Sabea the prophetess

Daughter of Carmel (her father or mother), Sabéa is descended from Aaron, the brother of Moses, the first of the priests. This virgin virgin widow from the region of Jericho remained with her family (parents and siblings) following the sudden death of her husband. She begins to prophesy:

"Because she says that she knows your face [Jesus] and your voice, and would be able to recognise You among thousands of people, whereas it is proved that she has never left her village, nay, she has never moved from her house since her bridegroom died fifteen years ago, on the eve of her wedding day; and it is also proved that You have never been to Bethlechi, which is her village. And the scribes are waiting for this last test to say that she is possessed."

In a sublime vision, she prophesies the true nature and true mission of Jesus.

Character and Appearance

"under her mantle she wore a heavy woollen dress of a white-ivory shade, fastened at her neck and waist only by a cord. And above all I was able to admire her beauty of a middle-aged woman. She must be about thirty years old. And generally speaking, thirty years in Palestine are equivalent to at least forty of our years; if Our Lady is an excep­tion to this rule, other women reach maturity early, particularly those of dark complexion and hair and buxom like this one. She is the classical type of a Jewish woman. I think that Rachel, Ruth and Judith, who were famous for their beauty, must have been like her. Tall, buxom yet slender, with smooth skin of a pale brown hue, a small mouth and lips lightly tumid and deeply red, a straight long thin nose, deep dark velvet-like eyes under an arch of long thick eyebrows, a high smooth regal forehead, a rather long oval-shaped face and ebony hair as wonderful as an onyx wreath. Not a jewel, but a statuesque body and the majesty of a queen. She is now getting up pushing her hands, which are long, brown, beautiful, joined to her arms by thin wrists."

Apostolic Journey

She will share the fate of all those who, like Maria Valtorta, receive great gifts:

"And love her because her destiny is a very sorrowful one. Exactly as all destinies like hers."

Jesus entrusts her to the mother of Timon of Aëra, the chief persecuted of the synagogue of the "Clear Water":

"«Yes, my Lord and my God. But shall I be able to speak when I have to?…» «The Spirit Who loves you will guide you according to the mo­ment. Be sure of his love. Be humble, chaste, simple and sincere, and He will not abandon you. Go in peace!»"

Her Name

Perhaps a variation of Sabbethaï, "born on the day of the Sabbath".

Where is she mentioned in the work?

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