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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.

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Anonymous

France · 43 years old · 01/16/2026

Discovery of the work

A friend lent me volume 3 while I was going through many family challenges and continuing my journey for my catechumenate.

Impact on faith

Reading Maria Valtorta allows me to better understand the Gospel. Her work is of great spiritual richness. It reveals details that challenge us, bringing us back to the essentials, love as a remedy, and humility.

Graces received

Before Maria Valtorta, I adored Jesus because for him, I requested baptism without being aware of the impact it would have on my life. I pray every day, I go to mass on Sundays. The teachings of Jesus dispensed there lead me to a total conversion, a giving of myself, a change of life. I envision my life differently with more simplicity and compassion.

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

I will simply tell him to let himself be touched by the divine message which is more relevant than ever in a world where the voice of the Lord seems no longer to be heard.

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Anonymous

Australia · 63 years old · 01/11/2026

Discovery of the work

I discovered this work when entering a Catholic bookshop one day at the age of 32, after reading the Book of Revelation and the Bible and not understanding it. I was a Catholic and went to church in my youth, but there was very little catechesis. The Maria Valtorta work actually assisted me to understand my faith, and I believe my faith today was a result of this work, as I was so disappointed with my Catholic faith that I contemplated leaving for a Protestant denomination, as I found no devotion in any Masses I attended until the age of 32.

Impact on faith

The work has helped me cultivate devotion and love both for my faith and for the Lord, and understand the depth of His love for us. I could not have known the Lord in such a personal way without this work.

Graces received

The work has deeply impacted my spiritual life forever. It has given me a great devotion.

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

I would say what Pope Pius XII said: “He who reads it shall understand.” The Lord’s sheep know His voice.

Additional testimony

I could never fully express the impact this work has had on my faith, and the fact that it has protected me in this time from following false and heretical teaching which are so widespread today.

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Anonymous

United States · 12/22/2025

Discovery of the work

I discovered the work through my father. He had read the four volumes and sent me the first one. I consumed the whole volume, could not put it down, and asked for the other three.

Impact on faith

I have read all four volumes 10, 12, 15 times in the past 30 years. Each time I begin to read them, I see something totally different that I didn’t see before. Now I’m on probably number 16 or 17, and it’s like going to an old friend. From losing children to miscarriages, to celebrating weddings, to going to funerals, our Lord, through these volumes, wrapped me up in His love. I am friends with so many of the people in our Lord’s life that the Gospel doesn’t address. Saint Simon the Zealot was my favorite apostle. Elisha, who lost so many sons, is a favorite. I ask Judas Iscariot’s mother to pray for my wayward son to come back to the Sacraments. I could go on and on.

Graces received

The volumes fill in the gaps and address all five of our senses. I agree with a priest that the Gospel is enough, but when you’ve been given a gift to fill in between the lines of the Gospel writers, why wouldn’t you embrace it? We’re sensual, relational people. The volumes provide relationship and address our five senses, bringing the Gospel readings alive more than they ever could have been without it.

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

Reading these books for the last three decades has made me realize that you can plant the seeds about these volumes with people, but you can’t bring on their acceptance. We are held accountable to plant the seed about the volumes, but we are certainly not the ones to make it grow within our loved ones.

Additional testimony

I wish the priests who say the Gospel is enough would actually read part of the volumes before advising.

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Fabrice

France · 52 years old · 12/20/2025

Discovery of the work

By the book of the former French professional footballer Florian Boucansaud "Are you ready? he's coming back".

Impact on faith

I feel like I'm taking a time machine that projects me 2000 years back to Palestine to follow the wanderings of Our Lord Jesus Christ, his apostles and disciples, his Mother, the Virgin Mary who is also ours (how lucky we are!) - John 19:27.

Graces received

It helped me to hold on until the end during the health crisis where I could have lost everything: family, job, home - Daniel 12:12. Thank you Lord God for everything you do for all of humanity. Be eternally blessed.

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

There is only one religion - Saint Matthew 22:35-40. This Work is yet another testimony of the immense and unconditional Love that God has for each of us - Isaiah 43:19.

Additional testimony

What a gift from Heaven this Work is, which cannot be only from a person but from God. When you read it with your heart wide open, how can you still doubt it? Maria Valtorta (Little John) is "only" a spokesperson but what a spokesperson! Saint John 15:13.

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Anonymous

Italy · 11/25/2025

Discovery of the work

Antonio Socci had mentioned it in one of his books.

Impact on faith

Words of a strength and sweetness never heard before

Graces received

Survival of a Terrible Personal Moment

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

Anyone who feels like one of those persecuted, hungry, thirsty, of the beatitudes must go and read

Additional testimony

I don't understand why these readings have not become widespread throughout the world and discussed among all people. I dream of a world where this happens, and where this is the basis of everything.

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Paolo Pini

Italy · 11/21/2025

Discovery of the work

A friend of mine already owned it.

Impact on faith

It made Jesus, Mary, the Apostles, and all the characters mentioned in the Gospel more "familiar" to me to the point of perceiving them... visually!!

Graces received

The reading/meditation of the Canonical Gospels is clearer, more vivid, and current to me, I would say.

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

I would say that... when I bought the first book, I didn't feel the enthusiasm I imagined I would find... then as I continued, I felt enveloped and projected into such a Beautiful and lively Spiritual dimension that I couldn't do without it anymore. It has been more than 20 years that I have been reading and rereading the entire Work.

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Carlos Martinez

Spain · 11/14/2025

Discovery of the work

I discovered the work when Father Fortea mentioned it on the internet.

Impact on faith

I felt that it was what I had always wanted to read. My faith increased greatly. It feels like God is behind the work. Now, when I hear the Gospel, I remember the circumstances of the events, the character of the people, etc. It is of unimaginable beauty.

Graces received

I pray more and sin much less. Since I read the work 20 years ago, I attend daily mass.

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

When you begin to read it, you will feel that it is a gift from God. The work is a constant miracle.

Additional testimony

I think that, in the near future, this work will aid in a greater evangelization of the Church. The Virgin Mary, in her apparitions in Medjugorje (where the Church encourages pilgrimage), told the visionary Vicka that this work was for those who want to know more about Jesus.

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Clothilde Lauvergne

France · 11/13/2025

Discovery of the work

I "met" her by chance, (but we all know there is never chance with God) I was in deep distress following my father's death and was devastated by grief. This death brought up events I was not proud of, and I was unconsciously seeking to find Jesus again and repent. I browsed Google looking for articles on certain saints and how they freed themselves from their sins. And chance led me to the name of Maria, whom I have never left since.

Impact on faith

I started reading "The Gospel as Revealed to Me" from the very beginning of its visions and I was... "transformed".... I couldn't go a day without reading it, it was vital, urgent. Some visions made me cry, and above all, I felt the intense presence of Jesus "internally and physically" who invited Himself into my heart. It's as if, through the visions, He was speaking to me... I "reconverted" again... I returned to the church. For almost two years, not a day goes by without me reading one or two visions of Maria. It's my vital nourishment every day. I read everything in order, and when I finish, I start reading it all over again. I can sincerely say that Maria came to meet me to bring me back to Faith. It's undeniable.

Graces received

I have returned to mass, I go every Sunday, I also go to pray some evenings at the Church, I go back to confession, I "feel" myself growing, understanding the things of life with more perspective, I have drawn closer to the poor, the most destitute, I have discovered the Charity of Jesus, what suffering is, what it can bring, what sacrifice is, penance... I still have much to atone for, but every day I learn to rid myself of myself to be, the whole soul to Jesus.

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

I have already introduced it to several of my friends, I tell them that Maria Valtorta transformed me, that in all her visions there is absolutely everything, and that it is the true daily life of Jesus, that you just need to read to be convinced of the truth of these writings. I never needed, for example, to look for "proof" of the veracity of her writings. I immediately "believed" her.

Additional testimony

Maria is the open door to the heart of Jesus. In the visions, one finds life, everything is united there, I mean that in her visions one understands that Love is the foundation of everything, that everything flows from this immense and infinite Love: Intelligence, Science, Art... I don't know how to express it, but one understands that everything that exists is a gift of love from God, in the present, continuously, "unceasingly" renewed, every second, every millisecond... And for me, it is the foundation of all life on earth; without God's breath at every moment, nothing can live. It is through Maria's visions that I discovered this "evidence." And it profoundly marked me. It changed my vision of the world and beings.

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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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Jane Tinkle

United States · 11/03/2025

Discovery of the work

I discovered The Poem of the Man-God through my mother who would read it to me.

Impact on faith

The Poem of the Man-God brings the Gospel to life, and it's a wealth of knowledge that further demonstrates Christ's power, has deepened my understanding and practice of spiritual realities, provides peace and hope, offers wisdom and guidance, inspires action through reflection, encourages fellowship and service, and connects me to the divine.

Graces received

One of the greatest concrete Graces it brought me—and which I needed the most—is the knowledge of the importance of living for Jesus in all the small details of this life: to suffer little hardships gladly, overcome little proud impulses, little selfishnesses, and little difficulties; to serve Him in the little things; to be a servant of His in the little ways.

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

Some analysis conclusions regarding the Work: Prof. Emilio Matricciani and Dr. Liberato De Caro: “[...] what Maria Valtorta writes down cannot, in any way, be traced back to her fantasy or to her astronomical and meteorological knowledge.” Jean Aulagnier: “[...] no explanation for the archaeological and geographical accuracy of her writings except an intervention from the beyond.” And so on...

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