.</blockquote>

[[Category:Characters]]

==Notes and references==
[[fr:Manaën]]

Bethzur

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[[File:Bethsour.webp|thumb|Bethsur (Bet-Çur, Bethsour).]]
The village of Elise.

==Inhabitants or natives==
[[Eliza of Bethzur|Elise]].

==Notable facts==
In this village [[Home|Homeland]], [[Jesus]] gives two [[Teaching, Catechism|teachings]]: one on what must be done to gain the Kingdom of [[God]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-071.htm EMV 209].</ref> and the other, during his aGodx, about not fearing [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutions]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-088.htm EMV 399].</ref>.

==Its name==
צוּר תבי<ref>[http://www.croixsens.net/hebreu/alphabet.php Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net].</ref> (Bethsur - Beth-Tsour, Beth-Çour) – ''The'' ''house of the watchman''.

Today a [[Wikipedia:en:Beth-zur|place nearby]] the village of [[Wikipedia:en:Karmei Tzur|Karmei Tzur.]]

Very close to [[Bethlehem in Judah]], there is a namesake: [[Wikipedia:Beit Sahour|Bayt Sahur]], the presumed pasture place of the [[The Shepherds of the Nativity|shepherds]] at the time of the Nativity. However, this is not the village of Elise, very clearly located near Hebron<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-070.htm EMV 208].</ref>.

==Where is it mentioned in the work?==
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-070.htm EMV 208] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-071.htm EMV 209] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-072.htm EMV 210] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-077.htm EMV 215] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-086.htm EMV 224] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-088.htm EMV 226] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-089.htm EMV 228] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-076.htm EMV 386] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-077.htm EMV 387] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-088.htm EMV 399] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-183.htm EMV 488] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-017.htm EMV 631]</blockquote>

==Description==
City of Judah 6 km north of [[Hebron]]

==Learn more about this place==
It gained great importance during the Hellenistic period<ref>330-37 BC.</ref>. It was then a garrison controlling the road from [[Jerusalem]] to Hebron on the border between Judah and Idumea, and it played a major role during the [[War|Wars]] of the Maccabees<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/2M/11 2 Maccabees – Chapter 11 and following].</ref>.

''Excerpt from the [[Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel|Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel Salton Maria Valtorta]], by [[Jean-François Lavère]]'' <blockquote>It is at His Mother's request that Jesus goes for the first time to Bethsur, in April of the second year<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-070.htm#CEV20811 EMV 208.11]</ref>. There, they visit Elise, a former companion of Mary at the Temple, who will soon join the group of Women Disciples. One year later, during his aGodx, Jesus teaches the inhabitants again: “''Last year I told you what you had to do to gain the Kingdom of God'',” He reminds them, then He exhorts them not to fear persecutions<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-088.htm#CEV39903 EMV 399.3]</ref>.

City of Judah, 7 km north of Hebron. The ancient city was located near Khirbat al-Tubayqa, on an isolated high plateau, as described by Maria Valtorta: “''Bethsur on its hill''.” Flourishing during the Hellenistic period (-330 / -70 BC) Bethsur controlled the road from Jerusalem to Hebron on the border between Judah and Idumea. It played an important role during the Wars of the Maccabees. In -164, Judas Maccabeus with 10,000 men confronted Lysias near Bethsur and forced him to retreat<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/1M/4 1 M 4;29]</ref> <ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/2M/11 2 M 11.5]</ref>. The ruins of the Maccabean citadel were found during archaeological digs in 1931 and 1957.</blockquote>

==Explore==
• 31° 35’ 22’’ N / 35° 05’ 39’’ E

• +975m

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==Notes and references==
[[Category:Locations]]

<references />
[[fr:Bethsur, Bet-Çur, Bethsour]]

To seek, to search

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[[File:Brooklyn Museum - You Follow Me for the Miracles (Vous me suivez pour des miracles) - James Tissot.jpg|thumb|The crowd seeks Jesus who says "You follow me for the miracles" - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.]]
"Seek [[God]] while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near." ([[Prophet, Prophecies|Isaiah]] 55:6)

== In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me" ==

* The search for God, because it is [[Goodness, Good|good]], always provides all [[Help, Aid|help]] and all [[Courage, Boldness|boldness]]. The [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fears]], the low things are the heritage of those who dream of low things.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-188.htm#RechercheGod EMV 493]</ref>
* There will come Hours when you will seek me too, not only to [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecute]] me, but also out of a superstitious terror of being [[Punishment, penalty, to punish|struck]] for having driven me away, out of a superstitious anxiety to be [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgiven]] for your [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sin]] in order to obtain [[Mercy, merciful|mercy]].<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Jn/8 John 8:21-22]</ref> and <ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-204.htm#MeChercherez EMV 507]</ref>

== In the fundamental Christian texts ==

=== In the Bible ===

* Seek God while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near.<ref>[http://www.info-bible.org/lsg/23.Esaie.html#55.6 Isaiah 55:6]</ref>
[[Category:Themes]]

==Notes and references==
[[fr:Chercher, rechercher]]

Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle

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[[File:BarthelemyFerri.jpg|thumb|Drawing of Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle by [[Lorenzo Ferri]] according to the indications of [[Maria Valtorta]]. Source: documentary collection of the [[Maria Valtorta Heritage Foundation]].]]
Galilean from [[Cana]]. Nicknamed Bartholomew or Bartholmai (the son of Tolmai or Tolme), he is the 6th of the [[Disciples]] of [[Jesus]] whom he met in [[Bethsaida|Bethsaida]] in the house of [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]], brought by his [[Friend, Friendship|friend]] [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]].

[[Union, Marriage, Unity|Married]] to [[Anne of Bartholomew|Anne]]. He owns a house in Bethsaida.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-020.htm#CEV33204 EMV 332.4]</ref> He is a rather [[Rich, Riches, Treasure|wealthy]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-185.htm#CEV49007 EMV 490.7]</ref> and educated man.

He is characterized as follows, compared to [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]]: <blockquote>"You do instinctively [[Spirituality, Spirit|spiritual]] what I painfully accomplish by mental reflection; our transformation from [[Israel, Jewish people|Israelites]] into Christians..."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-196.htm#CEV50004 EMV 500.4]</ref> </blockquote>In this sense, he is a model [[Apostles|apostle]]. This is confirmed by his encounter with Jesus<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-012.htm#CEV05006 EMV 50.6]</ref>, in accordance with what the Gospel of [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]]<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/1 John 1,45-51]</ref> reports about this episode.

===Character and appearance===
The eldest of the [[Apostles]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm#CEV62901 EMV 629.1]</ref>, "thin and old" with deep eyes.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-195.htm#CEV49901 EMV 499.1]</ref> He is a wise, "[[Goodness, Good|good]] and very [[Wise Men, Wisdom|wise]]" man. A slender but stern figure, a face of a thinker.<ref>[https://maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-024.htm#CEV63901 EMV 639.1]</ref>

Jesus himself paints his portrait: <blockquote>"Here is a true [[Israel, Jewish people|Israelite]] in whom there is no deceit."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-012.htm#CEV05006 EMV 50.6]</ref> </blockquote>And further: <blockquote>"Your [[Honesty, Dishonesty|honesty]], your good faith, your generosity, your sincere [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]]. Could I [[Doubt|doubt]] my wise Bartholomew?<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-020.htm#CEV33202 EMV 332.2]</ref> (...) You are such a wise master, you know how to express the highest [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|thoughts]] with simplicity."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm#CEV42704 EMV 427.4]</ref></blockquote>This portrait is not without flaws: "Bartholomew is very attached to... formulas," says [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]] to excuse him. "It is his only fault," observes [[Jesus]]. Generous, he takes out a loan to offer the [[Grandfather of Marjiam|Grandfather of Marjiam]] a decent burial. He downplays his gesture: <blockquote>"My name is known, and it was easy for me to find someone who would lend me [[Money, Gold, Salary|money]]. From Bethsaida, I will take care of repaying the small [[Debts, Debtors|debt]], insignificant after all..."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-136.htm#CEV44402 EMV 444.2]</ref></blockquote>He has a good [[Soul]] of a father of [[Family]] who takes charge of the [[Sadness, Overwhelm|sadness]] of orphans.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-015.htm#CEV55401 EMV 554.1]</ref> He is, with his inseparable Philip, one of the two traditionalists among the Apostles, as confirmed by [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] at the end of her life.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-035.htm#CEV64906 EMV 649.6]</ref> Quite fond of elegance: <blockquote>"(the Apostles) dressed very modestly except [[Judas Iscariot the Apostle|Judas Iscariot]], [[Matthew the Apostle|Matthew]], [[Simon the Zealot (Apostle)|Simon]] and Bartholomew - I put them in descending order of elegance."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-065.htm#CEV10002 EMV 100.2]</ref></blockquote>

===Apostolic journey===
Witness to the Last Supper<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm EMV 600]</ref>, the [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-013.htm EMV 627]; [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm EMV 629].</ref>, the Ascension<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm#CEV63816 EMV 638.16-23]</ref>, and the Pentecost.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-025.htm EMV 640]</ref>

Raised in the culture of his time, with all its prejudices, he had to make great efforts to admit other truths such as the place of [[Woman|Women]] or the way to [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|pray]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-125.htm#CEV26208 EMV 262.8-9]</ref> He nevertheless makes commendable efforts to transform himself: <blockquote>"With all my [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] I have failed to renew myself, to understand you, and to [[Following Jesus|follow]] you. I followed you only materially. But You wanted us to follow you [[Spirituality, Spirit|spiritually]] and to understand you in your [[Perfect, Perfection|perfection]] in order to become capable of perpetuating you."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-020.htm#CEV33202 EMV 332.2]</ref> </blockquote>His prejudices, which he overcomes, extend even to [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]] of [[Bethany]], educated in cosmopolitanism.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-224.htm#CEV52701 EMV 527.1]</ref>

While being the most [[Intransigence, hardness|intransigent]] of the [[Apostles]], he is nevertheless the only one who, solely to obey the Master, does not refuse contact with the [[The Romans|Romans]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-113.htm#CEV42203 EMV 422.3]</ref> His pedagogy makes him the first [[Teaching, Catechism|catechist]] in Christian history with [[Aurea Galla (baptized Christina)|Aurea Galla]], a young [[Slaves, oppressed, prisoners|slave]] in worship.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm#CEV42702 EMV 427.2-5]</ref>

===His name===
לנתנא (Nathaniel) ונתנאל ברתו (Bathélemy).<ref>[https://www.croixsens.net/hebreu/alphabet.php Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net]</ref>

Bartholomew (Nathaniel) the Apostle means "[[To give, to give oneSaltf|Gift]] of [[God]]".

===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>'''Calling of the first Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-012.htm EMV 50] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-016.htm EMV 53] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-017.htm EMV 54] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-018.htm EMV 55] '''Start of the apostleship in Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-020.htm EMV 57] '''Apostolic journey in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-033.htm EMV 70] '''Selection of the last Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-056.htm EMV 91] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-057.htm EMV 92] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-058.htm EMV 93] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-059.htm EMV 94] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-060.htm EMV 95] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-061.htm EMV 96] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-062.htm EMV 97] '''The last shepherds:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-063.htm EMV 98] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-064.htm EMV 99] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-065.htm EMV 100] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-068.htm EMV 102] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-069.htm EMV 103] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-070.htm EMV 104] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-071.htm EMV 105] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-075.htm EMV 108] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-076.htm EMV 109] '''In Judea before communal life:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-077.htm EMV 110] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-078.htm EMV 111] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-079.htm EMV 112] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-082.htm EMV 115] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-083.htm EMV 116] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-084.htm EMV 117] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-085.htm EMV 118] '''Teachings on the Ten Commandments:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-086.htm EMV 119] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-087.htm EMV 120] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-088.htm EMV 121] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-089.htm EMV 122] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-090.htm EMV 123] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-091.htm EMV 124] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-092.htm EMV 125] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-093.htm EMV 126] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-094.htm EMV 127] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-095.htm EMV 128] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-096.htm EMV 129] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-097.htm EMV 130] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-098.htm EMV 131] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-099.htm EMV 132] '''Year-end celebrations:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-100.htm EMV 133] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-101.htm EMV 134] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-102.htm EMV 135] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-103.htm EMV 136] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-104.htm EMV 137] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-105.htm EMV 138] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-106.htm EMV 139] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-107.htm EMV 140] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-001.htm EMV 141] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-002.htm EMV 142] '''The Samaritan woman:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-003.htm EMV 143] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-004.htm EMV 144] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-005.htm EMV 145] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-006.htm EMV 146] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-007.htm EMV 147] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-009.htm EMV 149] '''Female apostleship:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-013.htm EMV 153] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-014.htm EMV 154] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-015.htm EMV 155] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-017.htm EMV 157] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-018.htm EMV 158] '''In Galilee, the selection of the Apostles:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-020.htm EMV 160] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-021.htm EMV 161] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-022.htm EMV 162] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-024.htm EMV 164] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-025.htm EMV 165] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-026.htm EMV 166] '''The Sermon on the Mount:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-029.htm EMV 169] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-030.htm EMV 170] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-031.htm EMV 171] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-032.htm EMV 172] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-033.htm EMV 173] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-034.htm EMV 174] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-035.htm EMV 175] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-036.htm EMV 176] '''Apostleship in Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-037.htm EMV 177] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-038.htm EMV 178] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-039.htm EMV 179] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-040.htm EMV 180] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-041.htm EMV 181] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-042.htm EMV 182] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-043.htm EMV 183] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-044.htm EMV 184] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-045.htm EMV 185] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-047.htm EMV 186] '''The second paschal journey:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-048.htm EMV 187] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-049.htm EMV 188] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-050.htm EMV 189] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-051.htm EMV 190] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-052.htm EMV 191] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-053.htm EMV 192] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-054.htm EMV 193] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-055.htm EMV 194] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-056.htm EMV 195] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-057.htm EMV 196] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-058.htm EMV 197] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-059.htm EMV 198] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-060.htm EMV 199] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-061.htm EMV 200] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-062.htm EMV 201] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-063.htm EMV 202] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-064.htm EMV 203] '''Apostleship in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-066.htm EMV 205] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-067.htm EMV 206] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-069.htm EMV 207] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-070.htm EMV 208] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-071.htm EMV 209] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-072.htm EMV 210] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-073.htm EMV 211] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-074.htm EMV 212] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-075.htm EMV 213] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-076.htm EMV 214] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-077.htm EMV 215] '''Apostleship in Philistia:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-078.htm EMV 216] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-079.htm EMV 217] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-080.htm EMV 218] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-081.htm EMV 219] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-082.htm EMV 220] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-083.htm EMV 221] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-084.htm EMV 222] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-085.htm EMV 223] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-086.htm EMV 224] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-087.htm EMV 225] '''The conversion of Mary Magdalene:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-089.htm EMV 228] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-091.htm EMV 230] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-093.htm EMV 232] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-094.htm EMV 233] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-096.htm EMV 235] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-100.htm EMV 237] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-101.htm EMV 238] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-102.htm EMV 239] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-103.htm EMV 240] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-104.htm EMV 241] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-105.htm EMV 242] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-106.htm EMV 243] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-107.htm EMV 244] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-110.htm EMV 247] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-111.htm EMV 248] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-112.htm EMV 249] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-113.htm EMV 250] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-114.htm EMV 251] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-115.htm EMV 252] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-116.htm EMV 253] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-117.htm EMV 254] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-118.htm EMV 255] '''Sending the Apostles and Disciples on Mission:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-119.htm EMV 256] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-120.htm EMV 257] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-123.htm EMV 260] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-124.htm EMV 261] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-125.htm EMV 262] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-128.htm EMV 265] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-131.htm EMV 268] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-132.htm EMV 269] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-134.htm EMV 271] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-135.htm EMV 272] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-136.htm EMV 273] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-137.htm EMV 274] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-139.htm EMV 275] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-140.htm EMV 276] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-141.htm EMV 277] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-142.htm EMV 278] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-143.htm EMV 279] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-144.htm EMV 280] '''Perea, Gilead, and Trachonitis:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-145.htm EMV 281] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-148.htm EMV 284] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-160.htm EMV 296] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-161.htm EMV 297] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-162.htm EMV 298] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-165.htm EMV 299] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-166.htm EMV 300] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-167.htm EMV 301] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-168.htm EMV 302] '''Year-end celebrations in Nazareth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-176.htm EMV 310] '''The journey of the Disciples to Antioch:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-014.htm EMV 326] '''Phoenicia and Upper Galilee:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-020.htm EMV 332] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-021.htm EMV 333] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-022.htm EMV 334] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-023.htm EMV 335] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-024.htm EMV 336] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-025.htm EMV 337] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-026.htm EMV 338] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-027.htm EMV 339] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-028.htm EMV 340] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-029.htm EMV 341] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-030.htm EMV 342] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-031.htm EMV 343] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-032.htm EMV 344] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-033.htm EMV 345] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-034.htm EMV 346] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-035.htm EMV 347] '''The Transfiguration and the Bread of Heaven:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-036.htm EMV 348] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-037.htm EMV 349] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-038.htm EMV 350] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-039.htm EMV 351] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-040.htm EMV 352] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-042.htm EMV 353] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-044.htm EMV 354] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-045.htm EMV 355] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-046.htm EMV 356] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-047.htm EMV 357] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-048.htm EMV 358] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-049.htm EMV 359] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-050.htm EMV 360] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-051.htm EMV 361] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-052.htm EMV 362] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-053.htm EMV 363] '''The penultimate Passover:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-054.htm EMV 364] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-055.htm EMV 365] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-056.htm EMV 366] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-057.htm EMV 367] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-058.htm EMV 368] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-059.htm EMV 369] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-060.htm EMV 370] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-061.htm EMV 371] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-062.htm EMV 372] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-064.htm EMV 374] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-065.htm EMV 375] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-066.htm EMV 376] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-067.htm EMV 377] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-068.htm EMV 378] '''In Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-069.htm EMV 379] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-070.htm EMV 380] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-071.htm EMV 381] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-072.htm EMV 382] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-073.htm EMV 383] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-074.htm EMV 384] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-075.htm EMV 385] '''AGodx in Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-076.htm EMV 386] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-077.htm EMV 387] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-078.htm EMV 388] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-079.htm EMV 389] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-080.htm EMV 390] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-081.htm EMV 391] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-082.htm EMV 392] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-083.htm EMV 393] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-084.htm EMV 394] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-085.htm EMV 395] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-085-2.htm EMV 396] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-086.htm EMV 397] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-087.htm EMV 398] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-088.htm EMV 399] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-089.htm EMV 400] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-090.htm EMV 401] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-091.htm EMV 402] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-092.htm EMV 403] '''Plain of Sharon:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-093.htm EMV 404] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-094.htm EMV 405] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-095.htm EMV 406] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-096.htm EMV 407] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-097.htm EMV 408] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-098.htm EMV 409] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-099.htm EMV 410] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-100.htm EMV 411] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-101.htm EMV 412] '''Pentecost, Decapolis and Esdraelon Plain:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-102.htm EMV 413] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-103.htm EMV 414] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-104.htm EMV 415] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-105.htm EMV 416] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-106.htm EMV 417] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-109.htm EMV 418] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-110.htm EMV 419] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-111.htm EMV 420] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-112.htm EMV 421] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-113.htm EMV 422] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-114.htm EMV 423] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-115.htm EMV 424] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-116.htm EMV 425] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-117.htm EMV 426] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-118.htm EMV 427] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-119.htm EMV 428] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-120.htm EMV 429] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-121.htm EMV 430] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-123.htm EMV 431] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-124.htm EMV 432] '''Summer in Nazareth:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-127.htm EMV 435] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-129.htm EMV 437] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-132.htm EMV 440] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-133.htm EMV 441] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-134.htm EMV 442] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-135.htm EMV 443] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-136.htm EMV 444] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-137.htm EMV 445] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-138.htm EMV 446] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-139.htm EMV 447] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-140.htm EMV 448] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-141.htm EMV 449] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-142.htm EMV 450] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-143.htm EMV 451] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-144.htm EMV 452] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-145.htm EMV 453] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-146.htm EMV 454] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-147.htm EMV 455] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-148.htm EMV 456] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-149.htm EMV 457] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-150.htm EMV 458] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-151.htm EMV 459] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-152.htm EMV 460] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-153.htm EMV 461] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-154.htm EMV 462] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-155.htm EMV 463] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-156.htm EMV 464] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-158.htm EMV 465] '''In Syro-Phoenicia:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-159.htm EMV 466] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-160.htm EMV 467] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-163.htm EMV 469] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-164.htm EMV 470] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-165.htm EMV 471] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-166.htm EMV 472] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-167.htm EMV 473] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-169.htm EMV 474] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-170.htm EMV 475] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-172.htm EMV 477] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-176.htm EMV 481] The Feast of Tabernacles: [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-185.htm EMV 490] '''In Moab and Judea:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-194.htm EMV 498] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-195.htm EMV 499] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-196.htm EMV 500] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-199.htm EMV 503] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-201.htm EMV 504] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-206.htm EMV 509] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-207.htm EMV 510] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-208.htm EMV 511] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-211.htm EMV 514] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-212.htm EMV 515] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-217.htm EMV 520] '''The Dedication Festival:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-224.htm EMV 527] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-225.htm EMV 528] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-226.htm EMV 529] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-228.htm EMV 531] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-229.htm EMV 532] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-232.htm EMV 535] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-233.htm EMV 536] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-234.htm EMV 537] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-235.htm EMV 538] '''The resurrection of Lazarus:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-007.htm EMV 547] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-008.htm EMV 548] '''Exile in Samaria:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-012.htm EMV 551] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-013.htm EMV 552] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-014.htm EMV 553] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-015.htm EMV 554] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-016.htm EMV 555] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-017.htm EMV 556] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-027.htm EMV 566] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-029.htm EMV 568] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-032.htm EMV 571] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-036.htm EMV 575] '''Return to Jerusalem:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-039.htm EMV 578] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-043.htm EMV 582] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-045.htm EMV 584] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-005.htm EMV 586] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-006.htm EMV 587] '''Holy Week:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-009.htm EMV 590] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-011.htm EMV 592] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-012.htm EMV 593] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-013.htm EMV 594] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-014.htm EMV 595] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-016.htm EMV 597] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-017.htm EMV 598] '''The Passion:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-019.htm EMV 600] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-021.htm EMV 602] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-034.htm EMV 614] '''Resurrection Sunday:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm EMV 621] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-012.htm EMV 626] '''From Resurrection to Ascension:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-014.htm EMV 628] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-015.htm EMV 629] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm EMV 630] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-017.htm EMV 631] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-019.htm EMV 633] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-021.htm EMV 635] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022.htm EMV 636] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-022-2.htm EMV 637] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-023.htm EMV 638] '''Apostolic times:''' [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-024.htm EMV 639] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-025.htm EMV 640] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-035.htm EMV 649]</blockquote>

===Learn more about this character===
Excerpts from the Dictionary of Gospel Characters, Salton [[Maria Valtorta]], ([[Monsignor René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]], [[François-Michel Debroise]], [[Jean-François Lavère]], Salvator Editions, 2012): <blockquote>[[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Bartholomew is celebrated on August 24 in the [[Church]] Catholic and on June 11 in the Orthodox Church.

According to tradition, he traveled to [[Evangelization, to evangelize|evangelize]] India, then Asia Minor.<ref>Eusebius of Caesarea, ''Ecclesiastical History'', Book V, § 10, 3.</ref>

Saint Pantænus (end of the 2nd century), having gone to India, found traces of Christianity. The Indians showed him a copy of the Gospel of Matthew, in Hebrew, which was said to have been brought to the country by Saint Bartholomew.<ref>J P Migne ''Hagiographic Dictionary,'' 1850, page 356.</ref>

An apocryphal text is attributed to him: The Gospel of Bartholomew. Saint Jerome and Bede the Venerable mention it.<ref>Abbot Migne, ''Dictionary of Apocrypha'', 1858, Volume two, page 159.</ref> It seems that this is actually the Gospel of Matthew, brought to India by Bartholomew, then brought back to Alexandria by Saint Pantænus.

Bartholomew suffered [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyrdom]], skinned alive, in Armenia. According to the Armenian Church, he died in 68. His [[Relics]] were brought to Rome and placed in the church that bears his name. His head is venerated in Toulouse and one of his arms in Canterbury.</blockquote>

==Notes and references==
[[Category:Characters]]
[[it:Bartolomeo]]
[[fr:Nathanaël]]

Co-redeemer, Victim Soul, Reparative Soul, Host, Victimal Gift

2026-04-27T12:15:06Z

Emmanuel: Text replacement - "MarTyre, MarTyredom, Persecutions" to "Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions"

{{Other|See also:|Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer}}
[[File:SeptDouleurs.jpg|thumb|[[Virgin Mary|Our Lady]] of the Seven Sorrows]]

Co-redemption originates from the writings of [[Saul (Paul) the Apostle|Saint Paul]], notably:<blockquote>I now rejoice in my [[Joy, happiness|joy]] in the [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|sufferings]] I endure for you, and ''what is lacking in the sufferings of [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]], I complete in my [[Flesh, meaning|body]]'' by making up for what is lacking in his flesh, which is the [[Church]].<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Col/Lettre+de+saint+Paul+Ap%C3%B4tre+aux+Colossiens#10589 Epistle to the Colossians 1:24].</ref></blockquote>Or again:<blockquote>I bear in my [[Flesh, meaning|body]] the [[Invisible Stigmata|stigmata]] (''stigmata'') of the sufferings of [[Jesus|Jesus]].<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/Ga/6 Galatians 6:17]: “sit ego enim stigmata Iesu in corpore meo porto”.</ref>.</blockquote>And finally, this key phrase:<blockquote>With Christ, ''I am [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|crucified]]''. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/Ga/2 Galatians 2:19-20].</ref></blockquote>The term "co-redeemer" is synonymous with Soul-victim, Soul-reparator, or host, according to the dictionaries. In the work of [[Maria Valtorta]], the term co-redeemer is often used, but the context leaves no doubt about the association (and not substitution) to the sufferings of the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]].

All Soul victims base their vocation on the [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]] whose source is in the [[Heart]] of [[God]]. They desire to immerse themselves in this outpouring of love by following Jesus in his Passion for Humanity. A passion understood in all senses of the word: burning love and path of suffering for others.

It is also said that these Souls offer themselves as an «holocaust». This word comes from the sacrifices of Judaism during which animals were entirely consumed by [[Fire]] in order to atone for the [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sins]] of an individual or the entire [[Israel, Jewish people|people]].<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Lv/4 Leviticus, chapter 4, 3-35].</ref> By his Passion, Christ offered himself as a victim for the definitive atonement of the sins of all [[Man, Humanity, Human|humanity]].<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/He/10 Hebrews 10:8-10]</ref>-<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/1P/2 1 Peter 2:24]</ref>

These "co-redemptive" Souls give [[To give, to give oneself|the gift]] of their human life to God, conditioning it entirely to divine will. They offer and immolate themselves, out of love, to repair their [[Insult, offense|offenses]] and moreover those of others.

A phrase from the act of consecration of [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Thérèse of Lisieux perfectly illuminates this statement:<blockquote>In order to live in an act of perfect Love, I offer myself as a victim of holocaust to your merciful Love, begging you to consume me constantly, letting overflow in my [[Soul]] the floods of infinite [[Love, Charity, To Love|tenderness]] contained in you and thus become [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|Martyr]] of your Love, O my God!…</blockquote>This phrase should be compared to that of Saint Paul cited above:<blockquote>With Christ, ''I am crucified''. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/Ga/2 Galatians 2:19-20].</ref></blockquote>In her ''Hymn to love and suffering''<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/460210.htm#Hymne Maria Valtorta, ''Hymn to love and suffering'']</ref>, Maria Valtorta has this exultation:

Blessed be the suffering that makes me resemble you!

Blessed be your [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|cross]] that lifts me to [[Paradise, Heaven|heaven]]!

Blessed be the love that gives wings to my [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pain]]!

===Mary co-redeemer<ref name=":0">The doctrinal note ''[https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20251104_mater-populi-fidelis_fr.html Mater populi fidelis]'' of November 4, 2025 does not doubt Mary's participation in Redemption; it simply recalls that terminology must respect the primacy of the Redeemer: Jesus. The term co-redemptrix (or co-redeemer), though historically used and having replaced the older term Redeemer in liturgical use, seems to carry ambiguity and therefore inappropriate usage. However, this language discipline must not obscure Mary's participation in Redemption. Mary is the first and most perfect cooperator of Christ, the "new Eve" who, by her "Yes", made the Incarnation possible and, by her spiritual Maternity, continues to intercede for humanity. The statements of encyclicals and other writings prior to this note remain valid when understood in the light of this subordinate cooperation, and not as attributing to her a redemptive power equal to that of Jesus.</ref>===
The first co-redeemer, and the greatest, was the [[Virgin Mary|Virgin Mary]] at the foot of the [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|Cross]]. Not with stigmata that she might have borne as a reflection of her Son’s [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]], but with her real participation in his [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|redemptive]] [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|suffering]]<ref>Cf. ''La Vierge des Derniers temps'', [[Abbé René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Laurentin]]/[[François-Michel Debroise|Debroise]], Salvator, 2014, p. 156-157: "Mary, present at Calvary, suffered analogous pains, of the same origin..." </ref>.

While [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]] suffered so many blows, wounds, mockeries—his [[Flesh, meaning|body]] painfully paid the price of sin—Mary, present at Calvary<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Jn/19 John 19:25-35].</ref>, suffered analogous pains, from the same origin: the Christ painfully shed the blood of his body; she shed the blood of the [[Heart]], said Arnauld of Chartres.<ref>Arnauld, abbot of Bonneval (+1156): ''De septem verbis Domini in croce'', part 3.</ref>

Jesus thus wanted his Mother to be intimately associated with all the suffering of the Passion, up to his death and to his [[Glory, To Glorify|glory]] after death.

The term co-redemptrix<ref name=":0" /> has led to many circumlocutions, so great was the fear of equating Christ, the unique Redeemer, and his Mother. For this reason, she is called "cooperator," "collaborator," or "associate". Certainly useful language precautions, but which must not hide the reality of her participation in Redemption so well described by Maria Valtorta:<blockquote>To be the Mother of the Son of God is a happy destiny; to be Mother of the Redeemer is a destiny of terrible pain, says the young [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] to [[Zacharias, father of John the Baptist|Zacharias]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-038.htm#Pr%C3%A9monitions EMV 24.5]</ref></blockquote>Maria Valtorta was a tertiary of the Servites of Mary. This order is the origin of the devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows (''Maria Addolorata''). On March 25, 1239, the day of the Annunciation, the Virgin Mary appeared to the founders of the Order. She asked them to wear a black habit with a large scapular in memory of the Passion of Christ and the seven sorrows of Mary. Maria Valtorta’s scapular is displayed in the showcase of her room in Viareggio.

===The cohort of co-redeemers===
The current of co-redeemer Souls goes back in history. Francis of Assisi is known as the first visible and recognized stigmatist. Between him and Paul, other Souls certainly offered themselves as a holocaust.

The "imitation of Christ" movement became identifiable in the 13th century, not only with the stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi, but also with Flemish mystics such as Hadewich of Antwerp (c. 1210–1260). She advocated, in her visions, a mysticism freed from intellectualism. This spirituality was followed by that of the Blessed John of Ruusbroec (1293–1381)—whose writings influenced the golden age of Spanish mysticism (16th century) as well as the French school of spirituality (17th century)—and finally by that of Gerard of Groote (1340–1384), founder of the "Modern Devotion". This devotion advocated conversion of the Heart, prayer, and contemplation: virtues crystallized in ''The Imitation of Christ'', a work attributed to Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471), a 15th-century German monk.

This imitation of Jesus Christ gave rise, with the golden age of Spanish mysticism, to the emergence of acts of self-offering. It also explored the ways of union with God. In a country of eight million Souls, recently freed from Muslim control, and at a time when major schisms multiplied, leading saints of prime importance flourished such as Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), founder of the Jesuits and author of the famous Spiritual Exercises.

Saint John of Avila (1499–1569), Doctor of the [[Church]], was condemned by the Inquisition for his positions deemed unorthodox. In his work ''Audi, filia'' (Listen, my daughter), he asserted that the only merits capable of saving the sinner are those of the Passion of Christ.

Saint Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) was stigmatized and gifted with levitation. This major figure of spirituality was the first woman to be named a doctor of the Church in 1970. She wrote two main works: ''The Way of Perfection'' and ''The Interior Castle'' in which she formulated her act of self-offering. She was behind the reform of the Carmelites and founded, during her lifetime, seventeen monasteries.

In continuation of her reform of the Carmelites appeared, three centuries later, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, herself a doctor of the Church, Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, and Saint Edith Stein. All were co-redeemer Souls who made the victim offering of themselves to continue Christ's oblation.

Saint John of the Cross (1542–1591), doctor of the Church, wrote in four major works his doctrine aiming to reach the union of the Soul with God: ''The Dark Night, The Ascent of Carmel, The Living Flame of Love, The Spiritual Canticle.''

In the 17th century, in France, a country emerging from 36 years of fratricidal Religious Wars, the spiritual renewal gave rise to the "French School of Spirituality". This period was called the "Great Century of Souls" by Daniel-Rops.

Jeanne de Chantal (1572–1641) was a widow at 29 years old and mother of four children. She took the veil after meeting with Francis de Sales. She taught the "martyrdom of love" which would make "those so happy as to want it" suffer. She was the grandmother of the Marquise de Sévigné, whose real name was Marie de Rabutin-Chantal.

From the Order of the Visitandines that she founded came a few years later Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690). She propagated the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus who had appeared to her.

The Blessed Marie of the Incarnation (Mme Acarie, 1566–1618) was mother of a family of six children. She led a religious circle frequented notably by her cousin, Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle (1575–1629), who helped her implant reformed Carmels in France.

She received the stigmata at about the age of twenty-seven but hid them and imposed silence on her confessor until death. She centered her spirituality on contemplation of the Cross. At her death, the kingdom counted 27 Carmels.

For Pierre de Bérulle, true freedom is found in Christ. To this end, he promotes the "vow of servitude" to Christ, which was taken up, adapting it, by many mystics, especially Soul-victims.

This "vow of servitude" is complemented by the vow of servitude to Mary, which Cardinal de Bérulle tried to generalize.

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673–1716) developed this vow of servitude to Mary. He formulates it in ''The Love of Eternal Wisdom''. This vow expresses the confident and total submission to Mary to realize, in one's life, the design of Jesus. Maria Valtorta consecrated herself according to this formula.

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort summarized this engagement in the formula: ''Totus Tuus'', a motto also used by John Paul II.

In the 18th century, many Churches in Europe began to embrace the world, its power, and its riches. This led to a violent rejection that fed the revolutionary storm and its persecutions.

However, in Italy, the current of Soul victims continued: among them, Saint Veronica Giuliani (1660–1727) and Saint Paul of the Cross (1694–1775).

At 34, Veronica Giuliani experienced the mystical marriage, union of her Soul to the suffering love of Christ, then received the stigmata, including the indelible mark of the crown of thorns. She then devoted herself to the spirituality of the Passion, which initially worried the Holy See.

At her confessor's request, she recorded her mystical experiences for 33 years in a journal composed, finally, of 22,000 handwritten pages: ''Il Tesoro Nascosto'' (The Hidden Treasure). A work comparable to the 15,000 pages of Maria Valtorta. Veronica Giuliani died at 67 on July 9, 1727, leaving her spiritual testament which leaves no doubt about the motivation and purpose of co-redeemers: "Love let itself be rejected! That is the reason of my languishing. Tell all: I have found Love!".

Paul of the Cross founded the ''Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ'' (or Passionists), whose vocation is to propagate the devotion to the Passion of Christ through itinerant preaching and spiritual retreats. To this effect, he writes:<blockquote>It is excellent and very holy to have the passion of the Lord present in the mind and to meditate on it, for it is through this that one reaches union with God. It is in this holy school that true wisdom is learned; this is indeed where all the saints learned it [...] love is a form of union, and it appropriates the torments of the Beloved. This fire penetrates to the marrow, transforming the lover into the beloved; love mingling deeper with pain, and pain with love, forms such an intimate blend of the two that one can no longer distinguish love from pain, nor pain from love. That is why the Soul that loves rejoices in its pain and exults in its painful love.</blockquote>
[[File:Tomba di Maria Valtorta - Lapide.jpg|thumb|Tomb of [[Maria Valtorta]] with the inscription "Host pleasing to God" (Hostia Deo Grata)]]
In the 19th century, Catholicism was of uncommon vitality, in every sense and on every level.

On October 13, 1884, Leo XIII witnessed a dialogue between God and [[Satan|Satan]]. An increased power and time were given to Satan to test the Church. This century of Purification, or century of Satan, saw the flourishing of many Soul victims. Among these known co-redeemers are:

Thérèse of Lisieux, Conception of Armida, Dina Bélanger, Charles de Foucauld, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Edith Stein, Josefa Menendez, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Yvonne-Aimée de Malestroit, Marthe Robin, Luisa Piccarreta, Gemma Galgani, Padre Pio, Sister Faustina, Maximilian Kolbe and of course Maria Valtorta, etc.

The youngest was Antonietta Meo who died at six and a half years old. The oldest, Natuzza Evolo, died at 85 years old.

===We are all called, according to our capabilities===
We are called to unite ourselves to Christ’s sacrifice, for "outside the Cross there is no other ladder by which to climb to heaven," says Jesus to Saint Rose of Lima:<blockquote>''CEC § 618. ''

[…] He calls his Disciples to "take up their cross and follow him"<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Mt/16 Matthew 16:24]</ref>, because "he suffered for us, he marked out the way so that we might follow in his steps."<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/1P/2 1 Peter 2:21]</ref> Indeed, he wants to associate to his redeeming sacrifice those who are its primary beneficiaries (<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Mc/10 Mark 10:39]</ref>-<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Jn/21 John 21:18-19]</ref>-<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Col/1 Colossians 1:24]</ref>). This is fulfilled supremely in his Mother, associated more intimately than anyone else to the mystery of his redemptive suffering (<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Lc/2 Luke 2:35]</ref>). </blockquote>The number of texts dictated to Maria Valtorta, which the reader will find cited below, leave no doubt about the importance of responding to this call. But God entrusts each creature with the roles it is capable of fulfilling, according to its own nature’s capacities.<ref>CEC § 1884.</ref> Indeed, God does not impose the impossible.

If He calls exceptional Souls as Maria Valtorta’s was, He calls each of us to a daily life transcended by God.<blockquote>Write again for the Souls that I love, says Jesus to Sister Josefa Menendez, I want them to know how greatly the desire for their perfection consumes me and how this perfection consists ''in doing, in intimate union with Me, their common and ordinary Actions'', If they understand this well, they will divinize all their activity, and what value a day of divine life has<ref>''Sister Josefa Menendez, A Call to Love'', p. 100.</ref>!...</blockquote>Saint John Eudes called this the "sanctification of Ordinary Actions".<ref>''[https://www.eudistes.fr/spiritualite/bibliotheque-texte-eudiste/item/download/8_6e654bcd236101f3903d0c2299303b20 Texts of Saint John Eudes'', from the Lectionnaire of the congregation, p. 40: 22, Sanctification of Ordinary Actions, taken from The Kingdom of Jesus, part 6]</ref> Jesus specifies to Maria Valtorta, in a catechesis on obedience<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440316.htm#Printemps Catechesis of March 16, 1944 on obedience]</ref>, a founding virtue of Redemption (<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/Ph/2 Philippians 2:5-10]</ref>-<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/He/5 Hebrews 5:8]</ref>-<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible/He/10 Hebrews 10:9]</ref>) and therefore the gateway for co-redeemer Souls:<blockquote>Even your small obedience in all the little things that the Lord presents to you through daily events acts in the same way as the wind on plants, grass of the meadows and gardens: from you, who are flowers, it makes Fruits, Fruits of eternal life.</blockquote>It is then that man, united with Christ, truly collaborates in his redemptive Mission:<blockquote>If He calls exceptional Souls as Maria Valtorta’s was, He calls each of us to a daily life transcended by God: <blockquote>Write again for the Souls that I love, says Jesus to Sister Josefa Menendez, I want them to know how greatly the desire for their perfection consumes me and how this perfection consists ''in doing, in intimate union with Me, their common and ordinary Actions'', If they understand this well, they will divinize all their activity, and what value a day of divine life has<ref>''Sister Josefa Menendez, A Call to Love'', p. 100.</ref>!...</blockquote>It is then that man, united with Christ, truly collaborates in his redemptive Mission:<blockquote>''(CEC § 307)'' To men, God even grants the ability to participate freely in his Providence […] Often unconscious cooperators of the divine will, men can deliberately enter into the divine plan, through their Actions, their prayers, but also through their sufferings.<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Col/1 Colossians 1:24])</ref> They then become fully "collaborators of God"<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/1Co/3 1 Corinthians 3:9]; [https://aelf.org/bible/1Th/3 1 Thessalonians 3:2].</ref> and of his Kingdom.<ref>[https://aelf.org/bible/Col/4 Colossians 4:11]</ref><ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0268-0324.htm Catéchisme de l'Eglise catholique, 307].</ref> </blockquote></blockquote>

==In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me"==

*[[Prophet, Prophecies|Prophecy]] on Mary’s role as co-redeemer.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-016.htm#R%C3%B4leDeCor%C3%A9demptrice EMV 10]</ref>''' '''
*[[Joseph of Jacob, Saint Joseph|Joseph]] first of the co-redeemers.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-021.htm#Cor%C3%A9dempteur EMV 13]</ref> ''' '''
*Being the Mother of the Son of God is a happy destiny, being Mother of the Redeemer is a destiny of terrible pain.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-038.htm#Pr%C3%A9monitions EMV 24.5]</ref> ''' '''
*Mary erases Eve’s fourfold sin.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-048.htm EMV 29.6]</ref>''' '''
*The 4 sorrows of Mary.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-002.htm#DouleursMarie EMV 44.7]</ref>
* The highest dignity of men: to be co-redeemer.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-061.htm#Coredempteur EMV 96]</ref> ''' '''
*Mary co-redeemer.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-028.htm#Cor%C3%A9demptrice EMV 168]</ref>''' '''
*Mary will not disappoint God’s desire. She never has. From asking for total love to total sacrifice, she gave herself and will give herself… Every man who has lived, lives, or will live causes [[Tears, To Weep|tears]] to Mary.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-034.htm#Cor%C3%A9demptrice EMV 346]</ref> ''' '''
* If I had wanted it for myself alone, your Souls would not be saved. Reflect on how great my sacrifice is. I give you a Son so that he may be [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|immolated]] for your Souls.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-131.htm#DonDeMarie EMV 439]</ref>''' '''
*As I am for all men, so one [[Virgin Mary|Woman]] will obtain for [[Woman|Women]], in a special way, [[Grace]] and [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|redemption]]".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-208.htm#Coredemption EMV 511]</ref>
* Consecration of [[Matthias of Bethlehem in Judah (Saint Matthias)|Matthias]]: Lord, Most High God, God and Father of your people, who accept and consecrate the [[Heart|Hearts]] and altars and immolate the victims pleasing to you, may your will descend like a [[Fire]] and consume me as a victim with Christ, as Christ and through Christ, your Son and your [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Messiah]], my God and Master. It is to You that I commend myself. Hear my [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|prayer]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-235.htm#ConsecrationMatthias EMV 538]</ref> ''' '''
*There is then the need for Souls that are hosts who love and atone for all. These are the children who, [[Innocent, innocence|innocent]] and ignorant, pay the bitter penalty of suffering for those who only know how to sin; these are the saints who [[Freedom, Free Will|voluntarily]] sacrifice themselves for all.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-016.htm#Hosties EMV 555]</ref>

==In other works by Maria Valtorta==

===[[Notebooks of 1943]]===

*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430423.htm#Coredemption '''Catechesis of April 23'''] : Suffer, Maria, and tell the righteous to suffer also to supplement the second martyrdom that the Father does not want me to accomplish. To each creature who immolates herself, Heaven grants the salvation of some Souls.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430423.htm#Coredemption Catechesis of April 23, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430612.htm '''Catechesis of June 12, 1943'''] : Jesus is never fearsome. You have been entirely absorbed. The trust of he who loves me opens my Heart of God. The law of love for those who belong entirely to Jesus. If all Souls became alive, I would pronounce the word end. The victims save the world.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430612.htm Catechesis of June 12, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430614.htm '''Catechesis of June 14, 1943'''] : As long as a Soul does not accept to be admitted into the 'secret of pain' which I, Christ, have tasted to the bottom, it cannot claim to know my Doctrine thoroughly, nor have superior lights to the glimmers granted to everyone.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430614.htm Catechesis of June 14, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430706.htm Catechesis of July 6, 1943]''': When time ceases to exist, then Mary will cease to suffer, for the number of the Blessed will be complete. She will have brought forth, with ineffable pains, the body that does not die, of which her Firstborn is the head. If you consider this, you will undoubtedly understand that Mary's pain was the supreme pain. You will understand that, great in her Immaculate Conception, great in her glorious Assumption, Mary was very great in the cycle of my passion, from the evening of the Last Supper to the dawn of the Resurrection. Then she was, in order and power, the second Christ.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430706.htm Catechesis of July 6, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430718.htm Catechesis of July 18, 1943]''' : The time has come when Love will thunder with anger demanding the reason for such contempt. And the present times are already the first tremors of this vilified Love which, by justice and out of respect for its perfection, can no longer bear the affront. That is why I seek, like a beggar, someone who opens their Heart to our very intense Love and makes themselves a victim, accepting to be consumed to relieve Love. What I offer is a pyre, I know, I realize it. But do not flee it, you who are not yet sold to the Enemy.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430718.htm Catechesis of July 18, 1943]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430804.htm Catechesis of August 4, 1943]''' : So you can be sure in your suffering that through the dying flesh, your spirit grows ever more: it nourishes itself on the death of your body as a victim of love. What a beautiful day that will be when, breaking the clay of its earthly vessel, your spirit will blossom, free and strong for the eternal joy of your Jesus, in Heaven.”<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430804.htm Catechesis of August 4, 1943]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430917.htm#RessemblanceJesus '''Catechesis of September 17''']: Those who are in my hand like soft clay in the potter’s hand are the chosen of my Heart. My hand is on them like a caress. My caresses shape them, giving them my imprint and molding them to resemble my gentleness, my charity, my purity, and the most beautiful of all resemblances: that of my Redemption. For these are the Souls who continue my Mission of Redeemer and to whom I constantly say ‘thank you’ who constitute the blessing that most protects. And if Veronica’s veil is sacred because it bears my image, what will these Souls be who are my true image?<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430917.htm#RessemblanceJesus Catechesis of September 17, 1943]</ref>
*'''December 4''': "And since I love you with a love incomprehensible to you because it is perfect, not only do I save you, placing you among my troops, but I make you my collaborators in the building of the Temple which will not be destroyed and in which the Trinitarian Glory will rest."

===[[Notebooks of 1944]]===

*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440117.htm '''Catechesis of January 17'''] ''':''' If you remain in me like children in their mother’s womb, Our Father will see no other garment than the one you wear: myself, your Redeemer, the one who generates you in heaven, and his Son; and he will shower his Graces on his Son, the object of all his favor for whom he also made, above all things, the forgiveness and glory, for the joy of his Son who wants you to be pardoned and glorious.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440117.htm Catechesis of January 17, 1944]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440316.htm '''Catechesis of March 16'''] ''':''' The value of obedience. Jesus reached perfection by obedience. The necessary obedience of co-redeemers. Obedience is also made up of tiny, moment-by-moment things. This obedience of each moment is your spring. If the trial seems insurmountable, it is because you stiffen in Pride. Dictations and visions follow an educational purpose in order to help you. You must relearn everything. What "Religion" means. Woe to those who prefer to return to Darkness. Be worthy of the gift I give you. The purpose of cloistered convents. The joy of having become a tertiary of the Servites of Mary.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440316.htm Catechesis of March 16, 1944]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440330.htm '''Catechesis of March 30'''] : Mary Magdalene mortifies herself in remembrance of the pains of the Passion of Christ, who also died for her.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440330.htm Catechesis of March 30, 1944]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440520.htm '''Catechesis of May 20'''] ''':''' (Comments on the seven "swords" piercing Mary’s Heart). My first sorrow did not concern only my love as Mother of God. I knew my fate. I knew it because I was not unaware of the Redeemer’s destiny. The prophecies announced his great suffering. The Spirit of God, united to me, enlightened me even more than the prophecies said. That is why, from the moment I said: "Behold the servant of the Lord," I embraced suffering along with love.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440520.htm Catechesis of May 20, 1944]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440611.htm '''Catechesis of June 11'''] : Soul victims live in a spiritually balanced way. They live in limbo on the border of bliss. Love impatient to unite with those who love. Soul victims compared to the four living creatures of Ezekiel. The only thing that can make you lose your spiritual balance is your will. Never say to yourself: "I am not capable of doing well what I do". At the spiritual level, all human thought must die. The saint’s heroic virtues. The main thing is always to endure the world and love it supernaturally. To save the world, there is no other way than suffering. Christ, in heaven, still suffers.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440611.htm Catechesis of June 11, 1944]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440705.htm '''Catechesis of July 5'''] ''':''' These are what small things mean to a "true Soul": they are the flowers. Certainly, they are intertwined with many thorns, but what can we do! They grow on the paths of the earth, where man passes stamping his carnal footprint, also where Lucifer sows his seeds of hatred. They are very different from the flowers of ''my'' paths, mine. These are my tears and those of Mary that made them bloom, it is my Blood and that of my co-redeemers—including, among others, yours, Soul victim—that have fertilized them. These flowers are eternal. They are reached by passing through a rampart of thorns: the world. But then... oh, then! What Peace! I, who love, pick one of my flowers from time to time and bring it to you beyond this rampart of thorns, for I do not want to see you cry without receiving some comfort from me, I who know what being redeemer and unloved means. […] But these are abysses. They will have to answer for wanting to remain abysses even though my co-redeemers and I have made ourselves like a net that dives to the bottom of the abyss, even at the risk of accepting the bitterness of Darkness—while we are children of Light—to bring them a memory of Light, give them the desire for it, lead them to it. To bring them out of Darkness: that is the work of redeemers. Even when it seems to us that we ourselves are in Darkness, we who are not Darkness.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440705.htm Catechesis of July 5, 1944]</ref>
*'''Catechesis of August 2:''' No one, no matter how great, can come before me if he does not recognize in Mary, the closed Gate through which God alone entered, the Mother of the Savior, the Virgin Mother, the divine Mother. I united her to my condition of Living in heaven to tell you what her glory is. She is only inferior to God, for she is created by him. But her Maternity and her co-redemptive pains exalt her above every creature. Gate of heaven, she is the source of faith, hope and charity, temperance, justice, strength and prudence, Grace and Graces, salvation; it is through her that the God made flesh came to you.
*'''Catechesis of August 6:''' You wanted to know this joy anew, and you climbed higher. Two, three, ten years ever higher on the rough trunk, always for more strength and perfume, ever more dew, sky and rubies on ever more numerous flowers. When you reached halfway, you knew the name of that tree: it was my cross. And it spoke to you with its voice of suffering and love. On its wood, you read the truths, written with the Blood of your God, that are life, you embraced them and tasted their sweetness, and you desired to climb all the way up, where a painful Face smiled at you while letting tears and drops of blood flow, that is your dew and your rubies. From that moment on, you desired nothing else. Then your Master and Redeemer made the trunk of his throne smoother, ever smoother and softer to help you rise up. For love obtains in return love and mine, who already loved you to want you entirely for him, loved you with preference now that you loved him with all your being. My little voice, here you are ''arrived at the knowledge of your God.'' From the top ''of our'' scaffold of loving redeemers, you observe, not with desire ''but with mercy,'' the distant earth, these poor plants who do not know how to come to the cross; then you turn your eyes to heaven to pray for them ''because, being united to Christ, you share his divine Thirst to love and save Souls.'' From the top of the cross, you learn the highest science and, like a bird at the top of a very tall cedar, you sing its teachings so that those poor plants hear them and come to the Light. You have received greater gifts. ''But the gift of gifts was love. ''
*'''Catechesis of August 19:''' To cry is not a sin. It is the tribute paid to our condition. I say Good “our”, because your God was man and wept, just as Mary, who was exempt from all miseries by her Immaculate Conception, wept: as co-redeemer, she had to experience Suffering, which she should not have known. Man and Woman wept. You may well weep too, who are certainly a Soul closely united to God, but not divine nor immaculate. The essential thing is to know how to weep so that these tears do not become sin, that is without bitterness, and to make these tears a currency that can serve to redeem the slaves that Satan holds chained in his galley. Save, save! And do not be afraid. God is with you.
*'''Catechesis of September 14:''' At that time it seemed impossible to love more. And, as you loved your Jesus, especially in his role as Redeemer, you desired to be called Mary of the Cross. The cross! That is all your love It then seemed to you impossible to love more. But you see, my little spouse, that, as love for God belongs to God, it shares infinity with him. One can always love more and never reach its limits. Indeed, love increases as it is fulfilled and perfects itself.

===[[Notebooks from 1945 to 1950]]===

*'''February 10, 1945:''' Mystical Calendar of Maria Valtorta. Her “act of offering as victim to Justice and Love”.
*'''January 28–29, 1946:''' During the night. I complain of my excessive suffering. I say: “It is too terrible.” Saint Azarias tells me: "Why call terrible what comes from God? Why say it is unbearable? How can one speak of atrocious what is participation in the Redemption of Christ? Hell is atrocious. What comes from Satan is unbearable. Only what comes from Hatred can be terrible. God never gives more than a creature can bear. His Son is the only one on whom he has laid his hand heavily. These sufferings were the only ones without measure. Christ, who knew the justice of it, nonetheless endured them without calling them terrible, atrocious or unbearable, because that would mean accusing the Father of striking him without charity. Soul victims must conform to the Victim in all things. Cry, but do not claim you suffer too much.
*'''February 17, 1946''': Regarding you, the doors of heavenly profits, the possession of God, will be opened, not because you are "spokesperson", but because you are a voluntary victim: indeed, by the word of the Soul, by the word of love, you have written "these" words and put on paper what your Soul was already doing. Only this will have value to judge you on earth and in heaven. This alone explains why I made you my spokesperson: because you showed goodwill and strong love.
*'''March 13, 1946:''' If I examine myself carefully, on the eve of human judgment on my work as spokesperson, if I scrutinize scrupulously my Soul and my whole being to decipher the true words within me, I can say that now I love, I understand that I love God with all my being. It took me forty-eight years to reach this total love, so total that I have no fear of condemnation, but only the pain that it might fall on Souls I led to God and who, I am convinced, have been redeemed by Jesus who lives in me but who might separate from the Church, this link between humanity and God.
* '''May 3, 1946:''' Because I am above you. You are in the beam of my rays. All the light you receive is me. All the Peace you feel is me. All the joy you experience is me. I stand above you, invisible but present. You are protected, even if you believe yourself alone. For Love never fails at the agonies and sacrifices of those who work for the glory of God and the redemption of Souls.
* '''January 19, 1947:''' (about the Weddings at Cana) “Jesus’ Mother was there." The Mother! Could she be absent where the new man had to be born? Could Eve not be there if from now on "Life" was to take the place of Death? Can Woman be missing when the hour approaches when the Serpent will have his head crushed and limits will be placed on his freedom of action? Impossible! The Mother of the living, the immaculate Eve, the Woman of the "Hail Mary" and "Let it be done to me according to your word," the Woman with the powerful heel, the Co-redemptrix is therefore present at the Banquet where the union of humanity and Grace is inaugurated.
*'''April 7, 1947:''' Maria, it is I who lives in you, my dear Soul victims and servants of love. What you give, it is still I, because you are totally given to me to the point of no longer existing for yourselves, but because I exist. You existed until you had the will to be entirely mine, after which we merged. The greater, that is, I, absorbed the lesser, you. You are the outer garment, but the rest is I who lives in you. And Souls sense my fragrance, they rush. They glimpse my light, and they rush. You are amphoras that give off the fragrance that fills you, veils that envelop the light but without hiding it. Souls speak to you to speak to me. Let them come.
*'''May 14, 1947:''' My dear Soul victim, in the chalice of propitiation offered every day on the altars, there is my Blood and the generous tears of Soul victims. For your pain is love. You asked to suffer out of love, I granted it out of love, you endure it out of love. In victims, everything is love: as much the smile for my love that consoles them, the groans under the torture of the flesh, or the tears due to misunderstanding or betrayal by men, and even those of sadness to feel that your God is not loved.
*'''May 16, 1947:''' Look, look, make it your delight. There is no more beautiful light in paradise than this one, after ours. There is none sweeter. No. We, the Three glorious, find our joy there, and the Blessed theirs, just like the Angels. Paradise shines with this light of the immaculate Heart of our Mary. This light that you say is indescribable—it is the voice and joy of paradise—emanates from this breast, from this Heart of the eternal Virgin. If only man accepted that it spread on earth! It would be the second redemption, the second forgiveness... the final salvation! Ah, the pardon of the world! The pardon granted to the world by Mary! But the world rejects the Mother who would give birth to it in Peace. Love, love for the whole world. Then the light of the Heart of Mary will penetrate you with the joy that makes us truly Blessed.
*'''September 14, 1947''' (the glorious Cross): Be at Peace, my Soul, my little crucified one. After having been considered an object of horror, the cross was exalted for having borne me, thus becoming an instrument of redemption. The crucified, after having been tested by suffering, will be exalted for having completed in themselves what was lacking in my Passion.
* '''October 23, 1947''': There can be no second redemption accomplished by me, the Christ. But there can still be one to save a greater number of Souls from infernal spirals: that of glorious Mary. The secret of the final Redemption lies in her devotion.
*'''March 1949:''' It is not a lack of charity to be just with the guilty, and just by practicing justice in every act. Did I then lack charity towards my Mother by practicing this heroic justice which consisted in doing all the will of my Father? No, truly not. On the contrary, by acting thus I made the Immaculate the Co-redemptrix. I crowned her head with that second glorious crown which she would not have had otherwise. Moreover, she did not refuse it, although it is a crown of immoderate suffering.
*'''August 15, 1949:''' Weep over the torment of my Mother, who finally bursts forth after her heroic suffering on Calvary. You, at least, must understand this double torment of mother and first and perfect believer. No one understands it except you, who have seen it and remember, who hear the voices, see the tears and sobs. Make reparations by your understanding love for the lack of consideration for Mary’s suffering, co-redemptrix. That is what I ask of you: that you repair the superficiality with which too many people consider my Mother’s passion. I ask you today, on this feast of the Assumption, on this day of Marian joy. However, Mary had to drink a cup as bitter as mine to have this joy... Mary was a sea of pain, before becoming Queen of heaven. You are washed by my blood and by the sea of Mary's tears. Yet no one thinks of it... As for you, make reparations for all those indifferent.
*'''Revelation''' (p. 563): For pity for these poor men swept away by the turmoil of blood, fire, persecution, death, infinite Mercy will make shine on this sea of blood and horror the pure morning Star, Mary, who will be the herald of the last coming of Christ. It follows that the new evangelists will teach the Gospel of Mary, truly too much left in the shadow by The Evangelists, the Apostles and all Disciples, whereas a wider knowledge of her would have served as teaching to good many, thus avoiding many falls. She is indeed co-redemptrix and plays the role of master: a master of a pure, faithful, prudent, compassionate, and pious life, at home as among the men of her time.
*'''Ib°''' (p. 564): Christ will seek to prevent this denial, not only of Religion but even of reason, by opening new horizons and pathways enlightened by spiritual lights, and by arousing, among those who do not openly reject him, a powerful awakening of spiritual life, with the help of these new evangelists not only of Christ but also of the Mother of God. They will carry Mary’s banner. They will lead to Mary. And Mary, who was once already a cause and source—indirect but nevertheless powerful—of man’s redemption, will be once more. She is indeed the holy Adversary of the treacherous Adversary, and her heel is destined to crush the infernal dragon forever, just as Wisdom, which has established its seat in her, is destined to defeat the heresies that corrupt Souls and minds.

===[[Book of Azarias]]===

*'''Passion Sunday:''' I (Jesus) said: "I must pass through this suffering here below to reach glory above." You too, if you want to advance amid the cruel thorns of your path strewn with snakes, thorns, obstacles, carrying your bundle on your shoulders, to reach the goal—the immolation which is also the goal to be reached, in other words co-redemption—you must constantly keep your eyes fixed on this "goal", on perfect charity for Souls, which is accomplished by total self-sacrifice. There is no greater love than to give one’s life for one’s brothers and friends. I said it, and I did it. (Text also in the ''Notebooks'' on April 7, 1946).
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias08.htm '''Palm Sunday''']''' :''' The forces of evil cast curses on the innocent and accuse them of crimes to crush them even in The Spirit and "to distance them from salvation". Oh! My Soul, even if you were accused of sin, O expiatory and redemptive victim for the sins of men, a victim who offers herself to continue the work of the Redeemer Jesus, burdened by accusations of sins as Christ was during those terrible Hours, then think that it is an outside weight, an external garment [...] These garments whitened by the pain of pains, by the Victim of victims and by the great tribulation of the true faithful, the "victims", the martyred to be co-redeemers, these garments are adorned with those precious stones which are your sufferings and the unjust accusations.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias08.htm Book of Azarias, Palm Sunday]</ref>
*'''Second Sunday after Easter:''' "Do this in memory of me." By these words, the eucharistic rite was established. But not only that. These words also contain advice given to the elect among his redeemed. The advice is: "To be worthy of the election I chose you for beforehand, you, my true servants among all my servants, do, in my memory who teaches you by these words what it is and how one becomes masters and redeemers, break yourselves without reluctance, Pride, fear, or human considerations. Break yourselves, shatter yourselves, annihilate yourselves, destroy yourselves, give yourselves, deliver yourselves to men, for men, and out of love for Me who gave myself to whoever wanted to break me as I gave myself to those who wanted miracles and instruction." He who does not know how to break and give himself cannot be a true disciple. The generosity, the self-immolation of one who knows how to break himself to satisfy the hunger of his brothers is the sign that makes true servants of God recognized [...] The Blessed [[Peter the Apostle|Apostle Peter]] confirms my words in his epistle: "Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example to follow in his steps." The sheep of the true fold would no longer be part of it if they abandoned their shepherd to follow steps that are not his, to pastures not belonging to the master of the flock. His steps are not those of material joy, but those of suffering, fruitful for the one who endures it and for others, because suffering with Christ and in Christ means continuing the redemption of Christ.
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias18.htm '''God’s Feast''']''' :''' Mary immolated herself, was ground to dust between the millstones of obedience and suffering, she, the Intact One whom neither Weddings, nor childbirth, nor death managed to burden, violate or corrupt as is the case for every mortal. Only love. Love alone delivered her to the millstone by which the Co-redemptrix, from ear of corn she was, became a wheat flower.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias18.htm Book of Azarias, God’s Feast]</ref>
*'''7th Sunday after Pentecost:''' Love therefore suffering and mortification as means at first of atonement, as means of sanctification thereafter, praising the Lord who grants you to offer a continual sacrifice holier than that of material offerings of silver or gifts similar to the bulls and rams of old Law. Offer the sacrifice of your will, your passions, your whole "human self" to the paternal Providence of God, so that he may lead you, even to death on the cross like his Son, to become, better than your own co-redeemers, the co-redeemers of your brothers. Yes, Maria. Offer your sacrifice for your brothers and your confreres.
*'''9th Sunday after Pentecost:''' Currently, in the Law of love, offenses are still washed by sacrifices. Not by putting the guilty to death, but by offering oneself as a victim for faults, following the example of the Redeemer. Then it is no longer simply the hands nor only the priestly blessing, but the whole being that is consecrated to receive the blessing that opens the Kingdom of God to the saints, to those who immolate themselves to save sinners and repair offenses done to God.
*'''14th Sunday after Pentecost:''' Console your Mother. The apostle was also torn, yet he consoled the torn Mother. [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]] had his own pain. But she suffered all her present and future co-redemptive pains. And you know them...
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias34.htm '''17th Sunday after Pentecost''']''' :''' How good it is, how it must fill you with grateful joy to think that, to serve and help him in redemption and in apostolate, God uses men and not Angels and that, to transform men into gods, his sons, he uses his power which is all love!<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias34.htm Book of Azarias, 17th Sunday after Pentecost]</ref>
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias43.htm '''Immaculate Conception and 2nd Sunday of Advent''']''' :''' Mary obtained all this for you because she knew how to wear her garments of God-beloved of the Eternal One with the true joy of the humble, because she knew how to sing the praises of God and of Him alone, even amid the sobs and desolations of the passion. She exulted! What a profound word! Her spirit always exulted magnifying the Lord, even when her humanity was mocked by an entire people, even overwhelmed and oppressed by her pain and that of her creature. She exulted thinking that her pain, and Jesus’ pain brought glory to God by saving men. Beyond the groans of the Mother, beyond her laments as Woman, her co-redemptive spirit sang. It sang submissively in that dreadful hour, full of hope in the words of Wisdom. Her spirit sang the love that blessed God for having pierced her! [...] It is said that Ave is the reversal of Eva (Eve). But Ave is still an echo that recalls Yahweh, the very holy name of God, just as it recalls even more vividly, as I already explained to you, the name of the Word: Joshua<ref>In Hebrew ישוע‎ (Yēšûă‘), itself an alteration of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ (Yĕhōšuă‘, Joshua).</ref>. In the sacred tetragram formed by the children of God’s people to pronounce, in the secret Temple of The Spirit, the name not to be spoken, there is already Ave, the beginning of the word by which God made the All-Beautiful the holy Mother and Co-redemptrix. Ave: it is almost as if – which really happened – the Lord, announcing himself by his name, entered her womb to become flesh, in the unique womb that could contain the Unique.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Azarias/Azarias43.htm Book of Azarias, Immaculate Conception and 2nd Sunday of Advent]</ref>

=== [[Lessons on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans|Lessons on Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Romans]]===

*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre06.htm '''Lesson n°6''']''' :''' I address the Host-souls. God needs pure hosts, holy hosts, hosts made immaculate by their charity which purifies them from human weaknesses. He needs hosts. Hosts of love, in reparation of all offenses done to Love. Hosts of expiation, in reparation of the sins of the world. Hosts of Purification. The stench of sins infecting the world is so vast and powerful that it reaches the Heavens. Purify the immense cathedral of the Universe so that God can still look upon it with that saving compassion. And be happy to be called, desired by God in this function of hosts. For the maintenance of human life, the sacrifices of Soul-victims are more necessary than the elements themselves. It is Love who tells you: "Those who accept to be victims of holocaust are the legions of archAngels who repel the demonic legions. They keep the world in place by calming the wrath of God. Those who accept to be hosts are imitators of Christ, and the most authentic ones. Those who sacrifice themselves engender sons to the Lord their God".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre06.htm Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans, Lesson n°6]</ref>
*'''Lesson n°14:''' Mary is the Co-redemptrix who tirelessly cooperates in God’s final triumph. She is that inexhaustible charity that works tirelessly for God’s glory and in the clothing of Servant despite her glory as Queen. She is the Mother, the perfect Mother of all who ask her for Life.
*[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre17.htm '''Lesson n°17''']''' :''' "I will set my rainbow among the clouds and remember my covenant." Oh! Truly the Rainbow of Peace, the Co-redemptrix, is among the clouds, above the clouds, a gentle star shining in God’s Presence to recall to him that he promised mercy to men, and gave his Son that men might obtain pardon. She is there not as a thought sweetness, but as a true, complete reality, with her spotless Soul and incorruptible flesh. She is not content to be happy and adoring there. She shows herself active. She calls and attracts humanity to Salvation. Mary’s hour. This hour.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre17.htm Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans, Lesson n°17]</ref>
*'''[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre19.htm Lesson n°19] :''' In him and through him. Many are those who, by generous obedience or heroic request, have become "hosts", "redeemers", "able to continue and complete the Passion of Christ"! But even if these singular heroes of the highest charity are unknown, you all, Christians, are "living hosts", and you are required "to offer your members as an instrument of justice". To offer them purified of all fault, for you are now "not under the law, but under Grace". Freed as you are from the slavery of sin, supported as you are by Grace, you must no longer know the death of The Spirit, and you will not know it if, voluntarily, you do not return to be servants of fault.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Epitre/Epitre19.htm Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans, Lesson n°19]</ref>

==In fundamental Christian texts==

===In the Bible ===

*Jesus said to them: "The cup that I shall drink, you shall drink, and with the Baptism with which I am baptized, you shall be baptized.<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Mc/Evangile+de+J%C3%A9sus-Christ+Salton+saint+Marc/chapitre/10#5692 Mark 10:39]</ref> Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: "He is set for the fall and for the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against—yes, a sword will pierce your own soul too—that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Lc/Evangile+de+J%C3%A9sus-Christ+Salton+saint+Luc/chapitre/2#6062 Luke 2:34-35]</ref> I now rejoice in my sufferings which I endure for you, and what is lacking in Christ's sufferings, I complete in my flesh by suffering for his body which is the Church.<ref>[http://www.aelf.org/bible-liturgie/Col/Lettre+de+saint+Paul+Ap%C3%B4tre+aux+Colossiens#10589 Epistle to the Colossians 1:24]</ref>

===In the Catechism of the Catholic Church===

*Men can deliberately enter into the divine plan, through their actions, prayers, but also through their sufferings. They then become fully "collaborators of God".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0268-0324.htm#0307 CEC 307]</ref>
*Our participation in Christ’s sacrifice: "He indeed wants to associate to his redeeming sacrifice those who are its primary beneficiaries. This is fulfilled supremely in his Mother, associated more intimately than anyone else to the mystery of his redemptive suffering".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Ressources/0595-0623.htm#0618 EMV 618]</ref>

== In other sources==

===John Paul II – Audience of April 9, 1997===
She cooperated to obtain the Grace of salvation for all humanity:<blockquote>"Applied to Mary, the term "cooperator" nevertheless assumes a particular meaning. The cooperation of Christians in salvation is realized after the event of Calvary, of which they commit to spreading the Fruits through prayer and sacrifice. However, Mary’s cooperation was realized at the very event and as mother; it therefore extends to the whole salvific work of Christ.

She alone was associated in this way to the redemptive offering that brought the salvation of all men. In union with Christ and subject to Him, She cooperated to obtain the Grace of salvation for all humanity."<ref>[https://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/it/audiences/1997/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_09041997.html Original text in Italian at the Vatican site], [http://it.mariedeNazareth.com/851.0.html?&L=0 French translation on MariedeNazareth.com].</ref></blockquote>

===Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet - The compassion of the Holy Virgin===
<blockquote>"Do not believe, my brothers, that the holy Mother of our Savior was called to the foot of his cross only to witness the torment of her only Son, and to have her heart torn by this horrible sight. There are higher designs of divine Providence on this afflicted mother. And we must understand today that she is led to her Son, in this state of abandonment, because it is the will of the eternal Father that she be not only immolated with this innocent victim, and attached to the Savior’s cross by the same nails that pierce him, but also associated to the whole mystery accomplished there by his death."<ref>[http://www.mariedeNazareth.com/7172.0.html?&no_cache=1&L=0&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=14612&tx_ttnews%5bpointer%5d=0&tx_ttnews%5bcalendarYear%5d=2012&tx_ttnews%5bcalendarMonth%5d=4&tx_ttnews%5bmode%5d=1&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=3558 mariedeNazareth.com].</ref></blockquote>

=== Lumen Gentium - Chapter 8 § 61===
<blockquote>"The Blessed Virgin, predestined from all eternity, within the plan of the Incarnation of the Word, to be the Mother of God, was on earth, by virtue of a disposition of divine Providence, the venerable Mother of the divine Redeemer; generously associated to his work in a way absolutely unique, humble servant of the Lord. In conceiving Christ, in giving birth to him, in nursing him, in presenting him in the Temple to his Father, in suffering with her Son who died on the cross, she brought to the work of the Savior a cooperation absolutely unparalleled by her obedience, her faith, her hope, her ardent charity, so that supernatural life might be restored to Souls. Hence, she became for us, in the order of Grace, our Mother."<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_fr.html#61. ''Lumen gentium'', dogmatic constitution on the Church, § 61].</ref></blockquote>

=== Jesus to Ottavio Michelini - Confidence of Jesus to his priests and faithful - November 30, 1976: Soul victims ===
<blockquote>My son, write:

Who are the Soul victims? What is the raison d’être of Soul victims? Why are Soul victims known only to very few other Souls? Why do Soul victims often incur the aversion, misunderstanding, or persecution of those who, logically, should understand and support them in every way. Who are they? Soul victims are Souls specially chosen by Heaven, by the Divine Trinity, of which they become daughters and brides; they are the Souls most loved by the Father, most intimately united to the Son and the Holy Spirit.

They are Souls who generously, often heroically, give their human life to God, subordinating all their life to divine will, wanting only what God wants from them, desiring only God, true, unique, great Good, Alpha and Omega of all and everyone, offering and immolating themselves, out of love for God, Supreme Good, reason and end of life, to repair their offenses and those of others. What do they do? They climb with Christ to the Cross.

Soul victims are privileged Souls who ask not only to be able to follow Christ, in accordance with his word: “Whoever wants to come after Me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me” they do not only content themselves with following Christ on the way

of Calvary, but they climb with Christ to the Cross. They are courageous, heroic and generous Souls; they are the Souls who deeply feel the social character of the Church, especially of the weakened Church, and who offer themselves for it. Soul victims are enlightened Souls who have understood that there can be no love of God and love of our brothers without suffering; they are the most faithful and authentic interpreters and executors of the two commandments of Love. Soul victims are Souls who, being above the dense darkness which envelops humanity, want to rise up and, indeed, rise up to the heights, above the polluted and corrupted atmosphere of this materialistic humanity and, although walking on Earth, their Souls and thoughts are on the heights, in Heaven, turned toward God, in God and with God.

Soul victims are lightning rods for humanity; woe to men, woe to Earth, if there were no Soul victims! Divine Justice would have already taken its inexorable course, reducing everything and everyone to ashes. Why are they so little known? Because, my son, true Good, true virtue, disdain publicity, the noises of the world, the thoughts of the world, the ways of life of the world; that is why they love to live withdrawn, Hidden, in silence, always ready to catch the voice and the lights coming from above, to conform to the divine will which certainly wants them in the world, but Hidden to the eyes of those who cannot understand them, for these Souls enraptured by God can only unfold their colloquy

with God in their humble reserve. They are still little known, my son, because men do not understand them, they appear to their eyes as foolish and senseless;

thus the world does not love them, often despises, mocks and avoids them, but in reality fears them and often opposes them, because their heroic self-denial means by itself a severe condemnation and a just warning that malformed Consciences cannot tolerate.

Our foolish… we believed

Men, one day, will have to rectify their thoughts and judgments about Soul victims whom, deliberately, they ignored and despised. Men one day will see, like the rich man saw poor Lazarus he neglected, in Abraham’s bosom. Men, one day will turn to Soul victims crying out:

“Our foolish, therefore we have strayed from the way of truth. We believed…”

My son, I told you other times that my ways are different from your ways; he who believes in Me will not be lost in the dark labyrinths of a world dominated by the Evil One, but he who believes in Me will follow me on the paths I traced for all with my life on Earth. I bless you, my son, and love Me. Come, son, behind Me; come and follow Me and you will not regret it.<ref>[https://www.parvis.ch/fr/livres-et-brochures/confidences-de-jesus-ses-pretres-et-ses-fideles Confidences of Jesus to his priests and faithful] '''(November 30, 1976: Soul victims)'''</ref></blockquote>

==Notes and references==
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[[fr:Corédempteur(trice), âme-victime, âme réparatrice, hostie, don victimal]]

Future

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{{Other|See also: Prophet, Prophecies|prophecies}}

[[Prophet, Prophecies|Prophecies]] contained in the [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Holy]] Scriptures reveal to us what must happen, and what the [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|kingdom]] of [[God]] will be. [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|Desiring]] to know the Future is a trap, and no one knows it except God and the one to whom He wishes to reveal it.

== In "The Gospel As It Was Revealed to Me" ==

* It is useless to know the Future, or to Believe that one knows it, if one then has no means to change the prophesied Future. There is only one way: [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|to pray]] to the [[God|Father]] and Lord so that His [[Mercy, merciful|mercy]] may help us. Truly I tell you that a [[Trust, to rely, to confide|trusting]] prayer can change a [[Punishment, penalty, to punish|punishment]] into a [[Blessings|blessing]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2005/05-040.htm#Future EMV 352]</ref>
* [[Jesus]] comforts [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]]: "You too are subjected to an hour of weariness... The continuous hammering of [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecution]] Against your Master tires you. And finally — and you do not know that it is not you, but that it is the [[Satan|Tempter]] — you listen to a voice that whispers to you: 'And tomorrow? What will tomorrow be... ?'"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-193.htm EMV 497]</ref>
* Only [[God]] knows the Future: "The Future is 'present' only in the divine [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|Thought]]. It is foolishness among those who are not raised by Our Will to claim to make [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophecies]] and [[Knowledge, Foresight, Thought, Revelations, Exegesis|revelations]]. And God contradicts them and [[Punishment, penalty, to punish|strikes]] them because only One can say: 'I am' and say: 'I see' and say 'I know'."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-012.htm EMV 593]</ref>

== In Other Works of Maria Valtorta ==

=== In the Notebooks ===

*'''Catechesis of May 31, 1943''': "Regarding the Future... What do you want to know, poor [[Soul]]?! You are not far from the truth, and this morning you touched it... But would you have the [[Courage, Boldness|courage]] to fully recognize it? Thank my [[Mercy, merciful|mercy]] which, for now, largely conceals it from you. [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|Pray]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430531.htm Catechesis of May 31, 1943]</ref>
*'''Catechesis of June 15, 1943''': Securing one's Future is a bad reason to [[The Consecrated Virgins|enter Religious life]]: "They are alone, poor, fearful of life, without a trade or profession that assures them a Future. They withdraw. They take God's house for a hotel where they will be lodged and fed. They secure their Future."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430615.htm Catechesis of June 15, 1943]</ref>
*'''Catechesis of September 7, 1943''': The [[Virgin Mary]] suffered from knowledge of the Future: "United with the Spirit of [[Wise Men, Wisdom|wisdom]], her mind had the revelation of the Future that was reserved for her creature, and from then on, there was no more [[Joy, happiness|joy]] for Mary in the usual sense of the word."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430907.htm Catechesis of September 7, 1943]</ref>
*'''Catechesis of September 11, 1943''': The poison of [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|desire]] to know the Future: "It is the ancient poison. Man is, and has always been, guilty of unhealthy curiosities and sacrilegious profanations. He wants to push his inquiry into regions that divine wisdom keeps veiled in mystery, not out of [[Jealous, jealousy|jealousy]] of power, but out of foresight of [[Love, Charity, To Love|love]]. Woe to the human being if he knew all about the Future and the secrets of the universe! You would no longer have [[Peace]] [[Spirituality, Spirit|spiritual]] nor natural Peace. Leave the Future to God, creator and dispenser of time, and leave virgin those zones of the [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|universe]] whose possession would give you weapons to always more disturb your existence as individuals and [[The Spirit|spirits]]."<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/430911.htm Catechesis of September 11, 1943]</ref>
*'''Catechesis of January 10, 1944''': The useful part of the Future is already revealed to us: "There is no other [[God]] than us: [[Trinity|one and triune]]. ''There is no other [[Religion]] than ours, centuries old. There is no other Future, on earth or beyond, than what the Sacred Books say about it. All the rest is [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|lies]] meant to be covered with shame by the One who is [[Justice (Divine, Human)|Justice]] and [[Truth, sincerity|Truth]].''"<ref>[http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Quaderni/440110.htm Catechesis of January 10, 1944]</ref>
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Avenir]]

Trial of Jesus

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[[File:Jesus-Pilate-Tissot.jpg|thumb|Jesus before Pontius Pilate, after James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum]]
The Gospel reports six consecutive appearances or trials of [[Jesus]] before four different interlocutors:

1. The night appearance before [[Annas the High Priest|Annas]] reported by [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/18 John 18:12-14]; [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/18 19-24] alone.

2. The trial at night before [[Caiphas]] and the [[Sanhedrin]]. It is jointly reported by [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mt/26 Matthew 26:57-68] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mc/14 Mark 14:53-65] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/22 Luke 22:54-65] | John 18:24.

3. The second trial in the morning before the same. It is reported by [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mt/27 Matthew 27:1-2] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mc/15 Mark 15:1] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/22 Luke 22:66-71], but John says nothing about it.

4. The first appearance before [[Pontius Pilate]]. It is reported by all four Evangelists: [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mt/27 Matthew 27:11-14] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mc/15 Mark 15:2-5] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/23 Luke 23:1-5] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/18 John 18:28-38].

5. The appearance before [[Herod Antipas]]. Only Luke reports it in [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/23 Luke 23:6-12].

6. The second appearance before Pontius Pilate resulting in Jesus’ condemnation to [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|crucifixion]]. It is reported by all four Evangelists: [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mt/26 Matthew 27:15-26] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mc/15 Mark 15:6-15] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/23 Luke 23:13-25] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/18 John 18:39] through [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/18 19:16].

Maria Valtorta recounts all these trials in a long vision of nearly thirty pages ([http://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm EMV 604]). How does her narrative relate to the Gospel testimonies and historical criticism?

==The Night Appearance before Annas==
In the '''Gospel''', Jesus is first taken to [[Annas the High Priest|Annas]], the former high priest and father-in-law of [[Caiphas]]. He questions Him about His [[Teaching, Catechism|teaching]] and [[Disciples]] without more specifics. Jesus replies that He has always preached publicly in the synagogues and the [[Temple]]. A [[Servant, To Serve, Service|servant]] strikes Him. Annas does not pronounce a judgment and sends Him to his son-in-law, the high priest Caiphas.

'''Historical criticism''' has questioned the authenticity of this trial, reported only by the Gospel of John and absent from the synoptics (Matthew, Mark, Luke). Moreover, Annas was no longer high priest at the time and had no legal authority to judge Jesus. Some historians have therefore concluded that this was a later addition.

In '''Maria Valtorta''', after His capture at [[Gethsemane]], Jesus is brutally dragged to the city walls, where John and [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]] waiting, having arrived by a shortcut. Jesus is brought to Annas’ house, which is not in the Temple but at its edge. It lies "near a series of walls, which seem to mark the city boundary here, extending from there with porticos and courtyards through the hillside to the Temple enclosure proper—that is, where the [[Israel, Jewish people|Israelites]] come for their various worship gatherings." John enters at the same time as the "shouting crowd" that had gathered along the way. A maid opens the gate and is knocked down.

If Annas questions Jesus “about His Disciples and His teaching,” it is not out of curiosity but to find grounds for condemnation and to identify Disciples infiltrated in the [[Sanhedrin]]. He promises Jesus life if He betrays others. To all of this Jesus replies by referring to the testimony He has publicly given and His acknowledged vocation as [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Messiah]] [[Redemption, Salvation, Redeemer|Redeemer]].<blockquote>"What do you accuse Me of?"

"Teaching a [[Doctrine]] new."

"O priest! Israel abounds in new Doctrines: the Essenes have theirs, the Sadducees<ref>Sadducees = Sadocites. This political and religious group, to which Annas belonged, derives its name from Saddoq whom Solomon appointed High Priest after removing Abiathar (Èbyatar). The descendants of Saddoq henceforth ensured the supreme service of the Temple.</ref> theirs, the Pharisees theirs, each has a secret Doctrine which, for one is called pleasure, for another [[Money, Gold, Salary|gold]], for others [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|power]]. Each has its [[Idols, deities, idolater|idol]]. Not I. I have taken up my Father’s trampled [[Law, Rules, Discipline|Law]], the [[God]] [[Eternity, Eternal|Eternal]]'s, and simply returned to say the ten commandments of the [[Decalogue, Ten Commandments|Decalogue]]. I have dried my lungs trying to make them enter into [[Heart|Hearts]] that no longer knew them."

"Horror! [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|Blasphemy]]! You say that to Me, a priest? Does Israel not have a Temple? Are we like the exiles of Babylon? Answer."

"That is what you are and even more. There is a Temple. Yes. A building. God is not there. He fled from the abomination that is in His house. But why question Me so much since My death is decided?" [...]

"Speak, speak. You know: I can [[To Kill, Murder, Murderer|kill]] you and [[To Save, Save, Deliver|save]] you. I am powerful."

"You are filth. I leave spying to the filth. I am [[Light, Lamps|Light]]."

A henchman punches Him.

"I am Light. Light and [[Truth, sincerity|Truth]]. I have spoken openly to the world, taught in synagogues and the Temple where the Jews gather, and have said nothing in secret. I repeat: why do you question Me? Question those who heard what I said. They know."

Another henchman slaps Him shouting:

"Is that how you answer the High Priest?"

"I speak to Annas. The Pontiff is Caiphas. And I speak with due respect to the old man. But if you think I have spoken ill, show Me. Otherwise why do you strike Me?"

"Let Him be. I will find Caiphas. You keep Him here until I decide otherwise. And make sure He speaks to no one." Annas leaves.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm#CEV60404 EMV 604.4/9].</ref></blockquote>

===In conclusion===
There is no ambiguity about Annas’ position: he is not the titular high priest but holds real power. Indeed, as a former high priest himself, five of his sons and his son-in-law held the office, affirming his dominance as patriarch. This authority shines through in the scene described by Maria Valtorta, aligning with what is historically known about Annas: a very influential figure. If, in the Gospel, the head of the guards calls him ‘High Priest,’ it is as an honorary usage. Likewise, the last sentence of Maria Valtorta’s account, reported by an eyewitness, John, leaves no doubt: the decision-maker is Annas, the clan chief. Maria Valtorta’s account remains faithful to the Gospel, without yielding to historical criticism.

==The Night Trial before Caiphas and the Sanhedrin==
In the '''Gospel''', the [[Sanhedrin]] seeks witnesses Against Jesus but their testimonies contradict each other. [[Caiphas]] asks Him if He is the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Messiah]], the Son of God. Jesus answers: "You have said so" (Matthew 26:64) and mentions His glorious return [[Glory, To Glorify|glorious]]. The high priest then tears his clothes and accuses Him of blasphemy. The Sanhedrin condemns Him to death but cannot execute the sentence itself because the [[The Romans|Romans]] have withdrawn this power (''jus gladii et sanguinis''<ref>This expression is later opposed by a Roman soldier to a Jew who asked for Jesus’ death ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm#CEV60415 EMV 604.20]). "Jus gladii" designates the power of execution, reserved ultimately for Roman authority. Thus, Jewish leaders had to get Pilate’s approval to execute Jesus. As for "jus gladii et sanguinis," it seems to reinforce or specify the scope of the right of life and death, possibly meaning the right to execute and shed blood, emphasizing the bloody aspect of the execution.</ref>) to Jewish authorities.

For '''historical criticism''', the night meeting of the Sanhedrin is problematic: According to the Mishnah ([https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Sanhedrin.4.1?lang=bi&lookup=Mishna%20Sanh%C3%A9drin&with=Lexicon&lang2=en Treaty Sanhedrin 4:1]), capital trials should not take place at night and require a delay before execution. The presence of contradictory witnesses (Mark 14:56) renders the verdict doubtful. Historians thus consider the night trial improbable and the real trial to have taken place in the morning.

In '''Maria Valtorta''': Jesus remains among the guards. He is subjected to rope blows, spitting, insults, kicks, having Hair torn out—the only things He has left—until a servant comes to say to bring the Prisoner into Caiphas’ house.

Jesus, always bound and mistreated, goes out again under the arcades, walks them to an entrance, and then crosses a courtyard where a large crowd warms itself by a Fire, as the night has grown cold and windy in these early Hours of Friday. [[Peter the Apostle|Peter]] is there near his Fire with [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]], mingled in the hostile crowd, and they must have great [[Courage, Boldness|courage]] to stay there... Jesus watches them and has a shadow of a smile on His mouth already swollen from the blows received.

[...] the session begins. But Caiphas notices two or three empty seats and asks: "Where is [[Eleazar the Sanhedrist|Eleazar]]? And where is [[John of Gaash the Sanhedrist|John]]?" A young scribe, I believe, stands, bows, and says: "They refused to come. Here is the writing. – Keep it and write, They shall answer for it. What do the holy members of this Council say about it?"

Accusations then follow from the sanhedrists to which Jesus responds with silence.<ref name=":2">Throughout His trials Jesus never responds to lies, treating them with silence. He only answers true accusations, like that of His messiahship.</ref> Faced with this silence, an exasperated Caiphas commands Him to speak: "Your ministry is illegal, you know it. It is punishable by death. Speak."

At this moment [[Gamaliel]] cries out: "This session we hold is illegal.<ref>Gamaliel was probably president of the [[Sanhedrin]], Judaism’s highest judicial and religious court, from 20 to 50 after Jesus Christ. While the High Priest (Caiphas) dealt with worship, the Sanhedrin president interpreted the Law and settled religious debates. Unlike the High Priest appointed by Roman power, he was not under influence. His role is utterly disregarded here.</ref> Rise, [[Simeon, son of Gamaliel|Simeon]], and let us leave - But rabbi, are you mad? - I respect the rules. It is not permitted to proceed as we do, and I will make a public accusation." There is some tumult which [[Nicodemus]] and [[Joseph of Arimathea|Joseph]] take advantage of to add: "Gamaliel is right. The hour and place are illicit, and the accusations lack substance. Can anyone accuse Him of notoriously despising the [[Law, Rules, Discipline|Law]]? I am His friend and I swear I have always found Him respectful toward the Law," says [[Nicodemus]]. "And I also. And to avoid subscribing to a [[To Kill, Murder, Murderer|crime]] I cover my head, not because of Him, but because of us, and I go out."

But Caiphas detains him: "Ah! You speak that way? Then let sworn witnesses come. And listen. Then you may leave." Two menacing prisoners enter. Shifty looks, cruel smiles, sly movements. "Speak," commands Caiphas. "It is unlawful to hear them together," cries Joseph. "I am the High Priest. I command. Silence!" Joseph of Arimathea leaves, followed by Nicodemus threatening: "I will immediately report to the Praetor that here one kills without respect for Rome." <blockquote>"Let the witnesses speak!" cries Caiphas.

"Yes, this one did... we knew it... What is that called?"

"The tetragram<ref>The [[The Divine Name|Tetragram]] or God’s own name of four letters (YHWH) revealed to Moses.</ref>, perhaps?"

"There! You said it! He [[Necromancy, spiritism, magic, diviner|called up the dead]]. He taught [[Revolt|rebellion]] for the [[Sabbath]] and profanation of the altar. We swear it. He said he wanted to destroy the [[Temple]] to rebuild it in three days with the help of [[Satan|demons]]."

"No. He said: it will not be made by man."<ref name=":1">According to the Mishnah [https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Sanhedrin.1.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en Treaty Sanhedrin], witnesses must appear separately (Sanhedrin 3:6, witness acceptability) and if they contradict each other on a fact, their testimony is null (Sanhedrin 5:3, procedures for indictments). An example is the trial of chaste Susanna by Daniel demonstrating false testimonies and saving the innocent ([https://www.aelf.org/bible/Dn/13 Daniel 13:51-61]).</ref>

Caiphas descends from his seat and approaches Jesus. Short, obese, ugly, he looks like a huge toad beside a flower. For Jesus, despite wounds, bruises, disheveled and soiled, remains so beautiful and majestic: "You do not speak? What terrible accusations they make Against You! Speak to remove this shame from You."

But Jesus remains silent. He looks at him and is silent: "Answer Me then. I am your Pontiff. By the living God, I implore you. Tell Me: are you the [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]], the Son of God?"

"You have said so. I am.<ref>Jesus, mute until then, answers a request made by religious authority to which He submits.</ref> And you will see the Son of man, seated at the right hand of the Father’s power, coming on the clouds of heaven. Besides, why do you question Me? I have spoken publicly for three years. I have said nothing Hidden. Question those who heard Me. They will tell you what I said and what I did."

One of the soldiers holding Him strikes His mouth, making Him bleed again, and shouts: "Is that how you answer, oh [[Satan]], the High Priest?"

And Jesus, with [[Gentle, Gentleness|gentleness]], replies as to the previous one: "If I have spoken well, why do you strike Me? If I have spoken badly, why do you not tell Me where I [[Error, to be mistaken, lost|am wrong]]? I repeat: I am the Christ, the Son of God. I cannot [[To Lie, Lies, False Testimonies|lie]]. The High Priest, the [[Eternity, Eternal|Eternal]] Priest, is Me. And I alone carry the true Reasoning on which is written: [[Doctrine]] and [[Truth, sincerity|Truth]]. And to these I am [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|faithful]], until death, ignominious in the eyes of [[Man, Humanity, Human|men]], [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|holy]] in the eyes of God, and until the [[Beatitudes, Blessed|Happy]] [[Resurrection, The Resurrected|Resurrection]]. I am the Anointed One. Pontiff and King I am. And I will take up my scepter and with it, as with a winnowing fork, cleanse the threshing floor. This Temple will be destroyed and raised anew, holy, for this one is [[Vice, Vitiated, Corruption, Corrupt|corrupt]] and God has abandoned it to its [[Destiny, Fate|fate]]."

"[[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|Blasphemer]]!" they all shout in chorus.

"In three days you will do it, mad and [[Possession (Divine, Satanic), Exorcism|possessed]]?"

"Not this one, but mine will rise, the Temple of the true, living, holy, thrice holy God."

"Anathema!" they shout again in chorus.

Caiphas raises his hoarse voice and tears his linen clothes with studied gestures of horror, saying: "What more do we need to hear from witnesses? Blasphemy is spoken. What do we do then?"

And all in chorus: "He is punishable by death." </blockquote>

===In conclusion===
The night trial of Jesus contains many irregularities violating the judicial rules of the Sanhedrin as described in the Mishnah (Treaty Sanhedrin). Maria Valtorta’s account highlights these breaches with remarkable precision, despite likely not having extensive knowledge of these rules. Her testimony thereby reinforces the evangelical truthfulness about the illegal and premeditated nature of Jesus’ condemnation.

'''1. Illegality of place and time'''

According to Jewish law, a capital trial had to be held during the day and in an appropriate place. The Sanhedrin did not sit in the high priest’s house but in the Chamber of Hewn Stones within the Temple of Jerusalem.<ref>The Chamber of Hewn Stones (Lishkat ha-Gazit in Hebrew) was located more precisely on the north side of the Court of Priests, at the boundary between the priestly courtyard and that of the Israelites, near the Altar of Holocausts. According to Jewish tradition, this is where major judicial decisions were made, including criminal cases, and only during the day. Historical traces of this room disappeared with the destruction of the Temple.</ref> Yet, Jesus’ trial occurs at Caiphas’ house, at night, which is a double violation of the rules (Sanhedrin 4:1).

'''2. A trial exclusively accusatory'''

The Sanhedrin was obligated to examine both incriminating and exculpatory facts.<ref>''[https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Sanhedrin.4.1?lang=bi&lookup=Mishna%20Sanh%C3%A9drin&with=Lexicon&lang2=en Treaty Sanhedrin]'' 4:1. "In money cases, judges’ discussions may begin with arguments favorable or unfavorable to the defendant; in capital cases, they must always begin with an argument favorable to the accused."</ref> However, in both the evangelical and Maria Valtorta’s accounts, the trial is accusatory from the start, with a manifest [[Will, Good or Bad Will|will]] to condemn Jesus without debate.

'''3. A usurped presidency'''

In the Gospels, Gamaliel, probably the Sanhedrin's president, is not mentioned. In Maria Valtorta’s account, he is present but leaves protesting its illegality. The presidency is in fact monopolized by Caiphas, the high priest, which is another irregularity.

'''4. Contradictory testimonies'''

The Mishnah stipulates that testimonies must be consistent to be admissible.<ref name=":1" /> In the Gospel and Valtorta’s account, witnesses contradict each other, which should have led to the cancellation of the procedure.

'''5. Caiphas’ authoritarianism'''

Joseph of Arimathea protests that it is unlawful to hear witnesses together. Caiphas replies: "I am the High Priest. I command. Silence!" This attitude shows a blatant breach of procedural rules that normally guaranteed a fair trial.

Maria Valtorta’s account highlights a fundamental truth of the Gospels: the trial of Jesus was a legal sham organized solely to condemn Him. The irregularities, consistent with Mishnah texts, confirm this condemnation was pre-decided by religious authorities.<ref>See [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mc/14 Mark 14:1] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/5 John 5:18] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/11 John 11:50] | [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Jn/11 John 11:53].</ref> Thus, rather than weakening the Gospels' credibility, Valtorta’s account actually strengthens their historical and judicial significance.

==The Second Trial in the Morning before the Same==
In the '''Gospel''', the Sanhedrin officially reconvenes at dawn to ratify the condemnation. Jesus is again questioned on His divine identity and confirms being the Son of God. The death sentence is confirmed. Jesus is sent to Pontius Pilate, as only the Roman governor can pronounce an execution.

For '''historical criticism''', this trial is more plausible than the night one, as it better respects known Jewish rules. However, the charge of blasphemy (Jesus proclaiming Himself Messiah and Son of God) poses a question: If the Sanhedrin wanted to accuse Jesus of blasphemy, stoning was the penalty prescribed by Jewish Law (Leviticus 24:16). The decision to send Jesus to Pilate seems to indicate the blasphemy charge was transformed into a political charge (sedition Against Rome) more apt to secure His execution.

In '''Maria Valtorta''', Jesus is abandoned to the mob which mistreats Him, spits on Him, blindfolds Him, and mocks Him as He stumbles against tables, chairs, and walls. His Hair is pulled while they ask, "Who struck you? Guess," as reported by [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/22 Luke 22:63-66]. Hours pass in this way, and the exhausted guards consider taking some rest. They lead Jesus into a storeroom passing through many courtyards amid the mockery of the already large crowd within the pontifical houses' enclosure. Jesus reaches the courtyard where Peter is near his Fire and looks at him. But Peter avoids His gaze. John is no longer there.

Dawn arrives. An order is given: bring the Prisoner "into the council room for a more legal trial." This is when Peter denies for the third time knowing Christ, while Jesus passes already marked by His sufferings. A rooster crows as great silence falls at Christ’s appearance. Peter then confidently says: "I swear, Woman, I do not know Him," an assertion answered by the rooster’s crow. Peter startles and, turning to flee, finds himself face to face with Jesus who looks at him with infinite [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|pity]] and deep, intense [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pain]].

The "more legal" trial is reported in a single verse by Matthew and Mark. It is equally laconic in Luke. The same is true for Maria Valtorta: <blockquote>"Jesus is brought back into the hall, and they repeat to Him in chorus the insidious question: ‘In the name of the true God, tell us: Are you the Christ?’ And having received the previous answer, they condemn Him to death and order Him to be taken to Pilate."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm#CEV60415 EMV 604.14/15].</ref></blockquote>

===In conclusion===

The succinct report of Jesus' trial early in the morning, both by The Evangelists and Maria Valtorta, suggests it was merely a formality. In reality, this hearing aimed to regularize the illegality of the night trial. [[Gamaliel]], president of the [[Sanhedrin]], had left threatening to denounce its illegality, while [[Nicodemus]] and [[Joseph of Arimathea]] wished to refer the matter to [[Pontius Pilate]]. The affair was thus at risk.

This second trial, purely formal, is itself a Confession: the night trial was a legal sham. But to obtain an effective condemnation, the religious leaders proceed with a subtle manipulation. Initially accused of blasphemy for declaring Himself Son of God, Jesus will be presented to Pilate on a completely different charge: sedition Against Rome. For this, they exploit a linguistic and cultural ambiguity: in Jewish tradition, the term “Christ” (Messiah) denotes the Anointed One expected, invested with a divine Mission, whereas for The Romans, this anointment is interpreted as a political title meaning “king.” Thus, by affirming that Jesus presents Himself as Christ, they imply to Pilate that He claims secular [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|royal]] [[World, society, the Earth, the universe|power]], which constitutes grounds for condemnation under Roman occupation. This semantic sleight of hand transforms the religious accusation into a political one, ensuring that Rome carries out the sentence.

==The First Appearance before Pontius Pilate==
In the '''Gospel''', the leaders of the people accuse Jesus of proclaiming Himself King of the Jews and inciting Revolt. [[Pontius Pilate]] questions Jesus, who acknowledges being King but specifies that His kingdom “is not of this world” (John 18:36). Pilate finds no grounds for condemnation. Pilate tries to avoid condemnation and, learning that Jesus is Galilean, sends Him to [[Herod Antipas]], who rules that region.

For '''historical criticism''', Pilate is described in the Gospel as hesitant and manipulated by the leaders of the people, but contemporary historical sources<ref name=":0">Philo of Alexandria (De Legatione ad Gaium) and Flavius Josephus (Jewish Antiquities).</ref> portray him as brutal and unlikely to yield to pressure. Also, the idea that Pilate wanted to release Jesus to observe the custom of the Passover Pardon is disputed since no Roman source mentions such a custom. Criticism sees this episode as introduced to minimize Pilate’s responsibility and highlight the Jews’.

In '''Maria Valtorta''', [[Jesus]] is chained and paraded through the city as dawn breaks. Doubtless awaiting Pontius Pilate rising. He is dragged deliberately through the markets, past stables and inns full of people because of Passover. Jesus receives refuse and excrement. The shouting crowd grows larger by the minute.

On the way, He meets [[Elias of Bethlehem in Judah, the shepherd|Elijah, the shepherd]], then [[Manaen]] and [[Johanna of Chuza|Joanna of Chuza]] whom He [[Blessings|blesses]] as best He can with bound hands and the hindrance of bruises and swelling appearing.

The shouting crowd prompts a manipulus<ref>About a hundred men.</ref> of Roman soldiers who rush out of the Antonia fortress. Their spears disperse the crowd leaving only Jesus with the guards and the chief priests, scribes, and elders of the people. They demand Jesus be brought to Pontius Pilate for judgment and condemnation with the [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]] well known and [[Honesty, Dishonesty|honest]] of Rome.

Jesus enters the Praetorium. The [[Pontius Pilate|Governor]] arrives. He enters indolently, with a skeptical smile, seeming disinterested. Finally, after pacing the large room back and forth, [[Pontius Pilate]] goes directly in front of Jesus, looks at Him and requests His accusers be brought, then sits on a raised platform.

He questions "the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders" about their accusation Against Jesus. They do not answer directly: "If He was not a criminal, we would not have brought Him to You." Pontius Pilate repeats: "What accusation do you bring Against Him? I ask again. - He has committed a crime Against our fathers’ Law. - And you come to disturb me about that? Take Him, you and judge Him by your laws." They refuse, unable to "put anyone to death."

Pontius Pilate investigates: "Tell Me: what crime has He committed Against your laws? - We found that He troubled our nation and prevented tribute payment to Caesar, claiming to be Christ, King of the Jews." <blockquote>Pilate then asks Jesus: "Are you the King of the Jews? - Do you ask from yourself or because others say so?"

"And what does it matter to Me about your kingdom? Am I a Jew, by chance? Your nation and its leaders delivered You to Me to judge. What have You done? I know You are loyal. Speak. Is it true You aspire to reign?"

"My [[Kingdom, Royalty, Reign|Kingdom]] is not of this world. If it were of this world, My ministers and soldiers would have fought that the Jews not seize Me. But My Kingdom is not of Earth, and You know I do not aspire to power."

"True. I know, I was told. But You do not deny that You are King?"

"You say so. I am King. That is why I came into the world: to bear witness to the Truth. Whoever is friend of truth listens to My voice."

"And what is truth? Are You a philosopher? That does not help in front of death. Socrates died anyway."

"But it helped him in life, to live well and also to die well. And to enter second life without betraying civic [[Virtues]]."

"By Jupiter!" Pilate looks at Him with admiration for a moment, then resumes his skeptical sarcasm. He gestures boredom, turns his back, and returns to the Jews: "I find no fault in Him."

The crowd rages, panicked at losing its prey and spectacle of punishment. They shout: "He is a rebel!" - "A blasphemer!" - "He encourages [[Sexuality, Sensuality, Lust|licentiousness]]!" - "He drives rebellion!" - "He refuses respect to Caesar!" - "He wants to appear [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophet]]" - "He does [[Necromancy, spiritism, magic, diviner|magic]]" - "He is Satan" - "He rouses the people with his Doctrines teaching all Judea, coming from Galilee as a [[Teaching, Catechism|teacher]]" - "Death!" - "Death!"

"He is Galilean? Are you Galilean?"

Pilate returns to Jesus: "Do You hear how they accuse You? Defend Yourself." But Jesus is silent.<ref name=":2" />

Pilate thinks... and decides: "A century, and let Him be brought to Herod. Let him judge Him; He is his subject. I recognize the Tetrarch’s right and subscribe in advance to his verdict. Let Him be told. Go."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm#CEV60416 EMV 604.16/24].</ref></blockquote>

===In conclusion===
In the Gospels, the dialogue between [[Pontius Pilate]] and [[Jesus]] is reported differently by Luke and John. However, Maria Valtorta’s narrative clarifies its logic and gives it unity. It highlights that the argument of the religious leaders—that Jesus was a seditious earthly king because He proclaimed Himself Christ—does not convince Pilate. Faced with a boiling crowd and uncertain on what decision to take, the Roman governor chooses a pretext: He sends Jesus to [[Herod Antipas]], thus avoiding making an immediate judgment. Maria Valtorta’s account here provides valuable psychological and historical coherence to the Gospels’ framework.

==The Appearance before Herod Antipas==
In the '''Gospel''', [[Herod Antipas]], curious, wants to see Jesus perform a [[Miracles, wonders and signs|miracle]]. He questions Him at length, but Jesus remains [[Silence, To Be Silent|silent]]. Herod’s soldiers mock Him, dress Him in a bright robe to ridicule Him as king, and send Him back to Pilate. Herod pronounces no condemnation. He mocks Jesus but does not find Him guilty.

For '''historical criticism''', the fact that only Luke mentions this episode makes it suspect to some historians. Furthermore, Herod Antipas was a tetrarch under Roman dominion without judicial power over a political accused in Judea. Critics suppose that Luke added the episode for reasons open to speculation.

In '''Maria Valtorta''', Jesus is brought under escort to Herod’s palace. No longer beaten but stoned pelted. There He stands in the hall before Herod. Behind Him are scribes and Pharisees, at ease here. Only the centurion and four soldiers escort Jesus before the Tetrarch.

He steps down from his seat and circles Jesus listening to His Enemies’ accusations. He pretends pity and respect: "You are great, I know it. And I rejoiced that [[Chouza|Kouza]] is your friend and [[Manaen|Manaen]] your disciple. Me... state worries... But what desire to say to you: great... to ask [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgiveness]]... [[John the Baptist|John]]’s eye... his voice accuse me and are always before me. You are the saint who erases the [[Sin, Fault, Blasphemy|sins]] of the world. Absolve me, oh Christ." Jesus is silent and pursues His [[Silence, To Be Silent|mutism]]<ref name=":2" /> before other grandiloquences by the Tetrarch who finally laughs at an idea: to have Jesus perform miracles as a spectacle. Despite the great Scandal of the scribes and priests who flee, he has a greyhound brought in with a broken paw<ref>The scandalized flight of scribes and priests can be explained by their wish to avoid ritual impurity and their outrage at what they considered sacrilegious mockery. Though the Torah does not explicitly classify them among forbidden animals for ritual contact, dogs were considered impure creatures because they were often strays, ate carrion, and frequented city wastes. In ancient Judaism, dogs were associated with pagans and contempt (cf. [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ex/22 Exodus 22:30], [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ps/21 Psalm 21 (22):17]). Herod Antipas’ claim that this greyhound was a gift from the Roman [[Pontius Pilate]] to [[Herodias]] added insult to injury: healing an impure animal given by a pagan on the eve of Passover!</ref>, then a foolish stableman with a head full of water, who drools. In both cases, Jesus looks at them sternly and remains silent.

Herod Antipas mocks His chastity and decides to tempt Him with wine and Women. He brings in cups and nearly naked dancers.<ref>This episode [[Osservatore Romano (01/06/1960)#French Translation|was retained by the Holy Office]] as an example of "rather risqué pages" which might "easily fall into the hands of nuns and their students" and whose reading might be "difficult without spiritual harm." Besides the censor’s misattribution of this scene to Pilate (instead of Herod Antipas), the reader can judge if the danger lies in the scene or in the censor’s imagination. Here is the brief passage: "the dancers enter... clad in nearly nothing. A colorful fringe of linen girds their slender persons from waist to hips, nothing else. Tanned from Africa, supple like young gazelles, they begin a silent, lascivious dance." ([https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm#CEV60426 EMV 604.26]) </ref> Jesus pushes the cups away and closes His eyes without speaking. Herod’s court laughs at His indignation. Faced with Jesus' impassivity, the Tetrarch gives up: <blockquote>"Enough. I treated you as God and you did not act as God. I treated you as man and you did not act as man. You are mad. A white garment. Dress him with this one that Pontius Pilate may know the Tetrarch judged his subject mad. Centurion, you will tell the Proconsul that Herod humbly presents his respects and venerates Rome. Go." And Jesus, bound again, leaves with a linen tunic reaching His knees over His red wool garment."</blockquote>

===In conclusion===
Maria Valtorta's account gives Luke’s evangelist text an additional authenticity: the greyhound scene bears the mark of a striking detail that could not be invented. Faithful to the Gospel’s portrait<ref>See circumstances of John the Baptist’s beheading ([https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mc/6 Mark 6:17-28]).</ref>, [[Herod Antipas]] appears as a jester dominated by his [[Instincts, physiological needs, passions|instincts]]. Convinced he can humble "the Saint," he tries to involve Him in his decadent world of drinking and lascivious dances, as he had already done with the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|beheading]] of [[John the Baptist]].

Superstitious, Herod only believes in [[Supernatural, Occult|occult powers]]<ref>[https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mc/6 Mark 6:16] | [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm#CEV60425 EMV 604.25].</ref> and expects a spectacular miracle from Jesus. But in this grotesque staging, he scandalizes scribes and Pharisees as much as Jesus Himself. His lack of character, which led him to sacrifice the Forerunner to please [[Desire (Good and Bad), Envy, Concupiscence|Herodias’ desire for revenge]], reappears here: he who wanted to kill Jesus<ref>See [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Lc/13 Luke 13:31].</ref> finally removes all responsibility by sending Him back to Roman authority. Whether because he recognized Jesus innocent of blasphemy or rebellion Against Rome matters little. He simply despises Him, sending Him away as a madman disappointed not to find either the expected magician or a fellow debaucher.

==The Second Appearance before Pontius Pilate==
In the '''Gospel''', [[Pontius Pilate]] acknowledges Jesus’ innocence and seeks to release Him by the custom of the Passover Pardon. He offers to release [[Jesus]] or [[Barabbas]], a criminal. The crowd, instigated by the leaders of the people, demands Barabbas. Pilate then has Jesus scourged and delivers Him to the soldiers who crown Him with thorns and cover Him with insults. Pilate again tries to spare Him, but the priests threaten: "If you release Him, you are not a friend of Caesar" (John 19:12). Pilate, fearing reprisals, yields and condemns Jesus to [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|crucifixion]]. Pilate washes his hands to signify he discharges himself of this condemnation. He delivers Jesus to be crucified.

For '''historical criticism''', the scene of Pilate washing his hands (Matthew 27:24) seems an insistence on Jewish people's guilt typical of a writing post-destruction of the Temple (70 AD). Likewise, the mention of the crowd crying "His [[Sacrifice, Blood of Christ|blood]] be on us and on our children!" (Matthew 27:25) is seen as a construct to explain Jerusalem’s fall and absolve The Romans. Finally, Pilate’s role appears too lenient compared to what we know of his historical character.<ref name=":0" />

In '''Maria Valtorta''', Jesus is brought back to Pontius Pilate who does not hide his boredom at having to rule on Jesus. He seeks an escape again: "Hebrews, listen. You brought Me this man as a troublemaker. Before you I have examined Him and found none of the crimes you accuse Him of. Herod no more than I found anything. And He sent Him back to us. He does not deserve death. Rome has spoken. However, not to displease you by taking away your amusement, I will give you Barabbas. And Him, I will have whipped with forty lashes. That will suffice." The crowd screams and threatens: "No, no! Not Barabbas! Not Barabbas! For Jesus death! A horrible death! Release Barabbas and condemn the [[Nazareth|Nazarene]]."

Pontius Pilate orders Jesus to be scourged. "How many blows?" asks the centurion. "As many as you see<ref>Roman law did not set limits for lashes, unlike Hebrew law which capped them at 40 to avoid death. Jesus nearly died. The flail (flagrum) was a whip with metal strips. The Turin Shroud shows Christ received over 100 blows, mostly on the back (rear side). He was tied to a raised support with hands above the head. This is the position described by Maria Valtorta, not the traditional depiction.</ref>... The main thing is to finish. And I am annoyed. Go."

Behind Him stands a torturer with distinct Hebrew features; in front another similar figure. They are armed with a whip made of seven leather strips attached to a handle, ending with a lead hammer. Rhythmically, like an exercise, they start striking. One in front, one behind, so Jesus’ torso is caught in a whirlwind of blows. And not a complaint... If not supported by ropes, Jesus would fall. But He does not fall or moan. Only, after the hail of blows He received, His head hangs on His chest as if fainting. "Hey! Stop! He must be killed alive," shouts and grumbles a soldier. They release Jesus who collapses to the ground as if dead. Coming to, Jesus becomes the object of mockery and blows. They crown Him with thorns then go look in the stable for a donkey and in the garbage, an old red chlamys<ref>Chlamys: military cloak.</ref> and mock Him and beat Him. Thus, He is brought back before Pilate and shown to the people.

"Behold the man. Your king. Is that not enough?" But the crowd continues to demand His death. Pontius Pilate tries to evade the tightening trap: he invites the Jews to crucify Him themselves since he finds no fault. Then erupts publicly the motive: "He said He was the Son of God. Our law prescribes death for him guilty of such blasphemy." This statement "Son of God" worries Pilate, who does not believe in God and asks Jesus who He is. When Pilate asks "what is God?" Jesus replies only: "He is the all" and closes into muteness.

Then comes the [[Albula Domitilla|freedwoman]] of [[Claudia Procula]], Pontius Pilate’s wife, bearing a message as noted by [https://www.aelf.org/bible/Mt/27 Matthew 27:19]. Pilate begins to fear the [[Power(s), Strength(s), The First|power]] of Jesus. <blockquote>"Pilate is on hot coals: he would and would not. He fears God’s [[Punishment, penalty, to punish|punishment]], he fears Rome’s, he fears Jewish vengeance. At a moment fear of God prevails. He goes to the atrium front and says in a thunderous voice:

"He is not guilty."

"If you say so, you are [[Enemies|enemy]] of Caesar. He who makes himself king is his enemy. You want to free the Nazarene. We will notify Caesar."

Pilate is overcome by fear of man.

"You want His death, then? So be it! But may the blood of this just man not be on my hands."

And, having brought a basin, he washes his hands in front of the people who seem frenzied and shout:

"On us, on us His blood. May it fall on us and our children. We fear him not. To the cross! To the [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|cross]]!"

Pontius Pilate returns to his throne, calls the centurion [[Longinus|Longinus]] and a [[Slaves, oppressed, prisoners|slave]]. He has a table brought on which he places a plaque and has written: "Jesus Nazarene, King of the Jews." And he shows it to the people.

"No, not so. Not King of the Jews, but that He said He would be King of the Jews." Several shout.

"What I have written, I have written," Pilate says sternly.

And standing, he spreads hands palms forward and down and commands:

"Let him go to the cross. Soldier, go, prepare the cross. (Ibis ad crucem! I, miles, expedi crucem)"

And he descends, without even turning to the agitated crowd nor to the pale Condemned. He leaves the atrium...

Jesus remains in the middle of the atrium under the soldiers’ guard, waiting for the cross.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm#CEV60427 EMV 604.27/35].</ref></blockquote>

===In conclusion===
Jesus’ last appearance before [[Pontius Pilate]] marks the culmination of the six trials He endured. Maria Valtorta’s narrative strengthens the Gospel narration by highlighting the vacillations and evasions of a governor more concerned with following prevailing currents than dispensing fair justice. Pilate, despite being aware of the injustice he is about to commit, finds no way out except symbolically washing his hands. His weakness contrasts with the relentless determination of those who want Jesus’ death.<ref>''Acts of the Apostles'' echo this lack of character: While "Pilate was determined to release Him" ([https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ac/3 Acts 3:13]), it must be noted that "Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations and the people of Israel, conspired Against Jesus" ([https://www.aelf.org/bible/Ac/4 Acts 4:27]).</ref>

Maria Valtorta’s detailed descriptions of the trials and crucifixion provide striking insight on elements related to the [[Le Saint-Suaire (Linceul) de Turin|Shroud of Turin]]. They also deepen understanding of [[Claudia Procula]]’s intervention attempting to intercede with her husband to Save Jesus. Similarly, they put in perspective the veneration of [[Nike (Veronica)|Veronica]]’s veil, associated with the 6th station of the Way of the Cross, although this episode is not reported in the Gospels.

==Notes and References==
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[[fr:Procès de Jésus]]

Matthias the father

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[[Parents, Father, Mother|Father]] of [[Tobie de Bethléem|Tobias]] who will take the name [[Matthias of Bethlehem in Judah (Saint Matthias)|Matthias]] like him, he is one of the [[The Shepherds of the Nativity|shepherds]] of the [[Nativity]] [[To Kill, Murder, Murderer|death]] in the [[Massacre of the Holy Innocents|massacre]] of the [[Innocent, innocence|innocents]].

===Apostolic journey===
[[Agony, Death|Martyrdom]] [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyr]] death in the massacre of the innocents.

===His name===
Mattathias - Matthias - Matthew: come from the Hebrew "mattityah" [[To give, to give oneSaltf|gift]] of [[God|the Eternal]] - Historical reference: the father of the Maccabean brothers, liberators of [[Israel, Jewish people|Israel]].<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/premier-livre-des-maccabees/4331-chapitre-2#v_1 1 Maccabees 2:1-5]</ref>

===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-049.htm EMV 30] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2007/07-235.htm EMV 538]</blockquote>
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==Notes and references==
[[fr:Matthias, le père]]

Anne of Aaron, mother of the Virgin Mary

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[[File:AnneLorenzoFerri.jpg|thumb|Drawing of Anne by [[Lorenzo Ferri]] Salton according to the indications of [[Maria Valtorta]]. Source: documentary collection of the [[Maria Valtorta Heritage Foundation]].]]
Jewish, descendant of Aaron, exiled to [[Nazareth]] in Galilee, following the political troubles of the time. She is the wife of [[Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary|Joachim]], descendant of King David, and mother of the [[Virgin Mary]]. She was 50/55 years old at the time of her [[Maternity]]. Sterile until an advanced age, she went to [[To Pray, Prayer, Supplication|pray]] at the [[Temple]] for maternity. Like Anne of Elkanah, she promised to dedicate her child to the [[Temple]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-002.htm EMV 2]</ref> Which she did with Mary.

Because of their [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|holiness]] Anne did not suffer the [[Pain, Suffering, To Suffer|pains]] of childbirth but gave, after carrying her, [[Ecstasy|ecstatically]] birth to the Sinless One. For both of them (with her [[Union, Marriage, Unity|husband]] [[Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary|Joachim]]), it was not the [[Agony, Death|agony]], but the fading away of a [[Life, Living|life]] that dies out as a star fades when the sun rises at dawn.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-015.htm EMV 9]</ref>

=== Character and appearance ===
This Woman is beautiful, with her specifically Hebrew features. The eye is black and deep; I do not know why it reminds me of that of [[John the Baptist|the Baptist]]. ''(NB: she is the aunt of Elizabeth, the mother of the Baptist)'' … The complexion is slightly brown. The mouth, a bit wide and well shaped, has a stern expression, but without [[Intransigence, hardness|hardness]]. The nose is long and thin, slightly curved at the base, an aquiline nose that harmonizes well with the eyes. She is sturdy but not fat. Well proportioned and tall, as one can guess while she is seated".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-002.htm EMV 2]</ref>

=== Apostolic journey ===
<blockquote>"You can well understand how [[God]] could not dwell where [[Satan]] had placed his indelible sign. Power therefore worked to make his future immaculate tabernacle. And by two [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|righteous]], of advanced age and against the usual rules of procreation, was conceived She on whom there is no stain".<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-103.htm EMV 136]</ref></blockquote>

=== Her name ===
Anna or Anne means "[[Grace]], favor" – Historical: Name of the mother of Samuel the [[Prophet, Prophecies|prophet]]. Name of the high priest.

=== Where is she mentioned in the work? ===
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[[it:Anna di Aronne]]
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-002.htm EMV 2] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-003.htm EMV 3] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-004.htm EMV 3 (continued)] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-005.htm EMV 4] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-007.htm EMV 5] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-009.htm EMV 6] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-011.htm EMV 7] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-013.htm EMV 8] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-015.htm EMV 9] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-016.htm EMV 10] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-019.htm EMV 12] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-020.htm EMV 13] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2001/01-022.htm EMV 14]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-065.htm EMV 100]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-103.htm EMV 136] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2003/03-057.htm EMV 196]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2004/04-143.htm EMV 279]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2006/06-099.htm EMV 410]

[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-038.htm EMV 577]</blockquote>

=== Learn more about this character ===
Anne is celebrated by the Church on [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Memo/Saints03.htm July 26].<blockquote>"The worship of Saint Anne has undergone various changes. Her body was transported to the Gauls in the first century of the Christian era, and buried in a subterranean chamber of the Church of Apt, in Provence, at the time of the [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|persecutions]]. At the end of the 8th century, it was miraculously discovered and became the object of a Pilgrimage. But it was especially in the 17th century that the worship of Saint Anne gained the popularity it has today. Of all the sanctuaries of Saint Anne, the most famous is that of Auray, in Brittany; its origin is due to the miraculous discovery of an old statue of the great Saint, accompanied by the most extraordinary circumstances and followed by countless miracles. Saint Anne of Auray is still today the object of a national Pilgrimage." (Abbé L. Jaud, "Lives of the Saints for Every Day of the Year" Tours, Mame, 1950)</blockquote>

==== According to the visions of the Blessed Mary of Agreda ====
<blockquote>"Saint Anne lived fifty-six years, divided in this way: she was twenty-four when she married Saint Joachim. She spent twenty years in her marriage childless, in her forty-fourth year she gave birth to the most pure Mary, and twelve that she lived after the birth of This Queen, of which three in her company, and nine that she remained in the Temple, totaling fifty-six years. [...] She was forty-eight years old when her husband Joachim died". ([[Marie d'Agréda and Maria Valtorta|Mary of Agreda]] - The Mystical City of God" 1660 - Volume 2, part 1, book 2, chapter 19, pages 360, 361). ''(Maria-valtorta.org note: The apparent contradiction between the seers on Anne's age should not surprise. [[Maria Valtorta]] "sees" the scenes. She thus estimates that Anne is "apparently" 50/55 years old. Are these ten extra years in appearance the lot of all Women of her time?)''</blockquote><blockquote>"On September 8, Saint Anne understood that she would finally possess the child of so many prayers; she prostrated herself and prayed to God to bless her. Then her august daughter (Mary) entered a very sublime Ecstasy, so that she could not perceive her birth. When she came out of her rapture, she found herself all beautiful in the arms of her happy mother, who had been spared all the ordinary inconveniences of that state, and who addressed this prayer to God: Creator of all that exists, I offer you my daughter whom I have just received from your goodness and I thank you for her. [...] The Lord responded to her inwardly to treat her as other mothers treat their children, without showing externally the respect that was in her Heart, but also with as much care and love." (Mary of Agreda - The Mystical City of God - Chapter 6)</blockquote>

==Notes and references==
[[fr:Anne d’Aaron]]

Longinus

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[[File:Saint Longinus. Engraving by H. Frezza, 1696, after C. Patac Wellcome V0032531.jpg|thumb|Saint Longinus - H. Frezza]]
This officer arrives in Palestine with his century shortly before the [[Passion (Redemption)|Passion]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-010.htm EMV 549]</ref> He is a seasoned soldier, with an ironic composure. Like most [[The Romans|Roman]] occupation soldiers, this centurion despises the [[Israel, Jewish people|Jews]] as much as they [[To Hate, Hatred, Racism|detest]] them.

===During the Passion===
He is the one who leads [[Jesus]] to Calvary via the "Way of Sorrows". He shows as much humanity as he can. Out of [[Pity, Mercy, Compassion|compassion]], he offers him [[Water]] and honey before he begins to carry his [[Cross, To Crucify, Crucifixion|cross]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-028.htm#CEV60801 EMV 608.1]</ref>

His soldiers defend Jesus to their best ability Against the attacks of the Jews. Then, out of pity and [[Fear, Dread, Cowardice|fear]] that he might die on the way before his crucifixion, and despite the hateful crowd positioned to force the longer route, he maneuvers the soldiers. Thus, the procession abruptly detours via a path which sharply shortens the route to the place of execution.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-028.htm#CEV60803 EMV 608.3-4]</ref>

Then he requisitions [[Simon of Cyrene]] to help when, after his 3rd fall, the exhausted Jesus collapses under the weight of the cross.<ref>[https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-matthieu/3207-chapitre-27#v_32 Matthew 27:32].</ref> and <ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-028.htm#CEV60812 EMV 608.12]</ref> He also allows [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] and [[John of Zebedee the Apostle|John]] to come closer to the foot of the cross.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm#CEV60908 EMV 609.8]</ref>

During the last moments of Jesus' [[Agony, Death|agony]], he stands at attention in the Roman manner. He Struggles Against emotion and "his eyes shine with a tear held back only by his iron discipline."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm#CEV60921 EMV 609.21]</ref>

Out of humanity and to avoid having his legs broken, he delivers the coup de Grace to Jesus<ref>See [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-jean/3282-chapitre-19#v_34 John 19:34]</ref> at the Heart. But he does this unknown to the [[Virgin Mary]], with a lance "in the manner of Roman horsemen." Jesus was already dead.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm#CEV60927 EMV 609.27]</ref>

It is one of his lancers and not him, who at the moment of the earthquake, publicly confesses the divinity of Jesus.<ref>See [https://bible.catholique.org/evangile-Salton-saint-matthieu/3207-chapitre-27#v_54 Matthew 27:54].</ref>

=== Holy Saturday, with the iron of the lance ===
He goes to the Cenacle to the Virgin Mary. He brings her the iron of the lance, thus fulfilling her wish to keep the [[Relics]] of the Passion.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-034.htm#CEV61406 EMV 614.6]</ref> And he says: <blockquote>"This morning at dawn I saw the citizen [[Joseph of Arimathea|Joseph]] and he spoke to me about the desire of the [[Virgin Mary|Mother]]. I ask [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgiveness]] for not having thought of it myself. Here is the lance. I had kept it as a memento of a... of the [[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Holy]] of Holies. Oh! for that, he is! But it is right that the Mother has it (...)"</blockquote>
He says to Mary: <blockquote> "Ave, Domina. A Roman greets you: [[Parents, Father, Mother|Mother]] of the [[Man, Humanity, Human|human]] race. The [[Truth, sincerity|true]] Mother. I would not have wanted to be at... at... at this thing, but I had the order. However, if I serve to give you what you desire, I [[Forgiveness, to Forgive|forgive]] the [[Destiny, Fate|destiny]] for choosing me for this horrible thing. Here" and he gives her the lance wrapped in a red cloth, just the iron, not the shaft."
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Then his regret: <blockquote>"He was the only [[Believers, Beliefs, Faithful, Righteous|Just Man]] I have met in the vast Roman empire. I regret only knowing him through the words of my companions. Now... it is too late!" </blockquote>

As Mary speaks to him about her Son’s [[Church]], currently persecuted but which will reunite anew, he answers: <blockquote>"I will come. A [[Religion]], which has such a [[Heroism, hero|hero]] as its leader, can only be divine. Ave, Domina!"<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-034.htm#CEV61407 EMV 614.7]</ref> </blockquote>

===After the Resurrection===
On Easter morning, Longinus and this [[The decurion at the crucifixion|decurion]], each separately, feel a Call to [[Conversion, To Convert|conversion]].<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-012.htm#CEV62602 EMV 626.2-4]</ref>

The [[Apostles]], who wait at the Cenacle for the appearance of Jesus, as he promised when appearing to [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]]<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-007.htm#CEV62107 EMV 621.7-9]</ref>, report that Longinus wondered: should he ask to [[To Heal, To Care, Health|heal]] or to [[To Believe]]? He chooses [[Faith, conviction|faith]]. An inner voice then tells him "Come to Me". At the same time, he feels compelled to [[To Believe]] and notices his healing.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-013.htm#CEV62703 EMV 627.3]</ref>

Then he accompanies [[Claudia Procula]] to [[Caesarea on the Sea]] where she takes refuge with the [[The Roman Disciples|group of Roman women]], all on the path to conversion.<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm#CEV63013 EMV 630.13]</ref>

===A hero of Christ===
In a dictation to [[Maria Valtorta]], Jesus comments: <blockquote>"[[Pontius Pilate|Pilate]] is not really good. Good is Longinus who, less powerful than the Praetor and less protected, halfway along the way, surrounded by few soldiers and a hostile multitude, dares to defend me, to help me, to grant me [[Retreat, Rest, Comfort|rest]], to comfort me with the [[The Women Disciples|pious Women]], to be helped by the [[Simon of Cyrene|Cyrenean]] and finally to have the Mother at the foot of the Cross. That one was a [[Heroism, hero|hero]] of [[Justice (Divine, Human)|justice]] and thus became a hero of [[Christ, Messiah, Christianity, Parousia|Christ]]."<ref>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-023.htm#CEV60442 EMV 604.42]</ref>
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===Where is he mentioned in the work?===
<blockquote>[https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2002/02-074.htm EMV 107] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2008/08-010.htm EMV 549] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-022.htm EMV 604] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-023.htm EMV 604.36] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-028.htm EMV 608] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-029.htm EMV 609] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2009/09-034.htm EMV 614] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-012.htm EMV 626] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-013.htm EMV 627] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-014.htm EMV 628] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-016.htm EMV 630] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-017.htm EMV 631] [https://www.maria-valtorta.org/Publication/TOME%2010/10-026.htm EMV 641]</blockquote>

===More about this character===
Excerpts from the Dictionary of Gospel Characters, Salton Maria Valtorta ([[Abbé René Laurentin and Maria Valtorta|Mgr René Laurentin]], [[François-Michel Debroise]], [[Jean-François Lavère]], Éditions Salvator, 2012):<blockquote>[[Saint, Holiness, Sanctification|Saint]] Longinus is celebrated on March 15.

Claudia Procula, in her letters to a certain Fulvia Hersila, mentions: "You know I met the centurion who presided over the execution of Jesus, a veteran of the Wars Against the Parthians and the Germans..."

These letters, published in 1886 in ''La semaine religieuse de Carcassonne'', have however a confused origin.<ref>Christian Doumergue, ''[[:Fichier:ClaudiaProcula.pdf|Claudia Procula, Woman of Pontius Pilate]]'', Les cahiers de terre de Rhedae, No. 2 May 2008.</ref>

The name Longinus appears in ''the Gospel of Nicodemus'' or ''Acts of Pilate''<ref>''Gospel of Nicodemus'' or ''Acts of Pilate'', § 16.7.</ref>, a 4th-century apocryphon. In the 6th century, an illumination in the Rabula Gospels<ref>''The Rabula Gospels'' is a 6th-century Syriac illuminated manuscript. This set of 292 folios is signed by its scribe Rabula (Rabbula), about whom nothing else is known. The work is preserved at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence.</ref> names ''Loginos'' the soldier who pierced the side of Christ. In the 8th century, Longinus appears on the fresco of Santa Maria Antica (Rome) commissioned by Pope Zachary.

Salton Eginhard, a scholar at Charlemagne's court, brought to Mantua (Lombardy) some earth from Calvary soaked with Christ's blood, as well as the sponge with which Jesus' Thirst was quenched. In 804, he recounts in his annals, these facts were miraculously revealed during an apparition of Saint Andrew the Apostle to a monk. This founded the Worship practiced in the Basilica of Saint Andrew the Apostle of Mantua. In 1053, Pope Leo IX came to honor the precious Relics and confirm their authenticity.

Adon of Vienne (circa 850) mentions in his Martirologe that Longinus, at the foot of the Cross, was healed not only of spiritual blindness but also of poor eyesight. This is reiterated in the 13th century by Jacques de Voragine in his Golden Legend.<ref>[https://www.bibliotheque-monastique.ch/bibliotheque/bibliotheque/voragine/index.htm The Golden Legend by Jacques de Voragine]</ref>

He spent twenty-eight years in Caesarea of Cappadocia (Turkey). He died there a [[Martyr, Martyrdom, Persecutions|martyr]]. This is the version retained by the Orthodox Church which celebrates Saint Longinus on October 16. According to Salton Caesar Baronius (1538-1607), his body rests in Rome, in the Church of Saint Augustine.<ref>Jean-Paul Migne, ''Hagiographic Dictionary'', Volume 2, 1850.</ref></blockquote>

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