Locations - House of Nazareth

Chapter title: Mary and Joseph go to Jerusalem.

Date of vision: Monday, March 27, 1944

Calendar: Tuesday, March 19, A.D. -5

Location (map): Departure from Nazareth and journey to Jerusalem

Cycle: Birth and childhood of Jesus

Summary: Joseph and Mary set out for Jerusalem. They leave Nazareth with two donkeys. Joseph has brought a sort of luggage rack, and Mary thanks him for his foresight. They set off just as dawn was breaking. The two travelers meet a shepherd leading his flock: he has a newborn lamb in his arms, crying for its mother, but she follows her baby attentively. The flock passes by, and Joseph and Mary set off again. Arriving in the countryside, they speak little. The streets are busier as they approach hamlets, but the couple pay no attention to those they meet. They stop just in time for a heavy downpour, which turns into a light rain. Joseph takes care that Mary doesn't catch cold. Then they continue their journey.

Chapter contents: 19.1: Joseph picks Mary up with two gray donkeys. 19.2: Early-morning encounter with a flock of sheep and a lamb. 19.3: Quiet journey on more frequented roads, stopping to take shelter from a storm.

Chapter title: Joseph asks Mary for forgiveness. Faith, charity and humility to receive God.

Date of vision and dictation: Wednesday, May 31, 1944

Calendar: Saturday, August 17, year -5

Location (map): Nazareth

Cycle: Birth and childhood of Jesus

Summary: Mary is alone in her home in Nazareth. She is alone, praying, until a knock at the door: it's Joseph. He comes to ask her forgiveness, and the Virgin says she has nothing to forgive him for. But her husband replied that he knew she was pregnant with Emmanuel, and that he had acted wrongly in not letting her explain. He was going to act without consulting her first, and he considers this an offense to his wife. So he asks her forgiveness, and the carpenter reveals to her all the suffering of his last days. He asks her why she didn't tell him her secret, and Mary replies that if her humility hadn't been so perfect, she wouldn't have been given the grace to be the Mother of the Savior. In any case, Joseph proposes to have the wedding as soon as possible, and to start planning for Jesus' coming. He is distraught at the thought of receiving his God into his home, but Mary reassures him and speaks of their joy at being the parents of the Redeemer.

Our Lady then gives a dictation and comments on this episode. She then talks about the essential conditions for pleasing God and having Him in our hearts: we must have faith, absolute charity and humility. The Mother also encourages us to remain hidden and let the Lord proclaim us His servants, just as Mary did when she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

Chapter contents: 26.1: See Mary. 26.2: Mary slips away under the shade of an apple tree. 26.3: Joseph arrives and apologizes for having suspected her. 26.4: Mary has only obeyed God. 26.5: The wedding will take place the following week. 26.6: Pale because I was suffering from Joseph's pain. 26.7: Humility at its most extreme, like the One I was carrying. 26.8: The conditions for pleasing and receiving God. 26.9 : Leave it to the Lord to proclaim you his servants.

Chapter title: The census edict. Teachings on love for one's spouse and trust in God.

Date of vision and dictation: Sunday, June 4, 1944

Calendar: Sunday, November 17, year -5

Location (map): Nazareth

Cycle: Birth and childhood of Jesus

Summary: Mary is at home. Her pregnancy is well advanced. Maria describes her and explains that this is how she will look in her glorified body. Then she resumes the narrative, and Joseph arrives. He smiles at his wife, but is worried. Mary realizes this, and he explains that an edict has just been issued. He is worried about Mary, who will have to make the journey, but the Virgin herself is thinking about Scripture and feels that the birth will take place there. She confides her thoughts to Joseph, who becomes even more alarmed and worried, and she reassures him, speaking of trust in God. Listening to her, Joseph calms down, smiles, and decides to set to work on the journey ahead.

Chapter contents: 27.1: Mary's advanced pregnancy and eternal youth. 27.2: The edict is published, we must go to Bethlehem. 27.3: That's where the Messiah is to be born. Trust in God! 27.4: Joseph smiles again. 27.5: What weighs on the shoulders of the bride and groom respectively. 27.6: Trust in God sums up the theological virtues. 27.7: Nothing can happen without God's permission.

Mary describes the house as it was before they left for Nazareth.

Joseph said, speaking of Mary and her house in Nazareth:

Maria sees the house in Nazareth. Jesus, James and Jude are playing together in the garden: they are still children. Mary is not far away. They decide to perform a passage from the Bible. They suggest playing the scene of the golden calf in Exodus, but one of the cousins doesn't want to play Miriam, who has bowed down to the idol. So Jesus suggests playing the part where Joshua is elected as Moses' successor. This idea suits everyone. After asking Mary about a point in Exodus, they go off to play, and Jesus plays Moses to perfection. His cousins are amazed that he recites the texts so well.

Mary of Alphaeus arrives with Alphaeus. They return from Cana and bring with them three lambs. One is for Jesus, and is all white; the others are rather black. It was Joseph's idea to offer these to his Son, and Alphée wanted to do the same with his children.

Alphée suggested that Jesus should soon go to school, but Mary categorically refused: she would teach her Child. Joseph supports her decision, and Alphée thinks his brother is too quick to bow to his wife's decision. Joseph responds wisely, and Mary of Alphée asks that the Virgin teach her children as well. She says she doesn't mind, and convinces Alphée to let them come to her house for a few hours. The children promise to love her and pay attention to her lessons.

The Virgin prepares clothes for Jesus with Mary of Alphaeus. She dyes his clothes. It seems that she obtained the color through her embroidery, and that this gift came from Rome. In any case, the Mother of Christ thanks her relative for her help, and she declares that Jesus is like a son to her.

The vision stops and resumes later. Maria describes Jesus at the age of twelve. He is with his parents and relatives, surrounded and loved. Mary asks Joseph to bless him, so that their Child will draw strength from him, and she will learn to detach herself from him a little more. Joseph assures her that their relationship will not change, and that he will not compete with her for the Son they hold so dear. Mary kisses Joseph's hand in an affectionate gesture, and the patriarch of the Holy Family blesses them both. Then they set off...

Maria sees the carpenter's bench in Nazareth. Jesus is working there. Mary arrives and calls her Son: they go into a room where Joseph is dying. Jesus goes close to his father, tries to revive him and sits his Mother down. He then prays and comforts the dying man. Joseph dies peacefully in his arms, surrounded by his Son and his most holy Bride.

Jesus then gives dictation, emphasizing Mary's suffering at this moment, for she truly loved her Joseph. To find strength in this trial, and to give her fiat, she clings to Jesus. She also clings to God in the hour of trial.

Jesus invites us to do the same, and to call on him at the hour of our death, for between his stockings it loses all its harshness. Jesus said for all of us: "Lord, into your hands I commend my spirit", for all those who die thinking of him, so that our agonies may be softened.