Purification
See also: Pure, Purity, Impure, Impurity.
Purification relates to the ritual practices of the Jews: Purification of the Woman who has given birth, of persons who have touched a dead person or something considered impure, etc. But Jesus also speaks about it regarding the different stages of the Purification of sinners, that is to say, the return to Grace.
In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me"
Religious rite (presentation at the Temple)
- Purification of Anne and presentation of Mary at the Temple[1]
- Purification of Elizabeth and presentation of John the Baptist at the Temple[2]
- Purification of Mary and presentation of Jesus at the Temple[3]
Purification (becoming pure)
- The three stages of Purification or return to Grace.[4]
- (Mary of Magdala (Magdalene)) is not the Pure one who can touch without contaminating the Son (resurrected) who returns to the Father. She still has much to purify by penance, but her love deserves this reward[5]
- I have told you how man purifies himself by a repentance that is humble and sincere. There is no sin that God does not forgive if the sinner is truly repentant. Have faith in the Divine Goodness. If you could come to understand what this Goodness is, even if you had upon you all the sins of the world, you would not flee far from God, but rather you would run to His feet because only the Most Good can forgive what man does not forgive.[6]
In other works by Maria Valtorta
The Notebooks of 1943
- Catechesis of April 23: The first time, to Save the Earth, my Father sent His purifying Waters; the second time, He sent a bath of blood, and what blood![7]