Mary of Jacob
Widow of Ephraim in Samaria. "The poorest of the place, Good that she has a large house" almost near the bridge over the torrent, "now that she no longer has her sons and her daughters there." A Woman who has not been spoiled by life :
"I had three boys and seven girls. One boy was taken by the torrent and another by the fever. The third abandoned me. Five of the girls took the father's illness, and they are dead. The sixth died in childbirth and the seventh... What death did not do, sin did."[1]She is the one who hosts Jesus, exiled following the decree of the Temple, in her house "as large as an inn and empty like an abandoned place".[2]
Character and appearance
A small old emaciated woman, with gentle melancholic eyes. Thin, stooped shoulders.
Apostolic journey
Witness of the Resurrection.[3]
Her name
מרים[4]
In Hebrew Myriam (Miriâm). This common name can mean bitterness or "the exalted one", "the Prophetess".
Where is she mentioned in the work?
GRM 551 GRM 552 GRM 553 GRM 554 GRM 556 GRM 557 GRM 559 GRM 561 GRM 565 GRM 566 GRM 567 GRM 568
GRM 632
Notes and references
Note: Quotations from the work of Maria Valtorta on this page currently use machine-translated text and will gradually be replaced by the official English translation. Until then, the official translation may be consulted through the reference link provided with each quotation.