GRM 35.8
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GRM 35.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
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I had preached sacrifice, detachment, a pure life, humble positions.
GRM 35.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
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Those who make themselves ‘small’ are great in My Kingdom. Those who wish to be ‘great’ in the eyes of the world are not suitable to reign in My Kingdom. They are straw for the beds of the demons. Because the greatness of the world is the antithesis of the Law of God.
The world calls ‘great’ those who, by means which almost are always illicit, know how to get the best positions and to do so, they use their neighbour as a stool on which they then climb, crushing him. The world calls ‘great’ those who know how to kill in order to reign, and they kill materially or morally, and they usurp positions and countries and fatten themselves, bleeding both individuals and communities. The world often calls ‘great’ criminals. No. ‘Greatness’ is not to be found in criminality. It is in goodness, in honesty, in love, in justice. You can see which poisonous fruit your ‘great ones’ offer you, fruit which they have picked in the wicked devilish garden inside them!
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Matthew 20:25-28: Jesus called them together and said, "As you know, the rulers of the nations rule over them, and the great ones make their power felt. But among you it shall not be so: whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. So the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Mark 10:41-45: Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the nations command them as masters; the great make their power felt to them. But it must not be so among you. Whoever wishes to become great among you will be your servant. Whoever wishes to be first among you will be slave of all: for the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Luke 22:25-27: But Jesus said to them, "The kings of the nations rule over them, and those who exercise authority over them call themselves benefactors. But not so with you! On the contrary, let the greatest among you become like the youngest, and he who commands like he who serves. For who is greater, he who sits at table or he who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
GRM 36.8
The Gospel as revealed to me
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True love is not selfish. And true love is always chaste, even if it is not perfect in chastity as the love of the two virgin spouses. Chastity united with charity yields a suite of other virtues and therefore two people who love each other chastely become perfect.
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GRM 36.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
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In that house they love work, and they would love it even if there was plenty of money, because the working man obeys the command of God and frees himself from vice, which like tenacious ivy clenches and suffocates idle people, who are like immovable rocks. Food is good, rest is serene, hearts are happy, when you have worked well and you enjoy the resting time between one job and the next one. Neither in the houses nor in the minds of those who love work, can various vices arise. And, in its absence, love, esteem, mutual respect prosper and tender children grow in a pure atmosphere and they thus become the origin of future holy families.
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Maria has just seen a vision of the Holy Family in Egypt.
GRM 36.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
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Humility reigns in that house. What a lesson of humility for the proud. Mary, from a human point of view, had a thousand reasons to be proud and to be adored by Her spouse. Many women are proud only because they are a little better educated, or of nobler birth, or of a wealthier family than their husbands. Mary is the Spouse and the Mother of God, and yet She serves — and does not expect to be served — Her consort, and She is full of love for him. Joseph is the head of the family, judged by God so worthy of being the head of a family, as to be entrusted by God with the guardianship of the Word Incarnate and the Spouse of the Eternal Spirit. And yet he is anxious to relieve Mary of Her work, and he takes care of the most humble jobs in the house so that Mary may not get tired, not only, but whenever he can he does his best to please Her and make Her house more comfortable and Her little garden more beautiful.
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Maria has just seen a vision of the Holy Family in Egypt.
GRM 36.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
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In that house order is respected: supernatural, moral, material. God is the Supreme Head and He is worshipped and loved: supernatural order. Joseph is the head of the family and he is loved, respected and obeyed: moral order. The house is a gift of God as well as the clothes and the furnishings. The Providence of God is shown in everything, of God Who supplied wool to sheep, feathers to birds, grass to meadows, hay to animals, grains and branches to birds, Who weaves the dress of the lily of the valley. The house, the dresses, the furnishings are accepted with gratitude, blessing the divine hand that supplies them, looking after them with respect as gifts of the Lord, without any bad humour because they are poor, without ill use, without abusing Divine Providence: material order.
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Maria has just seen a vision of the Holy Family in Egypt.
GRM 36.9
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
The house is a gift of God as well as the clothes and the furnishings. The Providence of God is shown in everything, of God Who supplied wool to sheep, feathers to birds, grass to meadows, hay to animals, grains and branches to birds, Who weaves the dress of the lily of the valley. The house, the dresses, the furnishings are accepted with gratitude, blessing the divine hand that supplies them, looking after them with respect as gifts of the Lord, without any bad humour because they are poor, without ill use, without abusing Divine Providence: material order.
GRM 39.4
The Gospel as revealed to me
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My Jesus needs love to be happy.
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GRM 40.6