Newsletter N. 8/25 – Merry Holy Christmas!

I take this fragment from chapter 538.7 of “The Gospel,” set on December 4, 33 AD: Jesus is five months away from his death and resurrection, and feels the need to isolate himself from others to unite with the Father. From Jerusalem, he goes to Bethlehem, alone, and enters the cave of his nativity. John has followed him in secret, and some of the shepherds of the nativity scene are there. These shepherds have the opportunity to contemplate him in a completely mystical prayer between Jesus, the God-man, and God himself. They express their amazement and the grandeur of what they see and hear, and Maria Valtorta sees, hears, and writes:

“But what did you see, looking in there? Man, perhaps? No.
We, without wanting to, have crossed the impassable threshold after having drawn aside the triple veil spread over the mystery, and we have seen what not even the High Priest sees, entering the Holy of Holies. We have seen the ineffable loves of God with God. We are not permitted to spy on them any longer. The power of God could punish our bold eyes that have witnessed the ecstasy of the Son of God. Oh! we are content with what we have had! We wanted to come here to spend the night in prayer before leaving on our mission. To pray and remember the distant night… Instead, we have contemplated the love of God! Oh! that the Eternal One has truly loved us very much, giving us the joy of contemplating the Child, and that of suffering for Him, and that of announcing Him to the world.” As disciples of the Child God and the God-Man!”

This is our wish for a holy Christmas 2025 for all of you and for all the friends of Maria Valtorta. May the Holy Night truly lead you to cross the “insurmountable threshold” and contemplate “the love of God” made flesh to grant every man entry into Eternal Paradise.
Holy Christmas holidays to you all!

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