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GRM 211.7 · Volume 3
Now, we also have idols, no more saints, in the ranks of the Lord. That is why Evil can rise against Good. The evil that soils with excrement the intellects and hearts of those who are no longer saints, and nestles among the false robes of goodness.
GRM 211.7 · Volume 3
God withdraws from a man who does not love.
GRM 211.7 · Volume 3
No money can buy a conscience, particularly the conscience of a priest or a teacher. It is not right to acquiesce in the mighty things of the earth when they induce acts contrary to God’s commandments.
GRM 212.5 · Volume 3
Believe Me, as long as one is with God, even if one is as poor as Job, even if one is alone, even if one is naked, one is never alone, poor or naked, one is never a desert.
GRM 212.5 · Volume 3
Idolatry has not yet died in the hearts of men, and will never rest, on the contrary it will rise, like yeast in flour. Almost every man now has his own golden calf. The earth is a forest of idols, because every heart is an altar, but hardly ever there is God upon it. He who is not a slave of one evil passion, is slave of another and he who has not one wicked desire, has another with a different name. He who has no greed for gold, has a greed for positions, he who has no lust for the flesh, is an utter egoist.
GRM 212.7 · Volume 3
You must know that God can speak everywhere and privately to the spirit of man and instruct him in His doctrine.
GRM 212.7 · Volume 3
(...) Preach Christ by means of an honest life. Preach Him against the dishonesty that nestles in too many hearts. Preach Him against the levity of the numerous people who do not know how to persevere faithfully and forget their ornaments and sashes of souls called to the wedding with Christ.
GRM 212.8 · Volume 3
All human things are straw, only the supernatural is gold. And a human being cannot even describe it.
Maria Valtorta writes:
GRM 214.3 · Volume 3
Always bear in mind that one achieves more by means of kindness than by intolerance and that you are a man as well. So examine yourself and consider how easy it is also for you to fall and how you become upset when you are reproached too frankly.
GRM 214.7 · Volume 3
The grief of mothers saves their sons, do you not know that?…