GRM 80.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
It is not a sin to be sad in painful circumstances. It is a sin to go beyond sadness and fall into inertness and despair.
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GRM 80.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
And here I experienced the weariness of the hero and of the ascetic who in an hour of forewarning realise the uselessness of their efforts… I cried… Sadness… a lure for Satan. It is not a sin to be sad in painful circumstances. It is a sin to go beyond sadness and fall into inertness and despair.
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Jesus speaks about his temptation in the desert.
GRM 80.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
Temptation did not give up because of My comment: “Man does not live on his senses only” and he spoke to Me of My mission. He wanted to seduce the Messiah after failing with the young Man. And he incited Me to crush the unworthy ministers of the Temple with a miracle… A miracle, the fire of Heaven, is not to be bent to form a wicker wreath to crown ourselves… And we must not put God to the test, asking for miracles for human purposes. That is what Satan wanted. The reason mentioned by him was an excuse: the truth was: “Boast of being the Messiah”, as he wanted to lead Me to another lust: the lust for pride.
He was not daunted by My reply: “You must not put the Lord your God to the test” and he circumvented Me with the third power of his nature: gold. (...)
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GRM 80.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
A miracle, the fire of Heaven, is not to be bent to form a wicker wreath to crown ourselves… And we must not put God to the test, asking for miracles for human purposes.
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GRM 80.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
Oh! gold. Bread is a great thing, and woman an even greater one for those longing for food or pleasure. To be acclaimed by the crowds is a very great thing for man. How many crimes are committed for these three things! But gold… gold! It is a key that opens, a circle that joins, it is the beginning and end of ninety-nine percent of human actions. For bread and a woman man becomes a thief. For power he also becomes a murderer. But for gold he becomes an idolator.
GRM 80.11
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
My first contacts with the world had sickened and depressed Me. It is too ugly. My soul has now been nourished with the lion’s marrow: the union with the Father in prayer and solitude. And I can go back to the world and take My cross upon Me once again, the first cross of the Redeemer: the cross of the contact with the world. With the world, in which there are too few souls called Mary, called John…
GRM 81.5
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
81.5 «Judas, you said that those jewels are beautiful.»
«Yes, beautiful and valuable.»
«How much will they be worth? I think you are an expert.»
«Yes, I am a good judge. Why do You want to know how much they are worth, Master? Do You want to sell them? Why?»
«Perhaps… Tell Me: how much will they be worth?»
«At least six talents, if they are sold well.»
«Are you sure?»
«Yes, Master. The necklace by itself, so big and heavy, of the purest gold, is worth at least three talents. I have examined it carefully. And also the bracelets… I don’t know how Aglae’s thin wrists could hold them.»
«They were her shackles, Judas.»
«That’s true, Master… But so many would like to have such beautiful shackles!»
«Do you think so? Who?»
«Well… many people!»
«Yes, many who are human beings only by name… And do you know a possible buyer?»
«So, do You want to sell them? And is it for the Baptist? But look, it’s cursed gold!»
«Oh! Human inconsistency! You have just said with evident desire, that many people would love to have that gold, and then you say it is cursed?! Judas, Judas!… It is cursed indeed. But she said: “It will be sanctified if it is cursed for poor and holy people” and that is why she relinquished it, whoever benefits from it may pray for her poor soul which like the embryo of a future butterfly swells in the seed of her heart.»
GRM 82.1
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
Jesus arrives from a side street and looks around. He does not see anybody yet. He waits patiently, leaning against the trunk of a tree, and finds the opportunity of speaking to the boys about charity, that starts with God and from the Creator descends to all creatures.
«Do not be cruel. Why do you want to annoy the birds of the air? They have their nests up there, and their little ones. They do not harm anyone. They give us their chirping and cleanliness, because they eat the rubbish left by men and the insects that are harmful to crops and fruit. Why wound them, or kill them, depriving the little ones of their fathers and mothers, or the latter of their little ones? Would you be glad if a wicked man came to your house and destroyed it, or killed your parents, or took you away from them? No, you would not be happy. Well, then, why do to these innocent creatures what you would not like done to yourselves? How will you refrain one day from doing harm to men if, children as you are now, you harden your hearts and hurt defenceless, kind little creatures such as these birds? Do you not know that the Law says: “Love your neighbour as yourself”? He who does not love his neighbour does not even love God. And he who does not love God, how can he go to His House and pray to Him? God might say to him, and he does say it in Heaven: “Go away. I do not know you. You, My son? No, you are not. You do not love your brothers, you do not respect in them the Father Who created them, so you are not a brother and a son, but an illegitimate child: a stepson to God, a stepbrother to your brothers”. See how the Eternal Lord loves? In the cold months, He makes His little birds find the barns full of hay, so that they may nest there. In the hot months, He protects them from the sun with the foliage of trees. In winter the corn in the fields is just covered with earth and it is easy for them to find the seed and nourish themselves. In summer they quench their thirst with the juice of fruits, and they build solid, warm nests with hay and the wool left on brambles by sheep. And He is the Lord. You, little men, created by Him like the little birds, and therefore their brothers in creation, why do you want to differ from Him and think that you can be cruel to these little animals? Be merciful with everybody, not depriving anyone of what is due to one: both amongst men and animals, your servants, your friends and God…»
«Master?» calls Simon «Judas is coming.»
«… and God will be merciful with you, and will give you everything you need, as He does with these innocent creatures. Go and take the peace of God with you.»
GRM 82.1
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
Do you not know that the Law says: “Love your neighbour as yourself”? He who does not love his neighbour does not even love God. And he who does not love God, how can he go to His House and pray to Him? God might say to him, and he does say it in Heaven: “Go away. I do not know you. You, My son? No, you are not. You do not love your brothers, you do not respect in them the Father Who created them, so you are not a brother and a son, but an illegitimate child: a stepson to God, a stepbrother to your brothers”.
GRM 82.5
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
I do not want a forthing of that money. We have the offerings of God and of those who honestly seek God… and we shall never lack what is necessary. Believe Me.