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Maria was born in Italy on the 14th of March 1897. Her father was a non-commissioned officer in the Calvary, therefore she moved about in her early childhood. She was a loner, never making true solid relationships with anyone. At the age of 23, she was attacked by a delinquent boy with an iron bar, striking her across the back and spine. She was 3 months in bed recovering. She never really recovered, in fact her health steadily deteriated until at the age of 37 she was totally bed fast. She would spend the next 27 years of her remaining life in bed. After being in bed for 9 years, in 1943 Christ began to use her as an instrument for recording His life on earth. Not to say His original gospels were inaccurate, but to confirm them, and open our eyes to their authenticity,  and to the surrounding events that led up to them. Maria never knew what chapter she was writing or what order they would finally be finished. She only dated the page she had begun in her note book, and wrote what she was seeing and hearing. She would then let Fr. Migliorini type her hand written notes into a readable page. What is truly amazing about the works is how she could describe 6 or 7 villages in Palestine that were not included in the Old or New Testaments of the Bible.  Nor how she could describe with great accuracy the topographical, and mineralogical, views she was looking at. The monks of Conyers Georgia studied how many times she would make a statement that would reference to the Bible. Over 700 references and not one error, that is another unexplainable feat. Nor can they explain how someone who had never stepped one foot out of Italy describes with accuracy what she saw coming down from Mt. Tabor. What village she was approaching, the vegetation she saw, the snowline, the distant view whether looking at the Jordan and beyond, or the Mediterranean Sea or whatever. Or How she could describe the movement of the planets and stars with the accuracy of an astronomer, and yet it would take a team of astronomers to accomplish it in the manner it was given. One can not read the works and not know that she could not possibly have written this works. She was merely an instrument. As stated earlier it is my hope to present the works to people of impaired vision. For more information on Valtorta. I refer you to one of my favorite web sites.

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