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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.
Anne
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.
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!
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"!
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.
Mathilde Bertrand
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.
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.
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!
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... !!
Olivier FOURNIER
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
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...
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.
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.
Maguy
Through my sister.
She helped me to enter into the very context of each work of Jesus's life.
I realized how much Jesus identified with us in his human condition and this comforts me.
Discovering Jesus necessarily involves the Gospel, and Maria Valtorta's work puts each passage in its context.
Anne-Sophie Vermersch
Through the emails of Jesus today. The explanations on the gospel of the day are clear.
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...
I have opened my heart to the Lord as I have never done before.
It's a treasure of love, it's my most precious possession. I often hesitate to lend it...
Élisabeth
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.
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.
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...
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...
Stephane
I discovered this work through "Jesus Today" and through the testimony of a friend who is a member of a Franciscan fraternity.
The richness of details, the subtlety of thoughts, the overall realism make me see Jesus with more depth and love.
This work gives me more strength in the daily spiritual battle and brings me closer to God.
This work encompasses the Gospel but does not change it. It highlights details and subtleties and also illuminates some difficult passages of the Gospel texts.
Reading Maria Valtorta brings me happiness and immerses me in the life of Jesus like no other text. Truly, it is a grace from God himself to bring more souls to him.
Christelle TOSSA-DOSSOU
I discovered the work of Maria Valtorta by chance on the internet. But I believe it was not a mere coincidence, but that God in his great kindness was answering a desire that had been driving me for a long time; that of knowing the hidden life of Christ in Nazareth with the Virgin and Saint Joseph.
She allowed me to understand that Christ was more Human than I had imagined and brought me a little closer to him.
I understood how much Christ loves us and that he wants to remain in friendship with Man until the end.
It is a work of Mercy from Christ who wants us all to him. It would be a shame to miss such an opportunity especially for our time.
François De Longueville
Out of curiosity on the internet.
The first text I read was the resurrection. It was clear, chronological, and luminous. Christ is Alive, it's true, it's real. Thank you Maria Valtorta.
Daily reading of the Gospels and texts of the day followed by the reading of the corresponding text by Maria Valtorta, which gives it an extra life.
Who reads will understand.
Benoit
During a silent retreat, I confided this sadness to God: "My God, why is it that at the end of the day, I have more appetite to watch a movie than to pray to you?" At the end of the retreat, when it was time to break the silence, a young man told me about Maria Valtorta. I listened politely, and tried the first volume. I prayed over the 10 volumes and the 5 notebook-books of Maria Valtorta for 3 years, I am now on my rifle reading.
The canonical Gospel remains my reference. But to use the movie analogy, this reference is in black and white. Maria Valtorta, it's like a 4KHD Blu-Ray DVD... a concentrated dose of the Holy Spirit. We pray as a family in the evening with the Gospel of the day, but every morning, I nourish myself with the corresponding passage from Maria Valtorta.
The density and vitality of the spiritual nourishment I found in the work allowed me to commit myself to young people (preparation for first communion, high school chaplaincy...) The work has enlightened me on many questions I had. Why doesn't Mary, who received the angel's announcement, immediately share this joy with Joseph? How does Matthew, a publican who devoted his life to money and pleasures, let go of everything on this call from Jesus: "follow me". What is the personality of Judas...
One must try. The work does not speak to everyone, but in my case, and that of many friends, it has been of decisive contribution.
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