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These detailed testimonies reveal the profound impact of Maria Valtorta's work on the spiritual lives of its readers. Each account witnesses the graces received and conversions experienced.
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These detailed testimonies have been collected according to a structured methodology, allowing precise documentation of the impact of Maria Valtorta's work on readers' spiritual lives. Each testimony addresses the discovery of the work, its impact on faith, the graces received, and recommendations for other potential readers.
Jean Luc
It was my father who read the 10 volumes...
I discovered a very human Christ in many details and very divine in his sermons and actions. Great compassion even for Judas, for people living in error, his absence of judgment and his hope in the conversion of people in lives of human dead ends helped me to correct my conception of a severe God.
I have read the Word of God much more and discovered the importance of communion. A closeness with Mary and a better understanding of the conception of Jesus. And his great compassion for sinful women.
Do not be put off by the numerous details, which are there to prove the veracity of the inspired work. Discover a Christ perhaps different from what he had imagined.
Louise Boucher
After a drug addiction therapy, I was challenged to say a rosary a day and "your life will change"... I started after having nothing more to lose and slowly, after moving in front of a church (by chance), an acquaintance offered me the complete collection of Maria Valtorta's work. I started by reading volume 1 and so on up to 10. My anointing from the Lord happened in my living room while reading: I died for you!.. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit entered me. I felt what love was because I had never known love. My life has changed since then.
Reading the volumes allowed me to know Jesus, to live an intimacy with Him and my love for Mother Mary is boundless... She led me through the rosary and the reading of the Word because for me it's from the Father of Heaven. I began to know the sacraments and held prayer evenings. I even quit smoking out of love because His Love is so great. So great that I felt the need to give and proclaim the Gospel. Through reading the collection, I can reread His teachings, His pearls of knowledge.
A total conversion and above all the practice of the sacraments of forgiveness and the Eucharist. The sacrament of forgiveness gives wings and truly heals our wounded heart. I suffer from degenerative diseases and I have joy in me because my hope comes from above. I have no doubt that reading the Gospel of Maria Valtorta can lead to conversions .. it is a Living Word Since October 1995, I no longer feel my emptiness inside me, this soul-destroying gnawer.
You have nothing to lose. On the contrary, everything to gain. You will know Love.
Odile Defélix
My mom gave me the 10 volumes. But reading them seemed like a mountain to me, and I didn't find the covers very attractive...
One day, at Easter, I felt like reading the latest volume related to the Resurrection, and I was very touched by Jesus' solicitude, even though I did not always understand the ties that united the characters. My heart was burning, and I wanted to read everything. I restarted my reading from volume 1, and, 3 years later, I arrived at the end. It was Christmas Eve... The coincidence of dates struck me. These were 3 years of intense happiness and diligent reading. I literally plunged into the Heart of Jesus.
The Gospel according to Maria Valtorta has restored my taste for prayer, strengthened my faith, and increased my love for Jesus. Discovering Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the disciples in their daily lives has brought them closer to me and allowed me to better understand the Scriptures. The explanations given by Jesus are so enlightening! Today, I read the gospel of the day's mass and the corresponding passage from Maria Valtorta every morning: what a wealth! It is truly a deep joy to pray with these texts.
Perhaps approach it step by step, through the gospel of the day, or in comic book format, or through the "teen" version... or start like me from the end! Volume 1 is full of wonders, it can be off-putting when you don't know these writings at all. But what a treasure to discover!
Pierre
I got the books from my mother who had them all.
I rediscovered the life of Jesus and the apostles - and of the Most Holy Virgin Mary - through reading all the volumes of Maria Valtorta and this reading helped me understand the human and divine dimension of Our Lord, his sacrifices and his suffering on this earth. I learned to love him through his human and divine side and found answers to some of my questions. His story is angelic and Jesus' interventions are of infinite wisdom that transported me. A delight.
This reading has deepened my faith in a surprising and joyful way.
Do not hesitate. You are going to live with Jesus, in his time here below.
Christine
I heard a radio program about Maria Valtorta.
I had a hard time reading the gospels, many things were incomprehensible to me, since I read Maria Valtorta, everything became clear. I go to mass 4 to 5 times a week, when I hear certain insipid homilies, I thank Jesus for giving us this gift! I think that history repeats itself, that some current Pharisees do not recognize the word of Christ! How could an author, even with a lot of talent, invent this? I have never heard any prelate explain the gospels as well, and especially understand in our current life that the word of Jesus is always relevant!
A huge impact, I understood who Jesus really was, his humility, his patience, his unconditional love for us! The gospels became so clear that I even did charity work for 3 years with 6th and 5th graders, I would never have embarked on this without the writings of Maria Valtorta.
For years I have been talking about Maria Valtorta. I lent my books, I explained moments of Jesus' life to people who did not know him, I would have been incapable of doing so before! And now I can talk about the love of Christ, before this it was abstract! And Mary, what a great humility, through her simple life we understand that we can try to live like her.
Anonymous
The book was given to me.
Reading Maria Valtorta greatly strengthened my love for the Gospel (which I now read almost daily!) and for Jesus Christ - I "finally" understood that I could entrust everything to him, it's a very great strength! I wish to follow his path!
I would say that my life has been turned upside down and "completely changed" since reading Maria Valtorta. Faith is now at the center of my life, in the "big" or smallest things, trying to do "my best" to follow the path of Jesus. To give a few examples, since reading Maria Valtorta, I confess 1 or 2 times a year (which I did not do), I pray several times every day and I read the Gospels almost daily.
I could say that for my part, I was quite reluctant to read this book at first. A certain amount of time passed between when I was given this book and when I started to read it. I started in a moment of trial / questioning, first slowly, then without being able to stop.
Nicolas
Thanks to the Marie de Nazareth Association, (Jesus today).
The accuracy of the events, the details, the description of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the apostles. The answers that I was sometimes able to get to the questions I had about the Gospel of Jesus and the precision of these answers by Maria Valtorta.
This helped me make my confirmation, to return to the house of the Holy Father (the Church) every Sunday. And of course, the rosary every day as well.
To read it and discover it with the word of the day Jesus today.
André-Jean DEZA
When I went to Medjugorje in 1984 during our bus trips because we were staying 1h30 away from the site of the apparitions. The person in charge of the pilgrimage talked to us at length during the daily journeys.
Truly becoming an integral part of everything that is happening. Living fully with all the described characters and above all, knowing the contexts of each story and description as precise.
Crazy love for the Eucharist, intense life of prayer, rosary... Understanding of the gospels and personal prayers following the method of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Nourishing myself with the Word of God.
Do not miss this opportunity at all costs. It brings so much happiness and joy to all the readers I regularly interact with.
Chantal
During a homily that spoke of "the Eucharist according to Maria Valtorta".
It is a great pleasure for me to read what Jesus says to Maria. He seems very close to me.
Pray to Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the guardian angel... better know them.
Read and Meditate on these words.
Hervé
At the end of her life, my mother would read Maria Valtorta over and over, 20 minutes a day. As for me, I studied it following the reading of the day's Gospel thanks to the daily publication of JESUS TODAY by the Association Marie de Nazareth, the excerpt from Maria Valtorta's text helping me to better understand and better retain the day's Gospel.
The Lord Jesus has become closer, His love for us more evident, His demands more understandable.
The daily prayer. Obedience to God and the Church. The desire to testify of Christ's love.
Subscribe to the daily publication of JESUS TODAY from the Association Marie of Nazareth, be faithful for several days and you will see the fruits of your effort on your faith.
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