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GRM 143

The Gospel as revealed to me

Detail

Title : Photinai the Samaritan woman

Date of vision: Saturday, April 21, 1945.

Date of story: Tuesday, January 4, 28.

Location (map): Sychar.

Cycle : The Samaritan woman

Summary: Jesus arrives in Samaria. He speaks with the Samaritan woman. This is fairly faithful to the Gospel account.

Chapter contents: 143.1: The apostles leave Jesus alone at a well. 143.2: Dialogue with the Samaritan woman: water from the well and Jesus' living water. 143.3: Photinai's dissolute life. 143.4 : The hour is coming when spiritual worship will be rendered in a spiritual Kingdom. 143.5 : To the astonished apostles, the sower and the reapers.

GRM 144

The Gospel as revealed to me

Detail

Chapter title: Samaritans invite Jesus to Sychar.

Date of vision: Monday, April 23, 1945

Calendar: Tuesday, January 4, 28

Location (map): Sychar

Cycle: The Samaritan woman

Summary: Guided by Photinai, the Samaritans go to see Jesus. Their leader speaks to him, and the Lord confirms that he is the Christ: he quotes Ezekiel, and tells them that his food is to do his Father's Will. He confirms that he was born of a virgin in Bethlehem. Then the leader asks him about their schism, because he thinks they will always be separated from God. Jesus declares that all would be pacified if they came to the Truth, but he also tells them that only sin kills the soul and union with God.

Chapter contents: 144.1: The Samaritans welcome Jesus, who does not despise them. 144.2: Is it true that you are the Christ? 144.3: Of whom were you born and where? 144.4: The case of the schismatics.

GRM 145

The Gospel as revealed to me

Detail

Chapter title: The first day in Sychar.

Date of vision: Tuesday, April 24, 1945

Calendar: Wednesday, January 5, 28

Location (map): Sychar

Cycle: The Samaritan woman

Summary: The apostles are not happy to be near the Samaritans. Jesus, on the other hand, doesn't care and gives advice to a woman who wants to remarry, a man who is afraid of contaminating himself near a pagan, and a father whose daughter has run away. Then he gives a speech to the Samaritans, quoting Ezekiel. He speaks of two sinful daughters: one represents Samaria, the other Israel. Finally, he invites them to return to God, to look up to Heaven.

Chapter contents: 145.1: The apostles' embarrassment in the public square. 145.2: Advice to a father whose daughter has run away. 145.3: To a mother who would like to marry her brother-in-law. 145.4: To a man who would like to settle in Antioch. 145.5 : Samaritans and Jews, the two daughters of the same mother, according to Ezekiel. 145.6 : Come to Me. I will not turn you away.

GRM 146

The Gospel as revealed to me

Detail

Chapter title: The second day at Sychar. Farewell to the Samaritans.

Date of vision: Wednesday, April 25, 1945

Calendar: Thursday, January 6, 28

Location (map): Sychar

Cycle: The Samaritan Woman

Summary: Jesus gives a speech to the people of Sychar, in Samaria. He uses the Book of Barcuch as a basis. He enjoins them to be humble, speaks of the fall of the Temple, and invites them to be converted by returning to the true wisdom "which is that of God and which is found in the Book of God's commandments and in the Law which abides forever". He then bids farewell to the people of the city.

Chapter contents: 146.1: The unknown God whom all feel. 146.2: Baruch's prayer of repentance. The fate of the Samaritans and Jews 146.3: The crowd shows its attachment to Jesus.

GRM 149

The Gospel as revealed to me

Detail

Chapter title: The legacy of John the Baptist. The apostles' hour of death. John's love of God.

Date of vision: Saturday, April 28, 1945

Calendar: Friday, January 7, 28 (22 Tebeth 3788)

Location (map): Towards Nazareth. Last night, Jesus was in Ennon, at the grotto where John the Baptist was staying.

Cycle: The Samaritan Woman

Summary: Simon the Zealot noticed that Jesus wasn't in bed at night. He wanted to protect him from the cold, even if it meant suffering a little himself. He doesn't mind, given his past life as a leper. Simon asked Jesus if the Master could pass by the lepers in Jerusalem. Christ nods in agreement, and John asks if he has been prayed for and will teach him his Prayer this year. Jesus answers in the affirmative. Peter finally refocuses the conversation on what the Master did during the night: he reveals that he went to see his Forerunner, who is about to die. They are amazed that he had to be strengthened, and Jesus says that the saints will only know how to go to martyrdom thanks to Him. The Twelve then speak of their difficulty in suffering, and of the grace of going before or after Christ. John concludes the conversation by asking Jesus to increase his Love for them.

Chapter contents: 149.1: The Zealot invites Jesus to see the lepers home. 149.2: Jesus calls Peter to spiritual progress. 149.3 : You promised to teach us your prayers. 149.4: Holiness is more precious than money. 149.5: The difficult future of the apostles. 149.6: Jesus, increase your love.

GRM 193.3 · Volume 3

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

The day after: the apostolic group that left in the morning is about to enter Shechem in the evening, having passed through Samaria, a beautiful town, surrounded by walls, adorned with splendid imposing buildings, around which are grouped some lovely tidy houses. I am under the impression that the town, like Tiberias, has been recently rebuilt with systems borrowed from Rome. Outside the walls, around the town, the land is very fruitful and well cultivated.

The road from Samaria to Shechem winds down from terrace to terrace, in a series of walls supporting the earth, which reminds me of the Fresoli hills. There is a splendid view of green mountains to the south and of a most beautiful plain westwards.

The road tends to descend to the valley, but it climbs now and again to cross other hills from the top of which one commands the land of Samaria with its lovely olive-groves, corn fields, vineyards, watched over from the hill crests by woods of oak and other forest trees, which must be protective against the winds that blowing through the gorges are inclined to create whirlwinds damaging cultivations. This area reminds me very much of certain spots in our Apennines, around Mount Amiata, where one can contemplate at the same time the flat cultivations of cereals in the Maremma and the bright hills and majestic mountains that rise higher inland. I do not know what Samaria is like now. It was very beautiful in those days.

Now, between two high mountains, the highest in the area, one can see straight through a valley, in the middle of which there is the very fertile well-watered land of Shechem. It is here that Jesus and His disciples are caught up with by the joyful caravan of the Consul’s court, on its way to Jerusalem for the festivity. There are slaves on foot and slaves on the wagons guarding the luggage… My God, how many items they carried with them in those days!!! And with the slaves there are wagons that are packed with all sorts of goods, even complete litters and travelling coaches: the four wheel wagons are very wide, well sprung, with tilt, under which the ladies are sheltered. And then many other carts and slaves…

A curtain is drawn, by the bejewelled hand of a lady and the severe profile of Plautina appears: she nods smiling but does not say anything. Valeria, whose little girl on her knees trills and smiles, greets people in the same fashion. The other wagon, which is even more stately, passes by but no curtain is drawn. But when it has gone by, the pinkish face of Lydia looks out from the rear, through the closed curtains and she nods, too. The caravan goes away…

Annotation

On this sketch, Maria Valtorta wrote, in addition to the four cardinal points:

Plain, Samaria, southern mountains.