Testimonies - Maria Valtorta

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Jacqueline

Switzerland · 62 years old · 04/12/2026

Discovery of the work

In an interview by @HYmmedia with Pierre Barnerias and Bahram Chegani on YouTube, regarding Marian apparitions, they mentioned the Work, which piqued my curiosity. I learned from the person who became my godmother that the work exists in audio format. I listened to everything, then ordered the 10 volumes to better immerse myself in it, as well as the notebooks and diaries.

Impact on faith

I had distanced myself from the Christian religion and had not opened a Bible for 40 years; the Work has shaken my beliefs. Due to my Protestant confession, I was unfamiliar with Mary and was just beginning to take an interest in Marian apparitions and prophecies. The Gospel of Maria Valtorta allowed me to discover her more deeply and to truly love her as our divine Mother and our co-redeemer Queen. Since reading, I have developed a sincere and growing love for Jesus, the Christ. Modestly and humbly, I have become aware of the infinite extent of his Love for us and have opened myself to this Love and the greatness of his Passion.

Graces received

I can sincerely say that the Work has transformed my life and brought me back to God. I spent some time at the sanctuary of Our Lady of Laus where I decided to convert. I am now a confirmed practicing Catholic and happy to be able to enjoy the grace of the sacraments. I give thanks to Jesus for giving us this Work and all the dictations and teachings that Maria Valtorta put into writing. Alleluia!

What would you say to someone hesitating to discover this work?

Read it and form your own opinion. The Work does not contradict the Bible but provides magnificent insights. Every time I spoke to a priest about it, they disparaged it, but none had read it. Listen to testimonies from believers, religious figures (pope, priests, Padre Pio...) who speak in its favor, they are numerous. And if the person still hesitates, pray and ask Jesus for a sign.

Additional testimony

I can understand that not everyone is touched by the Work. Some passages may seem long and lacking in spiritual or theological interest, hence some criticisms that it is too fictionalized. However, MV explains that it is Jesus' will to provide as many details of her visions as possible. That said, the Work allows for a better understanding of the context of the time, the customs, the beliefs, the mentalities, which provides a rich perspective for our understanding.

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Massimo Picariello

Italy · 55 years old · 04/07/2026

Discovery of the work

A lady whom I did not know at all saw me truly sad for several days, noticing me among other people. She approached me, blessed be she, and suggested that I read, to me completely apathetic and never having been a reader, except of light and discouraging readings (and I treated myself well...), the POEM of the MAN-GOD. It was 1992! Now I am a man who prays. I have saved my soul by believing in Christ Jesus, denying myself daily, and with a spirit of self-denial, and small sacrifices and penances! All with the help and in the GRACE of GOD.

Impact on faith

Strong, disruptive, I dare say, I saw my own pettiness, in my actions, in the NOTHING that I ordinarily lived for myself and my belly... And, by the Grace of GOD, I had, in my small way, a very strong and determined desire to prove to myself, yes, first and foremost to myself, who I truly was and what I truly desired: To give my spirit Paradise. Eternal Life. That which I yearn for and crave. It is Christ, my eternal happiness, whom I ardently desire and hope in my heart, it won't take too long to return to HIM and possess him for Eternity.

Graces received

My brothers, Friends in Christ, the greatest Grace was the salvation of my soul. Then daily prayer, from night to evening, daily EUCHARIST. Confession as soon as I feel the "weight" on my conscience, and I must say that for some time now, without any desire to tell you any nonsense, I feel the need to run to the LORD even weekly. But I could still tell you about forgiveness, offered "almost immediately," prayer for those who were "enemies" to me, or even for those who were merely unpleasant to me, concrete help for Brothers in difficulty, whether economic or in prayer. I say none of this out of pride or to make you believe in nonsense. I practice all this daily. Without having any high conception of myself, knowing "what" I was and the disgust I caused. To the praise and Glory of GOD and, hopefully soon, of MARIA VALTORTA also on this earth, as she is now already triumphant in the HEAVENS.

What would you say to someone hesitating to discover this work?

This is truly difficult. One would need to be in contact with the soul you wish to help. As I was approached at the time appointed for me by That Lady. I have purchased almost all the writings of MARIA and I try to circulate them among my Priest Friends and other Acquaintances. A few pages, a few lines are enough for CHRIST. So I immediately begin to hope and pray that that soul allows itself to fall in love.

Additional testimony

I owe my salvation, my conversion, and my honest, small but very serious journey in the holiness of daily life, completely and I am absolutely certain of this, to GOD. Then to MARIA VALTORTA, then to the Lady (MARIAGRAZIA)...

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Antonio D'Agnanno

Italy · 63 years old · 04/07/2026

Discovery of the work

Through a university classmate of mine, as a young man, 40 years ago.

Impact on faith

The books of Valtorta lead me to the reading of the Gospels, and vice versa, incessantly.

Graces received

As a boy, I was an atheist. Reading Valtorta was central and fundamental to my conversion. The more I read, the more I believed. And since then, I have never stopped.

What would you say to someone hesitating to discover this work?

Read to believe. As it was for me.

Additional testimony

Even now I don't miss an opportunity to return to the texts of Maria Valtorta. Not only on paper but also by listening on YouTube videos.

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Damien

France · 11/09/2025

Discovery of the work

A Christian friend and her family talked to me a lot about it during debates on religion before my conversion.

Impact on faith

I only knew Christianity from a distance, and the work of Maria Valtorta allowed me to discover the entire life of Jesus as well as that of Mary before him, and made me want to learn much more. It was an opening door to the entire Christian religion on a theological level.

Graces received

Not being a believer at the time of reading the work of Maria Valtorta, I think the biggest impact was that it opened my heart to meet Jesus, to experience powerful events with him. The rest, it was God who did it, and I thank him for it. My conversion is strongly linked to this open-mindedness acquired throughout the reading of the work, and then to the possibility of exchanging with other people who had read Maria Valtorta and the Gospels, and who could answer many of my questions. It also convinced me to read the Gospels and continue to get closer to God.

What would you say to someone hesitating to discover this work?

The work is very well written and highly complementary to the Gospels for those who might want to learn more about the active life of Jesus. It perhaps allows for a more concrete representation of all of Jesus' actions throughout his life, which can help to draw closer to him if the figures of Jesus, Mary, and the apostles sometimes seem a bit abstract.

Additional testimony

I think the work of Maria Valtorta is primarily a means to give the most Cartesian and somewhat closed-minded individuals towards religion a way to open up to God and Christianity. The text, which traces the entire life of Jesus, is easier to read (even though it is longer) than the Gospels, which can help maintain investment in a more linear reading. Despite this, it includes all the interventions and teachings of Jesus, and gradually one ends up wanting to learn more, to know Jesus more intimately, and this can turn readers towards the Church, the practice of mass, the reading of the Gospels or other texts. I find that the work is a very good bridge to enter or re-enter faith, and that it is also (due to its length) a good way to measure each person's willingness to invest.

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Pierre Armand

France · 10/15/2025

Discovery of the work

I was drawing closer to God and Jesus, and one day by chance I came across Olivier BONNASSISES's video on the Shroud of Turin. Deep inside, my faith in science and my faith in the spiritual reconciled, and I said "I believe" in the depths of my heart. Now the miracle is accepted, it is no longer an obstacle between God and me. I immediately wanted to know more and watched other videos, including the one on the writings of Maria Valtorta. I borrowed the first two books from the diocesan library and then bought all ten volumes at once.

Impact on faith

It allowed me to understand certain causes, to put everything into context, to attribute characters, a humanity behind each person, it allowed me to see the coherence, a perfection in the actions and gestures of Jesus. Today, when I read the Gospel, I understand much better many things that remained mysterious. Initially, I was experiencing my journey outside of the Church, without anyone helping me to understand. The Gospel as it was revealed to me made me understand everything and made me love Jesus beyond everything. Thanks to the Work, one almost becomes a doctor of the Gospel.

Graces received

I wanted to be consciously baptized. I was baptized as a baby. I discovered confirmation, and it was exactly what I felt, to confirm my baptism. I opened the doors to a world I did not know. Like Harry POTTER discovering the magical world, I discovered the Roman Catholic Church. Jesus Himself sent me there through Maria VALTORTA, and for me, it is a miracle. Jesus Himself explained the Eucharist and its saving importance to me. I did not want to hear about the Church because of vile prejudices and the world's slanders. I believed the Church no longer existed, and what a surprise it was. I found myself. Since 2022, I have been confirmed, and I receive communion as often as I can. I constantly discover the riches of the Church of Christ. Today, I evangelize almost as much as I meet people. And it is also thanks to the Work. I realize that everything in the Gospel as it was revealed to me is also in the Church through the Bible or tradition. It has been a sort of catechesis.

What would you say to someone hesitating to discover this work?

"Read it and have it read!" I would say to watch the video by Marie of Nazareth on the subject, I would say to first read the books or watch the videos of those who have studied the Work scientifically. I would say: Read and judge! I would say: I will lend you the first volume. (I have bought and will buy the first volume just with this in mind.)

Additional testimony

I discovered the Gospel as it was revealed to me just before the lockdown in 2019. I completed the Work at the time of the deconfinement. It was an effective resurrection. I believe the Work saved my life at that moment. I regularly reread the Work because even though I now have the Church and the sacraments, I need to find Our Jesus again. For me, it is in this Work that He is closest to us. I also realize that it was a preparation for my entry into the Roman Catholic Church. Without it, I wouldn't have been able to enter or remain there. I think this is what must happen for many Protestants. Alone in seeking Jesus, I was reaching my limits and desperately reaching a hand towards Heaven, and Jesus, through the Work, extended His hand to me.

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Linda Clarke

New Zealand · 10/15/2025

Discovery of the work

After the death of our fourth child, who died at birth, I went for grief counselling at the home of a woman who was Catholic. Her husband photocopied two of the visions of Maria Valtorta from Vol. 1 — I, who had been raised in a strict Protestant sect and taught against the Catholic Church, had never read anything like it. So alive! So perfect! I sometimes say, “I was zapped!”

Impact on faith

A massive impact! I saved up for months to buy Vol. 1. It was my whole life, and I didn’t need to work out the Truth — it was there, plain as day! All the usual impediments were no problem: the Papacy, Purgatory, Our Blessed Mother, the Real Presence, etc. — all were a smooth journey.

Graces received

The grace of a strong Faith, which I didn’t have before. I absolutely KNEW this was all true. My desire to be received into the Catholic Church was total. The whole five volumes took me ten years to buy and read with delight. God had kept that special gift very strong.

What would you say to someone hesitating to discover this work?

This Work is a very special gift to the world. There was and is nothing like it for me — perhaps for you, too. I’m almost speechless with amazement and joy at its wonders. Everything is narrated so beautifully and deeply — it has to be from God!

Additional testimony

The Works of Maria Valtorta have continued to feed me for over 30 years. I am now 77 years old. I’ve come to know the Persons of the Holy Trinity so much more than before — this Work never becomes outdated!

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David Webster

United States · 10/09/2025

Discovery of the work

It was a Lutheran inter-denominational women's Bible study leader who shared this work with me.

Impact on faith

These Revelations to Maria Valtorta greatly accelerated my journey into the Catholic Church, and my transition from being a former fundamentalist Baptist pastor to a Catholic apologist would hardly have been possible without it

Graces received

All throughout the work, I was absolutely overwhelmed by the Love, Patience, and Self-Sacrifice of the Lord. I have told others that if you decide to read this work, you had better have a full box of Kleenex near you. These divine revelations not only establish the truth of the Catholic Faith but (or because they do!) do not at all overlook the serious decline of true Catholic faith in both the laity and the priesthood during WWII, and especially in the time that would follow: "a brief time in which the enemy would regroup for an ever greater assault." The honesty was quite assuring to me.

What would you say to someone hesitating to discover this work?

If you care to actually feel as though you have lived with Jesus and His Disciples for those three-and-a-half years, and to be impacted as the Apostles were on the Day of Pentecost, this work is clearly for you!

Additional testimony

These Revelations also fully resolved several what were thought to be contradictions between the Gospel writers. Here it was revealed that only missing information had led to false conclusions, and with the information restored, the alleged contradiction vanishes. It has also been revealed that these Revelations (the only "so-called" private Revelation ever ordered by a pope to be published in the entire history of the Church!) will play a very predominate role in the coming New Evangelization at the Triumph of Mary! It seems very obvious, then, that the attempt at the New Evangelization at Vatican II failed because these revelations were severely repressed, and thus the Holy Spirit was missing at the Council! Could there then be anything with a greater priority than the promotion of these Revelations?

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Long

France · 08/20/2025

Discovery of the work

I discovered Maria Valtorta's online writings in 2016 thanks to a video from the Marie de Nazareth association. At first, I thought it was simply a pious woman who had imagined stories about the life of Jesus. But from the first readings, I was struck by the depth and accuracy of the words attributed to Jesus. I clearly found the Jesus of the Gospels there. Very quickly, I was seized internally and I read nine volumes in less than a year.

Impact on faith

I had the feeling that my heart was burning as I read, a bit like the disciples of Emmaus when they listened to Jesus. There was so much wisdom, so much love in his words. I was born and raised in an evangelical Protestant environment. I had been active in my community for several years. But this reading increased my love for Christ tenfold, and it helped me to free myself from sins to which I had been attached for a long time. I no longer wanted to grieve the Lord, nor his Holy Mother whom I was learning to welcome into my life.

Graces received

This reading was for me like a new conversion. It was one of the paths through which Jesus led me, a few years later, to enter the Catholic Church. Even today, I sometimes reread or listen to certain chapters. Like the Bible, it helps me keep my heart turned towards Jesus, nourish my prayer, and remain faithful in my Christian life, always loving His Church.

What would you say to someone hesitating to discover this work?

It is a gift for our time, which can nourish faith and lead closer to Christ.

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Joelle

France · 07/21/2025

Discovery of the work

I discovered the writings of Maria Valtorta while watching a video on YouTube and subsequently ordered the first volume which I read eagerly and I continue. I am on the fourth volume.

Impact on faith

It was wonderful to see Jesus in a different light, to follow him, to hear him, in all the details of His life. I learned to know him better and understand what he wants for us. The episode of Joseph's death particularly moved me, but above all, I drew closer to Mary and her infinitely great role in God's plan. I discovered her great humility and the love that Jesus has for her.

Graces received

I returned to the Catholic Church after spending more than thirty years in the Protestant Adventist church. I rediscovered the riches of the Catholic Church, that of my childhood, with a new perspective and a love for the Eucharistic communion, very different from the Last Supper.

What would you say to someone hesitating to discover this work?

To believe that it is indeed the Spirit of God who is the origin and to recognize the voice of Jesus who says "my sheep hear my voice and recognize me".

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Emilie

France · 07/21/2025

Discovery of the work

I discovered the work while searching for God. A Divine inspiration led me to order the first volume. I bought all the others in stride. As well as the notebooks, the journals, the lessons on the epistle of St. Paul to the Romans (which I am currently reading).

Impact on faith

The work offers us the chance to live in the time of Christ, to become one of his apostles. We truly meet and discover everyone: the sweet and pure Mary, the humor and impulsivity of Peter, the wisdom of John, the extreme kindness of Christ. It's an incredible work and I thank God for letting me discover it.

Graces received

I was baptized as a child, but I grew up in an atheist family, even clearly anticlerical, where the name of Jesus had never been pronounced. But as a young adult, these questions interested me a lot, I was searching for God. I read the Bible (and other religions) but it was not enough to convert me, I found the Old Testament so hard, I had trouble associating it with the God I felt. After reading Maria Valtorta, I went through my catechumenate, I received my first communion and my confirmation.

What would you say to someone hesitating to discover this work?

During my catechumenate, I met some cautious people at work, they did not want to hear about it until the Church had approved it. I then told them that it was really a pity for them to deprive themselves of this great grace. May the work be approved by the Church in their lifetime.

Additional testimony

While I was reading Maria Valtorta, I was reading (rereading) the Gospels in parallel. Maria's visions detail scenes that help us better understand the attitude of Christ and his detractors. It's extraordinarily rich. The love of Jesus is supernatural, not human. It is beyond what we know.

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