To demand, demand
- In a large Family, one cannot demand equal holiness from all the children and, in the same way, one cannot demand it in a populous city.[1]
- One must not demand everything from someone who shortly before was in the nothingness of Darkness.[2]
In "The Gospel as Revealed to Me"
- Proofs are not necessary. You will have them, the miracles. In full rivers, I will pour upon you the Graces. But look how I have esteemed you. I took you without demanding proofs and without feeling the need to give you any, because I know who you are: dear, so dear, to Me and so faithful.[3]
- I am the Son of the Absolute, and from my privileged ones I want the absolute. I want everything, because I have given everything.[4]
- In a large Family, one cannot demand equal holiness from all the children and, in the same way, one cannot demand it in a populous city.[5]
- One must not demand everything from someone who shortly before was in the nothingness of Darkness.[6]
- Truly I tell you that no one should boast of fulfilling their own duty and, for doing so, demand special confessions, which is a duty.[7][8]
- One is not a good Master who does not know how to measure the possibilities and reactions of his disciple, nor reflect on the consequences that an effort greater than what a disciple can bear can produce in him.[9]
In the other works of Maria Valtorta
Notebooks 1945-1950
- Catechesis of May 17, 1945: One must not seek to feel spiritual love. The caresses of God are not gifts that one can demand. They are Graces that are granted. One must not be greedy for them like moneylenders eager to accumulate a large quantity of money.[10]
Notes and references
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