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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.
Linda Clarke
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!”
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.
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.
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!
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 I’ve come to know the Persons of the Holy Trinity so much more than before — this Work never becomes outdated!
Bill Germino
It was recommended by my sister-in-law, with much perseverance on her part.
By witnessing how Jesus acted in everyday situations, especially in bearing with other people's faults, I have made a conscious effort to pattern my behavior after His. I have gained a much greater understanding and appreciation of the Gospel narrative, as well as clarity regarding many of the most unknown or speculative stories in the Bible. The writings, combined with their complete consistency with Catholic teachings, have served as a means for growing in personal holiness, prayer, and contemplation.
The grace of temperance in resisting temptations to overindulge in earthly goods and pleasures, leaning on prayer and trust to strengthen my resolve amidst trials.
If you have ever had the desire to know Jesus personally—to see how He treated people, how He exemplified merciful love—this is for you. This is a divine gift like no other. It towers over all other works of private revelation of the Gospel account. It was given for these times because Jesus knows what’s coming, and He wants His little ones to be fortified with His love.
Pierre Carcenac
By the advice of my brother, while I was reading the revelations of Catherine EMMERICH which do not have the indisputable value of those given to Maria VALTORTA.
Its impact is that I created, under the guidance of Jean-Louis LACOURT (now deceased), Maria VALTORTA reading groups to share my discoveries with brothers and sisters, themselves touched by the grace of the revelations of Jesus and the Virgin Mary.
I first became a member of the St. Vincent de Paul conference, which brought me into contact with the small and the poor. Now, at 88 years old, I visit people at the end of their lives in nursing homes to fulfill the wishes of Our Lord and provide services to people in wheelchairs, taking them to the chapel every Sunday where Mass is celebrated. And of course, I pray every day with MAGNIFICAT, recite and meditate on the rosary, confess regularly every month, and each week seek the concordance of the upcoming Sunday's gospel with revelations to benefit many, many people via the internet, including priests.
That there is nothing to fear from those who, blinded, are unaware of the graces of these revelations, which are for me of an absolutely "supernatural" nature, everything in the work proves it! Thank you Lord for this magnificent gift.
Ricardas
Recommended by a nun I know.
Glory to Jesus Christ! When I started reading The Gospel as Revealed to Me, I unexpectedly read it more than twice with great enthusiasm and received answers as to why my faith had stopped growing. The answer was that I had to critically evaluate my minor sins and shortcomings. In addition, the book helped me get to know Our Lord better.
Prayer and sacraments.
I would recommend reading about the history of this work’s creation and reading it for yourself.
Eric Peuchet
After reading the Little Journal of Saint Faustina and the life of Padre Pio, I searched the internet for lives of saints that speak to me with their miracles. I came across an article about Maria Valtorta and bought the books. I had a faith of good upbringing, passed on by my parents, but filled with doubts about the reality of the beautiful stories of the Bible. I was a habitual practitioner.
About halfway through the 10 volumes, I realized one day that, in fact, I could recite the creed and truly believe in every sentence. It was like a conversion for me.
I rediscovered the sacrament of reconciliation, received graces. There is hardly a day without me reading a chapter, and I always come away just as moved. This reading keeps me grounded in my faith, comforts me, has changed my mindset at Mass, and supports me in trials. My faith is not highly theological, it is common sense, of an ordinary person, which may be why these books spoke to me so much. They have admirably explained the Gospels to strengthen and increase my faith.
Read the books with your heart and let yourself be guided by the Love of Jesus who will do the rest.
On February 18, 2019, early in the night, I had a terrifying dream of a whirlwind of absolute darkness pulling me towards it. After making three signs of the cross physically in a "half-sleep" (I was asleep but aware of the importance of making these signs of the cross), perhaps the worst I have ever made, jerky, tense, difficult to perform as if hindered by an opposing force, but which, for me, will remain the most beautiful and significant of my life, the black spiral disappeared. Just before waking up, the cover of the book The Gospel as Revealed to Me by Maria Valtorta appeared in my mind. Awake, I sat on the edge of my bed and then felt a gentle warmth envelop me, and it was as if I were liberated, in a state of soul purity. (It is difficult for me to express this feeling in writing, it was... an extraordinary sense of well-being, calm, happiness, gentleness, peace.)
Eduardo Fortini
In the 80s, I was visiting the Franciscan Conventuals in Frigento (later they became the Franciscans of the Immaculate). Father Stefano Maria Manelli, O.F.M. Conv., was the Superior. "The Poem of the Man-God" was in their library. That is how I discovered the works of Maria Valtorta. As soon as I was back in Genoa, I went to the diocesan bookstore and bought the whole 10 volumes (there was the possibility to buy them one at a time). The Catholic bookstores "Paoline" were also selling them in every Italian city—Rome, e.g. Later, living in the U.S., I ordered them from the Pauline Store in Canada.
I read the 10 volumes during a period of 4 years, reading every chapter twice, at least once in front of the Blessed Sacrament Exposed, in the famous church of Santa Marta, downtown Genoa, with nuns in charge of perpetual exposition. My understanding of Scriptures and Dogmatic Theology grew exponentially. Daily Mass became the foundation of the following 40 years of my life. In Genoa, under Cardinal Siri, I completed the formation at "Maria Mater Veritatis School of Theology" (later replaced by the "Superior Institute of Religious Sciences"). In the 90s, I studied Theology for a year in Toulouse at the Interregional Seminary, and at the Catholic Institute of the Dominican friars. In spite of being a foreigner and taking all the courses in French, I was the best student of my class that year.
Powerful meditations on the Mysteries of the Rosary, strength in Exegesis, Dogmatic Theology, ordained as a Permanent Deacon, and 20 years serving 3 bishops as a member of their Curia.
If Fr. Stefano Maria Manelli, spiritual son of Padre Pio (very close to him), allowed the work in the Convent Library, GO FOR IT!!!!
Frank Rega
I first discovered Valtorta long ago, before the age of the Internet. I think it was in the late 1980s, but I do not recall the exact circumstances. I believe I had read about half of what was then called The Poem of the Man-God. But then, some years later, I stopped reading Valtorta. I think it was because I believed some critics who were saying that the conversations reported in The Poem were banal and trivial. Fortunately, I rediscovered Valtorta a few years ago, probably around the year 2004.
This work has increased my understanding of the teachings of Jesus that are presented in the Gospel readings themselves.
I think I have received the grace to see that Jesus teaches that we should love everyone, hate no one, forgive everyone, and judge no one. I have also received a special grace of 100% certain human faith that her writings are from heaven.
Start reading Maria Valtorta for yourself. Disregard those who are negative about it. If you are hesitant about reading her The Gospel as Revealed to Me, then start reading the three volumes she also wrote called The Notebooks. They cover additional information, such as the early Christian Church of the catacombs. In fact, all of the chapters in her Gospel work are actually from the Notebooks.
Susanna Rosa
I discovered the work of Maria Valtorta by coming across some posts on Facebook. It was in 2020, and I was emerging from a period of distancing from the Church because I was seeking the Lord precisely where He cannot be found: through the automatic writing done by a friend who, in good faith (I am certain of this because she herself suffered greatly listening to this entity that pretended to be the Lord), believed in what was not true. When she died, I, who had already distanced myself, returned to the Church and to confession. And shortly after, I found Maria Valtorta.
Reading these pages filled my heart. It's as if Jesus had said to me, "Do you see how I really am?" From that moment, everything changed for me and my husband: Jesus ensured that I followed Him step by step, through the course of His Life, and this prompted me to love Him immensely. He Himself in the work indeed says that "One can only love whom one knows."
My life has changed because He is the center of my existence. More constant prayer, daily Holy Mass and Communion, monthly Confession. I have been called to serve as a catechist for the children of my parish and, in my small way, I collaborate in the effort to present Maria Valtorta to all those who do not know her. To make it understood how much my life has changed even in small things, I say that I am a retired literature teacher and used to read about 150 novels a year. Since I read the Gospel and the Valtorta Notebooks, I read nothing else (besides, of course, sacred texts).
The only advice is to give a chance to this work and to our Lord who will know how to change their life through these pages.
Dario Gallo
Through Friendship in a Prayer Group
It involved me directly, as if I were present at the events of Jesus, entering into His thoughts and actions, even though I felt unworthy before Him but loved by Him.
I feel the daily need to read and reread an episode of the work 'The Gospel as it was revealed to me' because it nurtures in me the desire to follow the path of faith with more enthusiasm, joy, and love towards the Lord Jesus.
I invite you to get to know the work by starting to read from the first year of public life, one chapter a day, calmly, without haste, without being tempted by curiosity.
Many things could be written as personal reflections and impressions. I invite you only to approach these writings with respect and admiration, with the awareness of such a precious and unexpected gift, from which we can draw every day, that can greatly enrich and console us on this arduous and difficult journey of life.
Silvio
I am a Catholic theologian and an avid reader of the works of mystics. I providentially found (I don't even remember where) some references to the life of Maria Valtorta, and it has been a continuous discovery of this mystic. I have read and delved into her works and revelations multiple times, to the point that they have become my daily spiritual bread. In the work, I found answers to many theological questions I had been asking myself for a long time. What struck me the most is Valtorta's immense suffering and humility. To me, she is a saint, and everything related to her is of a supernatural order, a gift from Jesus.
The gospel has become alive and fully comprehensible because Jesus wanted, through Valtorta, to enlighten us about his life without any more shadowy areas that the evangelists inevitably could not highlight in their writings, which focus on the essential in an era when printing did not exist and the dissemination of the gospels was the work of scribes.
I was missing many "pieces" in the in-depth knowledge of the life of Jesus and his Gospel. Now I have a more lively relationship with Jesus in prayer, in the sacraments, in the works. I feel more confident in understanding the message of Jesus in the areas where many theologians deviated from true exegesis.
If you start reading it, you won't be able to stop. The important thing is to begin without prejudice, the rest is done by Jesus. This work is worth more than a thousand theological treatises and thoroughly enlightens us on all points of the gospel that were previously not fully comprehensible. In addition to helping us better understand all of the Holy Scripture, the lives of the saints, the history of the Church, and the issues of our times.
To better focus on certain characters or important moments from the gospel, I have created booklets that I distribute for free to friends in order to instill in them the desire to read the entire work of Valtorta. For example, the life of Sintica, of Giovanni di Endor, the Story of Christmas...
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