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GRM 7.1-2

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

So far until yesterday evening, and this morning She reappears and continues as follows.

«Mummy, Mummy!» The little white dove is completely in the nest of Her mother’s knees, touching the short grass with Her little feet and hiding Her face in Her mother’s lap, so that only Her golden hair can be seen on the nape of Her neck over which Anne bends to kiss it fondly.

7.2 Then She lifts Her head and offers Her mother flowers. They are all for Her mummy and for each one She tells the story She has invented.

“This blue and big one, is a star which has come down from Heaven to bring the kiss of the Lord to My mummy. Here: kiss this little celestial flower there, on its heart, and you will see that it tastes of God.

This other one, instead, which is a paler blue, like daddy’s eyes, has written on its leaves that the Lord loves daddy very much because he is good.

And this tiny little one, the only one to be found, (it is a myosote), is the one that God made to tell Mary that He loves Her.

And these red ones, does mummy know what they are? They are pieces of king David’s dress, stained with the blood of the enemies of Israel and sown on the battlefields and the fields of victory. They originate from those strips of the heroic regal dress torn in the struggle for the Lord.

Instead this white and gentle one, that seems to be made with seven silk cups looking up to the sky, full of perfumes, and that was growing over there, near the spring — daddy picked it for Her amongst the thorns — is made with the dress of Solomon. He wore it, so many many years before, in the same month in which his little granddaughter was born, when he walked in the midst of the multitudes of Israel before the Ark and the Tabernacle, in the splendid majesty of his robes. And he rejoiced because of the cloud which returned to encircle his glory, and he sang the canticle and the prayer of his joy.”

«I always want to be like this flower, and throughout My life, like the wise King, I want to sing canticles and prayers before the Tabernacle» end Mary.

«How do You know these holy things, my darling? Who told You? Your father?»

«No. I do not know who it is. I think I have always known them. Perhaps there is someone who tells Me and I do not see him. Perhaps one of the angels that God sends to speak to good people. »

Annotation

First Book of Kings 8, 1-5

1 Kings 8:1-5: Solomon gathered the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the heads of the families of the sons of Israel, to him in Jerusalem, to fetch the ark of the Lord's Covenant from the City of David, i.e. Zion. All the men of Israel gathered under King Solomon in the seventh month, during the Feast of Tents. When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took charge of the Ark. The priests and Levites carried the Ark of the Lord and the Tent of Meeting, with all their sacred objects. King Solomon and, with him, the whole community of Israel, whom he had summoned before the Ark, offered sheep and oxen as sacrifices: there were so many that they could neither be counted nor evaluated.

GRM 132.2

The Gospel as revealed to me

GRM 192.1 · Volume 3

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

«Is that the top of Mount Carmel, my Lord?» asks His cousin James.

«Yes, it is, brother. That is the chain of the Carmel and the highest peak is the one that gives the name to the chain.»

«The world must be beautiful also from there. Have You ever been up there?»

«Yes, once, by Myself, at the beginning of My mission. And at the foot of it I cured the first leper. But we will go there together, to commemorate Elijah…»

«Thank You, Jesus. You have understood me as usual.»

«And as usual I perfect you, James.»

«Why?»

«The reason is written in Heaven.»

«Would You not tell me, brother, since You can read what is written in Heaven?»

Jesus and James are walking one beside the other and only little Jabez, who is held by the hand by Jesus, can hear the confidential conversation of the two cousins who smile looking at each other’s eyes.

Jesus embraces James’ shoulders with His arm to draw him closer to Himself and asks: «Do you really want to know? Well, I will tell you by means of a riddle, and when you find the answer you will be wise. Listen[1]: “After assembling the false prophets on Mount Carmel, Elijah stepped out in front of all the people: ‘How long’ he said ‘do you mean to hobble first on one leg then on the other? If the Lord is God, follow Him; if Baal, follow him’. The people did not reply. Elijah then said to the people: ‘I, I alone am left as a prophet of the Lord’ and the only strength of the lonely prophet was his cry: ‘Answer me, Lord, answer me, so that this people may know that You are the Lord God, and are winning back their hearts’. Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the holocaust”. Guess, My brother.»

James is pensive with his head lowered and Jesus looks at him smiling. They walk for a few yards thus, then James asks: «Is it in connection with Elijah or with my future?»

«With your future, of course…»

James becomes thoughtful again and then whispers: «Am I perhaps destined to invite Israel to follow a way with sincerity? Am I destined to be the only one left in Israel? If so, do You mean that all the others will be persecuted and scattered and that… I will pray You for the conversion of this people… as if I were a priest… as if I were… a victim… But if it is so, Jesus, inflame me as from now…»

«You already are inflamed. But you will be carried away by Fire, like Elijah[2]. That is why you and I will go, all alone on Mount Carmel to speak…»

«When? After Passover?»

«Yes, after a Passover. And then I will tell you many things…»

Annotation

First Book of Kings, 18, 20-22.37-38

1 K 18, 20-22.37-38: Ahab sent messengers to all the children of Israel, and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. Then Elijah came to all the people and said, "How long will you be bells on both sides? If Yahweh is God, go after him; if Baal, go after him!" The people answered him nothing. And Elijah said to the people: "I am left alone of the prophets of Yahweh, and there are four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal (...) Hear me, Yahweh, hear me! That this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that it is you who turn their hearts back." Then Yahweh's fire fell, and it consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones and the earth, and absorbed the water that was in the ditch.