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Maria Valtorta (Itália, ano 1897-1961) - Obra: "O Livro de Azarias" (1946-1947) Azarias
[the Guardian Angel of Maria Valtorta] says:
[...] "One day, at the beginning of your instruction by the Most Holy Lord Jesus, He told you, "In the pages of the Book, in the History of my People, the events of the future are concealed under figures and actions."
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The second figure: the Bread of Heaven. The Manna which man could not imagine or demand, which man could not give himself, but which the eternal Lord liberally gives his children so they will not die of hunger, the sweet-tasting, white Manna which is given in such measure that there will be enough for all who wish to feed upon it every day. And only rebellion against God"s commandments, infractions of the Law make it change from holy, Life-giving Food into Corruption. Not through Itself, for It is incorrupted, incorrupting, and incorruptible, like Him whom not even death corrupted and who is That Itself, with his Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, as He was in his days on Earth. But it becomes corruption through being received in sin; for accursed is the one who feeds on It in the spirit of Judas, the enemy of obedience and justice.
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Eucharist and good will – the Eucharist, God"s love, and good will, man"s love – when joined together can produce nothing but holiness. Good will clears the ground of what could make the Most Holy Seed sterile which germinates eternal Life.
Good will places upon the altar what serves to consummate the holocaust – that is, what the Eucharistic fire can set aflame, burning the material man to ignite the spirit, purify it, and make it nimble as a flame tending towards Heaven, rising up with its gleams and its perfumes to Heaven to rejoin the Fire which has set it aflame: Fire with fire for the union of love.
But when good will is lacking and disobedience is present that is, a state of sin – what can the Eucharist do? Nothing more than the Manna could when gathered in a way contrary to the one commanded by God. It remains inert in its action and becomes harmful, in its effect, in whoever receives it. Nor I am I speaking just of the truly sacrilegious, but also of the lukewarm and the proud, who feed on it out of habit, virtually saying, "It is we who show this condescension towards God, we who carry out this custom."

 

 
Vide também Vida e Obra de Maria Valtorta
Nota sobre a fonte: Maria Valtorta foi uma mística católica italiana. Durante sua vida, ela foi agraciada com revelações de Jesus Cristo sobre o Evangelho, e também de Nossa Senhora, do Espírito Santo e de vários santos e anjos.