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Maguy
Through my sister.
She helped me to enter into the very context of each work of Jesus's life.
I realized how much Jesus identified with us in his human condition and this comforts me.
Discovering Jesus necessarily involves the Gospel, and Maria Valtorta's work puts each passage in its context.
Anne-Sophie Vermersch
Through the emails of Jesus today. The explanations on the gospel of the day are clear.
I discovered the depth of God's love through Maria Valtorta!! For every man!!. I did nothing but cry during the reading of these writings...
I have opened my heart to the Lord as I have never done before.
It's a treasure of love, it's my most precious possession. I often hesitate to lend it...
Élisabeth
I read excerpts while browsing a volume of The Gospel as Revealed to Me by Maria Valtorta. I then looked for information about Maria Valtorta and when I read that Pope Pius XII advised reading it, I bought the 10 volumes. I read them for the first time over the course of two months. Then I resumed reading the 10 volumes a second time more calmly over about a year, and a third time with the Bible at my side to read the passages to which Jesus referred.
Today, I start each day with the daily readings and I like to additionally read the corresponding passage from the gospel in Maria Valtorta. I feel much closer to Jesus, to Mary. It seems more alive to me.
I think I have a greater respect for priests. I was already involved in my parish and of course I continue. It seems to me that I have gained a greater awareness of the sacred in the liturgy, a better listening to the bereaved for funeral accompaniment. The Eucharist deeply touches me...
I have lent my copies of the Gospel as it was revealed to me to several people. Some are moved, others are not. I think that if one hesitates to read it, one should try without fear. And see...
Stephane
I discovered this work through "Jesus Today" and through the testimony of a friend who is a member of a Franciscan fraternity.
The richness of details, the subtlety of thoughts, the overall realism make me see Jesus with more depth and love.
This work gives me more strength in the daily spiritual battle and brings me closer to God.
This work encompasses the Gospel but does not change it. It highlights details and subtleties and also illuminates some difficult passages of the Gospel texts.
Reading Maria Valtorta brings me happiness and immerses me in the life of Jesus like no other text. Truly, it is a grace from God himself to bring more souls to him.
Christelle TOSSA-DOSSOU
I discovered the work of Maria Valtorta by chance on the internet. But I believe it was not a mere coincidence, but that God in his great kindness was answering a desire that had been driving me for a long time; that of knowing the hidden life of Christ in Nazareth with the Virgin and Saint Joseph.
She allowed me to understand that Christ was more Human than I had imagined and brought me a little closer to him.
I understood how much Christ loves us and that he wants to remain in friendship with Man until the end.
It is a work of Mercy from Christ who wants us all to him. It would be a shame to miss such an opportunity especially for our time.
François De Longueville
Out of curiosity on the internet.
The first text I read was the resurrection. It was clear, chronological, and luminous. Christ is Alive, it's true, it's real. Thank you Maria Valtorta.
Daily reading of the Gospels and texts of the day followed by the reading of the corresponding text by Maria Valtorta, which gives it an extra life.
Who reads will understand.
Benoit
During a silent retreat, I confided this sadness to God: "My God, why is it that at the end of the day, I have more appetite to watch a movie than to pray to you?" At the end of the retreat, when it was time to break the silence, a young man told me about Maria Valtorta. I listened politely, and tried the first volume. I prayed over the 10 volumes and the 5 notebook-books of Maria Valtorta for 3 years, I am now on my rifle reading.
The canonical Gospel remains my reference. But to use the movie analogy, this reference is in black and white. Maria Valtorta, it's like a 4KHD Blu-Ray DVD... a concentrated dose of the Holy Spirit. We pray as a family in the evening with the Gospel of the day, but every morning, I nourish myself with the corresponding passage from Maria Valtorta.
The density and vitality of the spiritual nourishment I found in the work allowed me to commit myself to young people (preparation for first communion, high school chaplaincy...) The work has enlightened me on many questions I had. Why doesn't Mary, who received the angel's announcement, immediately share this joy with Joseph? How does Matthew, a publican who devoted his life to money and pleasures, let go of everything on this call from Jesus: "follow me". What is the personality of Judas...
One must try. The work does not speak to everyone, but in my case, and that of many friends, it has been of decisive contribution.
François BONHOMME
To tell the truth, I no longer remember the specific event that made me aware of Mr. Valtorta's works. I started by ordering one volume to see for myself, and then I found the 10 volumes on Le Bon Coin, and bought them, then read them with great interest.
Through my reading, I found myself in the midst of this group of apostles guided by Jesus, somewhat like the 13th member of this group, following their daily lives, their messages, their everyday life. It was for me an illustrated and living supplement to the Gospels that I already knew. I saw, I understood, I was with Jesus and his apostles, I appreciated the precision and all the details of the message placed in its historical and religious context. An unprecedented and truly instructive journey opening my mind to that of Jesus. The complete reading of these 10 volumes never took me away from what the Church had previously taught me. This reading only corroborated the existing writings, consolidating through its many details my conviction that Christ is the envoy of God and the friend of Men.
I believe that Mr. Valtorta's writings are authentic and sincere, even if sometimes the formulation of ideas and the layout of the text require careful rereading. These writings have strengthened my faith in the Eucharist. They clarified for me the meaning of Jesus' Passion (Volume 10) and made me understand how far divine love could go towards the man that I am. And then everything exudes reality in the reported facts. Everything becomes clear and limpid when reading these works. No confusion or insinuations, ever.
One must familiarize oneself with the style and its formatting. We are not in a novel or in the usual readings recounting the usual biographies. I was reading only one chapter at a time, and this spread over about a year for my complete reading. But each time, I was happy in advance because I knew that I was going to discover who Jesus is among his apostles.
Anonymous
A few years ago, I asked the priest who was preparing us for marriage in a famous Abbey in the South of France about reading the work of Maria Valtorta. Skeptical, he gave me his permission; then I asked the opinion of the Exorcist Priest from my city at the time, he told me "If Padre Pio recommended it..go for it! I myself have read 1/3 of the work, I see nothing that contradicts the dogma!". I discovered Maria Valtorta while watching a video of Sister Emmanuelle Maillard from the Community of Beatitudes!
These books have opened a bridge to the Bible that I had set aside...the more I read, the more I returned to the passages of the Old or New Testament; everything became coherent, clear; it's as if the Holy Spirit gave meaning to the fragments of the Bible that I did not understand...and the more I reread the Volumes, the more I realize that the Bible is a past-present-future book and that the words of Christ still speak to me even if I have read the same words 5 times!!! It's inexhaustible...
The rediscovery and deepening of the Word of God have anchored God in my daily life and prayer and the sacraments have taken a central importance that I try to honor despite my miseries... Aspects of my past life have been illuminated by the words and visions described by Maria Valtorta, I have meditated on them with the Bible and I can say that it is the reading book of my life... The Bible, it's God... This book is God's work for the little ones! You must still have a child's heart, I believe, to accept and understand it. You must be able to believe that Nothing is Impossible for God! That all the books of the Earth will not be enough to tell what Jesus did on Earth as St John says!!!
Try...God speaks to everyone in a different way; maybe it's this way, maybe it's another...listen closely and seek God incessantly.
Rejane FISHER
I discovered the work of Marie Valtorta while talking to a person who was part of a team studying these texts. I was delighted to discover these writings that I BELIEVE to be the fruit of the grace that this person received throughout her difficult life. These texts are not "invented": they are true and sincere. It is impossible to have invented these writings! The places, the historical facts recounted are too real! I really enjoy reading the texts of Maria Valtorta, particularly the Gospel as it was revealed to me because I feel like I'm spending a little time with Jesus during my reading.
By spending small moments with Jesus, the description of the environment, the characters, the feelings of one and all, it allowed me to get closer to Jesus and our Holy Apostles whom I now think of more often. I really realize the great Mercy of God and I am touched to the depths of my being. I thus learned that I have a soul and that I have value for Jesus.
Maria Valtorta did not particularly convert me. But I can say that she brought me closer to the Lord and allowed me to understand him better (if this is even possible!...)
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