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GRM 4.3

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

I was hoping because the last day while I was praying in the Temple, as close as possible for a woman to be to the House of God, and it was already evening… remember that I was saying: “A little longer, a little more”. I could not withdraw from the place without receiving the grace! Well, in the growing darkness, from inside the sacred place, where I was watching from the depth of my soul, to obtain assent from the everpresent God, I saw a light, a spark of beautiful light depart. It was as white as the moon and yet it had in itself all the brightness of all the pearls and gems that are in the world. It seemed that one of the precious stars of the Veil, the stars placed under the feet of the Cherubim, had become detached and bright with a supernatural light… it seemed that beyond the sacred Veil, from the Glory itself, a fire started which came quickly towards me and while cutting through the air, it sang with a heavenly voice chanting: “May what you asked for, come to you”. That is why I sing: “A star will come to you”. What child will ours ever be, since it reveals itself as the light of a star in the Temple and in the Feast of Lights says: “I am”? Did you perhaps foresee rightly when you thought I would be a new Anne of Elkanah?

Detail

Mary's conception. Anne, Mary's mother, recounts when her wish was granted:

Annotation

Were you right in seeing in me a new Anne of Elkanah? Joachim had indeed spoken of the prophet Samuel's mother in EMV 3.

Under the feet of the cherubim: Cherubim (Kerubim) abounded in the decoration of Solomon's Temple (e.g. 1 Kings 6:23-35). The stars are probably the stars of David or Solomon's seal.

I had the impression that a fire was starting from behind the sacred Veil, from Glory itself, that it was coming rapidly towards me and that, as it crossed the air, it was singing in a celestial voice: "May what you have asked for happen to you! "This is the voice of the Redeemer, as we read in EMV 4.5: "Wisdom herself came down (...) and became a word to the barren woman" (p. 31).

What kind of child will ours be, then, to appear like the light of a star in the Temple and say: "I am" during the Festival of Lights? The star is part of Balaam's prophecy. Num 24:17-19. " I see him, but not as present; I contemplate him, but not closely. A star comes out of Jacob, a scepter rises from Israel. He breaks Moab's two flanks, he exterminates all the sons of tumult. Edom is his possession; Seir, his enemy, is his possession, and Israel displays his valour. Out of Jacob comes a dominator; he destroys in the cities what remains of Edom."

"I am" : the very name of God as defined to Moses, according toExodus 3:14-15. You will speak to the sons of Israel: "The one who sent me to you is: I AM". See the fact sheet on the Divine Name.

GRM 6

The Gospel as revealed to me

Detail

Chapter title: Purification of Anne and offering of Mary, the perfect little girl for the Kingdom of Heaven.

Date of vision and dictation: Monday, August 28, 1944

Calendar: Tuesday, November 25, 21 A.D.

Old Julian calendar: Tuesday, September 27, 21 A.D.

Jewish calendar: 30 Kisleu 3741

Location (map): Jerusalem (Temple of Jerusalem)

Cycle: Birth and childhood of the Virgin Mary

Summary: Anne presents her daughter at the Temple, accompanied by Joachim, Elisabeth and Zacharie. The happy parents have dressed up for the occasion. Soon, Anne speaks with Elisabeth, and Joachim's wife confides in her that she will give the Lord her Flower in three years' time. To realize this heroic sacrifice, she reminds herself that God has given her Mary. She will also tell herself that her child is praying for them, and that the Lord will be her Father after they are gone. They finally arrive at the Temple, where Anne purifies herself. The group goes on to the place where Anne's wish was granted, and there they meet Anne of Phanuel, who will be Mary's mistress at the Temple.

Jesus then gives a dictation and explains that the Virgin was burning to come to God. He returns to the phrase "Let the little children come to me"; then he insists on Mary's love, which was constant throughout her life. Her eyes are peaceful and benevolent, and the same is true of the saints, who, like their heavenly Mother, have a gaze that is "light for the soul".

Chapter contents: 6.1: Joachim, Anne, Zechariah and Elizabeth on their way to the Temple. 6.2: Anne will give to God what comes from him. 6.3: Anne's purification. 6.4: Mary's consecration and first contact with Anne of Phanouel. 6.5: In three years, you too will be here, my Lily. 6.6: Behold the perfect Child, with the heart of a dove, simple and pure. 6.7: The pure, peaceful, benevolent eye possessed by the pure, the saints, those enamored of God.

Previous edition: Tome 1, chapters 9 and 10

GRM 6.3.5

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

They have now reached the walls of the Temple.

«While you go to Nicanor’s Gate, I will go and inform the priest. And then I will come, too» Zacharias says. And he disappears behind an arch leading into a large yard surrounded by porches.

The group continues to proceed along the ensuing terraces. I do not know whether I have said this before: the enclosure wall of the Temple is not on level ground but it rises up higher and higher by means of successive terraces. Each terrace is reached by means of a flight of steps and on each terrace there are yards and porches and beautiful portals wrought in marble, bronze and gold.

Before reaching their destination they stop to take out the contents of the parcels: cakes, I think, which are wide and flat and very greasy, some white flour, two doves in a small wicker cage and some big silver coins: they are quite heavy but fortunately garments did not have pockets in those days. They would have made holes in them.

Here is the beautiful Gate of Nicanor, all chiselled in heavy bronze silver plating. Zacharias is already there beside a stately priest dressed in linen. (...)

6.5 «I would like to give the offering to the Temple and go over there where I saw the light last year.»

They go accompanied by Anna of Phanuel. They do not enter the actual Temple; since they are women and it is the case of a little girl, it is understandable that they do not even go where Mary went to offer Her Son. But very close to the wide open door, they look into the half-dark inside from which sweet songs of girls can be heard and where precious lamps are lit and spread a golden light on two flower beds of white veiled heads: two real flowerbeds of lilies.

«In three years’ time You will be there too, my Lily» promises Anne to Mary, Who looks fascinated at the inside and smiles at the slow song.

GRM 8.5-6

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

They are now inside the walls of the Temple. «I will go to the High Priest. You go to the Great Terrace.»

They go across three yards and through three halls, set one upon the other. They are now at the foot of the huge marble cube crowned with gold. Every dome, convex like a huge half orange, blazes in the sun, which now, at midday, is shining down directly onto the large yard surrounding the solemn building and is filling with its dazzling light the large square and the wide flight of steps leading up to the Temple. Only the porch facing the steps, along the façade, is in the shade and the very high bronze and gold door is even darker and more solemn looking in so much light.

Mary looks whiter than snow in so much sunshine. She is now at the foot of the steps, between Her father and Her mother. How violently their hearts must be throbbing! Elizabeth is beside Anne, but a little behind her, about half a step.

8.6 Upon the blare of silver trumpets the door rotates on its hinges, which seem to be emitting the sound of a cithern, while turning on the bronze balls. The interior appears with its lamps in the far end and a procession is moving towards the door, a stately procession with silver trumpets, clouds of incense and lights.

Detail

Mary, Anne and Joachim are at the Temple. The Immaculate will enter and become a consecrated virgin.

Annotation

They cross three courtyards and three superimposed porches. From the outer enclosure, you actually pass through 3 gates to reach the women's courtyard. You'll be interested to see the site devoted to: "The Beth Hamikdach Temple of Jerusalem" and chapter 5 of Maimonides' "Laws of the House of Election" (Beth Habe'hirah). Maimonides, by name Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (רבי משה בן מיימון), known as the Rambam (March 30, 1135, Cordoba - December 13, 1204, Fostat), was a Jewish philosopher and theologian, Nagid (head of the community) of the Jews of Egypt and physician to the court of Saladin. He was a major figure in rabbinic Judaism, exerting considerable influence on medieval philosophy. Christians know him as Moses Maimonides, and Muslims as Mussa bin Maimun ibn Abdallah al-Kurtubi al-Israili.

Here they are at the foot of a vast marble cube crowned with gold. The Temple is shaped like a vast cube, reached by a monumental staircase of 15 circular steps, surrounded at the top by golden spikes.

Each dome, convex like an enormous orange half, gleams in the midday sun. Maimoid describes domes on the annex buildings in the Court of Israel, but recent models of the Temple show no domes at all. The presence of "resplendent" domes is mentioned several times by Maria Valtorta in EMV 53.1 and EMV 169.7. This is perhaps confirmed by the "fire" in this quotation from Maimoid: "To the right of the Temple, a large pavilion, the House of Fire, is recognizable by the dome that tops it".

The gigantic bronze and gold gateway appears even more sombre and solemn. Nikanor's gate, facing east, is well in the shade from midday onwards. In EMV 6.3 Maria Valtorta describes "embroidery in solid bronze laminated with silver", not gold. These bronze doors, made in Alexandria, were a gift from Nicanor. They were left untouched when all the Temple's other wooden doors were later overlaid with gold and silver (Flavius Josephus, Jewish Wars, V, 5, 3). But their bronze continued to shine "like gold".

GRM 10

The Gospel as revealed to me

Detail

Chapter title: Mary's canticle. She recalled what her soul had seen in God.

Date of vision and dictation: Saturday, September 2, 1944

Calendar: Summer of year -9

Location (map): Jerusalem

Cycle: Birth and childhood of the Virgin Mary

Summary: Mary must be about twelve years old. She is praying and singing a hymn. She then plunges into even more fervent prayer, and Anne of Phanuel arrives in the meantime. The Immaculate greeted her and a conversation ensued between the two women. They talk about her virginity, the Law that obliges her to marry, and her vow to remain a virgin all the same. They also spoke of the Messiah to come. Mary already senses that he will be the Martyr, and that much purity is needed to prepare for his coming. She reveals that she is a virgin, not because she hopes to be the Mother of the Lord, but because purity is of immense value in the eyes of the Most High.

Finally, Jesus gives dictation and reveals that Mary remembered God. She remembered what she had seen when her soul was created, and the Master explains that the mind has the capacity to remember, to see and to foresee. God gave Man intelligence, but not all knowledge is good, and what's more, human capacities are limited. However, the Spirit can speak to us and instruct us, but to possess the Holy Spirit, we need Grace. The saints also remember God," Jesus explains, before continuing his dictation on Mary, who was full of Grace, and therefore lived in the Spirit.

Chapter contents: 10.1: Mary sews and sings a hymn. 10.2: Anne of Phanuel surprised by Mary's appearance. 10.3: God's presence in Mary. 10.4: Her will to remain a virgin. 10.5: The wait for the Messiah is shortened. I will place myself totally at his service. 10.6: He will be the Man of Sorrows. 10.7 : All drunk with the Invisible Presence. 10.8: Marie se souvenait de Dieu. 10.9: La participation à l'Intelligence Suprême. 10.10: La Pleine de Grace. 10.11: Everything comes from another source, Maria Valtorta notes, reassuring herself.

Previous edition: Tome 1, chapter 16

GRM 10.1 · Volume 1

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

She is sewing in a very small room, which is also completely white, and through the wide open window one can see the imposing central part of the Temple, the flights of steps of the yards and porches. Beyond the enclosure wall also the town can be seen with its streets, houses, gardens, and in the background the humped green top of the Mount of Olives.

GRM 10.3

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

10.3 «Were You praying? Are Your prayers never enough for You?»

«My prayers would be enough. But I speak to God. Anna, you cannot imagine how close I feel Him. More than close, within My heart. May God forgive Me for My pride. But I do not feel lonely. See? Over there, in that House of gold and snow, behind the double Curtain, there is the Holy of Holies. Nobody is ever allowed to look at the Propitiatory, on which the glory of the Lord rests, except the High Priest. But My worshipping soul does not need to look at the embroidered Curtain, which quivers at the songs of the virgins and Levites and is scented with precious incense, as if I wanted to pierce its fabric and see the Testimony shine through it. I do look at it! Do not think that I do not look at it with worshipping eyes like every son of Israel. Do not think that pride blinds Me making Me think what I will now tell you. I look at it and there is no humble servant amongst the people of God that looks more humbly at the House of the Lord than I do, because I am convinced that I am the least of all. But what do I see? A veil. What do I think there is behind the Veil? A Tabernacle. What is in it? If I listen to My heart, I see God shining in His loving glory and He says to Me: “I love You” and I reply to Him: “I love You” and I die and I am recreated at each beat of My heart in this mutual kiss… I am amongst you, My dear teachers and companions. But a circle of fire isolates Me from you. Within the circle, God and Myself. And I see you through the Fire of God and so I love you… but I cannot love you according to the flesh, neither shall I ever be able to love anyone according to the flesh, neither shall I ever be able to love anyone according to the flesh. I can only love Him Who loves Me, according to the spirit..

GRM 11

The Gospel as revealed to me

Detail

Chapter title: Mary confides her vow to the High Priest.

Date of vision: Sunday, September 3, 1944

Calendar:November 7 (Elul 3754).

Location (map): Jerusalem

Cycle: Marriage to Joseph

Summary: Mary returns to her cell with other virgins. Just as she is about to enter her room, a mistress tells her that the High Priest wants to see her. So she goes, and discovers not only the priest, but also Zechariah and Anne of Phanuel. Simon ben Boethos tells her that he knows of her holiness, and would like her to stay in the Temple and pray to the Lord every morning. But the Law says otherwise, and she must marry. He reassures her by saying that he has not forgotten that she is of the line of David, and as she knows no one, they will rely on God to choose her husband. Mary then confided her vow of virginity to the high priest, who asked her when she had fulfilled it. The Mother of the Lord plunged into her memories to answer him. She tells him that she is not opposed to marriage, but still wants to remain a virgin. The high priest declares that God will give her a husband, who will be holy because she has entrusted herself to the Most High. She will tell her future husband about her vow.

Chapter contents: 11.1: Maria Valtorta is delighted by Mary's smile in the midst of a bombardment. 11.2: Mary returns to her cell with the virgins. 11.3: The Pontiff reminds her that she must marry. 11.4: But Mary has promised herself to the Lord and tells how. 11.5: You will tell your husband your vow.

GRM 11.2

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

Mary is still in the Temple. She is now coming out with other virgins from the inner part of the Temple.

There must have been a ceremony because there is the scent of incense in the air of a red sunset. It must be late October, because the sky, already calmly restful as is usual in clear October days, is bending over the gardens of Jerusalem, where the yellow ochre leaves about to fall add gold red spots to the silvery green of the olive-trees.

The crowd, or rather the host of white dressed virgins, crosses the rear yard, then climbs the steps, goes through a porch and enters another square yard, not quite so splendid, without any other door except the one leading into it. It must be the yard allocated to the small dwellings of the virgins assigned to the Temple, because each girl moves towards her cell, like a little dove to its nest. They look like a flock of doves that separate after gathering together. They are all speaking in low but joyful voices, before separating. Mary is silent. Before leaving the other girls, She bids them goodbye affectionately and then goes to Her little room in a corner on the right hand side.

GRM 12

The Gospel as revealed to me

Detail

Chapter title: Joseph chosen as the Virgin's spouse.

Date of vision: Monday, September 4, 1944

Calendar:Friday, December 23, year -7

Location (map): Jerusalem

Cycle: Marriage to Joseph

Summary: The high priest gathered the men of the tribe of David at the Temple. We learn in this chapter that he asked everyone to bring an almond branch. It is from this group that the Virgin's husband will be chosen. Everyone is curious, and Zachariah is present. The high priest finally arrives and reveals that one of the branches has blossomed in the middle of winter, and that this is the one who will marry Mary. Joseph is chosen as the lucky one and the high priest sends for the future Mother of Christ. Meanwhile, Simon ben Boethos reveals that Mary has made a vow. Joseph must help the All-Pure to tell her. When she arrives, everyone withdraws and the two fiancés get to know each other. Joseph speaks of the house of Nazareth, of Anne, of Joachim, and this gives the Virgin confidence. Her husband reveals to her that he is a Nazir, and this encourages her to tell him her vow, which he accepts: he even asks her to unite his vow with hers. Finally, St. Joseph affirms that he will take care of the house in Nazareth until Mary leaves the Temple for good.

Chapter contents: 12.1: A gathering of men in festive dress. 12.2: Joseph speaks with an old man. 12.3: A Levite brings a bundle of dry branches with a flowering branch. 12.4: Joseph is designated Mary's husband thanks to the miraculously flowering branch. 12.5: The Pontiff presents Joseph to Mary. 12.6: Joseph is a Nazirite. 12.7: Mary entrusts her consecration to God to Joseph, who accepts it. They will live in chastity. 12.8 : In Nazareth, the couple will live separately, with Joseph taking care of everything.