The Notebooks of 1944

**THE NOTEBOOKS OF 1944**
Work Details
Cover page - CEV - 2003
Author	Maria Valtorta
Writing Period	From January 1 to December 30, 1944
Pages	654
First Edition in Italian
Title	I Quaderni del 1944
Publication	1976
Publisher	Tipografia editrice E. Pisani
French Translation 1st Edition
Title	The Notebooks of 1944
Translator	-
Publication	1985
Publisher	Centro editoriale valtortiano
French Translation 2nd Edition
Translator	Yves d'Horrer
Annotations	Emilio Pisani
Publication	2003
Publisher	Centro editoriale valtortiano
ISBN	978-8879870998

The Notebooks of 1944 present the content of autograph school notebooks 12 to 36^[1] on which Maria Valtorta transcribed day by day the visions and dictations she received. All texts concerning The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me are excluded from this content. Indeed, it is during this period that the visions of the life of Jesus truly begin.

Maria Valtorta had an inaugural vision on April 22, 1943 (see The Notebooks of 1943), where she saw herself symbolically at the foot of the Cross. It was a mystical and prophetic vision that is not part of the narrative of Jesus’s life. This vision was followed by long daily teachings of Jesus. It was only several months later, on January 5, 1944 (see the summary below), that Maria Valtorta had her first vision: that of the blessed passing of the Virgin Mary (the Dormition). It was a consoling vision for Maria Valtorta, then very troubled, but she did not describe it. She only reports the commentary Jesus makes about it. The Dormition of Mary would only really be depicted on November 21, 1951 (cf. EMV 649), more than four years after the conclusion of the Work (1947), as an important addition. The vision of the Assumption of Mary followed shortly after: on December 8, 1951, the feast day of the Immaculate Conception (cf. EMV 650). Chronologically this is the last vision of the Work. Jesus evidently wanted to place this gift from Heaven under the sign and protection of his Mother. Moreover, the first truly constitutive vision of The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me was that of the Wedding at Cana, on January 16, 1944. An episode where Mary delivers this message, which makes perfect sense in this context: "Do whatever he tells you (John 2:5)".

The teachings of Jesus become deeper. The visions of the first centuries of the Church appear with the visions of the martyrs. The reminder of these origins will be followed in The Notebooks from 1945 to 1950 by teachings on the Church in modern times.

In April/May 1944, Maria Valtorta endured a very painful trial: she had to leave Viareggio due to bombings, and Jesus remained silent for many days. This is the "Naked Passion".

1. Contemplation of the face of Jesus: immense joy of the writer.
2. The resemblance, essentially spiritual, between Jesus and John. John: the sun; Judas: the darkness. Vision of the group of apostles.
3. Jesus, the good Samaritan who forgives sinners and heals wounds caused by Satan.
4. Those embraced by God, the humble to whom He reveals His mysteries, and the pretenders, disciples of Satan (Dn 2:27). Three crosses: three victim souls.
5. Description of the blessed passing of the Most Holy Virgin Mary.
6. "Victory does not depend on the power of the army, but on the strength that comes from heaven" (1 Maccabees 3). Necessity to act as God: love your neighbor even if he offends you. The significance of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
7. Condemnation of reincarnation.
8. Satanism: a process opposed to divinization through Christ.
9. Severe condemnation by the Father of satanic religion, which produces "makers of idols" (Is 44). Exhortation from Jesus to conquer souls willing to offer themselves in sacrifice to save others.
10. Dictation of the Holy Spirit (Is 45). Words of Mary. Vision of paradise with the Holy Spirit, the Father and the Son, Saint Joseph, Saint John, and the blessed of the heavenly Church.
11. Lesson from Saint John on Love and Truth: the falsehood of doctrines contrary to the truth of Christ, who is the one Truth. The Holy Virgin recalls her meeting with Saint Joseph: praise of the angelic purity of Saint Joseph. Saint Paul addresses the theory of reincarnation, opposed by the concept of the final and unique resurrection.
12. The charity of Catholics towards those who profess other religions (Acts 10).
13. Like Christ, martyrs have shown boundless love unto death. Love is the greatest word in the universe. Vision of the martyrdom of Saint Agnes.
14. "What God has cleansed, you must not call profane" (Acts 10): God's love for those who are not Catholic but who, even without knowing Him, listen to the true God, sometimes even more than those who claim to be Catholic.
15. Jesus describes Hell: a torment of fire, frost, darkness. Saint John comforts the writer.
16. Jesus speaks of His Kingdom encompassing heaven and earth; it is formed by an infinite number of "lives" created by the Father who will be purified by the Son (Col 1:15–20).
17. The only true faith is in Jesus: falsehood of human doctrines (Col 2 and 3).
19. Lack of charity is an obstacle to conversion; Satan acts strongly on the careless.
20. Commentary on passages from Saint Matthew (10:22 and 24:13) and the Epistle to the Hebrews (10:35–38): the value of faith and perseverance. Vision of the burial of Saint Agnes.
22. Preparation for a vision.
23. Commentary on the Book of Daniel, chapter 12: after three years and six months of satanic abomination comes the day of the resurrection of the flesh, and the light of Christ will shine on the just.
25. Commentary on the Book of Daniel, chapter 7: it speaks of four monsters, i.e., four errors that will cause the final Horror, to which the Father will say: “Enough!”; the Son will judge the living and the dead; the "children of God," who have kept grace and faith, will inherit the Kingdom. "The dictations have enabled you to reach the utmost fidelity."
27. The perfect priest acts as the shepherd to his sheep. The idols priests fall victim to: jealousy, heresies, sensuality, sects.
29. Frightening vision of the universe and the final resurrection. "God will be good until the end."
30. Under the joy of a vision, the writer’s face changes expression.
31. Commentary on the Book of Ezekiel, chapters 10 and 11: God does not look at appearances; He probes the depths of our soul and sees our lack of love for Him and neighbor.

February

3. The miracle of recovered strength after exhausting joy from visions and dictations. By the grace of God, this miracle happens to the writer.
4. Useless temptation by the devil against the writer. Vision of Our Lady of Lourdes.
6. Commentary on Ezekiel, chapter 47: the water of divine grace fertilizes souls and enables them to bear virtues and good works.
8. Commentary on Daniel, chapter 3: the episode of the three young men condemned for not worshiping the golden statue. It is important to give thanks to the Father.
11–12. Vision of Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane and His ascent to Calvary.
13. Love of participation as development of love of fusion: it is the passion lived by Christ and those who adore Him; it is expressed by works of charity.
14. Vision of Jesus confiding in His Mother. Tender words from the Virgin to the writer.
17. Vision concerning the Last Supper.
18. Vision of Jesus’ way to Golgotha. Vision of the crucifixion and death of Jesus.
19. Vision of Mary’s anguish after Jesus’ burial. Veronica brings Him the holy cloth.
20. Contemplation of Jesus on the cross, at whose foot stand the Virgin and John. It seems this is the moment Jesus entrusts His Mother to John.
21. Vision of the Resurrection.
26. Commentary on Psalm 94 (93): God judges all sins, great and small, since the sum of the small forms the serious sins. But the Lord does not abandon the one who turns to Him, and defends him by His just judgments.
27. Jesus and John the Baptist are heroes of truth; Herod is the champion of compromise. Jesus intercedes with the Father so He may have mercy on sinners and not abandon them.
28. The meaning of the "Gospels of faith".
29. Visions of the first martyrs in the Mamertine prison. Apostle Paul blesses Castulus, a little martyr who teaches that strength is found in the Eucharist. "The ground of the Christian world is becoming pagan again."

March

1. Vision of the martyrdom of Felicity and Perpetua.
2. The wisdom of martyrs is the Wisdom of God; all who love the Lord and make this love the goal of their life possess it.
3. Remarks from Jesus on the visions of the writer.
4. Vision of the martyrdom of Saint Phenicula and the death of Petronilla, her friend and mistress, spiritual daughter of the Apostle Peter. This vision highlights the power of prayer, the fruits of holy friendship, and the value of sacrifice.
5. The figure of martyrs, restored to original innocence by grace’s work, as well as their mission to sanctify the world and bear witness to the Gospel by their sacrifice.
6. Apostle John evokes for the writer the harmony of paradise, announced by his message of light.
7. Contemplation of the "Ecce Homo" ("Behold the Man") that causes an ecstasy of suffering to the soul that loves it.
12–15. Jesus dictates nothing, and when He finally does, the writer refuses to write; Jesus makes her understand that He allowed her to know Mary’s torments as a guide and comfort for the hour she is living through.
16. Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, chapters 5 and 6: the value of obedience, a virtue that redeems and produces fruits of eternal life; the value of prayer that obtains the Father’s mercy for humanity’s good. "You are the little enclosed nun who prays for all." The writer expresses her emotion at having been enrolled in the Third Order of Our Lady of Sorrows.
18. Commentary on Saint Matthew, chapter 23: Jesus is the altar on which men’s offerings are sanctified, receiving from divine will something far greater: grace.
19. Commentary on Saint John, chapter 21: death is God’s will accomplished, and the one who accepts it with resignation performs his last act of obedience to God.
22. The purpose of the sacrament of marriage is procreation, which receives God’s blessing. Any other purpose dishonors man and throws him into Satan’s arms.
23. Vision concerning Lazarus: the announcement to Jesus of the seriousness of his illness; Jesus prepares for the journey to Bethany; Jesus raises Lazarus.
25. Commentary on Isaiah, chapter 7: the Father reminds that Jesus is the light sent to humanity and that man rejected Him. Few loved and welcomed Him, and it is only for them that the Father prepares a place in heaven.
28. Fully following the Gospel’s teachings, even the smallest, is rising to perfection.
29. The martyrdom of Justine and Cyprian. The victorious power of the cross. "You have experienced this power of the cross."
30. A double vision: that of Mary Magdalene’s death, preceded by Jesus’s apparition who recalls how the repentant sinner carefully relieved her fatigue at Bethany; these words confirm that those who hope in God will not be disappointed; that of the meal in Lazarus’s house, evoked by Jesus in the first part of the vision. "God wants to save you, not lose you."

April

7. Vision of the moment of Jesus’ death on the cross and new recollection of Jesus’s farewell to His Mother before the Last Supper.
9. God the Father is weary of humanity’s repeated sins, which make the Son’s death useless, and He will unleash hell’s punishments. Jesus holds back the Father’s anger but needs the sacrifice of faithful souls. "I am the Comforter."
April 9–May 10: Notes from the spiritual diary on the writer’s "naked passion," experiencing for several days the terrible trial of God’s abandonment. Her only consolation: repeated appearances of the Virgin, Saint Joseph, and Saint Francis of Assisi (on May 1). Physical, moral, and spiritual sufferings. On April 15, she overcomes a strong temptation from the devil. The order to evacuate Viareggio (April 24), entailing abandoning her beloved home and separation from Father Migliorini, increases the writer’s terrible suffering.

May

11. Commentary on the First Epistle of Saint Peter: the devil acts like a lion; he attacks the imprudent who venture into darkness, for he does not dare to do so when the Sun shines on souls. If all darkens momentarily, one must remain within the limits of the theological and cardinal virtues.
12. Continuation of the previous commentary: to attack, the lion waits for the imprudent animal to leave its den to satisfy hunger or thirst; Satan awaits man’s yielding to lust of flesh, money, or power. We must remember Jesus’ temptations and imitate His responses.
13. Jesus corrects an omission of the writer in the February 20 dictation. Mary illustrates the meaning of the seven joys, which always stem from love and tend to a more perfect love, for Love is the key to Marian theology.
15. The writer promises to do a special daily penance for the desperate, with whom she shared the experience of feeling separated from God.
16. Jesus could have reduced His accusers and tormentors to ashes but did not because He was Redeemer and not avenger, just as He did not let the writer die when suffering tormented her; He could rather do so now that she is healed and has conquered Satan.
17. The writer expresses her happiness at seeing Jesus again as in former times.
18. On the day celebrating the Lord’s Ascension, the writer has the intellectual vision of the Redeemer’s Blood spreading like a vast purple cloak over the earth. The Mass recalls the most important points of the Word’s life: incarnation in the consecration, crucifixion in the elevation, ascension in the consummation.
20. Mary illustrates the meaning of her seven sorrows which, besides her own, include all humanity’s, transformed into thorns piercing her heart. She exhorts the writer to offer her sufferings for her brothers.
21. The world hates and persecutes God’s beloved and accuses them of heresy. But God loves, blesses, and opens eternity to them.
22. Genesis chapter 1 recalls that only God does good. Thus, if pain produces peace, it comes from God; if it creates torment but does not distance from God, He permits it; if it causes anxiety and distances from God, it comes from Evil.
23. God’s infinite goodness is content with the "good will to obey" and does not impose extreme sacrifice, even though sometimes this good will is more painful than sacrifice.
24. Humanity increasingly becomes the perverse race sung by Moses. Everyone must become good after purifying himself by love and suffering.
25. Vision of paradise, where Love reigns and to which only the "living" Isaiah speaks of can enter, those who have erased their faults through charity. The writer sees the Father creating souls; the Son judging the dead; the Holy Spirit, the Virgin, angels, and blessed.
26. Men must not refuse the treasure of Bread that removes all hunger and Wine that quenches all thirst: the Flesh and Blood of the Son of God, begotten in Mary’s virginal womb by the Holy Spirit’s work.
27. Baruch says that, to transmit wisdom, the Lord does not choose giants, for they are puffed with pride, but humble spirits, full of charity and generosity, with upright souls.
28. Vision of the descent of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the apostles gathered in prayer in the Upper Room.
29. Jesus gives the writer His weekly program of suffering: three days for priests; Wednesday for the desperate; Thursday for idolaters; Friday for souls in purgatory; Saturday for sinners.
30. Commentary on the Book of Judith, chapter 9: for those pursuing a right goal, human weaknesses are useful, as with Judith, who made holy use of her beauty.
31. Souls created by the Father display various colors indicating how man, always restless and dissatisfied, disturbs God’s created order and human society’s harmony.

June

2. Vision of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, to whom the Lord manifests Himself and reveals His Sacred Heart, entrusting her with the mission to make it loved. Jesus uses a metaphor to explain how to remove evil ideas from a soul and replace them with good ones. Vision of Gertrude and Veronica, the two saints who, with Margaret Mary, spread love for the Sacred Heart.
3. To help the writer better perform this devotion, the Hour of Our Lady of Sorrows, Mary illustrates the painful way that brought her from the Sepulcher to the Upper Room after Jesus’s burial. The vision accompanies the dictation. Another vision: Peter celebrates what was probably the early Mass, in the presence of Mary, apostles, and many disciples and faithful.
7. Although very ill, the writer is happy to write about Mary, in the presence of Jesus.
11. The life of victims must be led on a totally spiritual, very high plane filled with love. Such souls resemble the animals of Ezekiel’s theophany and heroically live the virtues of the saints.
12. God's time is an eternal present condensed in the word "now". All victim souls must know this word to measure suffering according to God's time.
13. The Eucharist is the heart of Jesus' Heart, explained by that day's dictation and vision: a radiant Heart bearing the Savior's seal, apparently enclosing a shining Host.
14. In paradise, even children possess intelligence and wisdom. Just as the eagle teaches its young to bravely soar toward the sun, Jesus lifts and raptures the writer in prayer. The Holy Hour of Jesus:
- I. "If I do not wash you, you have no share with Me in My Kingdom" (need for purification by the Lord who grants absolution).
- II. "One of you will betray Me" (the Lord’s readiness to forgive in exchange for love).
- III. "Love one another as I have loved you" (that is, humbly, selflessly, more than self-love).
- IV "If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you."
15. "The soul is an essence from God"; it is the "breath of life" that gave a soul to the man of clay and raised the dead. Jesus comments on His last prayer before the Passion, reported in John’s Gospel.
16. Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The writer finds in Marta Diciotti's prayer book the description of the apparition to Margaret Mary Alacoque, identical to her own June 1 vision.
20. Jesus invites the writer to contemplate the stars, whose luminous language attests to God's existence. Man, who cannot reach the stars though they seem close, can reach God if he loves Him as He loves.
21. Jesus, tired of sinners’ continual offenses, finds rest and consolation in His beloved. Comparison of conjugal love to the soul’s love for God: in both cases one reaches perfect communion in joy and sorrow.
22. Fear of having displeased God by failing to reach perfection may distance from Him; but this humility, this loving humbling, causes the divine Guest to remain in us.
23. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, whose spiritual childhood made her resemble the infant Jesus (as illustrated in the book the writer has), is given as a model for all to imitate. Vision of Jesus’ death.
24. Meditation on Mary’s three times of suffering while the writer performs the Hour of Our Lady of Sorrows: the mother’s pain, the believer’s pain, the daughter of God’s pain. The writer’s anguish from being distant from her home and confessor.
25. The soul suffering without God’s direct help to relieve suffering (as with the writer) has more merit than the one receiving miraculous spiritual anesthesia from Him. The writer’s reward will be complete if she fulfills all of God’s will.
26. At her bedside, the writer sees her guardian angel, whose mission is to bring hope, since faith and charity are already strong in her. Each guardian angel worships God in his creature if that creature is in the Lord’s grace or venerates the Creator’s work if no longer.
27. Chosen souls receive, like Abraham, the order to leave their country and family and to go towards the land Jesus will show them, initially hostile. Yet, as they follow the single star (the Lord), their path becomes easier, brighter, and rises to the spiritual.
29. Jesus applies the motif of earthly life’s frailty to the parable of the minas (Luke 19:11–27): many misuse the eternal coin entrusted to them and face eternal suffering; few remain inert from fear of justice and will know love in purgatory; very few multiply this coin and plunge into love.

July

1. Saint John’s testimony on Christ’s nature, "true God and true Man," on the day celebrating the precious Blood.
2. The writer should not anxiously seek the Lord when He is silent but know she is then associated with Him to serve their common Father.
3. "The Most High does not dwell in temples made by human hands" (Acts 7:48), but in the soul of His faithful child.
4. The writer struggles against her soul’s turmoil and the devil’s temptations.
5. Jesus urges the writer to be kind and patient, for He will give her a great gift; He convinces her she is no longer the Lord’s "servant," but His "bride," and only the Bridegroom can understand and console her. Jesus invites the writer to remain silent and forgive: the co-redeemers’ work is to draw souls out of darkness and ask the Father to forgive them because "they do not know what they do."
6. Vision of Nennolina.
7. Those chosen for a particular mission are cut off from the world, estranged from others yet still their "brothers," for it is in evangelical solitude they work for their good.
8. Vision of Mary’s glorious assumption. "God comes to help divinely."
8–9. The preceding vision continues, and its immense joy prevents the writer from concentrating for the Hour of Our Lady of Sorrows.
11. The writer recalls that the previous day was a day of great joy due to Father Migliorini’s visit, who confessed her and gave communion. She deeply longs for her home in Viareggio.
12. Mary’s caresses gently console the writer’s anguish. Mary confirms she appeared as the Queen of Carmel since the writer’s prayers align with Carmelite intentions.
13. Psalm 34(33) says the sinner’s death is as horrible as his life; elected souls must love him to try to save him. Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus consoles the writer with words and caresses, making her happy to forget her physical sufferings.
14. From Genesis: every man carries God’s image, but not all have God’s likeness because sin deprives them. New appearance of little Thérèse and mention of the song accompanying the saint’s communion and viaticum. The writer does not ask the Lord for the glory of visions but for the grace to love Him more and more.
16. Lesson on the perfection of God’s infinite goodness: Father, Brother, and Friend of man.
20. The Church’s apostolic mission continues with minor apostles, i.e., saints and "voices" condemned by the Pharisaic world but chosen by the Lord among the humble and truth-lovers.
21. Commentary on Psalm 119(118): "When will You comfort me?" Jesus promises soon. "When will You judge my persecutors?" Jesus replies, "Blessed are you when persecuted!" In the meantime, the writer must only love and be absolutely faithful to God, even to martyrdom, if necessary. This is how she will gain Life.
22. On Mary Magdalene’s feast, an extensive vision of Cecilia and Valerian’s history, including the first Christians’ Mass and pagan weddings. Dictation from Jesus on Cecilia’s faith, purity, and marriage sanctity.
23. Continuation of the previous vision: baptism of Valerian and Tiburce. Cecilia’s martyrdom. As commentary, Jesus illustrates the strength of faith, purity, and holiness of marriage conceived as mutual elevation.
25. From Exodus, chapter 30, "the altar of incense." The victim’s heart must be an altar "in precious material inside and out, everywhere," incorruptible in temptations, very strong, yet very light. On this altar, Jesus, the supreme Priest, will burn the incense of the victim’s immolation for brothers’ salvation.
26. The noblest feelings – love, mercy, prayer, desire to have God’s gifts and holiness – can become impure if due to human interests or desire for material rewards: purity of heart is necessary.
28. Commentary on Saint John (9:31): doing God’s will is so powerful that this is how everything is obtained, not through many prayers.
29. Christians who voluntarily offer suffering to continue redemption’s work will receive sweetness, love, and mercy from God, though to the world they seem victims of divine severity.
30. Jesus explains reasons for the various aspects of His face at different Passion moments; He pauses on the image of the holy shroud and how it was imprinted.
31. From Saint Matthew (8:22): "Let the dead bury their dead"; Jesus explains who the dead are, how their journey to Life is slow; He invites the writer and faithful disciples to love in God the things and people of the world dear to Him.

August

2. On Saint Mary of the Angels’ feast, vision of Mary in paradise. Commentary on Ezekiel, chapter 44: only through Mary can one reach God: she is the Closed Door through which only God entered, and it reopens before the love of a child of God.
3. Where is God (1 Kings 19)? God is in the small things that life is made of and that one always loves with the conviction that evil never comes from God but from one Enemy with multiple facets. The writer takes refuge on Mary’s breast, describing her motherly and comforting presence.
4. As in the Book of Job (33), God tries tirelessly to save man from sin. Man’s weakness is strengthened by the communion of saints, enabling him to understand, repent, and save himself, and through which indulgences are obtained.
6. Jesus, the Master, leads the writer on the path of charity and, as a true master wishing to strengthen his pupil, He is initially severe and uncompromising, then softens His guidance. Just as the weak bindweed clings to the rough and strong cross trunk, the Master makes the latter smoother to ease climbing; likewise, she has come to know her good and shared with Christ the desire to save souls.
7. Vision in two parts: one concerns the dialogue between Gamaliel, who disapproves of violence against Christians, and Saul, who disagrees; the other concerns the Sanhedrin’s accusation against Stephen, culminating in the stoning of the young man, in which Saul fiercely participates.
8. Jesus’s earthly life is, before men, a continual manifestation (epiphany) of practicing virtue, both daily (love and respect for parents, honesty at work, obedience to the Law, charity to neighbor, etc.) and in great events (Nativity, Presentation at the temple, Baptism in the Jordan, Transfiguration, etc.).
9. Jesus’s words are like precious stones He places in His spokesperson’s hands so that, even if she does not understand their cultural value, she generously distributes them to those who desire.
10. Being totally a daughter of God means having love that overcomes all bad memories or uses them as motivation towards greater charity. Jesus personally guides the writer through the storm, like a good helmsman with his boat, and will never leave her alone. "Love to love."
11. The writer receives from Mary a lesson on "perfect detachment," knowing how to detach from her human way of thinking, and is invited to place all her resentments in Mary’s hands so she can cast them into the fire of love. The vision of the agony in Gethsemane appears again, accompanied by the Sanhedrin trial, Calvary, and the death on the cross. The visions are always foreign to the writer’s will.
14. In a note reserved for Father Migliorini, the writer reminds that she confided to him seeing people in their intimacy; thus she saw her cousin prey to Satan.
15. The vision of Mary’s Assumption appears with new details.
16. The writer relates having compared the two Passion visions (February 11 and August 16) and found them identical, which reassured her against the devil’s insinuations.
19. Jesus responds to the writer’s sadness with the image of the shepherd’s beloved sheep (Psalm 23). Jesus dictates a thanksgiving act for all kinds of suffering received from Him, so that all pain is offered by infinite love.
20. Jesus answers difficult doctors with Gospel words who do not believe it possible for Him to reveal unknown episodes of His public life to the writer.
21. Continuing His reply to difficult doctors, Jesus points out the smallness of the writer who merited becoming the "little voice" solely through the strength of her total love.
23. Brief note about a sudden intense clove scent noticed by the writer.
25. It is Friday, and the writer tries to practice the considerations on the fourth sorrow of the Virgin: patience in trials, the need for silence, and nightmares caused by fever. She knows why Jesus treats her thus.
27. The Enemy vainly tries to entice the writer into trading visions and finding reasons for human praise in them.
29. A letter from her confessor and one from another priest give the writer occasion to recall priests’ role at this tense time.

September

10. The role of victim souls: to be bearers of Christ among men in living monstrances and lightning rods that divert misfortunes by their presence.
12. The value of victim souls’ mission who, in giving time for conversion, offer their neighbor true Life and pay a price of tears, sufferings, penances, and sacrifices.
13. The comfort given to Jesus by the angel during His agony in Gethsemane was the future illumination of the good stemming from His death and from hearts loving Him, among whom was the writer.
14. Stages of God’s love: fear of God (which prevents sin); desire to better know Him (which arouses affection); love that gives wings and always soars higher, limitless, for "saints’ love is a dizzying love."
15. Short dictation from a soft, light voice claiming to be God’s Love and explaining its nature: it is the Eternal Force that will outlive all creation.
16. Vision of Saint Francis receiving the stigmata.
18. Jesus gives absolutions and blessings of the Franciscan and Servite Third Orders to the writer, who could not receive them from a priest.
19. Lucifer is not only evil but also highly intelligent; he does not tire of doing evil and tearing souls from God. Decisive in the fight between Good and Evil is man’s choice, who, endowed with will, intelligence, reason, and especially Grace, should be incorruptible.
21. Visit from Father Migliorini, and silence from Jesus.
22. The true treasure is in the heart, for God is there and must be sought there.
24. Every supernatural manifestation is a "sign of contradiction" among men. Instruction on how to publicize the spokesperson’s writings: it must be done with dignity, prudence, moderation, and without haste to not disturb her great discretion. By Jesus’s order, the writer copies dictation passages from 1943 that contain instructions on dissemination.
25. The writer’s unease about the writings’ dispositions. She finds comfort in Judith’s prayer. From Jonah’s book: Jesus sternly reiterates His orders given the day before about dissemination of the writings.
27. Jesus answers the writer’s "whys." The writer’s mother feared Jesus for knowing Him too little, but her soul is now redeemed by her daughter’s love united to the Lord’s. From her trip to Viareggio, Marta brings a geranium born in the writer’s home; moved, the writer recalls Saint Joseph’s gesture in a Marian vision.
28. Writing Jesus’s words and describing visions make the writer happy, as it raises souls toward the Light, as it happened to her cousin Paola. She thus desires to consume herself in this until death.
30. While performing the Hour of Our Lady of Sorrows, the writer receives a vision of dead Jesus and the promise of the vision on Mary’s spiritual anguish.

October

8. God is within us; He will be kind to those who do not know the true God but are instinctively His children as they are guided by goodness and morals; severe to those who, though knowing Him, turn to idolatries.
11. "Active joy" and "passive joy." Commentary on Jeremiah, chapter 12: "Patience and obedience are two great virtues." This severe dictation is given for the writer and others so that each may take what concerns him.
13. Reading from Hebrews chapter 12 revives the writer’s strength and hope.
15. Jesus wants the writings to belong to the Servite Order of Mary and specifies certain dispositions and conditions about this. Late in the evening, the writer has a vision of the Virgin dressed in Servite habit. She is extremely sad. News arrives from Viareggio about war destruction.
16. Resuming a prayer from Ecclesiastes chapter 23, the writer proposes not to yield to pride; upon reading a phrase from Sister B. C. Ferrero, she asks for help against fear of the world. Jesus reminds her of Peter and John’s response to the Sanhedrin.
18. Vision in which Jesus, dazzling with glory, invites the writer to observe stars’ life in infinite space expanses, comparing stars’ light to the far more resplendent light of an angel.
19. Dictated commentary on the previous day’s astral vision, on the universe’s life obeying divine wills, and on human pride made mad by science. Man should be God’s child, but has become the most opposing animal. Bread of truth and wisdom is given to Children of the Light.
20. "It is sweeter to be children of peace than of storm": one must wait for charity’s leaven to soften love and fidelity’s flour so the bread is perfect. Jesus blesses the emerging work and explains why.
21. Short note from the writer who received an instruction on allocating work and dictations.
22. Prayer for Jesus’ Kingship octave.
23. Words to place at the head of each of the writer’s works.
24. Prayer for the deceased.

November

1. During a vision of paradise, the writer sees her mother as if just coming out of expiation.
3. The writer’s greeting should always be: "Peace be with you."
9. Vision of Saint Catherine of Siena speaking to the writer of the strength from the divine Lamb’s Blood.
10. The Belfanti family departs, returning to Calabria; the writer gives them dear objects as souvenirs. Sorrowful farewell to the Belfanti parents.
11. Jesus and Mary’s consoling presence during the writer’s night of pain.
12. Night dialogue with Jesus. In response to her desire to offer more suffering for souls, the writer receives two lashes.
14. Jesus still does not give visions and dictations due to the writer’s sufferings, but instructs her through intimate conversations on the writings, idolatrous priests, and her mission.
16. Commentary on two passages of Isaiah: chapters 30 and 62.
17. Dialogue with Jesus about her cousin Giuseppe Belfanti and about the need for constant vigilance, even within religious families, so weak members do not yield to temptation.
23. The writer senses someone is acting badly towards her, greatly troubling her.
25. By the parable of silver chalices, Jesus speaks about the unwelcomed gift and the despised instrument.
28. Short note as chronicle: exile, silence, exhaustion preventing the writer from performing the Hour of Our Lady of Sorrows.
29. Painful chronicle: dreams warn the writer that her return home is delayed; she learns the death of Dr. Lapi, the family doctor.

December

2. Jesus asks the writer to guide a priestly soul in her own world.
6. Jesus asks the increasingly ill writer to fill her Bethlehem cradle with her sufferings so they become graces and blessings for humanity.
7. Mary consoles the writer because of a letter from Father Migliorini.
8. The writer notes she wrote a letter to Father Migliorini who asked a great effort.
10. Two short dictations from Jesus: the first on men who constantly want to judge; the second on how to comfort people going through great misfortunes.
13. Saint Lucy brings the writer the heavenly vision of angels descending and singing at the Nativity, as consolation.
15. Playing doctor is easy, but one should not obey them without intelligence. How many doctors try to substitute for God!
16. A kiss that is happiness.
18. Jesus explains the writer’s forty days of silence. The Holy Spirit: "I speak to you constantly."
26. Short dictation for Father Pennoni about difficult doctors, Jesus’ love and power for souls of good will.
27. The Eucharist is God’s greatest miracle. During communion, the writer sees Jesus at the priest’s left: it is a lesson in faith, respect, and humility toward the Eucharist and also toward the priest.
28. Prayer to re-consecrate the Viareggio house, where the writer returned from evacuation.
30. The writer finally recounts the joy of her return home, seven days earlier. Her gratitude to Jesus, Mary, the saints, and loving close ones.

Notes and references

↑ Out of a total of 122 school notebooks.

[1] Out of a total of 122 school notebooks.

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