Places in The Gospel as it was revealed to me

Mary Magdalene has shamelessly interrupted one of Jesus' speeches. She is now a great sinner, and Christ resumes speaking.

Mary Magdalene burst onto the Mount of Beatitudes. At the time, she was a great sinner. Following a speech by Jesus, she left in a rage. After her intervention, Jesus goes to see Judas.

Chapter title: The leper healed at the foot of the Mountain. The generosity of the scribe John.

Date of vision: Wednesday, May 30, 1945

Calendar: Friday, February 18, 28 (5 Adar)

Location (map):Horns of Hattin

Cycle: Sermon on the Mount

Summary: A leper approaches the crowd and Jesus as they descend the mountain. The crowd is terrified, but Jesus calms them and the sick man begs Christ for mercy. He heals him, and as the poor man possesses nothing, the crowd offers him some of their possessions from afar: sandals, a cloak... The miraculous man then goes to present himself to the priest, and Jesus asks him not to tell the priest that it is He who has healed him.

The Sabbath begins and the apostles are worried because they have nothing to give the crowd to eat. But Jesus is calm and confident, and assures them that the Father will not fail to help his Messiah. Indeed, the scribe John comes to see the Master and tells him that he left the day before to prepare bread for the crowd. The Lord accepts his gift and John withdraws without telling him who he is. Someone in the crowd gives it to him later. Once the conversation with the people is over, Jesus takes the Twelve aside and reproaches them for their lack of faith. He then goes off to pray to the Father, thanking him for his kindness.

Chapter contents: 175.1: Healing of a leper lost among the flowers. 175.2 : The crowd showers the leper with charity. 175.3: As evening falls, the remaining crowd has run out of food. 175.4 : The scribe John offers to feed the crowd by himself. 175.5 : Jesus reproaches the apostles for their unbelief and retires to pray.

Previous edition: Volume 3, chapter 35

Chapter title: During Sabbath break, the Last Sermon on the Mount: loving God's will.

Date of vision: Friday, June 1, 1945

Calendar: Saturday, February 19, 28

Location (map): Plain of Gennesaret (near the Horns of Hattin)

Cycle: Sermon on the Mount

Summary: Jesus has gone to pray and is joined by his apostles. When they question him, the Master tells them that his strength is nourished by prayer, and that he has prayed for John and the Precursor's disciples. His friends want to console him, for Jesus is distressed, and he asks them to love him, above all to love God's will. Thomas points out that if everything comes from her, the errors themselves will come from her, and Jesus replies that this is not the case. But they go to meet John, the scribe, who is feeding the crowd, and then, at his request, he speaks to those present.

After declaring that it is right to keep the Sabbath holy, Jesus points out that all of Creation can be a place of prayer. Then he returns to Thomas's remark and declares that a father cannot want his child to err and be guilty. If the father is just and shows the good to be followed and the evil to be avoided, he is not responsible if his children do not listen to him and are guilty of wrongdoing. So it is with God, who advises but does not force. And those who know God's will but act contrary to it are not doing what the Father desires.

Jesus then returns to the Kingdom of God, stating that not everyone will enter. Not everyone who says "Lord! Lord!" who will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and to follow this up, Christ speaks of the end of the world. He will then be a Judge, who will gather together the sheep steeped in truth, those who have mixed truth and error, and those who have wilfully willed error. And when they say to him, "But Lord, have we not prophesied and acted in your name?", he will reply that they have dared to return to his name to make themselves appear holy, but that they will in fact have been satanic. His true servants are not like that, but bring God to souls and do the Father's will, being humble, gentle, peaceful and orderly. He will therefore send away these servants of iniquity.

His discourse ends, with John the scribe at his side, and the cycle on the mountain is thus complete.

Chapter contents: 176.1: Jesus prayed all night for his disciples ... and for himself. 176.2: Children flutter around him. Scribe John arrives with his food. 176.3 : Creation is also a place of prayer where we can praise God. 176.4 : It is not those who say to me, "Lord! Lord!" who will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but those who do my Father's will. 176.5 : There will come a day when I will be Judge. 176.6 : The cycle of the Sermon on the Mount is complete.

Previous edition: Tome 3, chapter 36

Jesus talks about the fact that "the whole of creation can be a place of prayer if the creature knows how to make it so by raising his soul to the Father", and he returns to the Horns of Hattin.

Chapter title: The healing of the Centurion's servant.

Date of vision: Saturday, June 2, 1945.

Calendar: Sunday, February 20, 28 (7 Adar I 3788).

Location (map): Capernaum

Cycle: Apostolate in Galilee

Summary: Jesus arrives in Capernaum and meets the Roman centurion. The Roman asks Jesus to heal him, but he has so much faith that he believes Jesus can heal him from a distance. The notables of Capernaum ask the Master to accede to his request, and Jesus reiterates his proposal to go to his house. The centurion confessed that if he said just one word, his servant would be healed. Everything happened just as he had wished: Jesus performed the miracle, and declared to the Jews that all nations would come to him, as Isaiah had prophesied. Better still, the pagans will surpass Israel. Jesus then leaves for his home in Capernaum.

Chapter contents: 177.1: The Roman centurion approaches Jesus, whom he has heard preach. 177.2 : He asks for the healing of a servant. 177.3 : The local notables appreciate this Roman. Jesus heals the servant from a distance. 177.4: Speech: the nations will flock. 177.5 : The centurion is asked to verify the healing.

Former edition: Volume 3, chapter 37

Chapter title: Three men who want to follow Jesus.

Date of vision: Sunday, June 3, 1945

Calendar: Monday, February 21, 28 (8 Adar I 3788) according to maria-valtorta.org or Wednesday, March 1, 28 according to Valtorta.fr

Locations (map):Capernaum

Cycle: Apostolate in Galilee

Summary: Jesus makes his way with difficulty to the shore of Lake Tiberias, as the crowds hold him back. But Christ belongs to everyone, and many must have him. So he promises he'll be back. By the time he reaches Peter's boat, three men accost him. The first, having been won over by the Lord's words, promises to follow him. He asks what route he intends to take, and is not satisfied with Jesus' first answer - that he is taking the road to Heaven. When he asks in which houses he will stop, Jesus replies that the Son of Man has no place to lay his head, and the man understands that his home is everywhere. The Master then reminds us that we must be sacrificial, obedient, charitable to all, and heal the wounds of our brothers, without distancing ourselves from them because they are in the mud. His interlocutor asks him to try to follow his way, and Jesus actually encourages him to try.

The second man is challenged by the Savior. Christ urges him to follow, but Elijah has lost his father, and Jesus tells him to "let the dead bury their dead". He teaches that the mutilation of affections can serve to give wings to God's servant. As the man ponders, he has a little child pray aloud, and the youngster makes up his mind. Jesus supports him in his effort.

Finally, a third asks him to follow him after saying goodbye to his parents. But there's still too much humanity in him. He has to uproot the roots that are still too deep in the human, and if he can't, he has to pull them out. For to be a disciple, one must be totally free in spirit, and God is demanding. So you have to know how to carry your cross and put your hand to the plough without looking back. Jesus invites this person to work on himself before following him. Then the Master climbs into Peter's boat.

Chapter contents: 178.1: Jesus walks with difficulty through the crowd to the shore. 178.2: A scribe who hesitates to follow Jesus replies: Foxes have their dens, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. 178.3: A young man makes up his mind, leaving the dead to bury the dead. 178.4 : A third man will come later: No one who has put his hand to the plough can look back at what he has left.

Previous edition: Tome 3, chapter 38

Chapter title: The parable of the sower. At Chorazeïn with Elijah, the new disciple.

Date of vision: Monday, June 4, 1945

Calendar: Monday, February 21, 28 (8 Adar I 3788) according to maria-valtorta.org or Wednesday, March 1, 28 according to Valtorta.fr

Locations (map):Bethsaida, then Chorazeïn. Jesus then returns to Bethsaida, to Peter's house.

Cycle: Apostolate in Galilee

Summary: Jesus gives a little dictation to explain why the city no longer appears to be on the shores of the lake, but inland. This is explained by the twenty centuries of alluvial deposits brought down by the river and the scree that came down from the Bethsaida hills. Then the vision begins, and Maria sees Jesus and the Twelve land in Bethsaida. They go to her house in Bethsaida, which is not her mother-in-law's in Capernaum. Porphyria is also there.

Peter is very happy, but very grumpy, because they're asking for the Master, and the apostle would like to have him all to himself. He finally confesses that he feels he has retained nothing of Jesus' teachings. When he hears him, he understands everything, but afterwards he remembers nothing, and thinks with terror of the moment when Christ will leave them. The other apostles back him up. Jesus then testifies that every word once planted a seed. A little later, he even evokes the future Pentecost and the eternal Spirit. In the meantime, he asks the apostolic group to take advantage of their private moment to question him, so that he can explain his Word to them. He then takes his leave, bowing to Porphyria to go and speak to those waiting for him.

Jesus then returns briefly to the three men who approached him, in EMV 178, saying that the one whose heart was truly prepared was the one who lost his father. Heroism explains strong spiritual preparation: the most prepared, whatever their caste or culture, come to the Savior with absolute readiness and faith; the least prepared observe Christ as something out of the ordinary; still others denigrate him with various accusations. The chosen people should welcome the Messiah, since they have been prepared by the prophets and see the Redeemer's miracles. But unfortunately, they fight against Him, and in the end it's the pagans who welcome Him. Because the Israelites are saturated with their own wisdom, and don't know how to welcome Christ's wisdom, by accepting what is necessary. The others have no anchor, but rather burdens of error and sin, which they willingly abandon. To explain the different fruits of the same labor, Jesus gives the Gospel parable of the sower.

Jesus then walks away with Peter. He then talks to Elijah of Capernaum, the man who did not bury his father. The latter tells of his mother weeping for her husband, and Jesus decides to go to Chorazeïn, where his new disciple's family is staying. On the way, they see Isaac the Adult, who preached Jesus to Elijah, and the Lord thanks him for his apostolate. He then urges Elijah's brothers to make peace with their younger brother, and their mother helps the Lord to do so. Then they all leave, and the young man follows his Savior.

Chapter contents: 179.1: Jesus comments on the situation in Bethsaida at the time. 179.2: Arrival at Peter's house: he regrets not having Jesus to himself. 179.3: He complains that he listens happily to what Jesus says, but retains nothing. 179.4: Riding in a boat, Jesus comments to the crowd on the varied welcome given to those who wanted to follow him. 179.5: The parable of the sower: the grain that fell on good soil. 179.6: The grain that fell on other kinds of soil. 179.7: Jesus walks towards the bereaved family of the new disciple, in Chorazeïn. 179.8: Jesus thanks Isaac of Chorazeïn, who informs Elijah that his mother has understood his departure. 179.9: Jesus prays at the tomb of Elijah's father. He justifies Elijah's conduct in returning with him to Bethsaida.

Old edition: Tome 3, chapter 39