GRM 184.3 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
Listen.
You doubt Mary’s conversion to Good. There is no sign in her in that direction. Brazen and impudent, conscious of her rank and power, she dared to defy the people and come to the very threshold of the house where they are weeping because of her. She laughed at Peter’s reproach. She replied to My inviting look by striking a proud attitude. Perhaps some of you, either for Lazarus’ sake or for mine, would have liked Me to speak to her directly, at some length, subduing her with My power, showing My strength as Messiah and Saviour. No. All that is not needed. I already said so many months ago with regards to another sinner. Souls must react by themselves. I pass and sow the seed. The seed works in secret. A soul is to be respected in this work. If the first seed does not take root, another must be sown, and a third one… and one must give up only when there is definite proof that it is useless to sow. And one prays. Prayer is like dew on the clods of earth: it keeps them soft and nourishes them, so that the seed can sprout.
Detail
Jesus talks about Mary Magdalene, who doesn't seem to be converting. He speaks of Lazarus and Aglaia, and of his power as Messiah, and then of souls working on themselves.
Annotation
I said this about another sinner several months ago. For Aglaé, the veiled woman from Belle-Eau. See EMV 79.6.