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GRM 50.7

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

Deuteronomy states what is to be done, nothing else was necessary. But do not judge those who acted for other people, not for themselves. Do what God commands. And above all, strive and be perfect in the two main precepts. If you love God with all your souls, you will not sin, because sin gives pain to God. Those who love do not want to give pain. If you love your neighbours, as you love yourselves, you will be respectful children to your parents, faithful husbands to your wives, honest merchants in your trade, without any violence against your enemies, truthful in bearing witness, without envy of wealthy people, without any incentive of lewdness for another man’s wife. And as you do not want to do to other people what you do not wish should be done to you, you will not steal, or kill, or slander, or enter someone else’s nest like cuckoos.
In fact, I say to you. “Carry to perfection your obedience to the two precepts of love: love also your enemies”.
How much the Most High Will love you, since He loves man so much. Although man became His enemy because of the original sin, and because of his personal sins, He sent man the Redeemer, the Lamb Who is His Son, that is I, Who am speaking to you, the Messiah promised to redeem you from all your sins, if you will learn to love as He does.
Love. May your love become a ladder by which, like angels, you will ascend to Heaven, as Jacob saw them, when you hear the Father say to each and everybody: “I will be your protector wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this place; to Heaven, the Eternal Kingdom”.

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GRM 50.7

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

If you love God with all your souls, you will not sin, because sin gives pain to God. Those who love do not want to give pain. If you love your neighbours, as you love yourselves, you will be respectful children to your parents, faithful husbands to your wives, honest merchants in your trade, without any violence against your enemies, truthful in bearing witness, without envy of wealthy people, without any incentive of lewdness for another man’s wife. And as you do not want to do to other people what you do not wish should be done to you, you will not steal, or kill, or slander, or enter someone else’s nest like cuckoos.

Keywords

GRM 50.7

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

Love. May your love become a ladder by which, like angels, you will ascend to Heaven, as Jacob saw them, when you hear the Father say to each and everybody: “I will be your protector wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this place; to Heaven, the Eternal Kingdom”.

Annotation

Book of Genesis

Genesis 28, 10-15 : Jacob sets out from Beer-Sheba towards Haran. On the way, he stops to spend the night and dreams of a ladder set up on the earth, the top of which touches the sky, with angels of God ascending and descending the ladder. The Lord stands by Jacob and makes promises, including to give him the land on which he rests and to protect him wherever he goes.

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GRM 50.7

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

How much the Most High Will love you, since He loves man so much. Although man became His enemy because of the original sin, and because of his personal sins, He sent man the Redeemer, the Lamb Who is His Son, that is I, Who am speaking to you, the Messiah promised to redeem you from all your sins, if you will learn to love as He does.

Keywords

GRM 50.7

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

“Carry to perfection your obedience to the two precepts of love: love also your enemies”.
How much the Most High Will love you, since He loves man so much. Although man became His enemy because of the original sin, and because of his personal sins, He sent man the Redeemer, the Lamb Who is His Son, that is I, Who am speaking to you, the Messiah promised to redeem you from all your sins, if you will learn to love as He does.
Love. May your love become a ladder by which, like angels, you will ascend to Heaven, as Jacob saw them, when you hear the Father say to each and everybody: “I will be your protector wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this place; to Heaven, the Eternal Kingdom”.

Keywords

Love your enemies

GRM 50.8

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

«Are You leaving tomorrow, Master?»
«Tomorrow, at dawn, if you do not mind.»
«I am sorry that You are going away. But I do not mind the hour. On the contrary, it suits me.»
«Are you going fishing?»
«Yes, tonight, when the moon rises.»
«You did well, Simon, not fishing last night. The Sabbath was not yet finished. Nehemiah in his reformation wants[2] the Sabbath to be respected in Judah. Even nowadays too many people work on the Sabbath day at presses, carry wood, wine and fruit and buy and sell fish and lambs. You have six days for that. The Sabbath is of the Lord. Only one thing you may do on the Sabbath: you may do good to your neighbour. But all profit must be excluded from such help. He who infringes the Sabbath to make a profit will be punished by God. He makes a profit? He will lose it during the other six days. He makes no profit? He has fatigued his body for no purpose, because he did not grant it the rest that Intelligence prescribed for it, and thus he irritated his soul having worked in vain, and goes to the extent of cursing. The day of the Lord, instead, is to be spent with your hearts united to God in sweet prayer of love. You must be faithful in everything.»

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GRM 50.8

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

«Are You leaving tomorrow, Master?»
«Tomorrow, at dawn, if you do not mind.»
«I am sorry that You are going away. But I do not mind the hour. On the contrary, it suits me.»
«Are you going fishing?»
«Yes, tonight, when the moon rises.»
«You did well, Simon, not fishing last night. The Sabbath was not yet finished. Nehemiah in his reformation wants[2] the Sabbath to be respected in Judah. Even nowadays too many people work on the Sabbath day at presses, carry wood, wine and fruit and buy and sell fish and lambs. You have six days for that. The Sabbath is of the Lord. Only one thing you may do on the Sabbath: you may do good to your neighbour. But all profit must be excluded from such help. He who infringes the Sabbath to make a profit will be punished by God. He makes a profit? He will lose it during the other six days. He makes no profit? He has fatigued his body for no purpose, because he did not grant it the rest that Intelligence prescribed for it, and thus he irritated his soul having worked in vain, and goes to the extent of cursing. The day of the Lord, instead, is to be spent with your hearts united to God in sweet prayer of love. You must be faithful in everything.»

Annotation

Book of Nehemiah

Ne 13:15-22: At that time, I saw people in Judah treading at the wine press on the Sabbath. Others were bringing in sheaves of grain, loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of burdens, to take to Jerusalem on the Sabbath. On that day, when they were selling their wares, I issued a warning.

In Jerusalem, the Tyrians, who lived there, were bringing in fish and goods of all kinds to sell to the Judeans on the Sabbath. So I rebuked the rulers of Judah and said to them, "You are doing wrong by profaning the Sabbath! Is this not how your fathers acted? Then our God brought all this evil upon us and upon this city. And you, by profaning the Sabbath, increase his wrath against Israel."

So as soon as the shadow had spread over the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered the shutters closed and said not to open them again until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates, so that no burden would enter on the Sabbath.

Once or twice, merchants and traders in all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem. But I warned them, saying: "Why do you spend the night outside the walls? If you do it again, I'll lay hands on you!" Since then, they have not come on the Sabbath.

I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and come to guard the gates, so that the Sabbath day would be sanctified. For this reason also, remember me, my God, and have mercy on me, in your great faithfulness!

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Bible - Book of Nehemiah

GRM 50.8

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

«Are You leaving tomorrow, Master?»
«Tomorrow, at dawn, if you do not mind.»
«I am sorry that You are going away. But I do not mind the hour. On the contrary, it suits me.»
«Are you going fishing?»
«Yes, tonight, when the moon rises.»
«You did well, Simon, not fishing last night. The Sabbath was not yet finished. Nehemiah in his reformation wants the Sabbath to be respected in Judah. Even nowadays too many people work on the Sabbath day at presses, carry wood, wine and fruit and buy and sell fish and lambs. You have six days for that. The Sabbath is of the Lord. Only one thing you may do on the Sabbath: you may do good to your neighbour. But all profit must be excluded from such help. He who infringes the Sabbath to make a profit will be punished by God. He makes a profit? He will lose it during the other six days. He makes no profit? He has fatigued his body for no purpose, because he did not grant it the rest that Intelligence prescribed for it, and thus he irritated his soul having worked in vain, and goes to the extent of cursing. The day of the Lord, instead, is to be spent with your hearts united to God in sweet prayer of love. You must be faithful in everything.»
«But… scribes and doctors, who are so severe with us… do not work on Sabbath days, they do not even give a piece of bread to their neighbours, to avoid the fatigue of handing it over, but they practise usury also on a Sabbath. As it is not a material work, is it legal to practise usury on a Sabbath?»
«No. Never. Neither on a Sabbath nor any other day. Those Who practise usury are dishonest and cruel.»
«The scribes and the Pharisees, then…»
«Simon: don’t judge. Do not do it.»
«But I have eyes to see…»
«Is there only evil to be seen, Simon?»
«No, Master.»
«Well, then, why look at evil deeds?»
«You are right, Master.»

Detail

Contextualization: Peter speaks to the Master, who then talks about the Sabbath.

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GRM 50.9

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

Jesus says a psalm. The one beginning: «He who rests in the help of the Most High, will live in the protection of the God of Heaven. He will say to the Lord: “You are my protector and my shelter. He is my God, I will hope in Him. He rescued me from the snares of fowlers and from harsh words” etc.» I find it in the fourth book. It is the second psalm in book four, I think it is number 90, (if I read the Roman number correctly).
The vision ends in this way.

Detail

Editor's note: Book , because the Bible used by Maria Valtorta includes the ancient subdivision into five books forming the collection of Psalms. The second psalm in Book 4 is Ps 90, now 91 according to the numbering of modern versions.

Annotation

Psalm 90: When I stand under the shelter of the Most High and rest in the shadow of the Mighty, I say to the Lord, "My refuge, my bulwark, my God, of whom I am sure!"

It is he who saves you from the hunter's nets and the evil plague; he covers and protects you. His faithfulness is your armor and shield.

Thou shalt not fear the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in broad daylight, nor the plague that prowls in the dark, nor the scourge that strikes at noon.

Let a thousand fall at your side, let ten thousand fall at your right, and you will remain beyond reach. All you have to do is open your eyes and you'll see the wages of the wicked.

Yes, the Lord is your refuge; you have made the Most High your fortress. Misfortune cannot touch you, nor danger approach your dwelling: he has given his angels the mission of guarding you on all your paths.

They will carry you on their hands so that your foot does not strike the stones; you will tread on the viper and the scorpion, and crush the lion and the dragon.

"Since he clings to me, I deliver him; I defend him, for he knows my name. He calls me, and I answer him; I am with him in his trial. "I want to set him free, to glorify him; for many days I want to satisfy him, and I will make him see my salvation."

Keywords

Bible - Psalms

GRM 50.9

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

«We will now pray and then each of us will go and perform his duties.»
«What will You do, Master?»
«I will continue to pray. I am the Light of the world, but I am also the Son of man. I must, therefore, draw from the Light, to become the Man Who redeems man. Let us pray.»

Detail

Jesus declares to the disciples: