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GRM 29.7

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

Eve’s sin was a four branched tree: pride, avarice, gluttony and lust. And all four were to be cut off, before making the roots of the tree sterile.

GRM 29.8

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

Have you ever considered what humiliation I had to suffer from men, without defending Myself in any way? Even Joseph, who was a just man, had accused Me in his heart. The others, who were not just, had committed a sin of murmuring with regards to My condition, and the rumour of their words had come like a bitter wave to break up against My humanity.

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Mary said to Maria:

GRM 29.9

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

A mother never renounces her creature unless she is forced to. Whether her heart is asked to renounce her creature by her country or by the love of a spouse or even by God Himself, she will resent and struggle against the separation. It is natural. A son grows in our womb and the tie that links him to us can never be completely broken. Even if the umbilical cord is cut, there is a nerve that always remains: it departs from the mother’s heart and is grafted into the son’s heart: it is a spiritual nerve, more lively and sensitive than a physical one. And a mother feels it stretching even to exceedingly severe pangs if the love of God or of a creature or the need of the country take her son away from her. And it breaks, tearing her heart, if death snatches her son from her.

GRM 29.10

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

Heaven! My aim. Where God was. My only hunger. A hunger which is not gluttony, but a necessity blessed by God, Who wants us to crave for Him.

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Marie says:

GRM 29.11

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

Every unrestrained vice leads to a bigger vice.

GRM 29.11

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

Instead of descending I have always ascended. Instead of causing other people to descend, I have always attracted them towards Heaven: of My honest companion, I made an angel.

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Marie says:

GRM 29.12

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

[I] had destroyed in Me the very last trace of Eve. It had destroyed the last root of that tree with four poisonous branches, a root stuck in the sensuality that had dragged mankind to fall and that will go on biting at your intestines until the end of time and to the last woman.

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Marie says:

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GRM 29.12

The Gospel as revealed to me

Quotation

And yet all this was not sufficient to achieve for woman the peace lost by Eve. I obtained that for you at the foot of the Cross: when I saw Him dying, Whom you saw being born. When I felt My bowels being torn apart by the cry of My dying Creature, I became void of all femininity. I was no longer flesh, but an angel. Mary, the Virgin Spouse of the Spirit, died that moment. The Mother of Grace remained, Who gave you the Grace She generated from Her torture. The female reconsecrated ‘woman’ by me on Christmas night, achieved at the foot of the Cross the means to become a creature of Heaven.

This I did for you, depriving Myself of all satisfactions, even of holy ones. And whereas you had been reduced by Eve to females not superior to the mates of animals, I made of you, if you only wish so, saints of God. I ascended for you. As I had done for Joseph, I lifted you higher up. The rock of Calvary is My Mount of Olives. From there I took My leap to carry to Heaven the resanctified soul of woman together with My flesh, now glorified because it had borne the Word of God and had destroyed in Me the very last trace of Eve. It had destroyed the last root of that tree with four poisonous branches, a root stuck in the sensuality that had dragged mankind to fall and that will go on biting at your intestines until the end of time and to the last woman. From there, where I now shine in the ray of Love, I call you and I show you the Medicine to control yourselves: the Grace of My Lord and the Blood of My Son.

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Mary describes what she went through to participate in the co-redemption of women. She overcame pride by humbling herself to the depths of her being. She overcame the greed of our first parents by giving up her Child in advance. She overcame greed, both for knowledge and for pleasure, by accepting to know only what God wanted her to know. And she overcame lust, which is gluttony carried to the point of gluttony. She then continues her explanation to Maria:

GRM 30

The Gospel as revealed to me

Detail

Chapter title: The announcement to the shepherds, the first adorers of the Word made man.

Date of vision and dictation: Wednesday, June 7, 1944 (Vigil of the Body of Christ)

Calendar: Wednesday, December 11, year -5

Location (map) : Bethlehem

Cycle: Birth and childhood of Jesus

Summary: Maria's vision begins in the Bethlehem countryside. There is a bright light in the sky, attracting the attention of animals and people. One of the shepherds goes out and calls his companions, intrigued by the phenomenon. One of the younger shepherds even starts to cry, until he regains his composure and seems captivated by something: he doesn't even pay attention to the others and steps forward. This makes his companions think and grumble a little, but young Levi tells them of a light descending. Then he is the first to see an angel, and they all fall to their knees to welcome the Lord's servant. The angelic messenger conveys the happy news of the Savior's birth, and a multitude of angels sing the Gloria. They then return to heaven, leaving the shepherds alone. But the shepherds don't procrastinate: they set off in the direction of the crib, taking a beautiful blanket for the Child, and a sheep to provide warm milk.

They arrive... But they don't know how. So they invite the youngest, Lévi, to watch what's going on. The shepherd looks on and tells them that the Virgin is looking after her baby, who is crying because of hunger and cold. The shepherds want Levi to come forward, but the young man wants Elijah to come forward, since he has already met Mary and Joseph in EMV 28. The shepherds thus make themselves known and can adore the child. They offer them their gifts and let in Elijah, who has remained at the entrance, not daring to approach. Jesus can now receive warm milk.

The shepherds point out that the Holy Family cannot stay here, and promise to help them and spread the news of the Lord's birth. When Joseph points out that they are poor and won't be able to compensate them, they say they don't want anything. On the contrary, they want to serve the Child and his parents. When Mary answers their questions and tells them that she has Zechariah and Elizabeth as parents, Elijah offers to go to him and tell him that Mary of Nazareth has asked him to come to Bethlehem.

Finally, each shepherd introduces himself by name, and then they retire... leaving their hearts behind, however, as Maria Valtorta points out.

Jesus then gives dictation, declaring that the shepherds are the first worshippers of the Word. They have all the qualities required to be Eucharistic souls, for they have certain faith, generosity, humility, desire, prompt obedience and, last but not least, love. Lastly, Christ emphasizes that those with the soul of a child, like Levi, know how to see God more clearly, and have the audacity to turn to Mary. He invites us to pray to Mary, for those who go to Mary find Him, and those who ask Mary receive Him through her Mother.

Chapter contents: 30.1: A dazzling moon in the countryside. 30.2: A shepherd boy attracted by a brighter light. 30.3: An angel appears and speaks to the shepherds. 30.4: A crowd of angels sings the Gloria. 30.5: The shepherd from the previous day points to the manger. 30.6: What the young shepherd sees behind the cloak at the entrance. 30.7: A sheep's skin and warm milk are presented. 30.8: Elijah finds a house and warns Zechariah. 30.9: The twelve shepherds name themselves and kiss the child. 30.10: Praise for the shepherds. 30.11: He who goes to Mary finds me.