Maria Valtorta (Itália, ano 1897-1961) - Obra: "O Evangelho como me foi revelado" (1944-1950) [Maria Valtorta comments:]Behind Him, in a group, the apostles are talking. They are speaking eagerly to one another.
[Bartholomew says:] «What sermons! They make one shudder!» says Bartholomew.
[Andrew says:] «But how sad they are! They make you weep!» says Andrew with a sigh.
[Judas Iscariot says:] «Eh! It’s His farewell. I am right. He is really moving towards His throne» exclaims Judas Iscariot.
[Peter says:] «Throne! H’m! I think He refers to persecutions rather than honours!» remarks Peter.
[Judas Iscariot says:] «Not at all! The time of persecutions is over! Ah! I am happy!» shouts the Iscariot.
[John says:] «You are lucky! I would like to be back in the days when we were not known, two years ago… or at the Clear Water… I tremble thinking of future days…» says John.
[Judas Iscariot says:] «Because you are faint-hearted… But I! I already see the future… Processions!… Singers!… People prostrated!… Homage by other countries!… Oh! It’s time! Camels will really come from Midian[Isaiah 60,6] and crowds from everywhere… and there will be a multitude… not just the three poor Wise Men… Israel as great as Rome… Greater than Rome… The glory of the Maccabees, of Solomon… all glories will be exceeded… He… the King of kings… and we… His friends… Oh! Most High God! Who will give me strength for that hour?… I wish my father were still alive!…» Judas is elated.
[Maria Valtorta comments:] He is bright evoking the future which he dreams of living.
Jesus is far ahead. But He stops. The future king according to Judas, is thirsty and cups His hands to get some water from a little stream, and drink… like a bird or a grazing lamb. He then turns round and says: «There are some wild fruits here. Let us pick some to appease our appetite…»
[Simão Zelote says:] «Are You hungry, Master?» asks the Zealot.
[Jesus says:] «Yes, I am» Jesus confesses humbly.
[Peter says:] «No wonder! You gave everything to that poor wretch yesterday evening!» exclaims Peter.
[Philip says:] «But why did You not want to stop at Hebron?» asks Philip.
[Jesus says:] «Because God calls Me elsewhere. You do not know.»
[Maria Valtorta comments:] The apostles shrug their shoulders and begin to pick the sour fruits of wild plants scattered over the mountain slopes. They look like tiny wild apples. And the King of kings feeds on them with His companions, who make wry faces because of the sourness of the wild unripe fruit. Jesus, engrossed in thought, eats and smiles.
[Peter says:] «You almost make me angry!» exclaims Peter.
[Jesus says:] «Why?»
[Peter says:] «Because You could have been comfortable
[if Jesus had stayed in the city of Hebron] and the people of Hebron would have been happy, instead You are ruining Your stomach and teeth with this poison, which is more bitter and sour than grass dressed with vitriol.»
[Jesus says:] «Oh! I have you who love Me! When I am raised
[on the cross] and I am hungry and thirsty, I will think with longing desire of this hour, of this food, of you who are now with Me, and who then…»
[Judas Iscariot says:] «But you will be neither hungry nor thirsty then! A king has everything! And we will be even closer to You!» exclaims the Iscariot.
[Jesus says:] «You say so.»
[Bartholomew says:] «And do You think that that will not happen, Master?» asks Bartholomew.
[Jesus says:]«No, Bartholmai. When I saw you under the fig-tree, its fruit was so sour that any man who had eaten of it, would have had his tongue and throat scorched… But the sour fruit of a fig-tree or of these plants is sweeter than a honeycomb compared to what My accession
[on the cross] will be for Me… Let us go…» and He sets forth again, ahead of everybody, meditating, while the apostles behind Him whisper…

 

 
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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.