Detailed Testimonies
Discovery of the work
Through the internet through various searches on faith.
Impact on love for the Gospel
Through the teachings of Jesus throughout the readings.
Concrete impact on faith life
Understanding the sacraments and the acts of Jesus.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
This is the revelation of Marie's life from her birth to her death, what she experienced and how she redeemed women. Also how Jesus redeemed men.
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.
Discovery of the work
It was my father who started talking to me about it and then I got an issue of Christians Magazine that allowed me to better know the person of Maria. Then I bought volume 1.
Impact on love for the Gospel
I was a practitioner but I thought that all faith, God, and the Saints were very far from me. I did not understand what God could bring us. After reading, everything became clear, everything became easy to understand and above all, all the characters are like us! I understood why Jesus suffered for us and I now understand the meaning of the life of every human being.
Concrete impact on faith life
Everything became clear to me. The meaning of mass, the Holy Sacrament, prayers, sacrifices, offering up one's sufferings, praying for others, loving one's enemies. I returned to regular confession and I adore before the very Holy Sacrament 2 to 3 times a week. I am kinder to people, more serene and full of hope about life after death. My view of life has completely changed in my life as a mother and wife too. Everything has changed for me and for the better!
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
I started reading with a lot of skepticism, telling myself: if it's "weird" I'll stop. And really everything is so beautiful and faithful to the Gospel! Start reading and you'll see... !!
Discovery of the work
I knew him through the Marie de Nazareth association and Providence wanted that one day I stumble on Youtube on an excerpt from the Gospel as it was revealed to Maria VALTORTA.
Impact on love for the Gospel
Listening to the CDs allowed me to better understand the Gospel and the Infinite Love that Jesus has for us.
Concrete impact on faith life
I was a very great sinner but thanks to the Gospel as it was revealed to Maria VALTORTA, which allowed me to understand everything that Jesus did for us, I had a radical conversion (as the Exorcist Priest told me). I stopped sinning as I did out of love for Jesus, I will go every day (I have only attended mass once because I was hospitalized urgently), I pray the rosary every day, I have made an act of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary through the Scapular of Mount Carmel, I share excerpts from the Gospel as it was revealed to Maria VALTORTA on Facebook every day and I know that other people have also returned to prayer by reading the shares and that is thanks to this work. I should note that I had been away from mass for nearly 40 years.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
Read this work, open your heart and Jesus will enter. You will not even notice it and yet a flame will ignite in you with such a burning fire that you will be ever more drawn towards GOD.
Discovery of the work
Initially, thanks to our subscription to the monthly magazine "Christians Magazine". We bought the 10 volumes as well as the DVDs. And the books "Maria Valtorta who are you" by Jean Aulagnier, "The Valtorta Enigma - An Enlightened Life of Jesus" and others... On a daily basis, currently, thanks to the "Jesus Today" letter distributed by the website https://www.mariedenazareth.com
Impact on love for the Gospel
Thanks to Maria Valtorta, the infinite Love of Jesus and his mother Mary finally appeared real to me. No more doubt. We have our heart with them and also the apostles. For my part, initially, it was through areas of clarification of the gospels: The wedding with the water turned into wine, how the multiplication of the loaves could have actually occurred, the hard times of Mary and St Joseph at the Annunciation, etc...
Concrete impact on faith life
The main lesson I take away and now live by is not to be of the world but in the world. Our life can be led in different ways. But the one we come to appreciate through these writings becomes simple, clear, bright, light, true, detached from attachments to any goods and the information with which we are daily inundated.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
First and foremost, we discover together the "Maria Valtorta" video by Bruno PERRINET. Afterwards, if I know the person, I will already guide them towards the passages that I know they will not be able to remain indifferent to. And I ask them to subscribe to the daily letter "Jesus Today". From experience, I know that it is a "trap" because after a few days they become addicted to this story.
Discovery of the work
By the site Mary of Nazareth.
Impact on love for the Gospel
I started reading the Gospel as it was revealed to me by Maria Valtorta out of curiosity and I continued reading it daily in its entirety. I was unable to detach myself from it. I then bought the Jerusalem Bible.
Concrete impact on faith life
This reading prompted me to reconnect with my religious roots by giving them full meaning in everyday life. It has awakened in me a thirst for knowledge of the great religious texts. I try to pray as often as possible for everyone around me, good or bad. Living mainly in Greece, I was baptized in the Orthodox rite. This helps me feel more in community with God in this very believing country.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
One is not obliged to practice a linear reading. It is interesting to cross this reading with the texts of the day's mass. This allows for a better illumination of the word of Jesus Christ by emphasizing the context and/or developing it more extensively.
Discovery of the work
Through my sister.
Impact on love for the Gospel
She helped me to enter into the very context of each work of Jesus's life.
Concrete impact on faith life
I realized how much Jesus identified with us in his human condition and this comforts me.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
Discovering Jesus necessarily involves the Gospel, and Maria Valtorta's work puts each passage in its context.
Discovery of the work
Through the emails of Jesus today. The explanations on the gospel of the day are clear.
Impact on love for the Gospel
I discovered the depth of God's love through Maria Valtorta!! For every man!!. I did nothing but cry during the reading of these writings...
Concrete impact on faith life
I have opened my heart to the Lord as I have never done before.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
It's a treasure of love, it's my most precious possession. I often hesitate to lend it...
Discovery of the work
I read excerpts while browsing a volume of The Gospel as Revealed to Me by Maria Valtorta. I then looked for information about Maria Valtorta and when I read that Pope Pius XII advised reading it, I bought the 10 volumes. I read them for the first time over the course of two months. Then I resumed reading the 10 volumes a second time more calmly over about a year, and a third time with the Bible at my side to read the passages to which Jesus referred.
Impact on love for the Gospel
Today, I start each day with the daily readings and I like to additionally read the corresponding passage from the gospel in Maria Valtorta. I feel much closer to Jesus, to Mary. It seems more alive to me.
Concrete impact on faith life
I think I have a greater respect for priests. I was already involved in my parish and of course I continue. It seems to me that I have gained a greater awareness of the sacred in the liturgy, a better listening to the bereaved for funeral accompaniment. The Eucharist deeply touches me...
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
I have lent my copies of the Gospel as it was revealed to me to several people. Some are moved, others are not. I think that if one hesitates to read it, one should try without fear. And see...
Discovery of the work
Watching videos on YouTube.
Impact on love for the Gospel
Through the precision and details about the concrete life of Jesus and his apostles, of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph.
Concrete impact on faith life
I had been baptized and received communion when I was little, but I did not believe in God, even though I perhaps sensed a higher power. I sought the truth in all religions and traditions, and I had even already read the four Gospels without leaving this spirit of disbelief. Specifically, in the space of the two months where I listened to "the work" in my car: deep conversion, return to the church, confessions, desire to align my life with the teachings of Jesus, daily rosary and weekly praises and adoration in a prayer group. I have since discovered a parish where I feel good and am active (Alpha course, Youcat, pilgrimage...). I now share my testimony whenever I have the opportunity, as it can contribute to their conversion.
What would you say to someone who hesitates to discover this work?
Simply that he reads it. With all the details he will find, he will journey with Christ through vibrant places that He has traveled. Also, to better understand among other things the mystery of Mary and that of Judas.