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To preface, the four Gospels are essential and sufficiently describe Jesus—the minimum necessary for bringing one to belief and salvation—but it's not a complete knowledge of Him (Jn. 21:25), and His Mother is little known.

In more recent times, Jesus showed a woman named Maria Valtorta visions of scenes from His life—as well as provided His reasons for doing this—which she described in-depth as a first-hand witness. Her writing The Poem of the Man-God or The Gospel as Revealed to Me.

This Work is an illumination of the Gospel (Jesus's life and teachings), because it is a more in-depth look into, and an intimate understanding of, Jesus's mortal days, where He is made greater in His humility, which is substantial nourishment for us to teach us to be humble and like Him, a man like us, who bore the perfection of a God. Furthermore, in it, the lives of other characters are made more known as well, such as Joseph and Mary of Nazareth, the Shepherds, the Wise Men, the apostles and disciples, the Pharisees and scribes, and many others. Their journeys, weaknesses, strengths, failures, and victories are shown in greater detail, serving for us as lessons to be better understood and applied.

Whenever I read the Work, I experience narrative transportation, which is a gift of living the Gospel, in a way, and thus coming to know Jesus, His friends, and enemies, more and more personally. I can't deny that this is a contributing factor in my having become increasingly regular at integrating God into my day-to-day life in the following ways: reading the Gospel, receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the Eucharist, practicing spiritual and corporal acts of mercy, being vigilant of and deliberate in my desires, thoughts, words, actions/deeds, and emotions/feelings, and cognizant of how they can affect my soul and eternal destiny, as well as influence the spiritual journeys of others, and offering more sacrifices and expressing thankfulness to God throughout the day. Furthermore, it has increased my God-given fortitude so that, when I stumble in my humanness, I may more readily resist unholy fear, despair, and hopelessness, and rather run to Him with sincere repentance, trust, humility, and much love, as well as first give others the opportunity to do the same when they sin against themselves or another, rather than judge and condemn them, because faith in God is a deeply continuous personal responsibility. These are just a few examples of concrete Graces that this Work of God has brought to my spiritual life.

[Note: Whether, prior to reading this post, your knowledge of Maria Valtorta and her God-Authored Works was non-existent, limited, or extensive, I welcome any questions and comments, and strongly encourage fair and thorough personal investigation into them, with great faith that the Holy Spirit will make the truth of the matter known to you, and the willingness to accept the truth when the time comes, even if it's not what you expected or wanted.]

According to Fr. Benedict Groeschel:

“Miss Valtorta was a very devout and intelligent person. She spent the last ten years of her life in complete catatonic schizophrenia, unable to speak to anyone. This disease came on her gradually. It’s important to realize that the progress of a disease like that may take many years before the acute symptoms occur. Although this book is interesting to read and has a certain poetic beauty to it, Cardinal Ratzinger referred to it as ‘a lump of theological absurdities.'”

Thank you, Anawim!

Just to add what the Vatican had to say
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/cong ... ta_en.html

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

The Holy See frequently receives requests from both clergy and laity for a clarification about the Church’s position on the writings of Maria Valtorta, such as her work, Il poema dell’Uomo Dio (The Poem of the Man-God), now known by the title, L’Evangelo come mi è stato rivelato (The Gospel as Revealed to Me), and other publications.

It should be reiterated that alleged “visions”, “revelations,” and “messages” contained in the writings of Maria Valtorta—or, in any case, attributed to them—cannot be regarded as having a supernatural origin. Rather, they should be considered simply as literary forms that the author used to narrate the life of Jesus Christ in her own way.

In its long tradition, the Church does not accept as normative the Apocryphal Gospels and other similar texts since it does not recognize them as divinely inspired. Instead, the Church refers back to the sure reading of the inspired Gospels.

Vatican City, 22 February 2025

Theotis, we have btdt on this over the years an no one wants to . If anyone (besides Theotis) wants to pursue the subject let me know.

I edited the OP to remove the links. Anyone who really wants to pursue it at this point will find it easily enough.