The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me - Volume 10

E.M.V. - VOLUME 10

Cover page of the 2nd French edition (2016)
Work Details
Author	Maria Valtorta
Visions	52: EMV 601 to EMV 652
Pages	561
First Italian Edition
Title	Il poema dell’Uomo-Dio
Publication	1956-1959
Publisher	Tipografia editrice M. Pisani
French Translation 1st Edition
Title	The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me
Translator	Félix Sauvage
Publication	1979
Publisher	Centro Editoriale Valtortiano
French Translation 2nd Edition
Translator	Yves d'Horrer
Publication	December 2016
Publisher	Centro Editoriale Valtortiano
ISBN	978-88-7987-272-0
Multimedia Versions
Audio	MP3 CD, 1st edition (1979)
Publisher	Gathering In His Image
e-book	EPUB, MOBI, 2nd edition (2016)
Publisher	Centro Editoriale Valtortiano

Volume 10 of The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me (2nd edition) recounts the Passion and death of Jesus (EMV 601 to EMV 615) and the glorification of Jesus and Mary (EMV 616 to EMV 652).

Out of the 52 episodes,

• 17 illustrate passages of the Gospel, plus 5 passages from the Acts of the Apostles.
• 6 are solely devoted to catecheses of Jesus (in addition to those which accompany some visions),
• 24 refer to tradition narratives or are unpublished.

Main events described

• Events referenced in the Gospel: The agony in Gethsemane - The Trial of Jesus - The suicide of Judas - The Way of the Cross - The crucifixion and death of Jesus - The burial - The Resurrection of Jesus - The appearance to the holy Women - The Emmaus pilgrims - The Appearances to the Apostles - The appearance at the Sea of Tiberias - The appearance to the 500 on the mountain - The Ascension - Pentecost - The martyrdom of Stephen - The Dormition of Mary - The Assumption of Mary and her glorification.

The Passion and death of Jesus

The phrasing of the subsections and the dating are results of personal studies meant to better understand the content of the episodes and do not commit the publisher.

601. Passion and death of Jesus: introduction. 11

601.1: I have known all pain   601.2: All that pain was yours   601.3: Look at your Savior   601.4: I see Jesus as He describes Himself   601.5: The painful and holy Weddings of the Lamb.

602. To Gethsemane with eleven Apostles. The spiritual agony and the capture of Jesus. 14

Reconstructed calendar: Friday, April 5, 30 (14 Nissan 3790) from about 00:00 to 02:00.

Matthew 26:36-56 | Mark 14:32-52 | Luke 22:40-53 | John 18:1b-11.

602.1: In the streets of Jerusalem.   602.2: The Apostles seek a way to To Save Jesus and Mary.   602.3: John shows a heartfelt love.   602.4: Judas, my disciple and friend, is my first executioner.   602.5: Mission of the Zealot to Gamaliel. All are plunged into the miasma of hell.   602.6: The Zealot reports on the steps he has taken.   602.7: I feel the zealot reborn in me and I burn to kill for revenge.   602.8: He will gather Apostles and Disciples at Lazarus's.   602.9: Jesus leaves most of the Apostles.   602.10: He also leaves Peter, James and John.   602.11: He goes to the rock of agony.   602.12: Jesus's prayer for the salvation of the world.   602.13: He finds the three Apostles half asleep.   602.14: Back at the rock of agony He talks to some little flowers.   602.15: His prayer is full of anguish.   602.16: The three have fallen asleep again.   602.17: Not my will but Yours.   602.18: Angelic light shines on the sweating blood.   602.19: He wakes the three then the eight Apostles.   602.20: Judas's Kiss.   602.21: The soldiers are knocked over and Judas flees.   602.22: Peter strikes and Jesus heals the soldier.

603. Reflections on the agony of Jesus in Gethsemane, and beginning of other sufferings of the Passion. 35

603.1: The Passion of the God-Man.   603.2: Mary's co-redemption.   603.3: The victims of expiation know God's strictness before glory.   603.4: I have known God's painful abandonment.   603.5: The Thursday evening agony.   603.6: The hour of Satan.   603.7: I felt the taste of despair and overcame it.   603.8: The angel of comfort presents the hope of the elect.   603.9: All fallen Creation began to torment me.   609.10: The torments of fallen man.   609.11: He used all Creation to torment me.   603.12: Everything that exists started biting my flesh and increasing my suffering.

604. The trials and Peter's denial. Considerations on Pilate. 209

Luke 23:6-12 - John 18:13-19,16.

604.1: Via the Kidron under mockery and mistreatment.   604.2: In the Ophel suburb two badly treated Women.   604.3: Peter and John at the city gate. 604.4: Arrival at Caiaphas's house.   604.5: Jesus's dialogue with Caiaphas: Jesus enumerates His works.   604.6: I atone by my blood which will be shed.   604.7: I have come to recall the Decalogue.   604.8: Jesus receives a punch and a slap. 604.9: Led to the High Priest Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin, Jesus crosses Peter and John.   604.10: Some supporters of Jesus refused to come.   604.11: Faced with accusations, Jesus remains silent. Gamaliel declares the session illegal and leaves.   604.12: Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea leave in turn.   604.13: False witnesses contradict each other.   604.14: Jesus affirms His messiahship. He is handed over to soldiers who mock Him. 604.15: At dawn, Jesus is brought out of the storeroom where He was left and meets Peter who denies Him for the third time.   604.16: He is dragged through streets where the crowd mistreats Him.   604.17: They repel the shepherd Elijah trying to reach Jesus.   604.18: Rough and useless intervention by Manahen.   604.19: Jesus blesses Joanna who is attacked.   604.20: Roman soldiers intervene with Longinus to clear Jesus. 604.21: Jesus appears before an indifferent and skeptical Pilate.   604.22: What accusation do you bring against Him?   604.23: Are you the king of the Jews? I find no fault in Him.   604.24: Take Him to Herod. 604.25: Before Herod Jesus remains silent.   604.26: He refuses to heal a dog and a demented man and remains impassive before lascivious dancers.   604.27: Sent back to Pilate, He denies shepherds and John. 604.28: The crowd refuses Pilate to release Jesus and prefers Barabbas.   604.29: Jesus's scourging.   604.30: A basin of Water revives Him. A soldier mistreats Him. He redresses himself with difficulty.   604.31: The crown of thorns.   604.32: Behold the man (Ecce Homo).   604.33: Faced with the crowd's hostility, Pilate does not know what to do.   604.34: A servant of Claudia delivers a message from her. Pilate is afraid and washes his hands.   604.35: The writing and the death sentence. 604.36: Jews' hypocrisy, a picture of today's hypocrisy.   604.37: Jews make Rome commit the crime and today's perversions.   604.38: Pilate cannot understand the Kingdom.   604.39: Truth is not a chimera.   604.40: Pilate listens to lies.   604.41: Recognize the Man of sorrows. Liars, where are your faith and your love?   604.42: Pilate's injustice and Longinus's kindness.

605. Despair and suicide of Judas. He could still have been saved if he had repented. 78

Matthew 27:03-10 - Acts 1:18-20.

605.1: The painful vision arises in prayer.   605.2: Judas's frantic run through the city streets.   605.3: He is bitten on the cheek by a big gray dog.   605.4: Instead of capture, the sight of the blood drives him mad.   605.5: At the rock of agony of Gethsemane, he is mesmerized by the mantle.   605.6: The blood of the sweat of anguish causes him to lose control.   605.7: He meets Jesus's chained gaze and the crowd tramples him.   605.8: He throws the money into the Temple and curses the Sanhedrin.   605.9: He denies Jesus again and at the Last Supper, before the consecrated cup, he realizes his fault.   605.10: He meets beseeching Mary but flees without answering and bumps into John.   605.11: He runs through the countryside where all liquids seem like blood to him.   605.12: From a mountain top he sees the crucifixion.   605.13: Judas hangs himself. 605.14: Had he wanted, Judas could have been saved.   605.15: It is the will that counts, in good as in evil.   605.16: He was prey to Satanic rage.   605.17: He did not want to listen to Mary.   605.18: For the murderers of their spirit and body the Crucified takes the aspect of a terrifying specter.   605.19: You must join your sufferings because of the bitter impenitence of sinners.

606. Jesus and Mary are the antithesis of Adam and Eve. Judas is the new Cain. The true evolution of man is spiritual. 90

606.1: The Jesus-Mary couple versus Adam-Eve.   606.2: The perfect love of Jesus and Mary.   606.3: The new Eve, victorious over Satan.   606.4: One cursed Cain, the other forgives the second Cain, Judas.   606.5: New life begins for Humanity and every man through Mary.   606.6: There will be much to meditate on regarding the First Parents.   606.7: Eve, mother of all the living.   606.8: Man driven from Paradise.   606.9: Eve's fault engendered Cain's nature.   606.10: God is your King, not your servant.   606.11: God did not make you slaves of sin.   606.12: Lies and despair of the two Cains.   606.13: God's justice, human justice.   606.14: True evolution is spiritual.   606.15: The royal priesthood of the victim Soul.

607. John goes to fetch Mary. 100

607.1: John draws courage from the Last Supper Relics.   607.2: He encounters Mary at the door of her room.   607.3: Since last night, I have followed her in her pain.   607.4: John goes to fetch the Women to accompany Mary and gathers the Last Supper Relics.

The Via Dolorosa

608. The Way of the Cross from the Praetorium to Calvary. 265

Matthew 27:32 | Mark 15:21 | Luke 23:26-32.

608.1: Longinus offers Jesus a drink.   608.2: The crosses are brought.   608.3: The Jews want a detour through the city.   608.4: The procession suddenly diverts toward the walls.   608.5: On the climb to Calvary, first and second falls.   608.6: Encounter with shepherds and third fall.   608.7: Longinus chooses the less steep but longer path.   608.8: An influential Roman woman intervenes with Longinus.   608.9: The Women of Jerusalem: Joanna offers Jesus a drink. Another presents a cloth.   608.10: Additional sufferings.   608.11: Encounter with Mary, John, and the holy Women.   608.12: Longinus requisitions the Cyrenean.   608.13: Two cries: “Mother” – “Son”.   608.14: Jesus’s walk becomes easier.   608.15: Arrival at the summit.   608.16: The small group of sympathizers.   608.17: Longinus orders the scum forward.   608.18: The condemned are at the threshold of torment.

609. The Crucifixion, death, and deposition from the cross. 120

Matthew 27:33-59 | Mark 15:22-45 | Luke 23:33-52.

609.1: Arrival of executioners. 609.2: Undressing and the maternal veil.   609.3: A chorus of derision.   609.4: The thieves are tied to their crosses.   609.5: Jesus is laid on His. The right hand is nailed, then the left.   609.6: The feet are nailed one over the other.   609.7: The crosses are raised.   609.8: Under a strange sun, Longinus brings Mary and John near.   609.9: A carousel of mockery.   609.10: A bold attitude from Mary Magdalene.   609.11: One thief insults the other.   609.12: The appearance of Jesus’s martyred body.   609.13: Dismas asks Mary to pray for him.   609.14: Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.   609.15: Woman, behold your son. Son, behold your Mother.   609.16: Intervention of Joseph and Nicodemus.   609.17: Signs of approaching agony.   609.18: A stone thrown at Jesus brings Him back to Himself.   609.19: My God, why have You forsaken me?   609.20: I thirst.   609.21: Mother, are you abandoning me too?   609.22: It is finished. Into Your hands, I commit my spirit. The great cry. Jesus expired.   609.23: Immediately, lightning, thunder, earthquakes cause panic.   609.24: John and the holy Women care for Mary.   609.25: Soldiers mock the fleeing Jews.   609.26: Joseph and Nicodemus go to claim the body from the Proconsul.   609.27: The lance wound in the Heart unknown to Mary.   609.28: Gamaliel saw the veil of the Temple tear.   609.29: Tombs open and terror in the city.   609.30: Gamaliel asks pardon from Jesus dead on the Cross.   609.31: The legs of the thieves are broken.   609.32: The descent from the cross.   609.33: Jesus on Mary's lap.   609.34: The body is carried to the tomb.   609.35: Instructions of Jesus.

610. Mary's anguish at the tomb and the anointing of Jesus' body. 149

Matthew 27:59-61 | Mark 15:46-47 | Luke 23:53-55 | John 19:40-42.

610.1: Mary Valtorta's compassionate suffering.   610.2: The tomb's antechamber.   610.3: Mary and Jesus's martyred body.   610.4: What did they do to you, what did they do to you, my Son?   610.5: I receive the order to write Mary's anguished monologue.   610.6: Wherever I send my Soul to seek yours and embrace it, I no longer find you!   610.7: Lock me here with Him!   610.8: I will love you for those who hated you. You will not feel the world's cold.   610.9: Leave. I stay. You will come back in three days and we will leave together.   610.10: Your Heart? The flame of mine divided.   610.11: You do not believe in his resurrection.   610.12: Think of the resurrections he performed in his lifetime.   610.13: Mary rebuffs Satan's insinuation.   610.14: Mary consents to leave her son.   610.15: The embalming.   610.16: She was the only one to believe.

611. The sealing of the tomb and return to the Upper Room. 161

611.1: Mary is torn from the deathbed.   611.2: They go out into the silent garden.   611.3: Mary clings to the tomb's rock.   611.4: Let me stay here. My Heart needs Peace.   611.5: Guards arrive.   611.6: You must come back with us. We need you.   611.7: At the Judicatory Gate: I no longer want to see Jerusalem.   611.8: Reproaches against Jerusalem.   611.9: Altercation between Joseph, Nicodemus and Elchias.   611.10: John forces Elchias to ask Mary's pardon.   611.11: Mary's speech: Israel's punishment.   611.12: John asks the centurion for the lance.   611.13: Mary recalls the tragic events of the day.   611.14: Mary thanks Joseph and Nicodemus.   611.15: Mary wants to see the Upper Room which remains closed.

612. The night of Good Friday. The Virgin's lamentations. Veronica's veil and the preparation of ointments. 173

Luke 23:56.

612.1: Mary will neither eat nor drink.   612.2: You must live to greet him when he returns.   612.3: Martha has already prepared a garment for the risen one.   612.4: Unprofitable Servants and inert of your King, go out!   612.5: A bunch of new catastrophes.   612.6: The Women Disciples watch over Mary from outside.   612.7: Your Name, pain of my Heart.   612.8: The horror of no longer being able to say Jesus!   612.9: Three days in death, you, my Life.   612.10: Jesus, I cannot stay alone here while you are alone there.   612.11: Mother of the murderers of my child.   612.12: A sword will pierce your Heart   612.13: If I had not been there, you would have been alone on the cross.   612.14: Mary could not bear Jesus's childhood wounds.   612.15: Mary's co-redemption: blood of the body and blood of the Heart.   612.16: I cannot accept this desolation that is mine. Show me your Face again.   612.17: The incalculable torture of God's abandonment.   612.18: Father, thank you for your infinite goodness.   612.19: Veronica arrives with a cloth for Mary.   612.20: Veronica gives Mary Jesus's Face smile marked on the veil.   612.21: How will we manage the ointments?   612.22: Magdalene will go fetch what is needed for burial.   612.23: John will fetch his companions who fled to Lazarus.   612.24: Magdalene returns with good news.   612.25: Mary looks only at her son’s image.   612.26: John and Magdalene encourage each other to Believe.   612.27: Valeria arrives with precious resins.   612.28: Good Friday night is over.

613. Reflections on the Passion of Jesus and Mary, and on John's compassion. 116

613.1: You have seen what it costs to be a Savior   613.2: I have washed all your physical and moral being in my sufferings   613.3: My hands and feet repaired the crimes your own commit   613.4: My flesh was torn to atone for the idolatrous Worship you render to your own   616.5: My head endured a thousand sufferings to redeem your Pride   613.6: The organs of my senses have redeemed the evil to which yours lead   613.7: Why and how the miracle of the Holy Shroud?   613.8: Drink the cup to the dregs   613.9: My mother’s pain was my cruelest torment   613.10: Even in the cruelest pain, Mary was faithful   613.11: Mary is Good, the one who conceived jointly with the Father   613.12: Mary was necessary for the nascent Church   613.13: The highest love is participation in suffering   613.14: Against the deniers of the supernatural and the rationalists of perfection.

614. The day of Holy Saturday. 205

614.1: John goes out. Mary waits.   614.2: Manahen comes to serve him.   614.3: He was born yesterday.   614.4: Mary finally returns to the Upper Room.   614.5: Isaac recounts what he did the night before.   614.6: Longinus brings the iron of the lance.   614.7: He offers it to Mary who speaks to him about the Church.   614.8: John found Judas hanged. He goes back in search of Jesus's mantle.   614.9: Joanna arrives and Mary encourages her.   614.10: Joseph and Nicodemus bring myrrh and aloes.   614.11: Arrival of cousins Joseph and Simon.   614.12: Mary must Believe for all.

615. The night of Holy Saturday. 217

615.1: While I was praying, it seemed I felt an angelic scent.   615.2: Mary uses the example of a bride to describe her waiting.   615.3: For three days, I believed despite God's abandonment.   615.4: Your difficulty to Believe.   615.5: John found the mantle of the agony and Peter wandering.   615.6: John recounts the state he found Peter in.   615.7: Mary manages to bring in Peter who is ashamed.   615.8: Now you are a man, tomorrow you will be a saint.   615.9: Would you like to see his smile to persuade you he still loves you?   615.10: Mary directs Peter on the path of repentance.   615.11: Peter asks forgiveness from his Lord.   615.12: Mary watches while the others sleep.

The glorification of Jesus and Mary

The phrasing of the subsections and the dating are results of personal studies meant to better understand the content of the episodes and do not commit the publisher.

Resurrection Sunday

616. The morning of the Resurrection. Mary's prayer. 227

Reconstructed calendar: Sunday, April 7, 30 (16 Nissan 3790).

616.1: Remorse does not leave Peter.   616.2: Mary Magdalene drawn by his cries, denounces his Pride.   616.3: Repentance must be translated into actions.   616.4: The one who believes most after Mary.   616.5: She is full of attentions toward Mary.   616.6: The Women finish preparations for embalming.   616.7: They do not want Mary to go to the tomb.   616.8: Mary Magdalene will care for Him with all the love she has for Him.   616.9: Mary sends John to preach Jesus's love to Peter who has fled.   616.10: She remains alone praying before the Holy Face. 616.11: Instructions.  616.12: Laments: Jesus, come back quickly.   616.13: That I may see Him triumphant before He returns to You.   616.14: I will defend His Doctrine.   616.15: I will defend His Church.   616.16: Father, Mercy! Son, divine Spirit, Mercy! Mercy!   616.17: A poor fallen thing, insensitive to the earthquake.

617. The Resurrection. 238

Matthew 28:2-4.

617.1: At the last glimmers of stars.   617.2: Guards before the sealed tomb.   617.3: A meteor, an earthquake, and the tomb opened.   617.4: The flesh reassembles into a luminous matter.   617.5: Light took form.   617.6: Two lights on each side of the threshold. Guards faint and nature is renewed.

618. Resurrected Jesus appears to His Mother. 241

618.1: Jesus enters with the first ray of sun.   618.2: Mother!   618.3: Kiss me on the Heart, Mother.   618.4: I felt your prayers come to Me. They were my strength in pain.   618.5: I will ascend to Heaven, but I will not leave you alone.   618.6: I will make the other Mary happy.

619. The holy Women at Christ's tomb. 244

Matthew 28:1-10 | Mark 16:1-8 | Luke 24:1-11 | John 20:1-18.

619.1: The holy Women frightened.   619.2: Mary Magdalene goes forward as scout.   619.3: Salome and Susanna set out on their side; Martha and Mary of Alphaeus go to Joanna's.   619.4: Mary Magdalene, brushed by the celestial meteor, finds the tomb open.   619.5: She runs to fetch Peter and John.   619.6: Meanwhile, Susanna and Salome receive the angel's message.   619.7: In parallel, Joanna, Mary of Alphaeus, and Martha depart toward the tomb.   619.8: Peter, John and Mary Magdalene observe that the tomb is empty.   619.9: Mary Magdalene, left alone, sees two Angels.   619.10: Jesus manifests to Mary Magdalene.   616.11: She runs to announce it to the Apostles who believe neither her nor Mary of Alphaeus and Salome.   619.12: The last two leave but shortly return after seeing the Lord themselves.   619.13: The Virgin Mary confirms she has seen and kissed him.

620. Considerations on the Resurrection. 255

620.1: Mary hastened Jesus’s resurrection.   620.2: How the Resurrection unfolded.   620.3: The angel of my human life and the angel of my pain prostrate themselves before Me.   620.4: My feet again tread the redeemed earth.   620.5: The new Adam went to the new Eve.   620.6: Magdalene, messenger of the resurrection.   620.7: Have faith in me.   620.8: And you, little John, smile after having cried.

621. Appearance to Lazarus. 259

621.1: The Apostles and Disciples are not hungry.   621.2: Philip is fetched who dares not come.   621.3: He is ashamed to have abandoned Jesus.   621.4: They will not forgive themselves, but you will tell them my forgiveness.   621.5: Jesus's testament of love.   621.6: He will resurrect.   621.7: Lazarus rushes out to everyone’s surprise.   621.8: Jesus appears to him in the garden.   621.9: Lazarus testifies to the risen Christ.

622. Appearance to Joanna of Chuza. 265

622.1: In her pain Joanna does not recognize Jesus at first.   622.2: Be brave in your spiritual marriage.   622.3: Stay close to my Mother and rekindle Kouza’s darkened Soul.   622.4: The children received my Kiss in their sleep. Young Mary will help Joanna for Kouza.

623. Appearance to Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and Manahen. 269

623.1: Manahen goes to Nicodemus.   623.2: First testimonies of Jesus's appearance.   623.3: The Sanhedrin pays the guards. He appeared to Lazarus, but he deserved it.   623.4: Jesus appears to them and thanks them.

624. Appearance to shepherds. 272

624.1: The shepherds speak of the Risen One.   624.2: Jesus appears to them and tells them He awaits them in Galilee.   624.3: They express their admiration and Matthias leads a hymn of praise.   624.4: Jonathan, dismissed by Kouza, will serve the Apostles.

625. Appearances to the Disciples of Emmaus. 275

Mark 16:12-13. Luke 24:13-33.

625.1: Crimes of the Temple people.   625.2: He should have shown his power on the cross.   625.3: Simon and Cleophas meet a hurried traveler.   625.4: To whom they praise Jesus.   625.5: We no longer know what to think.   625.6: How slow you are to understand the eternal, universal and spiritual kingship.   625.7: Jesus is the Messiah announced by the prophets. He is risen.   625.8: He is the Lamb Savior.   625.9: All peoples will come to him.   625.10: After the Blood the Fire is still missing.   625.11: Jesus is recognized at the breaking of the bread.   625.12: The two decide to return to Jerusalem.

626. Arrival of pagans and mentions of other Appearances. 284

626.1: Festival bustle and nervousness of the ten Apostles.   626.2: Arrival of Romans and Longinus.   626.3: Mary introduces the Apostles and shepherds to the two Roman soldiers.   626.4: The Risen One has visited the soldiers and the Roman women.   626.5: Mortified Apostles listen to the testimony of Appearances to several Women Disciples.

627. Appearance to the Apostles gathered in the Upper Room. 287

Luke 24:36-43 - John 20:19-23.

627.1: In the Upper Room, the ten Apostles are distraught.   627.2: They exchange disconnected conversations about the Risen One.   627.3: They would not know what to say to the Risen One.   627.4: Peter distraught asks John and the Zealot for advice.   627.5: Jesus appears to fearful Apostles.   627.6: Do you have nothing to eat?   626.7: If you truly knew me, you would find the words to tell me your torment.   627.8: To forgive them, Jesus calls Peter who feels unforgivable.   627.9: Each one excuses himself in turn.   627.10: The Apostles realize their failures.   627.11: The conduct of Lazarus and his sisters is admired. Why them and not us?   627.12: My favorites were my Apostles, but...   627.13: Compared to that, the faithfulness of the Women, shepherds, pagans.   627.14: ... and their pity during the Passion.   627.15: You see they all surpassed you in faith and action among those you looked down on.   627.16: And you, Peter, when you want to close your Heart and the Church to someone of another faith, remember this.   627.17: I give you the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive will be forgiven.

End of Resurrection Sunday

After the Resurrection

628. The return of Thomas and his unbelief. 300

Reconstructed calendar: Friday, April 12, 30 (21 Nissan 3790).

John 20:24-25.

628.1: Where is Thomas? 628.2: What was done with Judas's body. 628.3: Erasing Judas's memory. 628.4: The stunned Apostles. 628.5: Elijah found Thomas at the Bethlehem cave. 628.6: Thomas doesn't believe the Apostles' testimony.

629. Appearance to the Apostles in Thomas's presence. Discourse on the dignity of the priesthood and future priests. 304

John 20:26-29.

629.1: Apostles around the table. 629.2: John sees a light becoming concrete. 629.3: The others turn and run to Jesus. 629.4: Thomas is invited to touch Jesus's wounds. 629.5: Jesus distributes food and eats honey. 629.6: Your sin of desertion is forgiven. 629.7: The dignity of the priesthood. 629.8: Mary's purity given as example. 629.9: You must be perfect. 629.10: The reign of the Cross. 629.11: The greatest Judas of the Future will still always be among my priests. 629.12: With humble and lay Souls, I will feed many. 629.13: Prayer feeds the apostle’s strength.

630. Apostles sent to Gethsemane. Meditations on the Lord's Prayer. 314

630.1: From now on, the Apostles have a reverential attitude toward Jesus. 630.2: What changed in the Risen One’s appearance. 630.3: Jesus's still fresh wound pains John. 630.4: Jesus's forgiveness does not calm the Apostles' remorse. 630.5: These wounds are the world's Salvation. 630.6: Jesus sets a meeting with them in Gethsemane. 630.7: John explains why Mary is in Ecstasy. 630.8: They go out into a nearly deserted city. 630.9: Even John has sinned. They talk about Judas and lame Nahum and his dead son. 630.10: Is that blood on the wall Jesus's? 630.11: A stranger reproaches the Apostles. Women died for Jesus. 630.12: Jesus joins them and talks about the Woman to whom the blood belongs. 630.13: We will go together to see my Blood shed for you. 630.14: At Golgotha, Magdalene took earth mixed with blood. 630.15: At Gethsemane, Peter's and the others' Kiss wipes Judas's. 630.16: The sweat of blood and the angel’s comfort. 630.17: Jesus walks away leaving them with their remorse and prayer. 630.18: The Apostles want to recite the Our Father with Jesus. 630.19: The future role of the Holy Spirit. 630.20: Come to the top of Gethsemane, we will say the prayer together. 630.21: Commentary on the Our Father: The Father. 630.22: The Kingdom. 630.23: Obedience to God's will. 630.24: Daily bread. 630.25: Forgiveness of offenses. 630.26: Temptation. 630.27: Jesus blesses the Apostles and disappears.

631. Apostles sent to Golgotha and their return to the Upper Room. 336

631.1: The Apostles walk in the stifling noon heat. 631.2: They climb Golgotha to the place of Jesus's first fall. 631.3: Then they reach the spot where Jesus met the Women. 631.4: Tortured by Thirst, they arrive where Jesus met His mother. 631.5: At the Calvary summit, John continues identifying places. 631.6: He details Jesus's crucifixion and death. 631.7: John's speech: Oaths to die for the world’s redemption. 631.8: Jesus then appears and summons them to the Upper Room and to Tabor. 631.9: They meet a stranger looking for earth soaked with Jesus’s blood. 631.10: A shepherd who recognizes them refuses to give them drink. 631.11: In the city, they suffer a barrage of mockery from the people. 631.12: To avoid stoning, they take refuge in the tomb’s garden. 631.13: The gardener takes care of them and secretly brings them back into the city. 631.14: Where they are mocked by soldiers and a tavern keeper. 631.15: Devout Women sympathize with the Apostles. They see Jesus sheltering them in the Upper Room. 631.16: The Apostles are devastated. Jesus calms them. 631.17: Your Future will erase your past. Bless those who humiliate you. 631.18: The Apostles regret Jesus's swift departure.

632. Appearances here and there to various persons. 354

John 20:30.

632.1: I. Annaleah's mother. 632.2: Jesus appears to Elise in tears who does not recognize Him. 632.3: Lift your head, Elise, and see who is before you! 632.4: II. To Mary, mother of Judas, at Kerioth, with Anne, mother of Joanna, and old Ananias. 632.5: Jesus consoles Judas's mother. 632.6: She wants to kiss Jesus to erase that of the traitor. 632.7: Jesus meets Anne and tells her about Joanna then Judas. 632.8: Ananias is tasked with two Missions. 632.9: III. To the children of Yutta and their mother Sarah. 632.10: At the cries of Yesai and Mary, Sarah arrives just in time to see Jesus disappear. 632.11: IV. To young Jaias at Pella. 632.12: The young man persuades his mistress of the Resurrection. 632.13: V. At John of Nob's. 632.14: Who chooses to live to testify to the Resurrection. 632.15: VI. At Matthias, the recluse of Jabesh Gilead. 632.16: Jesus, a pilgrim, asks for hospitality. 632.17: See me in every pilgrim, in every beggar. 632.18: VII. At Abraham of Engedi, who dies in His arms. 632.19: Abraham dies in Jesus's arms. 632.20: Who cares for the corpse then disappears. 632.21: VIII. Elijah, the Essene of Cherith. 632.22: IX. To Dorca and her child, at the castle of Caesarea Philippi. 632.23: The child's words and a ripe apple testify to the apparition. 632.24: The steward will seek out the Disciples. 632.25: X. To persons gathered in the synagogue of Kedesh. 632.26: XI. To a group of rabbis at Gischala. 632.27: XII. To Joachim and Mary at Bozrah. 632.28: XIII. To Ephraim at Mary of Jacob's. 632.29: XIV. At Syntica in Antioch. 632.30: And John-Felix? He is happy. 632.31: XV. At Zacharias the Levite's. 632.32: XVI. To a Woman from the Sharon plain, who obtains healing for her sick son. 632.33: At her words, the Woman thinks she is journeying with a prophet or an apostle. 632.34: Jesus, recognized, tells her her son is healed. 632.35: XVII. To shepherds on Mount Hermon. 632.36: XVIII. At Sidon, in the house of the only confession. 632.37: XIX. Among the peasants of Yokhanan (GioCana). 632.38: It is I. Do not fear. 632.39: He came to us, poor servants. 632.40: XX. On the lands of Daniel, relative of Elchias, with Simon Ish Hammispa. 632.41: Jesus appears to Daniel who leaves Elchias and to Simon who screams like a damned man. 632.42: XXI. To a Woman of Galilee, who obtains the resurrection of her husband. 632.43: At night a stranger offers to accompany her. She tells him of her misfortune. 632.44: She distrusts Jesus's Disciples. 632.45: Your husband is alive. 632.46: She returns home shouting the miracle. 632.47: Learns of her husband's resurrection at the appointed hour. 632.48: The husband partly drives away the incredulous crowd. 632.49: The family proclaims the miracle in Nazareth.

633. Appearance on the lakeshore, and Confirmation of Peter’s mandate. 394

John 21:1-23.

633.1: A stifling night near the lake around Tiberias. 633.2: Peter decides to go fishing, joined by other Apostles. 633.3: A touch of nostalgia. 633.4: The lake brings back the memory of Judas. 633.5: The catch is unsuccessful. 633.6: In the mist Jesus calls them. John recognizes Him. Peter jumps into the Water. 633.7: Meal on the shore. 633.8: Peter, do you love me? 633.9: John's Future.

634. Teachings to Apostles and many Disciples on Mount Tabor. Marziam is consoled. 401

Matthew 28:16-17 | 1 Corinthians 15:6.

634.01: Jesus joins the Apostles and Disciples. 634.02: Why so few at the rendezvous? 634.03: Discourse: for an organism to be truly active and healthy, it must have a hierarchy. 634.04: The fall of Religion. 634.05: The unique Religion. 634.06: Do as I have done. 634.07: Jesus suffers from Judas's damnation. 634.08: Miracles and holiness. 634.09: My second coming has already begun. 634.10: Let no one desire the extraordinary. 634.11: I am a true man, but I am true God. 634.12: The fruit of Appearances and miracles to come. 634.13: Jesus informs Elisha of Engedi of his father’s death. 634.14: He presents new Disciples to the seventy-two. 634.15: Jesus consoles Marziam. 634.16: The extra Passover at Bethany. 634.17: Jesus is also with His mother. 634.18: A new notebook.

635. Lessons on the Sacraments, and predictions about the Church. 416

Matthew 28:19.

635.1: On another mountain. 635.2: Original sin and Grace. Many peoples will come to Christ. 635.3: Purification before the Eucharist. 635.4: Meaning of foot washing. 635.5: Meaning of Baptism in the name of the Trinity. 635.6: Meaning of the Eucharist. 635.7: Meaning of Confirmation. 635.8: Meaning of confession of sins. 635.9: Meaning of marriage. 635.10: Meaning of anointing of the sick. 635.11: Obstacles of the ministerial priesthood. 635.12: The Judas of times to come. 635.13: The darkened Gospel. 635.14: Role of Peter and pastors. 635.15: Promise of the Paraclete. 635.16: Isaac would like to go with Jesus. 635.17: What kind of man for the new Disciples? 635.18: Concern for pagans and the new Circumcision. 635.19: Conduct toward heretics. 635.20: Communion of saints. 635.21: Who will replace Judas?

636. The extra Passover. 437

636.1: The crowd of Disciples gathered. 636.2: The Lord does not show Himself to them. 636.3: Peter dismisses them. 636.4: The Upper Room will be the Gethsemane. 636.5: Most keep the King's secret. 636.6: They all head toward the Garden of Olives. 636.7: There, the tables are set. 636.8: Jesus appears and greets His mother. 636.9: Jesus repeats the paschal rite that Peter recalls. 636.10: but the Apostles distribute communion. 636.11: Jesus ensures the paschal rite is completed. He says the Our Father, blesses, and disappears.

637. Jesus's farewell to His Mother before ascending to the Father. We have everything through Mary. 444

637.1: Mary in prayer 637.2: Mother, my time on earth is over. I ascend to the Father. 637.3: We will never be as united as now. 637.4: Mary in Ecstasy. 637.5: I transfigured for my Mother. 637.6: I chose to dwell in Mary's Heart. 637.7: It is through Mary that you have absolutely everything.

638. Last teachings at Gethsemane and farewell. Jesus’s Ascension to His Father. 448

Acts 1:4-11.

638.1: Jesus walks silently with His mother. 638.2: MV's farewell prayer: A small violet at the foot of the cross. 638.3: I will not lose you, you promised me. 638.4: I will see you only in memory. 638.5: Jesus and Mary kiss one last time. 638.6: Brief, silent meal with the eleven. 638.7: Wait for The Holy Spirit in Jerusalem. 638.8: Development of the Church. 638.9: The Holy Spirit will counsel you. 638.10: Lose yourself in contemplation. 638.11: The Baptism of the Spirit. 638.12: James of Alphaeus will be chief in Jerusalem, subject to Peter, the supreme head of the Church. 638.13: My yoke will be easy. 638.14: Persecutions. 638.15: The only path to reach me. 638.16: Comfort of the Eucharistic Bread. 638.17: Meeting at the Galilean Camp. 638.18: You do not remain alone, I leave you my mother. 638.19: Personalized thanks. 638.20: Marziam will be named Martial. 638.21: Blessing of all and of nature. 638.22: Final ascent to the place of the Ascension. 638.23: Jesus's Ascension into heaven.

639. The election of Matthias 464

Acts 1:14-26

639.1: Apostles in prayer. 639.2: Peter prepares to speak. 639.3: Peter's speech: history of apostle Judas. 639.4: Need to find him a replacement. 639.5: Shepherd Matthias is chosen by lot. 635.6: Apostles officially preach him and lead him to Mary.

The apostolic times

640. The descent of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost), End of the messianic cycle. 469

Reconstructed calendar: Sunday, May 26, 30 (6 Siwan 3790).

Acts 2:1-13.

640.1: The Last Supper room arranged differently. 640.2: The Virgin reads from a scroll. 640.3: A powerful and harmonious noise approaches. 640.4: A fiery globe and a crown for Mary who remains in Ecstasy. 640.5: The Apostles go out to preach the Lord. 640.6: Here ends the Work that my love for you dictated. 640.7: Since Pentecost continues God's mysterious work in His faithful. 640.8: You will have nothing else since you have not known how to preach what I have given you.

641. Peter celebrates the Eucharist at a meeting of the first Christians. 475

641.1: A large, diverse assembly. 641.2: Peter's speech on the meaning of the Eucharist. 641.3: Relics of the Passion contained in a chest are venerated. 641.4: Consecration, communion and prayers. 641.5: Mary venerates the chest and receives the key.

642 - Mary will reside in Gethsemane with John, who predicts her Assumption. 479

642.1: Arrival of Lazarus and Joseph of Arimathea. 642.2: The Gethsemane house is given to Mary. 642.3: Mary wishes to live sheltered from curious eyes. 642.4: Gethsemane awaits you. Mary's joy. 642.5: The Upper Room will be the first Temple. 642.6: Mary receives the garden keys near Golgotha. 642.7: She rejoices with John. 642.8: You will also ascend, O Mother. 642.9: You cannot be subjected to corruption. 642.10: The Spirit Paraclete told me so.

643. Mary at the places of the Passion with John 487

643.1: In the Garden of Olives. 643.2: Mary restored the order overturned by Eve. 643.3: At the small bridge of the Kidron. 643.4: She weeps over incredulous lepers. 643.5: The earth will love you when it becomes Christian. 643.6: On Calvary, the fertility of the shed blood. 643.7: Mary would like to have the burial cloths. 643.8: She shudders near the place where Judas hanged himself.

644. Institution of Sunday. Progressive conversion of Gamaliel. The two shrouds. 492

644.1: Night arrival of Joseph, Nicodemus and Lazarus. 644.2: Coming to give something to Mary. 644.3: Peter will now celebrate Agape meals the day after the Sabbath (Sunday). 644.4: Mary receives the Shroud of the Resurrection. 644.5: Gamaliel studies with Nicodemus. 644.6: The first shroud, that of embalming, will be placed in a wooden statue. 644.7: The second shroud (that of Turin) is gentler to look at. 644.8: The second shroud is unfolded and Mary gives thanks. 644.9: She gives the first shroud to Nicodemus and keeps the second (Turin's).

645. The trial and stoning of Stephen. The opposing paths of Saul and Gamaliel towards holiness. 498

Acts of the Apostles, from chapter 6:8 to chapter 8:1.

645.1: Stephen is mistreated before the Sanhedrin. 645.2: Dialogue of Gamaliel with Saul. 645.3: Respective descriptions of Saul and Gamaliel. 645.4: Gamaliel is the defender of justice. 645.5: He regrets not having believed earlier. 645.6: Stephen is dragged outside the walls. 645.7: He is stoned. 645.8: Saul is authorized to persecute Christians. 645.9: Praise of shepherds and John. 645.10: The vines of pharisaism. 645.11: Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus had to break free from it too. 645.12: The conversions of Saul and Gamaliel.

646. The deposition of Saint Stephen 508

Acts 8:2.

646.1: Mary goes where the stoning took place. 646.2: The washed body is taken to the countryside. 646.3: Persecution is ordered. Council advises Apostles to disperse. 646.4: James of Alphaeus will stay in Jerusalem despite everything. 646.5: Mary will decide, in the Holy Spirit, where the others will stay. 646.6: Stephen's body is taken to an unknown place.

647. Gamaliel becomes a Christian. 511

647.1: John and Mary go about their business. 647.2: Gamaliel now a Confessor arrives. 647.3: He asks Mary to see spiritually. 647.4: The Savior forgives all who repent of past errors and your fault is less than Judas's. 647.5: How can He forgive so much obstinacy? 647.6: Your humility is a ladder to go to God. 647.7: Gamaliel asks John to take him to Peter. 647.8: Peter is no longer what he was, and is merciful for all and with all. 647.9: The old rabbi venerates Mary, who embraces him, and leaves with John.

648. Peter says goodbye to Mary after a conversation with John. 517

648.1: To stay or not in Judea? To consider prudence. 648.2: We must disperse. 648.3: But John will remain with Mary. 648.4: Mary will be taken up to Heaven. Peter begs John to warn her. 648.5: Peter wants to see Mary one last time. 648.6: Mary confirms Peter’s forgiveness for his denial and blesses him.

The glorification of Mary

649. The Dormition of Mary. 522

Reconstructed calendar: Saturday evening, August 12, 51 (16 Av 3811).

649.1: Mary closes the chest of her memories and Relics. 649.2: John is amazed: Why reopen the wounds? 649.3: My pain at being separated from Jesus. 649.4: My secret joy as Co-Redemptrix. 649.5: God wants the Church to learn the need for charity. 649.6: You are the Apostle of love and you can understand them better than others. 649.7: Since the Annunciation I knew I was dedicated to the greatest pain a mother can bear. 649.8: Love the wrecks of man so they know love. 649.9: Act as Jesus did. 649.10: Mary entrusts the precious chest to John. 349.12: No mortuary washing or embalming. 649.13: God will help you live, and for a long time. 649.14: Join the Angels around me. 649.15: I feel the unbearable Light growing inside me that enveloped me when I conceived Christ. 649.16: Love will make you triumph over everything and everyone. 649.17: I will cease to be by excess of love. 649.18: John helps Mary to bed. 649.19: The Dormition of Mary and John's prayers. 648.20: John arranges everything in the dying woman’s room. 649.21: He monologues about Mary and the event.

650. The glorious Assumption of Mary. 535

650.1: How many days passed? At dawn, John fell asleep. 650.2: Angels come to take Mary's body and carry it away. 650.3: Awakened by the sound of Angels and a draft from the roof, John wakes and runs to the terrace. 650.4: John sees Mary's ascent and her glorified body coming back to life against Jesus descending in glory. 650.5: Of the three miracles I had asked God, two have been accomplished. 650.6: John will testify to the promised resurrection. 650.7: He collects Mary's belongings. 650.8: Respective characteristics of Christ's Resurrection and Mary's Assumption. 650.9: Mary's Relics are locked in the chest. 650.10: From now on love will be my weapon and my Doctrine.

651. Comments on Mary's dormition, her assumption and her title of Queen. 540

651.1: Was I dead? Yes and no. 651.2: The ardor of charity triggers a gentle languor. 651.3: John's spirit already knew that my body would not be corrupted. 651.4: I did not ascend by myself because my spirit had not yet returned to my body. 651.5: Mary's two Angels, one from heaven and one from Earth. 651.6: Like Enoch and Elijah, Mary had no tomb. 651.7: An Ecstasy similar to that of Jesus's conception. 651.8: The house of Gethsemane left no trace. 651.9: Awaiting the promised Heaven. 651.10: The Eucharist was no longer enough for me. 651.11: Be rich in this poverty of desire which is an immeasurable wealth. 651.12: My Soul exhaled in the third Kiss of the Spirit. 651.13: I expected incorruptibility, not more. 651.14: My dormition testifies to what God wanted for man. 651.15: God's speech for my coronation before the heavenly people. 651.16: Which provokes an exultation. 651.17: The difference between death and Ecstasy. Soul of the Soul. 651.18: In Heaven, Mary overflows with love for her children.

Reasons for the work

The phrasing of the subsections is the result of personal studies meant to better understand the content of the episodes and do not commit the publisher.

652. Upon saying goodbye to the Work. 549

The main reasons for the Work's existence. 1. Fight errors. 2. Awaken love for the Gospel. 3. Show various ways to guide Souls. 4. Restore to their truth the figures of the Son of Man and Mary. 5. Know Jesus's Passion. 6. Show the power of my word and its various effects. 7. Make the mystery of Judas known. Seven reasons, as there are seven parts of the Work. The Holy Spirit, author and commentator of the Gospel, recalls all I have said. Come to my Gift. Take, take this work and do not seal it. Last instructions to Maria Valtorta. I still need you for a little while.

Noteworthy points of the volume

• The Holy Shroud (Shroud) of Turin

• The Disciples of Emmaus

• Assumption and Dormition of the Virgin Mary

The Gospel as it was revealed to me (Maria Valtorta).

Person or animal who has been killed by stones. This punishment was used in the East and especially among the Jews. (For example, Jews stoned adulterers, blasphemers).