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These detailed testimonies reveal the profound impact of Maria Valtorta's work on the spiritual lives of its readers. Each account witnesses the graces received and conversions experienced.
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These detailed testimonies have been collected according to a structured methodology, allowing precise documentation of the impact of Maria Valtorta's work on readers' spiritual lives. Each testimony addresses the discovery of the work, its impact on faith, the graces received, and recommendations for other potential readers.
Damien
A Christian friend and her family talked to me a lot about it during debates on religion before my conversion.
I only knew Christianity from a distance, and the work of Maria Valtorta allowed me to discover the entire life of Jesus as well as that of Mary before him, and made me want to learn much more. It was an opening door to the entire Christian religion on a theological level.
Not being a believer at the time of reading the work of Maria Valtorta, I think the biggest impact was that it opened my heart to meet Jesus, to experience powerful events with him. The rest, it was God who did it, and I thank him for it. My conversion is strongly linked to this open-mindedness acquired throughout the reading of the work, and then to the possibility of exchanging with other people who had read Maria Valtorta and the Gospels, and who could answer many of my questions. It also convinced me to read the Gospels and continue to get closer to God.
The work is very well written and highly complementary to the Gospels for those who might want to learn more about the active life of Jesus. It perhaps allows for a more concrete representation of all of Jesus' actions throughout his life, which can help to draw closer to him if the figures of Jesus, Mary, and the apostles sometimes seem a bit abstract.
I think the work of Maria Valtorta is primarily a means to give the most Cartesian and somewhat closed-minded individuals towards religion a way to open up to God and Christianity. The text, which traces the entire life of Jesus, is easier to read (even though it is longer) than the Gospels, which can help maintain investment in a more linear reading. Despite this, it includes all the interventions and teachings of Jesus, and gradually one ends up wanting to learn more, to know Jesus more intimately, and this can turn readers towards the Church, the practice of mass, the reading of the Gospels or other texts. I find that the work is a very good bridge to enter or re-enter faith, and that it is also (due to its length) a good way to measure each person's willingness to invest.
Pierre Armand
I was drawing closer to God and Jesus, and one day by chance I came across Olivier BONNASSISES's video on the Shroud of Turin. Deep inside, my faith in science and my faith in the spiritual reconciled, and I said "I believe" in the depths of my heart. Now the miracle is accepted, it is no longer an obstacle between God and me. I immediately wanted to know more and watched other videos, including the one on the writings of Maria Valtorta. I borrowed the first two books from the diocesan library and then bought all ten volumes at once.
It allowed me to understand certain causes, to put everything into context, to attribute characters, a humanity behind each person, it allowed me to see the coherence, a perfection in the actions and gestures of Jesus. Today, when I read the Gospel, I understand much better many things that remained mysterious. Initially, I was experiencing my journey outside of the Church, without anyone helping me to understand. The Gospel as it was revealed to me made me understand everything and made me love Jesus beyond everything. Thanks to the Work, one almost becomes a doctor of the Gospel.
I wanted to be consciously baptized. I was baptized as a baby. I discovered confirmation, and it was exactly what I felt, to confirm my baptism. I opened the doors to a world I did not know. Like Harry POTTER discovering the magical world, I discovered the Roman Catholic Church. Jesus Himself sent me there through Maria VALTORTA, and for me, it is a miracle. Jesus Himself explained the Eucharist and its saving importance to me. I did not want to hear about the Church because of vile prejudices and the world's slanders. I believed the Church no longer existed, and what a surprise it was. I found myself. Since 2022, I have been confirmed, and I receive communion as often as I can. I constantly discover the riches of the Church of Christ. Today, I evangelize almost as much as I meet people. And it is also thanks to the Work. I realize that everything in the Gospel as it was revealed to me is also in the Church through the Bible or tradition. It has been a sort of catechesis.
"Read it and have it read!" I would say to watch the video by Marie of Nazareth on the subject, I would say to first read the books or watch the videos of those who have studied the Work scientifically. I would say: Read and judge! I would say: I will lend you the first volume. (I have bought and will buy the first volume just with this in mind.)
I discovered the Gospel as it was revealed to me just before the lockdown in 2019. I completed the Work at the time of the deconfinement. It was an effective resurrection. I believe the Work saved my life at that moment. I regularly reread the Work because even though I now have the Church and the sacraments, I need to find Our Jesus again. For me, it is in this Work that He is closest to us. I also realize that it was a preparation for my entry into the Roman Catholic Church. Without it, I wouldn't have been able to enter or remain there. I think this is what must happen for many Protestants. Alone in seeking Jesus, I was reaching my limits and desperately reaching a hand towards Heaven, and Jesus, through the Work, extended His hand to me.
Linda Clarke
After the death of our fourth child, who died at birth, I went for grief counselling at the home of a woman who was Catholic. Her husband photocopied two of the visions of Maria Valtorta from Vol. 1 — I, who had been raised in a strict Protestant sect and taught against the Catholic Church, had never read anything like it. So alive! So perfect! I sometimes say, “I was zapped!”
A massive impact! I saved up for months to buy Vol. 1. It was my whole life, and I didn’t need to work out the Truth — it was there, plain as day! All the usual impediments were no problem: the Papacy, Purgatory, Our Blessed Mother, the Real Presence, etc. — all were a smooth journey.
The grace of a strong Faith, which I didn’t have before. I absolutely KNEW this was all true. My desire to be received into the Catholic Church was total. The whole five volumes took me ten years to buy and read with delight. God had kept that special gift very strong.
This Work is a very special gift to the world. There was and is nothing like it for me — perhaps for you, too. I’m almost speechless with amazement and joy at its wonders. Everything is narrated so beautifully and deeply — it has to be from God!
The Works of Maria Valtorta have continued to feed me for over 30 years. I am now 77 years old. I’ve come to know the Persons of the Holy Trinity so much more than before — this Work never becomes outdated!
David Webster
It was a Lutheran inter-denominational women's Bible study leader who shared this work with me.
These Revelations to Maria Valtorta greatly accelerated my journey into the Catholic Church, and my transition from being a former fundamentalist Baptist pastor to a Catholic apologist would hardly have been possible without it
All throughout the work, I was absolutely overwhelmed by the Love, Patience, and Self-Sacrifice of the Lord. I have told others that if you decide to read this work, you had better have a full box of Kleenex near you. These divine revelations not only establish the truth of the Catholic Faith but (or because they do!) do not at all overlook the serious decline of true Catholic faith in both the laity and the priesthood during WWII, and especially in the time that would follow: "a brief time in which the enemy would regroup for an ever greater assault." The honesty was quite assuring to me.
If you care to actually feel as though you have lived with Jesus and His Disciples for those three-and-a-half years, and to be impacted as the Apostles were on the Day of Pentecost, this work is clearly for you!
These Revelations also fully resolved several what were thought to be contradictions between the Gospel writers. Here it was revealed that only missing information had led to false conclusions, and with the information restored, the alleged contradiction vanishes. It has also been revealed that these Revelations (the only "so-called" private Revelation ever ordered by a pope to be published in the entire history of the Church!) will play a very predominate role in the coming New Evangelization at the Triumph of Mary! It seems very obvious, then, that the attempt at the New Evangelization at Vatican II failed because these revelations were severely repressed, and thus the Holy Spirit was missing at the Council! Could there then be anything with a greater priority than the promotion of these Revelations?
Long
I discovered Maria Valtorta's online writings in 2016 thanks to a video from the Marie de Nazareth association. At first, I thought it was simply a pious woman who had imagined stories about the life of Jesus. But from the first readings, I was struck by the depth and accuracy of the words attributed to Jesus. I clearly found the Jesus of the Gospels there. Very quickly, I was seized internally and I read nine volumes in less than a year.
I had the feeling that my heart was burning as I read, a bit like the disciples of Emmaus when they listened to Jesus. There was so much wisdom, so much love in his words. I was born and raised in an evangelical Protestant environment. I had been active in my community for several years. But this reading increased my love for Christ tenfold, and it helped me to free myself from sins to which I had been attached for a long time. I no longer wanted to grieve the Lord, nor his Holy Mother whom I was learning to welcome into my life.
This reading was for me like a new conversion. It was one of the paths through which Jesus led me, a few years later, to enter the Catholic Church. Even today, I sometimes reread or listen to certain chapters. Like the Bible, it helps me keep my heart turned towards Jesus, nourish my prayer, and remain faithful in my Christian life, always loving His Church.
It is a gift for our time, which can nourish faith and lead closer to Christ.
Joelle
I discovered the writings of Maria Valtorta while watching a video on YouTube and subsequently ordered the first volume which I read eagerly and I continue. I am on the fourth volume.
It was wonderful to see Jesus in a different light, to follow him, to hear him, in all the details of His life. I learned to know him better and understand what he wants for us. The episode of Joseph's death particularly moved me, but above all, I drew closer to Mary and her infinitely great role in God's plan. I discovered her great humility and the love that Jesus has for her.
I returned to the Catholic Church after spending more than thirty years in the Protestant Adventist church. I rediscovered the riches of the Catholic Church, that of my childhood, with a new perspective and a love for the Eucharistic communion, very different from the Last Supper.
To believe that it is indeed the Spirit of God who is the origin and to recognize the voice of Jesus who says "my sheep hear my voice and recognize me".
Emilie
I discovered the work while searching for God. A Divine inspiration led me to order the first volume. I bought all the others in stride. As well as the notebooks, the journals, the lessons on the epistle of St. Paul to the Romans (which I am currently reading).
The work offers us the chance to live in the time of Christ, to become one of his apostles. We truly meet and discover everyone: the sweet and pure Mary, the humor and impulsivity of Peter, the wisdom of John, the extreme kindness of Christ. It's an incredible work and I thank God for letting me discover it.
I was baptized as a child, but I grew up in an atheist family, even clearly anticlerical, where the name of Jesus had never been pronounced. But as a young adult, these questions interested me a lot, I was searching for God. I read the Bible (and other religions) but it was not enough to convert me, I found the Old Testament so hard, I had trouble associating it with the God I felt. After reading Maria Valtorta, I went through my catechumenate, I received my first communion and my confirmation.
During my catechumenate, I met some cautious people at work, they did not want to hear about it until the Church had approved it. I then told them that it was really a pity for them to deprive themselves of this great grace. May the work be approved by the Church in their lifetime.
While I was reading Maria Valtorta, I was reading (rereading) the Gospels in parallel. Maria's visions detail scenes that help us better understand the attitude of Christ and his detractors. It's extraordinarily rich. The love of Jesus is supernatural, not human. It is beyond what we know.
Denis
Advice from a friend.
I would say that reading Maria Valtorta had a decisive impact 2 and a half years ago when I tried to turn to Christ and Mary. Even though I am of Protestant origin and not baptized. My scientific mind was seized, impressed by the evidence of a supernatural phenomenon. A few days after I started reading, I wrote on my Facebook page this proclamation that still amazes me today: "Jesus and Mary walked on this earth 2000 years ago and proclaimed a message of love with incredible courage." Since then, I pray every day in front of my two icons of Christ and Mary, and I have been saying a rosary a day for a year. Christ and Mary entered my life at 56 years old and I testify that it is largely thanks to Maria Valtorta.
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I've already done it, I tell this story of this skeptical scientist who challenged the details of the story one by one and who quickly became convinced and pursued his quest for proof on thousands of cases. I would recommend reading it to anyone who finds the Gospels or the Bible too difficult to read.
Maxime Magot
Watching videos on YouTube.
Through the precision and details about the concrete life of Jesus and his apostles, of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph.
I had been baptized and received communion when I was little, but I did not believe in God, even though I perhaps sensed a higher power. I sought the truth in all religions and traditions, and I had even already read the four Gospels without leaving this spirit of disbelief. Specifically, in the space of the two months where I listened to "the work" in my car: deep conversion, return to the church, confessions, desire to align my life with the teachings of Jesus, daily rosary and weekly praises and adoration in a prayer group. I have since discovered a parish where I feel good and am active (Alpha course, Youcat, pilgrimage...). I now share my testimony whenever I have the opportunity, as it can contribute to their conversion.
Simply that he reads it. With all the details he will find, he will journey with Christ through vibrant places that He has traveled. Also, to better understand among other things the mystery of Mary and that of Judas.
Camille Decourcy
After a painful period in my life, although baptized according to the Catholic rite, I opted for evangelical Protestantism, as the faithful seemed to me much more fervent, based on my experience. Then, I told myself that the Mother of God could only be exceptional and I wondered if Mary-Mother had had other children. In doing my personal research, I discovered, thanks to God, The Gospel as it was revealed to me which explains among other things the vows of Joseph and Mary to remain chaste. Thus, Joseph, according to volume 1, was a Nazirite, that is, he wanted to dedicate himself to God and remain chaste.
Deeply moved by the different personalities of all Jesus' contemporaries. We laugh, we cry, we marvel, and we almost feel pity for Judas.
Reading and rereading of the work. Help to meditate on the Rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, as well as that of the Precious Blood. Finally, practice of prayer.
Before judging, at least read the first chapter and you won't be able to leave this fascinating work.
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