Detailed Testimonies
Discovery of the work
Pilgrims on a journey have told me about your shipments and have organized an evening around Maria Valtorta, with supporting texts.
Impact on love for the Gospel
Deepening of the meaning of the scriptures and clearer understanding.
Concrete impact on faith life
Life of faith more engaged in daily life, heart more open to prayer and to a more just life turned towards others or those suffering from different conditions. More love for constant prayer, Christ, the "Hail Mary and Our Father". Etc.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
1.I think it's important to be prepared in one's life journey. 2.The writings of Maria Valtorta are of great richness to sanctify life but require a certain strength for some passages. 3. Rectitude and historical synchronicity have been demonstrated in some studies. 4. Literary masterpiece.
Discovery of the work
I discovered the works of Maria Valtorta in my in-laws' library. It was my husband who told me that it should interest me. I literally plunged into the life of Jesus and traveled 2000 years back. I was so thirsty for Him.
Impact on love for the Gospel
I finally met this Jesus that I felt in my soul since I was little but without knowing Him. The grace of faith that was given to me in my childhood, was considerably increased thanks to the reading of the works of Maria Valtorta. I understood certain Gospels much better that were difficult for me to understand. I understood the incredible beauty of the Christian religion based on two words: It's simple and beautiful. Love God with all your being Love others as yourself.
Concrete impact on faith life
Thanks to the readings of Maria Valtorta, I have constructed a middle school catechism course for 8th and 9th graders (received and corrected by my parish priest) that I teach. My classes are much more lively. I see the grace of faith in the hearts of my students as the year progresses. I understand better the meaning of Christ's immense sacrifice, his love for each man, the value of a soul, the role of the Virgin Mary. I know much better the history of Israel in the time of Jesus, the characters, their character, customs etc ... I live with them. They never leave me. I have built an oratory at home (a large one) where I pray alone or with my family regularly. I have set up Catholic student shared accommodations to evangelize young people and talk to them about the Love of Jesus. I now speak of Christ, to people in the street. I do not hesitate to testify about my faith. I have received incredible graces of joy and hope.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
Personal Testimony RER A: A young girl sits next to me while I was reading Maria Valtorta. She asks me if it's good. I tell her about Maria Valtorta. The train arrives at La Défense, the young girl stands up and says to me. "Thank you. I had asked Jesus to give me a sign to know if I could read Maria Valtorta because of the controversies. I got my sign. I will read it". She left. Thank you, Lord.
Discovery of the work
After many signs putting this work on my path, it was Florian BOUCANSAUD's testimony on the Internet that pushed me to buy Volume 1. Moved by this reading, I then ordered the entire work of Maria VALTORTA.
Impact on love for the Gospel
I did not have a religious education and only found faith at the age of 45. I started catechism following my conversion but there were a significant number of concepts that I could not understand. This work has illuminated them with incredible power!!!! Our Lord Jesus Christ has become so close to me, that I feel like I have traveled with him, like an invisible apostle, following him everywhere through this story. And the figures of Joseph and Mary are presented so beautifully that I have since developed a great devotion to the Holy Family.
Concrete impact on faith life
My God, what blessings received!!! Listing them would be too long... But I believe that the greatest grace that this work has allowed me to obtain is the love of others! As a beginner in faith, this question obviously arose: "Who is my neighbor?". I understood through Jesus' speeches that as the Creator, God is our Father to all of us, that He loves us all. And the Lord has made me grow in love, especially for the poorest among us, by leading me to meet the people on the street that I may come across, but also for the sick, by allowing me to be a hospitaler in Lourdes during the week of August 15th. I also want to point out this other important grace: apart from obedience to God, I finally understood the importance of obedience to the Church.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
Subscribe to the daily publication of JESUS TODAY from the Association Marie de Nazareth to start if you are hesitant. By reading, you will understand!
Discovery of the work
Via internet.
Impact on love for the Gospel
With Jesus Today, reading the Gospel and then that of Maria Valtorta expands my field of meditation. I go in spirit to the place and experience the events of Jesus' life with a lot of concreteness. I feel Jesus' love (his gaze) towards the characters. His pedagogy, his way of leading a soul to conversion (Mary Magdalene) educates me in charity, patience, forgiveness, giving, etc. I identify with a certain person (Suzanne), a certain situation... It's as if Jesus was speaking to me. These readings make me grow in love as Jesus conceives it. Mary's tears make me love her even more. How she suffered! This mix of joy of having her Son and the pain of understanding his path of redemption... The expression of her feelings... It's so beautiful! Touching beauty in this way fills my heart. I think about it all day long and try to understand what Jesus and Mary would do in my situations etc. They are with me day and night as well as the characters of the apostles, the women etc. This has changed my spiritual life...
Concrete impact on faith life
Before, there was faith on one side, my life on the other. These texts, read and meditated upon, unify my spirit and my soul. I experience mass more intensely, I put into practice the advice of the Holy Virgin. I have more respect (thanksgiving, silence in the church) in my relationship with the Lord and I hold my tongue in conversations, asking Jesus what is appropriate. I am much more reserved so as not to slander and chatter needlessly. I consult my soul internally to know if I please the Lord or not and I correct myself accordingly. I understand better the horror of sin and its catastrophic dimension for my relationship with God. Because I often told myself "it's not serious!" I measure more the necessity to testify, to be courageous to affirm my faith, and I understand that the Lord counts on me. Ultimately, these texts guide me to grow in Love!
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
"Read and you will understand" like Pope XII!
Discovery of the work
A friend recommended me to read the Gospel as it was revealed to me.
Impact on love for the Gospel
This reading allowed me to deepen my faith, and to find in the teachings given by Christ a guideline for my life.
Concrete impact on faith life
I have found joy and comfort in prayer and learned to practice meditation and heart-to-heart with God.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
I am on my 5th rereading of this gospel, and each time it strengthens my faith a little more.
Discovery of the work
By a friend in 2012: he had the books of the Work at his place and I randomly opened them.
Impact on love for the Gospel
She made the Gospel very concrete by allowing me to "visualize" the life of Christ; if I could take a picture, I would say that I went from 2D to 3D.
Concrete impact on faith life
Jesus and Maria Valtorta have been very gentle with me: I have gradually drawn closer to Christ (and Mary) by meditating much more on his life; I pray more frequently and more intensely because I visualize much better.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
Do not hesitate to discover: one can start anywhere by reading a passage. And then... Christ will do the rest.
Discovery of the work
In search of spirituality, through the Marie de Nazareth website, I discovered the work of Maria Valtorta. I read the 10 volumes in just over a year and I have undertaken to read them again.
Impact on love for the Gospel
I am surprised that this work is not accepted by the Church. As far as I'm concerned, this work can only have 3 sources - the human - the devil - God For a human, it's impossible to conceive so many unprecedented and subsequently verified facts, especially under the conditions in which Maria Valtorta wrote. The devil, it could be him, but in this case the objective can only be to denigrate the Church, GOD However, after this reading, I feel closer to GOD, to the Church, to the Pope, leaving the third solution.
Concrete impact on faith life
It helps me in the prayer of the rosary, in faith in the Church, respect for bishops, the Pope
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
You need to read volume 1, and volumes 9 and 10.
Discovery of the work
On the internet, a few years ago, it must have been on the Marie de Nazareth site, there was the text of the Gospel followed by the vision of Maria Valtorta.
Impact on love for the Gospel
We are used to placing the Magi in the crib for Epiphany, but in the Gospel of Saint Matthew, it is said: "...When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. They entered the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and, falling at his feet, they worshipped him...." There is no longer any question of a stable and a crib, but of a HOUSE, which corresponds to the vision of Maria Valtorta who also tells us that the child Jesus began to walk, which indicates the time of the journey between the moment the Magi see the star at the time of Christ's birth and the moment they arrive in Bethlehem. With this vision of Maria Valtorta, for me, everything becomes clear, logical and real. We can consider that the Magi took several months to arrive in Bethlehem and that St. Joseph and St. Mary had long since left the stable by their arrival.
Concrete impact on faith life
I had faith and practiced before reading Maria Valtorta but her visions come to confirm, strengthen my faith and provide a beautiful insight on the Gospels.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
I would tell him about the episode of the Magi's arrival as seen by Maria Valtorta, (which I have already done at the time of Christmas and Epiphany.)
Discovery of the work
It was my son who advised me and bought all the volumes of Maria Valtorta.
Impact on love for the Gospel
Reading the Volumes allowed me to better understand the Gospels, succinct out of necessity, the nomadic life of Jesus and his disciples during his ministry, the harassment of the Pharisees at each of his sermons which explains his condemnation and crucifixion. The account of Lazarus' resurrection is very explicit and very realistic.
Concrete impact on faith life
Better understand the gospels and the detailed life of Jesus and his apostles.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
To read the volumes.
Discovery of the work
I discovered this monumental work when I stumbled upon a rebroadcast of its adaptation for children by Radio Maria. I was looking for biographical data on my patron saint and on the child Mary, to whom I have a particular devotion, and volume 1 was perfectly timed to answer this quest.
Impact on love for the Gospel
The writings of Maria Valtorta shed new light on characters that the canonical Gospels mention little, such as Saint Joseph or even Mary herself. It confirms my intuitions, for example, that the resurrected Jesus could not have failed to first appear to his Holy Mother, as Saint John-Paul II also thought. I am a blind person and therefore feed especially on the psychology of the characters as described by Maria, I am thinking in particular of the two faces of John, son of Zebedee and beloved disciple of Jesus, or conversely, Judas who, despite being the object of so much attention due to his fragility, refused to take advantage of the immense graces that were offered to him, paragon of sinful human nature!
Concrete impact on faith life
I have always loved and revered the Virgin Mary. I am also as convinced as one can be that I heard her one night in a dream, when I was still a teenager: "When I think that I am not loved and that I am the mother of the wicked." My ties with our Mother of Heaven loosened for a while after I met the father of my children. I had just returned to my roots, having been asked to become his goddaughter by an acquaintance who had just converted, when I discovered Maria Valtorta. Since then, her wonderful pages about Mary and Jesus have only nourished and strengthened this rediscovered relationship to my greatest joy. Now I know what Jesus means by "I give you my peace"!
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
If you found the catechism lessons of your childhood austere or sleep-inducing (I admit that this was my case in the religious school where I received my first education and the Word of God), reread the life of Jesus in the light of Maria Valtorta and you will see how easy it becomes to attach yourself, first to Him of course, but also to the Holy Family, to each of the apostles.