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Eternity and the Stars. The following Dictations from Christ were recorded by the contemporary Italian mystic, Maria Valtorta [1897 – 1961†], on the dates indicated, and are conflated here and translated …More
Eternity and the Stars.
The following Dictations from Christ were recorded by the contemporary Italian mystic, Maria Valtorta [1897 – 1961†], on the dates indicated, and are conflated here and translated from the critical Italian edition of her I Quaderni del 19441 ["Notebooks for 1944"].
As a victim united to the one Victim, Christ, Valtorta often suffered immensely and continuously both physically, mentally, and spiritually. But these Dictations of Christ to her were apparently occasioned by some quite unkind and acrimonious aspersions and doubts cast upon her sincerity and, consequently, upon the truth and validity of her many Visions and Revelations. Since she herself was often tormented by self-doubts of her own in these matters, and intensely feared that all might be a diabolical or mental delusion by which she was leading others astray -- despite Christ's repeated chidings of her doubts and His proofs given for their authenticity -- such accusations from others (possibly relatives or visitors) would understandably have aroused all her own fears anew in this regard. It was thus to console her intense suffering about this that Christ instructed her further on the victim's mission of suffering and showed her this vision of the stars, much as in Genesis He had called Abraham out of his tent to "look at the heavens and number the stars."
The following Dictations from Christ were recorded by the contemporary Italian mystic, Maria Valtorta [1897 – 1961†], on the dates indicated, and are conflated here and translated from the critical Italian edition of her I Quaderni del 19441 ["Notebooks for 1944"].
As a victim united to the one Victim, Christ, Valtorta often suffered immensely and continuously both physically, mentally, and spiritually. But these Dictations of Christ to her were apparently occasioned by some quite unkind and acrimonious aspersions and doubts cast upon her sincerity and, consequently, upon the truth and validity of her many Visions and Revelations. Since she herself was often tormented by self-doubts of her own in these matters, and intensely feared that all might be a diabolical or mental delusion by which she was leading others astray -- despite Christ's repeated chidings of her doubts and His proofs given for their authenticity -- such accusations from others (possibly relatives or visitors) would understandably have aroused all her own fears anew in this regard. It was thus to console her intense suffering about this that Christ instructed her further on the victim's mission of suffering and showed her this vision of the stars, much as in Genesis He had called Abraham out of his tent to "look at the heavens and number the stars."