Jerusalem area

Chapter title: At the Feast of Tents. Anne and Joachim possessed Wisdom.

Date of vision and dictation: Wednesday, August 23, 1944

Calendar: Monday, October 1, 22 A.D.

Old Julian calendar: Monday, October 3 -22.

Jewish calendar: 24 Tishri 3740.

Location (map): Jerusalem

Cycle: Birth and childhood of the Virgin Mary

Summary: Maria sees the outskirts of Jerusalem during the Feast of Tents. She describes the atmosphere around her, then sees Anne comforting a small child who has fallen. His mother comes to pick him up and reveals that she already has six children. Mary's mother then returns to Joachim and tells him about her interview with the happy mother. She reveals that she had a dream that she would return here next year with a child of her own. Joachim urges him to hope again.

After this, Jesus gives a dictation about his grandparents who possessed wisdom. He speaks of their respective love, their chaste and dignified love, their inner virtues, and applies to them words from the Book of Wisdom.

Chapter contents: 3.1: Hannah's house differs from that of Mary's inheritance. 3.2: The camp of branch tents set up outside the walls of Jerusalem. 3.3: Barren Anne talks to a mother of a large family. 3.4: Joachim reaffirms his hope of a miraculous maternity, and Anne confides her prophetic dream. 3.5 : The righteous are always wise. 3.6 : All Anne needed was a crown of children. 3.7 : In love as on the first day. 3.8: They wanted a son, they got the mother of God. 3.9: The chastity of spouses. 3.10 : Today, love and the bridal chamber are profaned.

Former edition: Volume 1, chapters 3 and 4

The Tent Festival seemed to take place in October. Maria describes the atmosphere.

Chapter title: Mary and Joseph go to Jerusalem.

Date of vision: Monday, March 27, 1944

Calendar: Tuesday, March 19, A.D. -5

Location (map): Departure from Nazareth and journey to Jerusalem

Cycle: Birth and childhood of Jesus

Summary: Joseph and Mary set out for Jerusalem. They leave Nazareth with two donkeys. Joseph has brought a sort of luggage rack, and Mary thanks him for his foresight. They set off just as dawn was breaking. The two travelers meet a shepherd leading his flock: he has a newborn lamb in his arms, crying for its mother, but she follows her baby attentively. The flock passes by, and Joseph and Mary set off again. Arriving in the countryside, they speak little. The streets are busier as they approach hamlets, but the couple pay no attention to those they meet. They stop just in time for a heavy downpour, which turns into a light rain. Joseph takes care that Mary doesn't catch cold. Then they continue their journey.

Chapter contents: 19.1: Joseph picks Mary up with two gray donkeys. 19.2: Early-morning encounter with a flock of sheep and a lamb. 19.3: Quiet journey on more frequented roads, stopping to take shelter from a storm.

Jesus is at the olive grove in Gethsemane. The master of the house - Jonah - tells Christ that three men are waiting for him, including one who is presumably sick and a leper. Jesus goes to the latter first: it's Simon the Zealot, asking for healing. The Savior grants his wish, and the future apostle is completely healed. Then he turns his attention to the two newcomers: Judas of Keroth and Thomas. The former ardently wants to follow the Savior, to share in his glory "according to Heaven". But Jesus asks him to think it over and refuses to take him on straight away. He thinks he's being impulsive, but doesn't believe in his constancy. Jesus asks him to discern and tells him that he will be in the Temple for Pentecost. Thomas, for his part, wants to follow him too, but is frightened by the words spoken to Judas. Jesus reassures him, saying that presumption is ruin, but that fear coupled with humility can be a help. After the disciple has left, Jesus explains to John and the others why he has made a difference between the two disciples. Thomas is in this sense more perfect, because he wants to follow him out of love, not because of a desire for human glory. All the disciples present then affirm that they love Jesus, and when they ask if they are perfect, Jesus explains that God alone is perfect, but that they will become so if they persist in their will to love.

After speaking of his nature as the Word of God, and his perfection as the God-Man, Jesus describes himself as the Son of Man. He then answers Peter's question about Jude's absence, and answers Andrew's question about why he performed a miracle in Cana and not in his homeland. The Lord also speaks of his Mother.

Finally, Christ welcomes Dydymus, who has retraced his steps, and thus welcomes Thomas among his disciples.

Andrew, Peter, James and John, Bartholomew, Philip, and Thomas are at the house of Jonah, the guardian of Gethsemane. Thomas tells how he came back to the scene. Jesus questions him, and offers him to stay. The apostle is happy, and Jesus takes the opportunity to teach the apostolic group a lesson about hospitality. Peter grumbles and makes a few remarks, saying that those we welcome are not always well-intentioned, and the Lord replies. Then he asks Thomas to go and find Simon the Zealot in the tombs, and to accompany him until he is purified. They meet again later. As for Judas, he encourages him not to go and see him, or even to seek his presence.

Peter grumbles again, and Christ asks him why. Simon of Jonah then points out that he gives missions to those who have just arrived, but not to the first disciples who followed him. The Master smiles at his words, and points out that, if he doesn't give such missions, it's because he knows them and is sure of them. The one who must be put to the test is the one who is not yet sure, the Savior asserts, and yet Christ esteemed them so much that he took his first apostles "without demanding proofs and without feeling the need to give you any". Peter is reassured and asks for forgiveness. Jesus, for his part, asks him not to argue about the places and merits of each. The Redeemer reminds them that He Himself is man's servant, and so He reminds them to remain humble.

Finally, Jesus gives Thomas the portrait of Simon the Zealot. All that remains is to find him...

Jesus is alone. Judas comes to join him. The man from Keroth wants to follow him, and Jesus is truly saddened. Knowing his state of mind, Jesus reveals to him that his Kingdom is not of this world, that his Kingship is not earthly. He even tells him that Christ will be betrayed, and Judas assures him that he will never do such a thing. He says this on his honor, but the Savior points out that nothing could be more fragile. Jesus then insists that he is gentle, poor and peaceful: that he will get nothing earthly by following him. But whatever his arguments, Judas wants to follow him. He even says that Jesus must take him if he's a sinner on his way to being lost. Jesus accepts, and the vision ends there.

Jesus arrives at Jonah's house in the olive grove of Gethsemane. Jonas tells him that John has come, and Jesus immediately goes to meet him. They meet again, and the young disciple is happy. He informs him that he has left Docco with Simon, who has gone to find Lazarus in Bethany. John thinks that Simon is very competent, but the Master tells him that he too acts very well.

They arrive at the house and have a meal with their host. Then they go out into the olive grove, where they see Jerusalem, and Jesus comments on the Temple, which is no longer the Holy Place it should be. John then proposes to go and see Hanne and Caiaphas and a rich fish merchant to talk about Jesus and to make him less weary, but the Lord declines the invitation and speaks of that of Judas, who had made him a similar proposal to "be better regarded". John believes that Judas will be better than them because he is better educated, but Jesus teaches him that this is not the case, and that it is often the hearts that are untouched by knowledge that know how to love the most. That said, he asks him to be a friend to Judas, to help him become a better man.

Meanwhile, John mentions Simon Peter and the purse he received from a stranger (Matthew). He gives him the money and Jesus says he'll distribute it to the poor, so Judas will find out about their habits. John understands who it is and is surprised, but gives news of Thomas, who has gone to meet Philip and Bartholomew. Jesus then tells him that he wants the Twelve to love each other without preference, like a holy family.

Finally, he declares that he is going to pray, and John wants to stay with him, but he soon falls asleep, and Jesus continues the prayer in silence, while his apostle rests on his heart.

Finally, Jesus gives a dictation comparing Judas and John. The former keeps his way of thinking and seeing, the latter strips himself of all self to be "the disciple". He is the model for all apostles, while Judas is the very type of all failed apostles.