Public life of Jesus Christ in the EMV

I, as God, knew everything. My intelligence enabled Me to understand also the struggles of man, both by intellectual power and in an intellectual way, that is without any practical experience. But then some poor friend of Mine, some poor son of Mine, could have said to Me: “You do not know what it is to be a man and have senses and passions”. And it would have been a fair reproach. I came here, or rather on that mountain, to prepare… not only for My mission… but also for temptation. See? I was tempted where you are now sitting. By whom? By a mortal being? No. His power would have been too limited. I was tempted by Satan himself.

• Jesus' omniscience
• Who is Jesus? How Christ defines himself

And here I felt nostalgia for My far away Mother, here I felt the need for Her care for My human frailty, here I felt once again the pain of parting from the Only One Who loved Me with perfect love, here I realised what sorrow is laid aside for Me and I was grieved at Her sorrows, poor Mother, Who will have to shed so many tears for Her Son and because of the wickedness of men, that She will be left tearless.

• Suffering and pain of Jesus Christ
• Suffering and pain of the Virgin Mary
• The Virgin Mary

(...) Here I felt nostalgia for My far away Mother, here I felt the need for Her care for My human frailty, here I felt once again the pain of parting from the Only One Who loved Me with perfect love, here I realised what sorrow is laid aside for Me and I was grieved at Her sorrows, poor Mother, Who will have to shed so many tears for Her Son and because of the wickedness of men, that She will be left tearless. And here I experienced the weariness of the hero and of the ascetic who in an hour of forewarning realise the uselessness of their efforts… I cried… Sadness… a lure for Satan. It is not a sin to be sad in painful circumstances. It is a sin to go beyond sadness and fall into inertness and despair. But Satan comes at once when he sees anyone in spiritual languor.

• The cry of Jesus Christ

My first contacts with the world had sickened and depressed Me. It is too ugly. My soul has now been nourished with the lion’s marrow: the union with the Father in prayer and solitude. And I can go back to the world and take My cross upon Me once again, the first cross of the Redeemer: the cross of the contact with the world. With the world, in which there are too few souls called Mary, called John…

• Redeemer
• Suffering and pain of Jesus Christ

That man [Judas] was amazed at My asking for the Father’s help, and at My praying not to be led into Temptation. That is, not to be left at the mercy of temptation beyond My strength.

• Prayer of Jesus Christ
• The Lord's Prayer

• Jean-Baptiste
• Jesus Christ
• John of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
• Joseph of Joseph of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
• Judas de Kérioth (apostle)
• Locations - Gué du Jourdain
• Matthias (shepherd of the Nativity - formerly Tobias of Bethlehem)
• Shepherds of the Nativity
• Simeon of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
• Summary of EMV

«When you see the Baptist — You will see him again, and you will serve him again until the predetermined hour — tell him that he is not the last in Christ’s heart. Not so much because of the blood, as on account of his holiness, he is loved as much as John. And remember that. If the saint in his humbleness proclaims himself “last”, the Word of God proclaims him equal to the disciple who is dear to Me. Tell him that I love this disciple because he has the same name and because I find in him the signs of the Baptist, who prepares the souls for Christ.»

«We will tell him… But shall we see him again?»

«Yes, you will.»

• Jesus' omniscience
• Prophecies of Jesus Christ

• Aglaé (veiled woman from Belle-Eau)
• Diomedes (usurer from Jericho)
• Jesus Christ
• John of Zebedee (apostle)
• Judas de Kérioth (apostle)
• Places - Jericho
• Summary of EMV
• Zacchaeus the publican

• Jesus Christ
• Judas de Kérioth (apostle)
• Lazare
• Location - Near Jerusalem
• Pain and suffering
• Sacrifice and immolation
• Simon the Zealot (apostle)
• Summary of EMV
• The cry of Jesus Christ

• Judas de Kérioth (apostle)
• Simon the Zealot (apostle)
• Simon the Zealot and Judas
• Suffering and pain of Jesus Christ
• The cry of Jesus Christ