Maria Valtorta - The Notebooks 1943

Month		Chapter	Page
Maria Valtorta - The Notebooks 1943 Translated from the Italian by David G. Murray Centro Editoriale Valtortiano

		Preface to the English Edition	13

April	22	Like a Violet at the Foot of the Cross	17
	23	Good Friday: First Dictation by Jesus on Co-Redemption	19
	24	Holy Saturday: Mary Magdalene and the Resurrection	21

May	1	Jesus and the Innocents Slain by Hatred	22
	10	Similarities among Souls Called by God	23
	13	Mystical Antecedents of the Dictations	25
	14	Sweet Conversation with Jesus	33
	19	The Permanence of God’s Work Alone	34
	21	Favors Granted to Souls Through Trusting Intercession	35
	22	The Experience of Divine Love	38
	24	The Abundance of the Father’s Goodness	40
	28	The Reflection of God in Maternal Love	41
	31	The Need for Constant Purification	43

June	1	The Penance of the Co-Redeemers	46
	2	Jesus’ Unrequited Love	48
	3	The Enduring Sign of the Gospel	52
	4	To Love the Heart of God in the Eucharist	53
	5	Jesus’ Postponement of Judgment	56
		An Entreaty Addressed to Our Lady of Sorrows	57
	6	Jesus’ Explanation of Grace	58
	7	Constant Vigilance to Preserve God’s Gift	61
		The World’s Rejection of Grace	62
		A Night of Expiatory Affliction	65
	8	Knowledge as Destruction When Deprived of the Spirit of Love	66
		Invitation for Men to Return to Him	68
	9	Positive Sadness Used by Jesus	70
	10	Explanation of the Different Effects of the Eucharist	71
	11	God’s Unique Understanding of and Assistance to Souls	74
	12	The Complete Dominion of Love in Souls Belonging to Jesus	76
	13	Conditions Preparing the Descent of the Paraclete	79
	14	The Stigmatization of Faithful Souls	81
		The Need to Pray That There May Be Sufficient True Priests	83
	15	Jesus’ Desire for Our Perfection	85
		The Need to Pray for Consecrated Women	87
	16	The Current Need for Victim Souls in the World	90
		Penance, Sacrifice, and Charity to Prevent Spiritual Corruption	92
	17	The Difference Between Human and Supernatural Prudence	93
	18	The Healing Power of Christ in the Eucharist	94
	19	The Battle Between Angels and Demons	96
		Eucharistic Union with Christ as Seen in Mary	98
	20	The Offering of Jesus’ Heart in the Eucharist	99
	21	The Attitudes Required to Conserve Grace	100
	22	Never to Lose Sight of God	103
	23	Mary as the Ciborium for Jesus’ Heart	104
		Vision of Jesus as a Host in Mary	105
	24	Maria’s “Little Horeb”	107
		The Blessed Death of the Innocent	110
	25	Freedom from Attachment to One’s Humanity	111
	26	Freedom from Spiritual Anxiety	113
		To Keep the Spirit Centered on God	114
	27	To Gaze at the Soft Light of Mary	115
	28	The Parable of the Wedding Banquet	116
		A Prayer to and Vision of the Divine Blood	120
	29	Poverty in Sharing Intellectual Wealth	122
	30	The Meaning of Christ’s Bound Hands	124
		Perfect Renunciation in Giving Up the Wealth of Human Affections	126

July	1	The Persistence of Temptation	127
		A Comparison of the Trinity to Light	129
		A Vision of the “Triune Sun”	131
	2	The Apex of Mary’s Pain	133
		The Woman Doubled Over	134
	3	The Two Kinds of Spiritual Infirmities and “Possession” by God	135
	4	The Salvation of the World in Mary	137
		The Penance of Victims	138
		The Temptations of Weariness and Fear	140
	5	Parable of the Garden	141
		The Few True Witnesses of Christ	144
	6	The Supremacy of Charity	144
		Mary’s Second Mystical Conception	147
	7	Jesus’ Commentary on the “Our Father”	149
	8	The Donation of Divine Blood	154
	9	Christ as the Liberator from Sin	156
	10	Spiritual Love Between Parents and Children	158
	11	Peace as the Sign of Love	160
	12	Reparation to Christ in the Eucharist	162
	13	To Possess God’s Kingdom Through Charity and Suffering	163
	14	The Presence of God in All Men and the Catholic Apostolate of Mercy	164
	15	To Be Forgiven by and Suffer with Jesus	164
	16	To Love Christ in Creatures	169
		The Fountain of Love	170
	17	A Comparison of the Soul to Fiber	171
	18	The Continuous Increase of Love in the Trinity	174
		“Less Knowledge and More Charity”	176
	19	Revelations Granted to the Pure and the Converted	177
	20	The Choice of Peter as Head	178
		A Vision of the Beast	180
	21	The Increase of Sin and Pride and Jesus’ Saving Efforts	182
	22	The Favors Granted to Italy by God and His Just Judgment of Idolatry	186
		Love for the Father as the Condition for Faith and Hope	188
	23	Priests as “Stars” in Christ’s Firmament	190
		Final Persecutions of the Church by the Beast	191
	24	Merciful Intercession to Save Others	192
	25	The Miracle in the Miracles	194
	26	To Forgive Much So As to Be Forgiven Much	196
	27	The Need for Strength to Bear Witness	197
	28	Prayer and Suffering to Avert the “Ultimate Sin”	198
	29	Commentary on Isaiah: Deceitful Use of Power	200
	30	Commentary on Isaiah: The Church as the Earthly Jerusalem	203

August	1	The Need to Believe	208
	2	Faith and the Incredulity of Rationalism	212
	3	Suffering with Jesus	216
	4	The Life of the Spirit	216
	5	Commentary on Revelation: The Spiritually Alive and the Spiritually Dead	218
	6	Christ’s Accusers	219
	7	The Final State of the Wicked	221
	8	Unwritten Counsels	223
	9	Reasons for the Gift of a Long Life	223
	10	Commentary on Jeremiah: The Need to Offer Uncontaminated Prayer	226
	11	To Let Flesh and Blood Suffer	228
	12	The Parable of the Pearl	231
	13	Two Souls Joined in the Apostolate	234
	14	The Communion of the Saints	237
	15	Charity and Effective Prayer	239
	16	Christ as the Firstborn and His Spiritual Kingdom	240
		The Spiritual Course of Mankind After the Fall. The Progressive Spiritualization of All True Christians. Christ’s “New Evangelization”	243
	17	They Shall Look Upon the One They Have Pierced	246
	18	The Victors Over the Beast	248
	19	The Hidden Manna of the Word	249
	20	The Seven Seals. Commentary on the Antichrist and Judgment	251
	21	The Two Witnesses	255
		The Satanic War Behind Human War	256
	22	The Demons Aping God’s Angels. The True Knowledge of Christianity	257
		The Seven Last Plagues. The Earth As Babylon Among Numerous Worlds	259
		The Two Resurrections	265
	23	Christ’s Words for His Friends	267
	24	Madame Curie: Human Versus Supernatural Perfection	269
	25	The Redeemer’s Closeness to the Suffering	271
	26	The Grandeur and Permanence of Faith	271
	27	Clarification of the Apocalypse	273
	28	The Eternal Knowledge of Events in Creation and the Eternal Immolation of Christ	274
	29	Loving Obedience to the Will of God	277
	30	To Use All Aids to Sanctity	279
	31	The Way Life Should Be Used	280

September	1	Christ as a Cyrenean and Mary as a Veronica	281
	2	Jesus as Sun and Vinekeeper	282
	3	Friendship with Mary	284
	4	Mary’s Cooperation with Grace	285
	5	Mary’s Union with God and Ours	287
	6	The Need for the Incarnation and Mary’s Role	290
	7	Mary’s Pain	293
	8	A Vision of Mary’s Beauty	295
	10	The Difference Between God’s Word and Human Words	296
	11	A Single Judgment and One Life Beyond Death. The Church as the Only Secure Guide. The Lack of Faith of Those Seeking Proofs of the Afterlife	298
	12	Mary’s Humility and Radiance	301
	13	The Two Martyrs: Jesus and Mary	304
	14	The Blood Shed Over All the Earth	306
	15	Mary’s Sharing in the Pain of Redemption	309
	16	Commentary on Joel: Spiritual and Physical Gifts in the Last Times	311
	17	Destiny: God’s Foresight and Man’s Freedom	314
	18	To Do God’s Will: Jesus and Mary as Models	318
	19	A Luminous Vision of Mary	321
	20	Christ’s Reproach for the “Doctors of the Law”	323
	22	The Example of Three Gentiles	326
	23	Two Necessities: Love and Penance	327
	24	Satan’s Harvest: Pride, Wrath, and Lust	331
	25	Christ’s Condemnation of Adultery	332
	26	The Chastity of Spouses: The Mission to Be Creators with the Father	334
	27	The Integral Acceptance of Christ’s Words	337
	28	Peter: An Example of Limited Faith	339
	29	The New Peters	340
	30	God’s Light and Fragrance in the True Disciple	343

October	1	True Prayer and True Fasting	345
	2-3	Christ’s Need for the Hearts of Victims	349
	4	Christ’s Mercy Towards Maria’s Mother	352
	5	The Weapons to Overcome Evil	353
	7	The Eucharist as a Guarantee of Life for Departed Loved Ones	354
	8	Final Repentance and Saving Mercy	356
	9	The Continuity of Life in God	357
		The Common Destiny and Special Service	358
	10	The Need for Grace to Gain True Life	361
		Love as the Science of Sciences	364
	11	Union in Love Surpassing Pain	365
	12	Earthly Preparation for Glory	368
	13	To Imitate the Master in All Things	372
		The Poor in Spirit. The Eternal Wedding	376
	14	Commentary on the Song of Songs	379
		The Violence of Love	383
	15	Beauty and Deformity: Spiritual and Physical. Mary as the “Enclosed Garden” of God	385
	16	“Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit”	388
	17	An Explanation of Purgatory	392
	18	Spiritual Martyrdom	395
	19	Stratagems of Love	399
	20	The Bent Soul	403
	21	On Purgatory. Observing the Lord’s Day. The “Holy Episcopate” of Parents	405
	23	Obadiah and Italy	416
	24	Jesus’ Request for Prayer	419
	25	The Loving Respect Due the Father	419
	26	The Two “Tones” in These Writings	422
	27	A Painful Selection	423
		Eucharistic Adoration of Jesus	425
	28	Admonition for Priests and Leaders	427
	29	Events in the Last Times	431
	30	Judgment of Those Exercising Power	436
	31	The Two Kinds of Death	438

November	1	To Love Wisdom Above All Science	441
	2	Impressions During an Air Attack	444
	3	Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Models of Obedience	445
		Modes of Receiving the Dictations	446
	4	Maria’s Background in Scripture	449
		Love Versus Human Erudition in Teaching Truth. A Call to Wisdom	450
	5	Forms of Contemporary Idolatry	455
	6	The Chance to Return to Christ	459
	8	Mary’s Protection	463
	9	Peace Only to Men of Good Will	464
	10	The Parable of the Sower: Rationalism as the Most Pernicious Heresy. The “Thicket” of Human Erudition. The “Worshippers of Human Idols”. Those Imprudently Accepting All Doctrines	465
		Human Sin, the Victims’ Pain, and the Promise of Joy	469
	11	The Church of Rome at the End of Time	472
	12	The Final Confrontation	475
	13	Indications for Priests	478
	14	The Priestly Exercise of Fatherhood	481
	15	Intellectual Vision of the Father’s Love	484
	16	Constancy in Communicating the Word	485
	17	The Forerunners of Christ’s Coming	487
	18	The Voice of the Father	490
	19	Loss of Freedom Under Satanic Dominion	492
	20	Words for Christ’s Vicar	494
	21	True Life	496
		Forgiveness of the Sinful Woman	498
	22	To Be Melted and Consumed by Love	499
	23	“Gather Around the Cross”	500
	24	The Father’s Words for Christians	502
	25	The Convergence of Three Loves to Create Mary	507
	26	Reflections on Jerusalem	508
	27	Mary and the Birth of Christ	511
	28	Mary’s Transmission of Holiness and the Nativity	513
	29	Commentary on Daniel	520
	30	The Messiah as Seen by the Father	522

December	1	Words of Mary	524
	2	Faith Versus Violence	525
		Mary’s Self-Effacement	531
	3	Victory Over Satan and Love for Mary	532
	4	Christ as the “Orient of God”	536
	5	Christ as Confirmer of the Law and Prophets	538
		Christ’s Desire to Communicate	540
		Mary’s Understanding of God’s Secrets	541
	6	Christ’s Tie to Israel	542
	7	To Become Small Like Christ	545
		Mary’s Explanation of Two Passages	547
	8	Mary’s Description of Life Alongside Jesus	550
		On the Road to Golgotha	553
		Mary at the Cross	554
	9	Instructions for Christ’s Vicar	557
		The Unity and Veracity of All Prophecy	559
	11	Periods in the Life of the Church	563
		Authenticity of God’s Word	566
		Maria as a Fount	567
		Prayers to the Word	569
	12	The Victim Souls	570
	13	Comfort for the Victim Soul	573
		Spiritual Purpose of the Word	575
	14	The Second Glorious Mystery	576
	15	To Overcome Human Pride	579
		To Accept Expiation by Way of Events	580
	16	Obedience to God	581
	17	The Effects of Incredulity	582
		A Vision Concerning Priests	584
	18	The Third Glorious Mystery	585
		The Fourth Glorious Mystery	586
		The Fifth Glorious Mystery	587
	19	The Law Given by the Father	589
	20	Comments on Darwinism	591
	21	Peace at the Coming of the Messiah	593
	22	To Choose Between a Blessing and a Curse	593
	23	Vigilance, Constancy, and Prayer	595
	24	The Just One and the Sinner	597
		Christ: The Teacher Who Repeats	599
	25	Mary’s Christmas Ecstasy	600
		Words of the Holy Spirit	601
	26	Mary’s Mystical Accompaniment of Maria	604
	27	Words of John the Apostle	606
		Jesus on the Four Evangelists	607
	28	Mary on the Sacrifice of Innocence	609
	29	The Father’s Lesson on the Name of His Son	612
		Christ’s Warning and Words for His Vicar	614
		A Vision of Jesus and Mary	618
		An Explanation of the Wounds on Christ’s Hands	621
	30	Christ’s Mercy	622
	31	“Everything Is Possible for God”	623

Maria Valtorta - The Notebooks 1943

Translated from the Italian by David G. Murray

Centro Editoriale Valtortiano

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