Don Ottavio Michelini and Maria Valtorta

Born on August 14, 1906, and died on October 15, 1979, Don Ottavio Michelini was a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Carpi, near Modena. He was honored with the title of Monsignor by Pope Paul VI.

In 1975, and for 4 years, he received dictations recorded in Confidences of Jesus to His Priests and His Faithful. Their style is similar to that found in the dictations of Maria Valtorta and those of other contemporary mystics. “My style is unique,” said Jesus to Maria Valtorta.

In two dictations to Don Michelini, Jesus confirms that He is indeed the author of «The Gospel as Revealed to Me» by Maria Valtorta.

He affirms that this work will know “great success in the regenerated Church.”

Dictations Confirming the Work of Maria Valtorta

Dictation of September 19, 1975

One Look Would Be Enough

Son, what use are glory, esteem, wealth and health, prosperity, talent and culture, if in the end the Soul is lost?

These words were for many Souls of good will the motive for radical spiritual regeneration or conversion.

A serious and mature reflection on this invitation can lead Souls to the conquest of heroic Virtues, to the achievement of perfection and holiness.

A serious meditation on this warning has led and can lead many Souls to the discovery of that precious stone I speak of in the parable and for which it is worth cutting off sin, through a resolute detachment from the false Goods and affections of this world, and to follow Me on the way of Calvary in exchange for an imperishable crown of eternal glory in the House of My Father.

Son, the Soul in a state of sin is like the stone that from above, by virtue of the natural law of gravity, falls downward, increasing in its fall its weight and speed. The Soul in a state of sin rushes downward, increasing in its fall the weight of its faults, of its passions.

What natural law can stop and reverse the course of a stone falling from above downward? What natural law can transform descent into ascent? No natural law can accomplish this miracle. Only a law of higher order could do it.

I alone am the supernatural law, that is, the Divine Force that can stop the sinner in his ruinous descent to the abyss and change his downward path into an ascent to Life.

This is what I most ardently desire to do with all sinners, but especially with my priests, led astray by the Evil One, by the concupiscence of The Spirit and the senses.

For them, one look at Me crucified, one invocation to My merciful Heart, and, following Peter's example, saying to Me: “Lord, save me, for I am drowning in the waves!” would be enough.

Oh, my son, how ready I would be to reach out my hand to put them in safety!

I Love the Souls

Do you realize the tragic situation of many of my priests marching quickly toward eternal damnation? Can there be a greater tragedy on earth, more horrible than this? Can there be a more diabolical deception than that spread in our time by pseudo-masters who claim that hell does not exist and that Divine Mercy could never allow the eternal damnation of a Soul?

Those who spread these heresies want to suppress Divine Justice, although they should know that in Me Mercy and Justice are indivisible, because in Me they are one and the same thing.

My son, I am the Light that came into this world. The Light shines in the Darkness, but the Darkness did not receive it.

I love the Souls. I want the salvation of Souls; I came for this; but I need you, your collaboration.

You are My members and all members tend to the same and unique end. I need you so that the Mystery of Salvation may be fulfilled in its fullness.

Following My example, the example of My Most Holy Mother, the martyrs and saints, you must generously embrace your cross and follow Me. If the cross seems heavy to you, know that I am within you to lighten its weight.

Son, I have told you and I repeat to you: it is a duty of justice and charity; no one can escape from it, least of all you, My ministers.

Do not fear, it is I who guide you. Go forward, do not retreat and do not worry! They have rejected My Gospel, they have distorted My Truth. They did not believe the Souls-victims to whom I spoke. In their words I put the seal of My Grace; they resisted everything.

I dictated to Maria Valtorta, a Soul-victim, a wonderful work. Of this work I am the author. You have witnessed yourself the furious reactions of Satan.

You have noted the resistance that many priests oppose to this work which, if it were—not just read—but studied and meditated upon, would bring great Good to many Souls. This work is the source of serious and solid culture.

But to this work, which is destined for great success in the regenerated Church, they prefer the rubbish of so many magazines and books by presumptuous theologians.

I bless you as always. Love Me!

Dictation of February 5, 1976

The Confession of the Divine

I have often spoken to you about the current crisis of faith infecting My Church, which has contaminated all humanity.

The earth is increasingly becoming a barren desert where there are nevertheless here and there oases of rest that allow the divine life of Grace to flow within My mystical Body.

Indeed, my son, if in a body all the various members were dead, it would not be a living body, but a decomposing corpse. The Church will never die nor can it completely perish. This is guaranteed by My explicit words; there can be no doubt.

This is always guaranteed by the Presence of the Holy Spirit. Even today, among the rubbish of the corpses that cover it, there are good Souls, truly holy, to whom gratitude is due for their contribution to the circulation of divine life.

A few days ago, I told you that the priests of the Marian Movement, an elected militia, desired by My merciful Heart and the Immaculate Heart of My Mother, in support and defense of My Church and My Vicar on earth, are subject to attacks.

It is the militia willed, blessed, and guided by My Mother to prepare, through the Struggle Against the shameless and brazen tyranny of Satan, the great hour of liberation, the great hour of the Queen of Victories.

The New Spring

Among these priests is X. I am pleased with his desire for perfection, and also with his love for this wonderful work that the world ignores, that the proud reject, and that the humble love: the “Poem of the God-Man” (= The Gospel as Revealed to Me).

It is the work willed by Wisdom and Divine Providence for the new times. It is a source of life and pure water.

It is I, the living and eternal Word, who have given Myself again as food for the Souls I love. I am the light, and light does not confound, much less mix, with Darkness.

Wherever I go, the Darkness dissolves to make way for the light. Where no life is death, and where no death is putrefaction.

There is a spiritual putrefaction no less heartbreaking than the organic decay of decomposing bodies. I, the truth and the life, the water and light of the world, how could I remain in Souls infected by the cravings of the flesh and the spirit?

Therefore, this proves, son, that those who have not perceived in the “Poem” the taste of the divine, the scent of the supernatural, have a Soul burdened and obscured.

There are bishops, priests, and men and religious women for whom, once again, the party of prudence is the cause of so many imprudences. They take refuge inside without knowing they are inside the fortress of the devil. Prudence is a virtue, and virtue does not have nausea for the Divine.

My son, how Good we must be!

Know that Don X, each time he reread the «Poem of the God-Man», gave Me joy for all those who refused Me such joy.

Fear nothing if there are those who refuse to understand it. Be aware that our Good is a Good different from that of the world. The love we carry for the Souls is always united with suffering: it is the law.

Suffering is a means not only useful but necessary for the transformation, Purification, and deification of the Soul.

Son, how Good we must pray and mortify ourselves for ourselves and for our brothers!

The hour of Purification has come and the vigorous shoots announcing the new spring have already appeared.

My Mother and I are with you!