GRM 148.3
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Jesus Christ - Son of Man
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GRM 159.3
The Gospel as revealed to me
GRM 171.1
The Gospel as revealed to me
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GRM 173.6 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
Look: I have mighty friends among rich people and I have friends amongst the poor people of the earth. And I solemnly tell you that the mighty ones are not the most loved. I go to them not for My own sake or profit. But because they can give Me much for those who have nothing. I am poor. I have nothing. I would like to have all the treasures in the world and change them into bread for those who are hungry, into homes for the homeless, into clothes for the naked and into medicines for the sick. You may say: “You can cure people”. Yes, I can do that and other things. But I do not always find faith in men, and I cannot do what I would do and would like to do, if the hearts of men had faith in Me. I would like to help also those who have no faith. And as they do not ask the Son of man for miracles, I would like, as a man to man, to help them. But I have nothing. That is why I stretch out My hand to those who are rich and I ask them: “Give Me some alms, in the name of God”. That is why I have high-placed friendships. Tomorrow, when I am no longer on the earth, there will still be poor people, but I shall not be there to work miracles for those who have faith, nor to give alms to lead to faith. But then My rich friends, who are in touch with Me, will have learned how to help, and My apostles, after their experience with Me, will have learned how to give alms out of love for their brothers. And the poor will always receive assistance.
GRM 177.2 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
«I have a servant who is ill, Lord. He is lying in my house, in his bed, paralyzed by a disease of the bones and he suffers dreadfully. Our doctors cannot cure him. Your doctors refuse to come. I invited them to come because it is a disease caused by the corrupt air of this area and they know how to cure it with the herbs of the feversome soil of the shore where the water stagnates before being absorbed by the sand of the sea. I am very sorry because he is a faithful servant.»
«I will come and cure him.»
«No, my Lord. I am not asking You to go to all that trouble. I am a heathen, filth, as far as you are concerned. If the Jewish doctors are afraid of becoming contaminated by coming to my house, all the more reason it would contaminate You, Who are divine. I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof, but if You say only one word here, my servant will be cured because You rule over everything. Now if I, who am subject to my authorities, the first being Caesar, for whom I must act, think and behave as I am told, can in turn order soldiers under me, and if I say to one: “Go” to another: “Come” and to a servant: “Do that”, the first one will go where I send him, the other will come because I call him, and the third will do what I tell him, You, as You are Who You are, will be immediately obeyed by the disease, which will vanish.»
«But the disease is not a man…» objects Jesus.
«Neither are You a man, You are the Man. You can therefore give orders to elements and fevers, because everything is subject to Your power.»
Annotation
These diseases come from the corrupted air of these regions: Swamp fevers (yellow fever or malaria) caused serious epidemics in ancient times. They are mentioned several times in the work. For centuries, these fevers were attributed to unhealthy air (aria cattiva, from which the Italian word mala aria = bad air), without ever making the connection with mosquitoes. Here, Maria Valtorta reports an opinion perfectly in line with Roman belief, and not related to her knowledge as a nurse.
You know how to cure them with herbs from the feverish soil of the shore where the waters stagnate before being absorbed by the sand of the sea. We're probably talking about agrimony (agrimonia eupatoria), which grows in marshes. Pliny mentions it. When infused, it is used to combat malaria (from palus = marsh, in Latin). The seaside marsh mentioned by the centurion may well be Dor (now Al Tantura), south of Mount Carmel. It was not drained until 1892. Malaria was rife.
GRM 178.2 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
They are already in sight of the lake, after a fierce struggle, when a middle-aged refined looking man goes near the Master and touches His shoulder to attract His attention.
Jesus turns around and stops, asking: «What do you want?»
«I am a scribe. But our precepts can in no way be compared to Your word and I am fascinated by it. Master, I do not want to leave I will follow You wherever You go. Which way are You going?»
«The way to Heaven.»
«I do not mean that. I am asking You where are You going now. In which houses will You stop after the present one, so that I may always find You?»
«Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. The world is My home, wherever there are spirits to be taught, distress to be relieved, sinners to be redeemed.»
«Everywhere, then.»
«You are right. Can you, a doctor in Israel, do what these simple men do for My sake? This is what is required here: sacrifice, obedience, charity for everybody, a mind adaptive for everything and with everybody. Because compliance is alluring. Because he who wishes to cure must bend over all sores. Afterwards there will be the purity of Heaven. But here we are in mud and we have to pull out of the mud, on which we walk, the victims already submerged in it. We cannot lift our clothes and move to one side because the mud is deeper there. Purity must be within us. We must be filled with it so that nothing else can enter. Can you do all that?»
«At least let me try.»
«Try. I will pray that you may succeed.»
Annotation
Gospel of Matthew 8, 18-22
Mt 8, 18-22 : Jesus, seeing a crowd around him, gave the order to leave for the other side. A scribe came up to him and said, "Master, I will follow you wherever you go." But Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
Gospel of Luke 9, 57-58
Lk 9, 57-58: Along the way, a man said to Jesus, "I'll follow you wherever you go." Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes, birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
GRM 181.4-5 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
In the universal sense the purport of the parable is as follows: the field is the world. The good seed is the children of the Kingdom of God sown by God in the world, while they wait to reach their end and be cut by the Mower and be taken to the Master of the world Who will store them in His granaries. The subjects of the Evil one are the darnel, which has also been spread in the field of God for the purpose of causing grief to the Master of the world and damage to the corn of God. The enemy of God has sown them deliberately, through witchcraft, because the demon really perverts the nature of man making him a creature of his own and then sows it to lead astray other people whom he has not been able to enslave otherwise. The harvest, that is the tying of the sheaves and carrying them to the granaries, is the end of the world and that is accomplished by the angels. They are given instructions to gather together the creatures which have been cut, to separate the corn from the darnel, and as in the parable the darnel is burnt, so the damned will be burnt in the eternal fire, at the Last Judgement.
The Son of man will have all scandalmongers and performers of iniquity removed from His Kingdom. Because the Kingdom then will be on the earth and in Heaven and many sons of the Enemy will be mixed among the citizens of the Kingdom on Earth. And, as prophesied also by Prophets, they will reach the perfection of scandal and abomination in every ministry on the earth and will be of great annoyance to the children of the spirit. The corrupt will have already been driven out of the Kingdom of God in Heaven, because no corruption will enter Heaven. And now the angels of the Lord, brandishing their sickles among the group of the last harvest, will mow down and separate the corn from the darnel and will throw the latter into the burning furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. The just, instead, the chosen seed, will be taken to the eternal Jerusalem, where they will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of My Father and yours.
That is the universal sense.
Detail
Jesus has just given the parable of the good grain and the tares and explained it to the apostles. The gospel text is available as an annotation.
Annotation
They will reach, as the prophets announce, the perfection of scandal and abomination in all their earthly activity. For example: Daniel 9:27; 11:31,36; 12:11.
Dan 9, 27: He will make a firm covenant with a great number for a week; and in the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and on the wing of abominations will come a destroyer, and that until destruction and what has been decreed are poured out on the devastated.
We have not been able to find any convincing verses in the other references given.
Dn 11, 31.36 : Troops sent by him will stand there; they will profane the sanctuary, the fortress; they will make the perpetual sacrifice cease and set up the abomination of the devastator.
Dan 12:11: From the time when the daily sacrifice is stopped and the abomination of the destroyer is set up, there will be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
This is the universal meaning: Jesus had already commented on the meaning of the Parable in his catechesis of October 27, 1943.
Gospel of Matthew 13, 23-30; 36-43
Mt 13, 23-30; Mt 13, 36-43: The one who received the seed into the good soil is the one who hears the Word and understands it: he bears fruit at the rate of a hundred, or sixty, or thirty to one." He offered them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who has sown good seed in his field. But while the people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away. When the stalk grew and produced an ear of wheat, the weeds also appeared. The master's servants came to him and said: "Lord, is that not good grain you have sown in your field? Where did the tares come from?" He said to them, "An enemy has done this." The servants say to him, "Do you want us to go and remove it?" He replies, "No, by removing the tares, you risk uprooting the wheat at the same time. Let them grow together until harvest time; and, at harvest time, I'll say to the reapers, First remove the tares, bind them in bundles to burn; as for the wheat, gather it up to bring it into my granary."""
Then, leaving the crowds, he came home. His disciples came up to him and said, "Explain to us clearly the parable of the tares in the field." He answered them: "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the Kingdom; the tares are the sons of the Evil One. The enemy who sowed it is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels. As the tares are taken away and thrown into the fire, so it will be at the end of the world. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom all those who cause stumbling and do evil, and throw them into the furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. He who has ears, let him hear!
GRM 193.5 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
«Here we are at the gate of Shechem. Go ahead with your brother and with Judas of Simon and look for accommodation. I will go to the market square and wait for you there.»
They part and Peter goes away looking for a shelter, while the others walk with difficulty in the streets crowded with people shouting and gesticulating, with donkeys, wagons, all going to Jerusalem for the oncoming Passover. The shouting, calling cursing of people, added to the braying of donkeys cause a noise that resounds very loudly under the vaults, which link one house to another, a noise that resembles the rumble of certain shells when placed near one’s ear. The echo travels from vault to vault where the shades become darker and the crowds, like an impetuous torrent, rush into the streets, insinuating themselves everywhere, looking for a roof, a square, a meadow in which to pass the night…
Jesus, holding the child by the hand, leaning against a tree, is waiting for Peter in the square, which, for the occasion, is always full of vendors.
«Let us hope that no one sees us and recognises us!» says the Iscariot.
«How can you recognise a grain of sand among the sands?» replies Thomas. «Don’t you see the crowds?»
Peter comes back: «Outside the town there is a shed with some hay. I could not find anything else.»
«Neither shall we look for anything else. It is even too much for the Son of man.»
GRM 198.4 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
They all set out towards Simon’s house: Mary with Jabez in Her arms, Jesus holding John of Endor by the hand, and then, around them and behind them, Lazarus and Martha, the apostles with Maximinus, Isaac, Joseph, and Timoneus.
They enter the house on the threshold of which Simon’s old servant greets Jesus and his master with deep respect.
«Peace to you, Joseph, and to this house» says Jesus, lifting His hand to bless after laying it on the old servant’s white head.
Lazarus and Martha, after their first expression of joy, are somewhat sad and Jesus asks them: «Why, My friends?»
«Because You are not staying with us and because everybody comes to You except the soul that we would like to be Yours.»
«Fortify your patience, your hope and your prayers. After all, I am with you. This house!… This house is but the nest from which the Son of man will fly every day to His dear friends, so close in space, but if we consider the situation in a supernatural way, infinitely closer in love. You are in My heart and I am in yours. Can we be closer than that? But we will be together this evening. Please sit at My table.»
GRM 198.6 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
«Are you going to adopt him?» asks Lazarus.
«No. I cannot.»
«Well, I will take him.»
Peter sees his hopes vanish and he utters a really deep groan: «Lord! Everything to him?»
Jesus smiles: «Lazarus, you have already done so much and I am grateful to you. But I cannot entrust this child to you. He is “Our” boy. He belongs to all of us. He is the joy of the apostles and of the Master. Besides, he would be brought up in luxury here. I want to make him a present of My royal mantle: “honest poverty”. The poverty that the Son of man wanted for Himself, to be able to go near the greatest miseries without mortifying anybody. You have had a gift from Me also recently…»
«Ah! Yes! The old patriarch and his daughter. The woman is very active, the old man very good.»
«Where are they now? I mean: in which place?»
«They are here, in Bethany. Do You think I was going to send away the blessing You had sent me? The woman weaves linen. Light skilful hands are required for that job. Since the old man insists on working, I put him at the beehives. Yesterday he had a long golden beard, didn’t he, sister? The bees swarmed and clung to his long beard and he was speaking to them as if they were daughters. He is happy.»
«I am sure he is! May you be blessed!» says Jesus.
«Thank You, Master.»
Annotation
The old patriarch and his daughter. The woman is very active, and the old man is good. Ishmael and Sarah from the Sermon on the Mount. See EMV 172.9 and EMV 173.5.