Chapter Title: Judas’s mother confides in the Mother of Jesus, who has arrived in Kerioth with Simon the Zealot.
Date of the vision: Tuesday, July 10, 1945
Calendar: Sunday, April 23, 28
Locations (map): Kerioth. First in the house of Mary, mother of Judas, within the city (214.1-4), then in the country home of Judas’s mother (EMV 214.5-8).
Cycle: Apostolate in Judea
Summary: Jesus is about to sit down to eat at the house of Mary of Kerioth. He wants her to stay with them, and everyone agrees with this idea. Christ seeks to bring her into contact with Mary of Alpheus and Mary Salome, and Marziam helps them in this regard, for he declares that he already likes Judas’s mother, since she “is named Mary, like all women who are good.” Peter then teases him by asking if he will then love his wife, Porphyra—who is not actually named that—and Marziam promises to love her very much if she is good. Simon son of Jonah confirms this and speaks at greater length about his wife, who is quiet, chaste, and peaceful. Next, Judas recounts the day’s events, and he hopes the other apostles will join him so he won’t be the only one to shine. Jesus tempers him a bit, but the Master shows himself willing to heal the sick.
The Virgin arrives at that moment with Simon the Zealot, and she meets Mary, Judas’s mother. She also brings news of Elise, who wants to join the women disciples. In the meantime, she is with Jeanne of Kouza, and Jesus says they will pass through Bet-Çur again on the way back.
The vision continues, and Maria sees the Most Holy Mary with Mary of Kerioth. The latter confesses her suffering at not being able to go with the apostolic group, then asks her what Jesus means to Mary. Mary replies that he is her joy, and poor Mary, on the other hand, replies that Judas is her sorrow. She explains his behavior to her, admitting that she would rather see him dead than see him so deeply disliked by God. She explains her mood swings, the death of Joana, a young girl who died of grief because of her son’s fault, and she admits that last year she was on the verge of telling Jesus the truth about Judas. So she asks Mary of Nazareth for her opinion, and Mary admits that Judas does not have John’s pure soul, nor Andrew’s gentleness, nor Matthew’s steadfastness. He is unstable, but they will pray hard for him, she says. However, Mary of Kerioth is afraid of her son, and she begs the Virgin to help her with her prayers, so that he may at least truly love Jesus rather than be a bad apostle. Mary then replies that she must pray to the Lord to act for the best, and that she must hope, for a mother’s sorrows save her children...
Chapter contents: 214 .1: Jesus is full of consideration for Mary, the mother of Judas. 214.2: Peter praises his wife Porphyra. 214.3: Judas divides the evangelization of the country among the apostles. Jesus advises him to be gentle. 214.4: Arrival of Mary and the Zealot, who stayed longer with Elise. 214.5: Judas’s mother cannot follow her son as the Virgin Mary does. 214.6: A comparison of two forms of motherhood. Judas’s mother bursts into tears. My son is my sorrow. 214.7: Judas is unstable. I am so afraid for him. Pray to the Lord.
Previous edition: Volume 3, Chapter 76