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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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Pierre Carcenac

France 路 10/13/2025

Discovery of the work

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.

Impact on faith

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.

Graces received

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.

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

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.

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Ricardas

Lithuania 路 10/13/2025

Discovery of the work

Recommended by a nun I know.

Impact on faith

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.

Graces received

Prayer and sacraments.

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

I would recommend reading about the history of this work鈥檚 creation and reading it for yourself.

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Eric Peuchet

France 路 10/12/2025

Discovery of the work

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.

Impact on faith

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.

Graces received

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.

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

Read the books with your heart and let yourself be guided by the Love of Jesus who will do the rest.

Additional testimony

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.)

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Eduardo Fortini

United States 路 10/11/2025

Discovery of the work

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鈥擱ome, e.g. Later, living in the U.S., I ordered them from the Pauline Store in Canada.

Impact on faith

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.

Graces received

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.

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

If Fr. Stefano Maria Manelli, spiritual son of Padre Pio (very close to him), allowed the work in the Convent Library, GO FOR IT!!!!

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Frank Rega

United States 路 10/11/2025

Discovery of the work

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.

Impact on faith

This work has increased my understanding of the teachings of Jesus that are presented in the Gospel readings themselves.

Graces received

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.

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

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.

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Dario Gallo

Italy 路 10/09/2025

Discovery of the work

Through Friendship in a Prayer Group

Impact on faith

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.

Graces received

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.

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

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.

Additional testimony

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.

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Silvio

Italy 路 10/09/2025

Discovery of the work

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.

Impact on faith

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.

Graces received

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.

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

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.

Additional testimony

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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Francesco Masala

Italy 路 10/09/2025

Discovery of the work

I first heard about Maria Valtorta on Radio Maria from Don Ernesto Zucchini.

Impact on faith

It was a progressive understanding of the Life of Jesus by reading the Gospel as it was revealed to me and, day by day, increasing the reading of the writings and every reference, not only on paper, that spoke of the Work.

Graces received

The Valtorta writings have brought the Light of God into my soul, my mind, and my heart. There isn't a day, for years now, that I don't repeatedly listen to the writings, also thanks to the wonderful VALTORTA VOX website, which can be downloaded directly onto the smartphone.

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

I would say that they miss the opportunity to know and enjoy the most precious gift given by God to humanity!

Additional testimony

I give thanks to God who, in addition to so many gifts bestowed upon my humble self, has allowed me to discover these writings of inestimable value! Great credit is also due to Dr. Emilio Pisani, who has dedicated his life to making this precious treasure known. May the Violet of the Cross, my beloved Little John, intercede for us, for today's Church, hostage to Modernism and modernists. Praised be Jesus and Mary. Praise be to God and the Virgin Mother 鉂わ笍

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Anonymous

Italy 路 10/09/2025

Discovery of the work

Internet Research

Impact on faith

Reading a chapter a day, I discovered another world of faith that the clergy hides.

Graces received

I have increased the awareness of faith

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

A novel that makes one understand the past, present, and future of humanity

Additional testimony

Holy reading increases the ability to discern the true from the false, especially in times of prevailing lies.

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Gianni Chinellato

Italy 路 10/09/2025

Discovery of the work

Through the internet

Impact on faith

I am truly grateful to Maria Valtorta for the Gospel because reading it, besides strengthening my faith, has made me truly love Jesus with a truly great love. Before, I saw Him somewhat as an abstract/spiritual person; today, I see Him truly as a merciful Father of infinite goodness and mercy. And beyond His Spiritual Greatness, I also see Him as a very human being. Believe me, I am truly convinced that it is the best acquisition of my entire life.

Graces received

As I said before, it has strengthened me in faith and love for Jesus.

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

Take it and you will see that you will never regret it.

Additional testimony

In my opinion, it should also be read during Catholic education classes in schools.

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