The Gospel as Revealed to Me - Volume 2

E.M.V. - VOLUME 2

Cover page of the 2nd French edition (2016)
Work Details
Author	Maria Valtorta
Visions	81: from EMV 79 to EMV 159
Pages	538
First Italian Edition
Title	Il poema dell’Uomo-Dio
Publication	1956-1959
Publisher	Tipografia editrice M. Pisani
First French Edition Translation
Title	The Gospel as Revealed to Me
Translator	Félix Sauvage
Publication	1979
Publisher	Centro Editoriale Valtortiano
Second French Edition Translation
Translator	Yves d'Horrer
Publication	December 2016
Publisher	Centro Editoriale Valtortiano
ISBN	978-8879872645
Multimedia Versions
Audio	MP3 CD, 1st edition (1979)
Publisher	Rassemblement A Son Image
e-book	EPUB, MOBI, 2nd edition (2016)
Publisher	Centro Editoriale Valtortiano

Volume 2 of The Gospel as Revealed to Me (2nd edition) reports the continuation and conclusion of the first year of Jesus's public life (EMV 79 to EMV 140) as well as the beginning of the second year of his public life (EMV 141 to EMV 159).

Among the 81 episodes,

• 13 illustrate Gospel passages,
• 68 refer to unpublished stories.

Main Events Described

• Events referring to the Gospel: The Call of Matthew the publican - Jesus driven out of Nazareth - The conversation with Nicodemus - Beginning of communal life with the Disciples - The Samaritan woman - The royal officer - The new clothes and the new wine.

Summary of the first year of Jesus's public life (continuation and conclusion)

The wording of subsections and the dating are based on personal research aimed at better understanding the episode contents and do not commit the publisher.

Apostolic journey in Judea (continuation)

79. On the road with the shepherds. Aglae’s jewels and a parable on conversion. 13

Reconstructed calendar: Wednesday, June 16, 27 (25 Siwan 3787).

79.1: A steep route in mountainous country, under a blazing sun.   79.2: Jesus praises old Saul.   79.3: Meeting with shepherds. Jesus praises the people of Yutta.   79.4: Aglae inquired of Elijah.   79.5: She was given a well-filled purse.   79.6: The stages of a conversion.   79.7: Missions given to the Disciples.   79.8: For those from Hebron, the Baptist is the Messiah.

80. Jesus on the fasting mountain and at the Temptation massif with three Apostles. 19

80.1: Vision of the fasting mountain and the Dead Sea.   80.2: Arrival in the desert place. Jesus unveils his living conditions.   80.3: Jesus taught directly by God. Judas wonders why he is not with an Essene master.   80.4: The battle Against Satan and the flesh.   80.5: Do you want to stay with me to snatch two souls from Satan?   80.6: End of the mortification period, though Jesus's was harder.   80.7: Night descent toward a plain burned by salt.   80.8: Arrival at the cave of the Temptation. Why he was tempted.   80.9: The story of Jesus's Temptation commented.   80.10: It is here that I became the God-Man by mastering my humanity.   80.11: Do not speak to my mother about Bethlehem and Hebron.

81. Meeting with shepherds John, Matthias, and Simeon at the Jordan ford. A plan to free John the Baptist. 245

81.1: Questions asked by the three Baptist Disciples as Jesus approaches.   81.2: Latest news on the Baptist’s imprisonment.   81.3: The Baptist compared to the apostle John.   81.4: A large sum of money could free the Baptist.   81.5: Judas, how much are Aglae’s jewels worth?   81.6: Judas will go with John to sell them to a Greek usurer.   81.7: Zealot’s distrust of Judas.

82. At Jericho. Judas Iscariot tells how he sold Aglae’s jewels. 37

82.1: Discourse to children: Why hurt birds?   82.2: Judas returns satisfied with having made a good deal.   82.3: Account of his deceit before a stunned John recalling it.   82.4: Beginning of quarrel between Judas and the Zealot.   82.5: Arrival of shepherds to whom Jesus assigns tasks.

83. Jesus suffers because of Judas, who is a living lesson for Apostles of every time. 44

83.1: The rabbis are far from speaking like You.   83.2: The meaning of suffering.   83.3: Judas obtains permission to leave.   83.4: The Zealot sees Jesus pray and weep.   83.5: He wants to comfort him. Judas is your living teaching.   83.6: The Zealot invites Jesus to his friend Lazarus’s.   83.7: Importance of Judas’s character for the priests. I was a man and I suffered.

84. Jesus's meeting with Lazarus in Bethany. 50

84.1: Jesus and the Zealot arrive in Bethany.   84.2: Lazarus throws himself at Jesus’ feet.   84.3: He confesses his faith in Jesus the Messiah.   84.4: Lazarus has found a taker for the Zealot’s goods under the conditions demanded.   84.5: The power of love and forgiveness toward those who have failed.   84.6: And so continue reading.

85. With Simon the Zealot (Apostle) at the Temple, where Judas speaks, then at Gethsemane where John is. 57

85.1: The role of the shepherds in evangelization.   85.2: Jesus praises Mary and Galilee, where they are going.   85.3: At the Temple, they encounter Judas preaching that Jesus is the Messiah.   85.4: He hopes to convince Gamaliel and the Sanhedrin.   85.5: The Zealot did not expect such an attitude from Judas.   85.6: At Gethsemane, John recounts what he did.

86. Jesus speaks with soldier Alexander at the Fish Gate. 63

86.1: Soldier Alexander’s grievances against Jerusalem inhabitants.   86.2: Jesus’s discourse: the current fate of Israel and the testimony to give to the Gentiles.   86.3: Jesus heals only by his power. The human soul and the true God.   86.4: Tribute of a young girl to Jesus.   86.5: Jesus encourages Judas in his apostleship and joins the shepherds.

Selection of the last Apostles

87. Near Docco with shepherds and Disciples. Isaac stays in Judea. 68

Reconstructed calendar: Sunday, July 25, 27 (5 Ab 3787).

87.1: The past sufferings and joys of Isaac.   87.2: Evangelization is like Creation: a matter of patience.   87.3: Judas sees himself as the avenger of the traitor to Jesus.

88. In the plain of Esdraelon. John’s love and rare people like him. Visit to shepherd Jonas. 72

88.1: Levi speaks of Jonas’s misfortunes.   88.2: John’s love and of rare people like him.   88.3: Jonas’s long wait finally ends. He recounts his flogging by Doras.   88.4: In his current condition, he will continue to witness the Messiah.   88.5: Angels will keep watch for Jonas.

89. Jesus takes leave of Jonas, whom Simon the Zealot (Apostle) thinks to free. Arrival of Jesus in Nazareth. 78

89.1: Jonas wishes to see Mary. Jesus blesses the fields.   89.2: The Zealot thinks that Lazarus could free Jonas with the money he entrusted to him.   89.3: God’s mercy also expresses itself in trials.   89.4: Levi asks Jesus to take him to his Mother.   89.5: In Nazareth, Jesus meets Mary of Alphaeus at the well.   89.6: First outpourings with Mary.   89.7: News from shepherds and Jesus’s activity.   89.8: One day Mary will accompany Jesus.

90. Arrival of Disciples and shepherds in Nazareth. 85

90.1: Mary silently busy in the early hours of the day.   90.2: Mary of Alphaeus helps her. They exchange news.   90.3: Jesus greets them. Mary watched over his sleep full of sadness.   90.4: Presentation of the two shepherds and the three Apostles.   90.5: Peter arrives surprised and happy to see Jesus.   90.6: Jesus introduces the shepherds and news: Judas and the Zealot.   90.7: Levi will carry to Lazarus the instructions of the Zealot for redeeming Jonas.

91. Teachings to the Disciples in the olive grove near Nazareth. 91

91.1: To teach you before sending you into the world.   91.2: Brother, that is the name I want you to give one another.   91.3: The strength of union: the parable of the ants.   91.4: Judas reproaches Jesus.   91.5: Do not tell my Mother that her Son has been mistreated by the Jews.

92. Second instruction to the Disciples near the house in Nazareth. 96

92.1: Discretion in good.   92.2: Never judge anyone.   92.3: The unique teaching and human freedom.   92.4: Do not be uncompromising.   92.5: My Mother knew the dangers of life in the world, and you men do not see them?   92.6: The news from the Cains.

93. Third lesson to the Disciples with the Most Holy Virgin Mary in the garden of Nazareth. Consolation of Jude of Alphaeus. 100

93.1: Jesus’s morning kiss to Mary.   93.2: Peter repairs hail damage.   93.3: Meal in the garden.   93.4: Teaching on apostolic formation.   93.5: Misunderstanding of Jude’s dying father.   93.6: The hard crust of Hebraism.   93.7: Love your parents in God.   93.8: Bunches of grapes for Jude’s father.

94. Healing of the Beauty of Chorazin (Corozaïn). Jesus speaks at the synagogue of Capernaum. 106

94.1: Invitation from Jairus, the synagogue chief.   94.2: Jesus, Peter, and Andrew the Apostle go to a secluded place.   94.3: Andrew the Apostle recounts how he evangelized the leprous woman.   94.4: The Beauty of Chorazin finally decides to show herself.   94.5: Her healing by immersion, like Naaman.   94.6: At the synagogue of Capernaum, Peter castigates the tax collector Matthew.   94.7: The memory of God and repentance meditated from King David’s example.   94.8: The man weakened by Mammon and concupiscence meditated from Samson’s example.   94.9: Jesus asks an obol for the penitent. Judas defends Jesus Against two elders. Little James has given two purses to Peter.

95. James of Alphaeus received among the Disciples. Jesus preaches near Matthew’s counter. 115

95.1: James opted for Jesus Against his family.   95.2: Peter grumbles Against Matthew.   95.3: Matthew does not accept money from Jesus.   95.4: The world is like a big family. Knowing how to leave wealth to deserve Heaven.   95.5: Mary of Alphaeus wants to speak to Jesus about her husband and sons who reject him.   95.6: Jesus can do nothing Against the inevitable misfortunes of life but promises Alphaeus a peaceful death.

96. Jesus responds to the accusation of having healed the Beauty of Chorazin on the Sabbath day. 122

96.1: Speech on a boat: I hold back no one.   96.2: There are two adversaries: God Against Satan. You are between the two.   96.3: Know how to forgive the Beauty of Chorazin (Corozaïn).   96.4: There is no sin so great that it cannot be washed first by repentance, then by Grace, and finally by the Savior.   96.5: Be co-redeemers.   96.6: Begin to be pure in your body to then move to the Spirit.   96.7: Jesus heads to Philip’s house after blessing the good and the sinners.

Jesus’s movements in the 3rd quarter

97. The Call of Matthew. 128

Matthew 9:9-13 | Mark 2:13-17 | Luke 5:27-32

97.1: Jesus reconciles two children fighting over figs.   97.2: The will to make peace in disputes.   97.3: Matthew, come, follow Me.   97.4: Matthew welcomes Jesus and his followers at home.   97.5: Peter attacks Judas and is rebuked by Jesus.   97.6: Meal with Matthew and his publican friends.   97.7: To the scandalized Pharisees about why Jesus eats with sinners.

The last shepherds

98. Meeting with Mary Magdalene on the lake, and teaching to the Disciples near Tiberias. 136

Reconstructed calendar: Tuesday, August 24, 27 (5 Eloul 3787)

98.1: From Capernaum to Tiberias by water.   98.2: Tumultuous encounter with Roman boats.   98.3: Jesus withdraws from the agitation.   98.4: Judas recognized Mary Magdalene.   98.5: Verbal spat between Peter and Judas.   98.6: Jesus wants to speak to his companions.   98.7: You must be the salt of the earth and the light of the world.   98.8: I offer only one thing: holiness.   98.9: I swear, you will become my heroes.   98.10: The soul can die before the body.   98.11: Be humble, sincere, and discreet.   98.12: Do not be pagans nor uncompromising. Do not judge.   92.13: Father, hasten the hour of Purification.

99. In Tiberias at the house of Quza (Chuza). 146

99.1: Arrival in Tiberias, a new city in the manner of the “pagan” Salt on Peter.   99.2: Jonathan is not there but has gone to accompany Joanna, very ill.   99.3: He has already made known the Messiah there.   99.4: Jesus promises Esther that Joanna will heal.   99.5: You are more known here than in Nazareth, laments James of Alphaeus the Apostle.

100. In Nazareth, at Alphaeus's old and sick house. The life of an apostle is hardly easy. 152

100.1: Organization of the stay in the different houses.   100.2: Entry of a modest group into Nazareth.   100.3: Neighbor Alphaeus of Sarah presents to Jesus his newborn and advises him not to go to his uncle Alphaeus.   100.4: Jesus forces his way into the house.   100.5: He forces open the uncle Alphaeus’s door and triggers his senile anger.   100.6: Worried, Peter and John arrive hastily. Altercation between Peter and Judas.   100.7: Jesus comforts Jude and James.   100.8: Others do it in their own way.   100.9: Arrival of Mary. Peter denounces Judas's cynicism.   100.10: Commentary by Jesus and locating the following passage.   100.11: Are there still unhappy teachers who think that the life of an apostle is or should be easy?   100.12: My Mother knew no other unions and had no other children.

101. Jesus questions his Mother about his Disciples. 163

101.1: Jesus and Mary on the stone bench in the garden.   101.2: Jesus questions Mary about the Apostles and Judas scares Mary.   101.3: My College must represent the world in its diversity.

102. Meeting with the former shepherd Jonathan and healing of Joanna of Quza. 166

102.1: Judas decides to return to Judea.   102.2: James, have no scruples. Peter, have charity.   102.3: Jonathan arrives and adores the adored.   102.4: He recounts Joanna's prophetic dream.   102.5: Noisy departure towards Cana.   102.6: Donkey ride enlivened by Peter’s words.   102.7: Healing of Joanna.   102.8: Joanna invites Jesus and the Disciples to come to her home.

103. On Mount Lebanon, at the shepherds Benjamin and Daniel's. 174

103.1: Tensions between Tetrarch Philip and Herod Antipas.   103.2: Jesus’s prediction about future martyrs.   103.3: Lebanon and its riches.   103.4: How Jonas became Doras’s slave.   103.5: Warm meeting with Benjamin and Daniel.

104. Aava reconciled with her husband. News about Alphaeus's death and Jonas's redemption. 180

104.1: Andrew the Apostle calls Jesus for help with a difficult case.   104.2: Peter cannot resist following them through the alleys.   104.3: The husband wants to repudiate his sterile wife.   104.4: I do what the Law says! No, it is an offense to God.   104.5: Jesus blesses the reconciled who will have a son.   104.6: Joseph, son of Josep, brings three letters for Jesus. Letter from Mary: Alphaeus has died.   104.7: Letter from Lazarus: I have redeemed Jonas from Doras. Letter from Doras: I want double and Jesus must come get him.   104.8: The Zealot pays. Decision to go to Nazareth anyway.

105. In Nazareth after Alphaeus’s death. Slow conversion of Simon, Jesus’s cousin. 190

105.1: Jesus poorly received, except by children.   105.2: Meeting with Isaac of Yutta at the fountain.   105.3: Jesus's condolences to Simon and Joseph.   105.4: Have no more rancor for your brothers Jude and James.   105.5: They will honor Alphaeus’s tomb.   105.6: Grace always acts where there is the will to be righteous.

106. Jesus driven out of Nazareth and comforted by his Mother. Reflections on four contemplations. 195

Luke 4:16-30

106.1: The synagogue of Nazareth.   106.2: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.   106.3: No prophet is well received in his own homeland.   106.4: Jesus driven out of the village.   106.5: He took refuge in a nearby hamlet.   106.6: I have enemies everywhere.   106.7: I will be absent for some time.   106.8: Four contemplations for contemplating our pains.   106.9: Judas could only horrify my Mother.   106.10: They thirsted for my blood.   106.11: The changing crowd.   106.12: The humanity of the Apostles! How heavy it is!   106.13: The pains that prepare for the Passion.

107. Jesus with his mother at Joanna’s, woman of Quza. 202

107.1: Joanna offers to host Jesus’s mother.   107.2: Jonathan goes to fetch the two Marys in Nazareth.   107.3: Hospitality granted to Mary and Mary of Alphaeus.

108. Speech to the grape harvesters. The paralytic child healed by the intercession of Jesus’s Mother. 205

108.1: Jesus stops at an elderly couple’s.   108.2: Joy of having the Messiah for Mary and Anne.   108.3: At dusk, Jesus prepares to speak.   108.4: Fear of God, love and jubilation.   108.5: Uprightness of intention.   108.6: Love for God and Neighbor.   108.7: Healing of a paralytic son.

109. In the fields of Yokhanan and Doras. Deaths of Jonas at Nazareth. 212

109.1: Men like beasts of burden.   109.2: Peter speaks to four servants of Yokhanan.   109.3: Jonas announced the Messiah in Jesus to them.   109.4: The Apostles plow instead of the plowmen.   109.5: They have neither hatred nor complaints against God.   109.6: Doras was again cruel to the dying Jonas.   109.7: Jesus gives them food and wine.   109.8: Doras’s servants confirm that Jonas is exhausted.   109.9: Doras flaunts his wealth.   109.10: I will come out after cursing you and your fields.   109.11: Jesus near dying Jonas.   109.12: Doras promises revenge.   109.13: Jesus requisitions a Roman chariot.   109.14: Publius Quintilianus instructed.   109.15: Jonas dies in Joseph’s bed in Nazareth.

In Judea before communal life

110. In Jacob’s house near the Lake Merom. 227

Reconstructed calendar: Wednesday, October 6, 27 (19 Tishri 3788)

110.1: The Lake Merom.   110.2: Never confuse faith with outward acts.   110.3: I handed Doras over to God’s justice, I, Love, abandoned him.   110.4: A storm forces seeking shelter.   110.5: Jacob recognizes Jesus. He tells him his misfortunes.   110.6: Jesus repairs his plow.   110.7: A frugal meal.

111. Meeting with Solomon at the Jordan ford. Parable of the conversion of hearts. 234

John 3:23-24  

111.1: The Baptist took refuge near Samaria.   111.2: The ferryman Solomon is a Baptist convert.   111.3: He recognizes the Messiah in Jesus.   111.4: Parable on the conversion of hearts.   111.5: Disciples question Jesus’s "hour."   111.6: The Zealot explains to Peter.   111.7: We will defend him, but we are weak men, Peter.   111.8: Arrival in sight of Jericho.

112. Judas surprised at Jericho. At Bethany, at Lazarus’s who introduces Martha. 239

112.1: The merchant Zacchaeus cannot tell Judas who the veiled woman selling her jewels is.   112.2: Judas comes face to face with Jesus and his followers.   112.3: They arrive at Lazarus’s in Bethany.   112.4: Lazarus introduces Martha to Jesus.   112.5: And warns him Against Doras.   112.6: Martha, forgive your sister, she will heal.

113. Return to Bethany after the Feast of Tabernacles. 246

113.1: Maria Valtorta must face the vastness of the work.   113.2: New vision: a meeting of friends at Lazarus’s.   113.3: Invitation of Joseph of Arimathea transmitted by Lazarus.   113.4: Nicodemus distrusts Judas.   113.5: Lazarus, Lazarus, you worry too much.

114. Gamaliel and Nicodemus attend Joseph of Arimathea’s Banquet. 248

114.1: Joseph of Arimathea treats servants well.   114.2: He respectfully welcomes his visitors.   114.3: He detained Lazarus despite his shame.   114.4: Lazarus, a bit nervous, greets Jesus as the Sanhedrin arrive.   114.5: The Banquet begins with general conversation.   114.6: Debate on who is holier, the Baptist or Jesus?   114.7: At Gamaliel's invitation, Jesus comments on Moses and Aaron’s miraculous gifts.   114.8: Gamaliel awaits fulfillment of God’s promise in the form of a child.   114.9: Give me the sign that you are the Expected One.

115. Healing of a child injured by Alexander’s horse. Jesus driven out of the Temple. 257

115.1: Soldier Alexander bursts into the Temple to the great shock of the assembly.   115.2: Jesus heals a child injured by the horse’s hooves.   115.3: Temple people want to drive Jesus out.   115.4: But Jesus was already authorized to speak there.   115.5: Alexander expresses his admiration for Jesus.

116. At Gethsemane, Disciples talk with Jesus about the pagans and the "veiled woman." The conversation with Nicodemus. 263

John 3:1-21.

116.1: Curiosity of a centurion and a Roman lady.   116.2: Who among you does not practice idolatry?   116.3: A veiled woman keeps following us.   116.4: Nicodemus wanted to speak to Jesus in secret.   116.5: Sanhedrin accusations Against Jesus.   116.6: I leave Jerusalem a second time.   116.7: Nicodemus reassured by the faith of the Zealot and John.   116.8: Born again of the Spirit.   116.9: How can you believe in the Spirit if you do not believe in the incarnate Word?   116.10: I am the Light of the world.   116.11: Die to live. Die to give you the strength to die.

117. Jesus at Lazarus before going to La Belle Water. 275

117.1: Jesus and the Apostles arrive in sight of Bethany.   117.2: At Bethany, Jesus is welcomed by Maximin and Marcelle the servant.   117.3: To Jesus who withdraws from Jerusalem, Lazarus offers his house near Ephraim.   117.4: Martha will restore it for service.   117.5: Jesus knows Lazarus’s secret charity.   117.6: The supernatural perfection he seeks will be rewarded.

Beginning of communal life, teachings on the Ten Commandments

118. Beginnings of communal life with the Disciples at La Belle Water and inauguration speech. 280

Reconstructed calendar: Tuesday, November 23, 27 (7 Kisleu 3788)

John 3:22-24.

118.1: The property of La Belle Water.   118.2: Settling in and reflections of all kinds.   118.3: The steward sends provisions.   118.4: Jesus arrives for the meal.   118.5: A small crowd has gathered in the courtyard.   118.6: Life is not existence. Existence is not life.   118.7: Duties toward this life.

119. The speeches at La Belle Water: "I am the Lord your God." Jesus baptizes like John. 288

John 3:22-24.

119.1: New arrivals spread legends about the birth in Bethlehem.   119.2: One wants to heal, another to find forgiveness.   119.3: Jesus holds back a sinner who wants to flee him and forgives his murders.   119.4: Announcement of the speech: The Law and Grace.   119.5: God in conscience.   119.6: I am the Liberator.   119.7: Jesus baptizes and heals the gangrenous.   119.8: Atonement: tears too are water.   119.9: The Apostles will baptize. Jesus will speak and heal.   119.10: Jesus will teach them to pray.   119.11: They will perform miracles when they are less carnal.

120. Speeches at La Belle Water: "You shall have no other gods before me." 297

120.1: The assembly gathered in the large room because it is raining.   120.2: Omnipresence of the invisible God.   120.3: Idolatrous worship to false gods.   120.4: The strong and jealous God.   120.5: God’s great mercy. Make a heaven of your hearts.   120.6: Enthusiasm. Healings. Almsgiving.

121. Speeches at La Belle Water: "You shall not take my name in vain." The visit of Manaen. 302

121.1: Apostles nervous awaiting Herod’s milk-brother and near the veiled woman.   121.2: The Zealot calms the dispute between Peter and Judas.   121.3: Peter ashamed and Judas in tears apologize before Jesus.   121.4: Jesus comments on Judas's troubled soul and recalls his love.   121.5: Conduct advice to Peter and Manaen’s arrival.   121.6: Do not take my Name in vain.   121.7: Hypocritical prayers are sacrilege.   121.8: This is what turns sacrilege into rite: the wish to heal.   121.9: Jesus invites Manaen to stay who feels unworthy.   121.10: His horse is housed under the shed.

122. Speeches at La Belle Water: Honor your father and mother. Healing of a mentally challenged person. 310

John 3:25-36

122.1: Jesus alone on the Jordan shore.   122.2: John notes Judas’s good dispositions.   122.3: Jesus asks for more brotherly patience towards Judas.   122.4: Jesus recommends not leaving John alone with Judas.   122.5: Arrival of the large crowd.   122.6: A woman weeping amid the sick.   122.7: Healing of an astonished son.   122.8: The reason for illnesses.   122.9: The Baptist sends people to Jesus.   122.10: Love your neighbor as yourself.   122.11: Honor your father and mother.   122.12: Duties of parents.   122.13: Conversion of a son (Philip of Arbela) granted to his mother.

123. Speeches at La Belle Water: You shall not commit impurity. The affront of five notables. 323

123.1: Be patient.   123.2: Apostles and crowd during rain.   123.3: Do not commit impurity.   123.4: Fornications.   123.5: Aglae’s past as a prostitute on the path of repentance.   123.6: Peter confronted by five Temple emissaries.   123.7: Apostles come to support Peter.   123.8: The veiled woman harms you.

124. The veiled woman preaches at "La Belle Water." 332

124.1: Apostles repair the chimney and roof.   124.2: Peter wants to know where the veiled woman discreetly comes for supplies.   124.3: For Jesus, the veiled woman is simply a soul. Judas knows where she lodges.   124.4: Peter followed and contacted her. It is decided to offer her shelter.   124.5: Instruction not to go to her lodging. Actions are more effective than words.

125. Speeches at La Belle Water: You shall sanctify the feasts. Healing of a child with fractured legs. 338

125.1: Beginning of healing a motionless child.   125.2: Teaching on Sabbath rest.   125.3: Honest work.   125.4: If you have faith like a child in the Father, all will succeed.   125.5: Healing of little John as living proof.

126. Jesus at La Belle Water: "You shall not kill." Death of Doras. 343

126.1: The synagogue chief of Emmaus asks, on behalf of all, to be taught.   126.2: To measure guilt, consider preceding circumstances that explain the fault itself.   126.3: Hitting a man is hitting God, his Father.   126.4: Where have I killed?   126.5: By what means did I strike?   126.6: Why did I strike?   126.7: How did I strike?   126.8: When did I strike?   126.9: The master who secretly kills his slave is like Cain killing Abel.   126.10: Doras confesses, intervenes, and dies. Cleophas of Emmaus invites Jesus to his synagogue.

127. Speeches at La Belle-Water. "You shall not tempt the Lord your God." John the Baptist’s testimony. 352

John 3:25-36.

127.1: Arrival of the Baptist’s Disciples, Simeon, John and Matthias.   127.2: The Baptist refused baptism to Doras.   127.3: What about Manaen and the veiled woman?   127.4: Speech by the Baptist: he is only the forerunner.   127.5: Jesus recalls the Baptist’s presanctification during the Visitation.   127.6: "You shall not tempt the Lord your God."   127.7: Doras tempted God.   127.8: No miracles needed to Believe in Jesus; his birth suffices.

128. Speeches at La Belle-Water. "You shall not covet another's wife." Healing of a young libertine. 359

128.1: A young leper confesses his sin of lust.   128.2: His weeping mother obtains his healing.   128.3: Speech: Adultery and lust are one.   128.4: Jesus despises lust more than leprosy. Multiple healings.   128.5: Judas, at his request, will go to Jerusalem with the Zealot and John.   128.6: Mary comments on his suffering.

129. At La Belle Water, Jesus heals a possessed Roman. 365

129.1: Andrew the Apostle calls Jesus to a madman.   129.2: Jesus talks to a Roman about the soul and God.   129.3: He casts out the demon from the sick man.   129.4: Gentiles were enlightened.   129.5: I came for all.   129.6: One of my envoys will come to you.   129.7: Andrew the Apostle is sent to the veiled woman on the path of repentance.   Comments on the episode.

130. Speeches at La Belle-Water: "You shall not bear false witness." Little Azrael. 373

130.1: Three Pharisees from Galilee come to trouble the Master.   130.2: Azarias’s testimony confessing Jesus and James of Alphaeus’s speech.   130.3: He learned to speak thus from Mary and Jesus.   130.4: Jesus arrives with little Azrael who wants to be a missionary.   130.5: Speech: You shall not bear false witness.   130.6: Oppose them with frankness and simplicity.   130.7: Little Azrael would like to speak like Jesus.

131. Speeches at La Belle Water: "You shall not steal nor desire what belongs to others." Herod’s sin. 380

131.1: He who desires to have more always kills his peace and does not rest.   131.2: Envy separates one from God, and unites with Satan who first envied another’s goods.   131.3: The birds bear witness of trust in God.   131.4: The case of Herod Antipas.   131.5: The case of a prostitute.   131.6: Jesus recommends a widow burdened with children and heals some people.

132. Closing speech at La Belle-Water. Announcement to Simon Peter of his spiritual primacy. 384

132.1: Announcement of the Feast of Purification and the importance of the Decalogue.   132.2: Destroy the pagan temples that are within you.   132.3: Purify your Temple. The De profundis.   132.4: The prayer of repentance (the Miserere).   132.5: The Year of Grace has arrived.   132.6: They will celebrate the Encénies (Dedication) outside their homes.   132.7: Jesus, born on 25 Kisleu, is the true purifier. He announces Peter’s spiritual primacy.   132.8: His descendants will be spiritual and he will know how to speak. Jesus charges him to sell a year’s annuity.

End of year feasts

133. Andrew the Apostle as the ideal priest model. A letter from Mary. Jesus forced to leave La Belle Water. 393

Reconstructed calendar: Thursday, December 9, 27 (23 Kislev 3788)

133.1: Dialogue of Jesus with the discreet Andrew the Apostle thanking him for winning a heart.   133.2: Andrew the Apostle, model of the priest.   133.3: John, Judas, and the Zealot return from Jerusalem with gifts.   133.4: Mary’s letter: news from Galilee. Her pain being separated from her son. Echoes of his ministry. Joseph was badly received in Jerusalem.   133.5: Threatening news from Jerusalem.   133.6: Galileans unpack their gifts.   133.7: Jesus decides to leave immediately. Promise to the veiled woman to return.

134. Healing of Jerusa at Docco. 403

134.1: Arrival at Docco searching for Marianne’s house, Jerusa’s mother-in-law.   134.2: Marianne and grandchildren receive Jesus.   134.3: Healing of Jerusa, mother of seven children.   134.4: Judas will go for abundant shopping to meet the poor family’s needs.

135. Arrival in Bethany. Mary Magdalene listens to a speech by Jesus. 406

135.1: Jesus arrives in Bethany.   135.2: Jesus dissuades Lazarus who thinks he avoided his house because of Mary Magdalene’s presence.   135.3: He arrives at the Zealot’s house.   135.4: Jesus talks with Lazarus who reports the Sanhedrin’s fear. Jesus makes the flowers of good sprout on mud.   135.5: What happens at Bethany’s new townsfolk.   135.6: Speech: good is stronger than evil.   135.7: Mary Magdalene hides to listen. The wicked’s miscalculations and the sinners’ misery.   135.8: Magdalene? Leave her be.

136. The Feast of Dedication at Lazarus’s house. Prediction about souls who resurrect of their own will and evocation of Jesus’s birth. 416

136.1: Jesus in meditation alone in the garden.   136.2: Conversation with the Zealot: I await the good will of sinners. The variety of redeemed souls.   136.3: Lazarus introduces the five shepherds present dressed in new clothes.   136.4: They all enter the richly decorated banquet hall.   136.5: Shepherds recall bits of Nativity memories. Apostles want to know more.   136.6: Jesus’s account: The Immaculate Conception of Mary and the Annunciation.   136.7: And Joseph’s conduct?   136.8: The shepherds’ account: Announcement by angels, their visit to the newborn, the visit of the Magi.   136.9: Jesus’s story about Zachariah’s conduct.   136.10: Jesus lost in the Temple.   136.11: Matthew learns these stories by heart. The feast ends with a psalm.

137. Return to "La Belle Water" and conflict with Pharisees who attacked and drove out the veiled woman. 429

137.1: Jesus talks with Andrew the Apostle: The veiled woman had to flee.   137.2: Satisfaction of the true apostle.   137.3: Pharisees expelled the woman.   137.4: Despite danger, Jesus will go to the house.   137.5: The Temple delegation drives him out and curses him.   137.6: Jesus will leave and return to Galilee.

138. A God to the steward of La Belle Water and to the synagogue chief, Timon, who becomes a disciple. 436

138.1: The steward recognizes Aglae’s honesty. Jesus receives the gold bracelet and blesses the family.   138.2: Jesus does not use violence, which is a poor human method.   138.3: Arrival at the synagogue chief’s house.   138.4: Jesus invites Timon to be his disciple. A God to Timon’s mother.

139. On the hills of Emmaus. Judas’s character and the qualities of the good. 441

139.1: Judas wants Jesus to return to Kerioth.   139.2: Judas wants to understand his contradictions. You are simply disordered, explains Jesus.   139.3: Temptations. Do not isolate yourself.   139.4: To Peter who joins him: The need for order and charity.   139.5: Jesus transforms the animal man into spiritual man.

140. At Emmaus, at Cleophas’s house, the synagogue chief. A case of incest. End of the first year. 446

140.1: Old Cleophas comes out to meet Jesus.   140.2: He has invited the local notables who arrive.   140.3: Guests ask: What is your doctrine?   140.4: Incest judged by Jesus. Royal incest versus involuntary incest.   140.5: The Temple delivers the verdict: The unfortunate Joseph was excommunicated.   140.6: Jesus will comfort him. I am Mercy.   140.7: End of the first year of public life. May the Work be known.

Summary of the second year of Jesus's public life (beginning)

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Jesus’s movements in the 1st quarter

141. On the way to Arimathea with the Disciples and Joseph of Emmaus. 455

Reconstructed calendar: Tuesday, January 4, 28 (19 Tebeth 3788)

141.1: Yes, Joseph of Emmaus will accompany the Apostles.   141.2: My main works are healing hearts.   141.3: The miracle over the flesh is divine power. The redemption of spirits is the work of Jesus Christ.   141.4: Joseph will be entrusted to Isaac.

142. On the way with the Twelve to Samaria. 458

John 4:1-4.

142.1: Disciples of Jesus and Disciples of the Baptist.   142.2: God alone has the right to followers.   142.3: Baptism of the Spirit.   142.4: After the Master’s year, that of the Savior.

Cycle of the Samaritan woman

143. Photinaï, the Samaritan woman. 461

Reconstructed calendar::: Wednesday, January 5, 28 (20 Tebeth 3788)

John 4:5-38.  

143.1: The Apostles leave Jesus alone by a well.   143.2: Dialogue with the Samaritan woman: the well's water and Jesus’s living water.   143.3: Photinaï’s dissolute life.   143.4: The hour comes when spiritual worship will be rendered in a spiritual kingdom.   143.5: To the astonished Apostles, the sower and the reapers.

144. The Samaritans invite Jesus to Sychar. 467

John 4:39-44. 

144.1: The Samaritans welcome Jesus, who does not despise them.   144.2: Is it true that you are the Christ?   144.3: Of whom and where were you born?   144.4: The case of the schismatics.

145. The first day at Sychar. 471

John 4:39-44. 

145.1: The Apostles’ embarrassment in the public square.   145.2: Advice to a father whose daughter ran away.   145.3: To a mother wishing to marry her step-brother.   145.4: To a man wishing to settle in Antioch.   145.5: Samaritans and Jews, two daughters of the same mother, says Ezekiel.   145.6: Come to Me. I do not reject you.

146. The second day at Sychar. A God to the Samaritans. 475

John 4:39-44. 

146.1: The unknown God that all feel.   146.2: Baruch’s prayer of repentance. The fate of the Samaritans and Jews   146.3: The crowd shows attachment to Jesus.

147. Healing of a woman of Sychar and conversion of Photinaï. 478

147.1: The Apostles criticize the Master.   147.2: A suspicious man to the Apostles brings his woman rag.   147.3: Jesus heals her. How many things you lack!   147.4: Arrival of Photinaï and her will to convert.

148. Jesus visits John the Baptist near Hennon. 483

148.1: Jesus arrives at the Baptist’s cave.   148.2: I came to thank you. The Baptist entrusts his Disciples to Jesus.   148.3: Live and die in peace for your Disciples.

149. John the Baptist’s legacy. The hour of death for the Apostles. God’s love in John. 486

John 4:44  

149.1: The Zealot invites Jesus to see the lepers at home.   149.2: Jesus calls Peter to spiritual progress.   149.3: You promised to teach us your prayers.   149.4: Holiness is more precious than money.   149.5: Difficult future of the Apostles.   149.6: Jesus, increase your love.

Cycle of the feminine apostleship

150. In Nazareth, at his Mother’s, who must follow her Son. 490

Reconstructed calendar: Friday, January 7, 28 (22 Tebeth 3788).

150.1: Meeting with Mary who is helped by Simon and Joseph.   150.2: She listens to her son’s pain and wishes to accompany him now.

151. In Cana, at Suzanne’s house who will become a disciple. The royal officer. 492

John 4:46-54.

151.1: Jesus heals the royal officer’s son.   151.2: Suzanne’s husband begs healing for his wife. He is ready to give her up for this.   151.3: Jesus must ask the Women Disciples for their husbands and fathers’ consent. Suzanne is healed after her husband’s agreement.

152. Mary Salome, mother of the apostles John and James, welcomed as a disciple. 495

152.1: The joy of James and John.   152.2: Mary Salome, mother of the apostles John and James asks to follow Jesus who tests her motivation.   152.3: Jesus welcomes her among the Women Disciples.

153. The Womans of the Disciples in the service of Jesus. 497

153.1: Peter regrets that his wife does not follow Jesus. Others describe how Womans, mothers or daughters, serve Jesus.   153.2: Andrew the Apostle highlights his brother’s authoritarian character. Everyone laughs.   153.3: Characteristics of the apostolate of the Women Disciples.

154. In Caesarea on the Sea, speech to the galley slaves and meeting with Claudia Procula. A “spokesman’s” fatigue. 499

154.1: Jesus goes to the port on approach of a military galley.   154.2: He starts his speech there.   154.3: Intervention of Publius Quintilianus.   154.4: Jesus continues and the audience grows.   154.5: Call to pity. Jesus’s mission to the afflicted.   154.6: Publius is captivated and oversees the distribution of food to galley slaves offered by Jesus.   154.7: Jesus speaks to Claudia Procula about her soul.   154.8: He praises pagans before the Apostles.   154.9: Maria Valtorta’s discouragement and Jesus’s commentary on spiritual weariness.

155. In Caesarea, healing of a little Roman girl and dispute about contact with pagans. 507

155.1: Instruction for the consecrated.   155.2: Jesus rebukes the Apostles’ aversion to pagans: what if you were born pagan?   155.3: A lesson of universal brotherhood given by unprejudiced children.   155.4: Would you accept to heal a dying little girl, friend of Claudia?   155.5: Jesus heals the girl in a way that amazes the Proconsul’s doctor.   155.6: Three Pharisees blame him for associating with foreigners (which they do themselves).   155.7: Lying ministers of a Law of Truth. It is shameful!   155.8: I make no difference between men.   155.9: The three hostile Israelites flee under a hail of reproaches.

156. Annaleah, the first consecrated virgin. 515

156.1: Mary warns Jesus that someone awaits him.   156.2: Mary’s room.   156.3: Annaleah hesitates to confide. She recalls her healing.   156.4: Her decision to suspend her marriage for the love of Jesus, her Savior.   156.5: Offers her life as sacrifice to keep this grace.   156.6: Not to attend Jesus’s death who gave her life.   156.7: Jesus entrusts Annaleah to Mary. Curiosity of the Apostles.

157. The new mission of Woman in the speech to Disciples at Nazareth. 521

157.1: Presence of a deeply afflicted Martha among the Women Disciples.   157.2: My Disciples will be united under one name and one sign: Christians.   157.3: Question your ability to defy the world’s hatred for me.   157.4: The example of Annaleah.   157.5: You can do so much with your fellows and regarding the Lord’s ministers.   157.6: You will be trained by listening to me and even more by listening to my Mother.   157.7: Mary, guide of souls toward God.   157.8: Friends, take example from the Women.

158. On the Lake of Gennesaret with Joanna of Quza. 529

158.1: In boat, on the lake in spring amid blooming shores.   158.2: Jesus’s eloquent silence before nature.   158.3: Lord, would you disdain approaching my pagan friends?   158.4: Jesus drives back the Romans at Joanna’s.   158.5: A God from Jesus to Joanna.

159. Speech at Gergesa (Gherghesa) on sincerity in faith. The answer about fasting to John the Baptist’s Disciples. 533

Matthew 9:14-17 | Mark 2:18-22 | Luke 5:33-39.

159.1: Speech: Human thought is changeable.   159.2: Hypocritical or mixed professions of faith.   159.3: I want the miracle of your sanctification.   159.4: Dialogue on gentiles’ (pagans’) attendance with John the Baptist’s Disciples.   159.5: Answer about the opportunity for fasts.   159.6: No one puts new wine in old wineskins.   159.7: Later you will come to Me.

Remarkable points of the volume

• Nativity Shepherds.
• Ten Commandments: Jesus’s Teachings.
• Women Disciples.
• Galen.

For further reading

• The Gospel as Revealed to Me - Volume 3

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

person who, among the Romans, was responsible for collecting taxes and duties for the State. The legal rate of each tax being hidden, the publicans could raise the amount without any means of control. (Ex: Matthew the evangelist, before following Jesus as an apostle).

Person who presents themselves to a priest to confess their sins and have them forgiven by God by receiving the sacrament of penance (or reconciliation).