From Teaching 72

2. There are many who, in this period of time, contemplate the spiritual, but not because of it do, all of them love Me. I have already said that not everyone who says: "Father, Father", loves Me; but rather, the one who silently practices charity with his brethren and humbly enters into communion with Me.

3. The gift of spiritual vision is a gift of the Holy Spirit, but while some are humble and able to vibrate with joy and with fear before the visions I grant them, others, in their vanity, make a display of the gift which they possess.

4. Why are there disciples who seek the first places, since I do not distinguish anyone at My table? I, who am your Master and who should occupy the center of the table, surrounded by the love of My children, on penetrating the heart of each one of them I have found in some, a tribunal where My Words and My works are judged; in others, a darkened imprisonment where they mock and ridicule Me, and in others I have discovered a cross, ready for a new sacrifice.

5. Some of My children suffer, when they contemplate the incomprehension of the people always disobedient to My mandates and teachings.

6. Nevertheless, and in spite of so much egotism, there are some who like to visit the prisoner in his cell, the sick in his bed, and there are some who go to hospitals to carry a ray of light to those who have been forgotten and are suffering. Those who labor that way, love Me in their fellowmen and honour Me with their deeds.

8. This has been the time designated by Me to speak to mankind. Your turn will come next; but if you close your lips and do not let My Doctrine be known, the stones would cry out and the elements will awaken you.

10. If the cenacle is left vacant and the table empty, it could be because the disciples have spread out along the pathways, carrying in their lips the good news; but not because they may have turned their back on Me and had not answered My calling.

13. Learn now. Fill your spirit with My light, because the moment will come when you will feel the impulse to rise to fulfill your mission. However, what can someone, who has not learned anything, teach? Can the blind lead the blind?

14. With true faith, you feel that My presence is among you, but you feel incapable of performing great deeds in favour of your brethren. But truly I say to you, that in spite of your coldness, during this period of time, there will be those disciples from among you, who will leave everything to follow My footsteps, as well as women sinners who will rise because of My Word, to sin no more and be an example among their brethren.

15. Behold that the light of the Sixth Seal is illuminating your spirit. The book is opened, because from the First to the Sixth, the Seals have been uncovered. I am uniting those who will bear My mark, to entrust them with a very delicate mission. At the end of this phase, I shall receive those who have fulfilled it, and, to those who have disobeyed or altered My mandates, I will make very grave charges, and My Word will deal with them severely.

16. O My people, understand that you should no longer lose time in vanities, in acquiring superfluous riches, or in new mundane experiences. Be aware that each moment that I grant you, signifies light and progress for your spirit.

17. My presence surprises this humanity unprepared to receive Me. My manifestation in Spirit during this Third Era, coincides with the highest materialism of science, which has reached its greatest heights.

I behold the weapons with which men prepare themselves to combat My Doctrine, which are: their science, their philosophy, their materialistic theories, their egotism, their ambition and their arrogance. However, I possess a sword, which is the truth, whose brilliance no one can resist. Its light, during this period of time, will illuminate mankind and will expose all that is false, and will destroy the darkness.

When My light shines in all the pathways and the truth is within all spirits, who will harbour imposture? Who will be able to deceive his brother?

18. The human heart has hardened until it has become insensitive toward the spiritual, which is its essence and its origin. I say to you, that while My charity calls on your heart without receiving any response, the creatures inferior to man, as well as all of creation, feel the presence of the Creator.

I call out to the mountains and they answer Me; I call out to the birds and they answer Me with their melodies. I bless the valleys and they turn into a carpet of flowers. On the other hand, I speak to man, and in order to be heard I must die before them as a man. However, if I have come again, it is because I know that their spirit will rise to the light of My lessons and return to the true pathway.

19. O beloved people: I give you the name of Israel because once again I have come to deliver My Law to you and teach you the perfect worship. You were far from worshipping the elements and the stars as the ancient people did; nevertheless, I found you devoted to a new idolatry during this Era. My Word has had to struggle against your errors, and still in many hearts there remain roots of past customs, beliefs and traditions.

20. Where are those gods of gold and silver that men forged in past eras, and where are the deities created by the imagination of mankind? Stone upon stone they have been falling from those altars, imperfectly erected.

21. Today I come to you with a teaching that although it might seem impossible for the world to practice, once it is understood, it is the easiest to fulfill. I come to teach the worship of loving God through your existence, your deeds and the spiritual prayer, which is not pronounced by the lips at a predetermined place, nor is there a need of forms or images to be so inspired.

22. It is not My will for you to keep on living in darkness; that is why I have bestowed My light upon you, inviting you to communicate from spirit to Spirit with your God.

26. I want you to distinguish yourselves through charity, through spirituality, through virtue, so that with your life you can give the best testimony to mankind that you are Israel, the people of God, in whose bosom My Word is inviting every spirit to enter.

27. Today you wish to explain why you are Israel, and you have no arguments; you wish to explain why you are spiritualists and words fail you; you try to demonstrate what your gifts are and you lack reasons and spiritual development to manifest them. But when your elevation becomes real, the necessary words will come to you, since with your deeds of love you will make clear who you are, who has indoctrinated you, and where you are heading.

28. Times full of surprises and unexpected events draw near for mankind. I want you people to be able to give a just interpretation of those happenings, since what is to take place has been revealed to you through My Word.

30. I am preparing you so that you will soon be healers of the spirit and of the flesh. But you must know, that he who heals the spirit is more important to Me than the one who only cures the pain of the flesh.

31. I say to men, women, and children who listen to My Word: safeguard it within your heart and, by the light of your conscience, remember My maxims and precepts, for tomorrow they will be the weapons which will be useful to you to extend and propagate the Doctrine that will be your cross of love and redemption, so that I can say: Blessed are you, because you are recognizing the true path of the spirit, from which many have departed, for it is extensive; then, they have said to Me: -Father, we can no longer follow.

32. Many are those who have listened to Me, but few who follow Me: and of these I avail Myself to encourage the ones who have departed from the pathway, in order to make the blind see, the deaf to hear, the paralytic walk and the dead to be resurrected. Through My servants I have achieved and am performing, miraculous deeds among mankind to awaken them from their deep lethargy.

33. If, in the Second Era, you left Me alone upon the cross enduring the bitter cup of gall and vinegar, and it was only My blood which was shed at Calvary, now you will accompany Me with your cross, having your Lord as your Cyrenian, in the same manner that I, along the path of Calvary, had a man who helped Me with the cross. Your life is the road of bitterness by which you will reach, step by step, falling and rising, the summit of the mount where you will be able to say to your Lord: "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."

34. Who will be those who, without any boasting, will follow Me to the end? You do not know. Who will get there? Everyone, the Master says to you; some first, others later; some with lesser suffering, and others through great sacrifices, according to the path that everyone chooses and the manner in which he travels.

35. The narrow path is the shortest; it is outlined with light, with love, and virtue; it is the path of the Law.

36. The devious pathways will delay the journey more, but in the end, all of you will reach Me.

39. My voice will vibrate within the profoundness of your being, and you will feel Me living with you. But you must clean your dwelling in order not to feel any shame to receive Me there, if it is blemished. Seek the help of your spiritual brethren and they will assist you in your preparation.

40. You have initiated your march along the road of your spiritual evolution; continue it without fear. I have encouraged you in the trials that I have given you. What human power could have lifted the one who was cast into the abyss? Who would have made possible that which was impossible in your life? Who would be able to destroy the bonds of temptation which overwhelm your spirit?

41. I am the only One who can perform these works among you, without asking any reward for them. It is not that I come before you boasting of what I give you, enumerating My benefits; rather, I do not want My lessons to pass unnoticed, and that your spirit analyses and understands them. I want your heart to be softened so that it will help your spirit carry out good deeds and sow the path of your brethren with love and charity.

42. You come to these humble houses of prayer to listen to My Word, as in a school where you come to learn what you must put into practice later on along your way. You must understand that you have not complied just by listening to the lesson. I offer you the world so that you can sow in it the seed of My lessons. I entrust your home to you; I show you the lands and the pathways; the prisons, hospitals, and orphanages; the places where vice and wickedness reign. These are propitious fields for your prayer and your charitable deeds.

43. Prevail over your own selves and the journey will be easy for you; then, you will be able to conquer the beast that John beheld in his revelation.

44. Many times you have wanted to promise that you will follow Me, and I have sealed your lips so they will not pronounce that promise. Other times you have wanted to vow in writing that you would always love Me, and I have detained your pen, because it is from your spirit that I want that unbreakable resolution of following Me.

45. If you were able to behold your own spirit for a moment, you would be amazed knowing who you are; you would marvel at his light, and you would feel respect for yourselves. But if you are unable to see him with your physical eyes, have faith in him through his manifestations, and in this way, the matter will not keep on being a prison or an obstacle toward his elevation.

Keep in mind that your spirit, as a being similar to the Creator, is predestined to carry out worthy deeds of the One who gave him life.

47. Behold the disoriented humanity, because the great religions that call themselves Christians, give more importance to the ritual and external, rather than to My own Doctrine.

That word of life that I sealed with deeds of love and blood upon the cross, no longer lives within the heart of men; it is locked and mute in dust-covered books. And there you have a Christian humanity who does not recognise, nor comprehends or knows, how to imitate Christ.

48. That is why I have few disciples in this Era; those who love their brethren, those who suffer, the ones who alleviate the afflictions of others, those who live in virtue, and preach it with their examples, those are the disciples of Christ.

49. He who knowing My Doctrine, conceals it, or makes it known only with his lips and not with his heart, is not My disciple.

50. I have not come during this period of time to seek temples made of stone to appear in them: I come searching for spirits, hearts, and not material splendour.

51. I behold with pity those men who deny My existence, because they have deviated along the roads of science. And those who try to destroy Me within the heart of humanity, I do not even regard them as enemies. I love them and forgive them, for they are My very beloved children.

55. I am not saying that you are to be the saviours or redeemers of this humanity; no, but I do want you to know, that having been witnesses of My Word, you will have to carry the good news to all regions and nations. That mission will not be limited to just repeating My phrases, but rather, to explain them, always accompanying them with charitable deeds, sowing love among your brethren.

56. Do not be doubtful of your power to perform deeds that will surprise and convince your brethren. It is not an obstacle for you to be humble and bounderish in order to comply with the mission I have entrusted to you. Within you there is a spirit of light who only needs your faith to manifest himself.

57. From among these multitudes of indigents and disinherited, I shall illuminate those who will be advisors, doctors of the spirit, commentators of My Work, messengers of peace and prophets.

58. Some will depart, seeking other nations; the rest will wait for the arrival of those whom you call foreigners, of travelers who seek peace, light, fraternity, and hospitality.

59. I have said that this nation is being prepared, so that on the hour marked by My will, it will arise among the nations of the Earth, as the banner of peace and spirituality. It will know full well how to provide shelter, to give refuge, and protect those who come to her overwhelmed by suffering. The destiny of these people is great. That is why I test them and touch them within My justice.

60. Would your heart not be joyful while seeing the great caravans arriving at your doors searching for peace? Would you not be rejoiced, sharing your bread with those who hunger?

61. Prepare your heart and ennoble your sentiments, for you do not know the hour or the day when My Word will be fulfilled. Develop your gift of healing with which I have spiritually enriched you, since many travelers, and others burdened with weariness, will be arriving in poor health. Known and unknown illnesses will afflict them. But I will give you only one balsam for all the ailments, be it either for the spirit or the body. That balsam, in order for it to work miracles, will need true charity, whose basis is prayer.

63. I have donated these lands so that when the times comes, the manna of mercy will descend upon them, and from it, the great multitudes who seek the truth will be nourished.

67. This is the Era of Elijah, who has come to you in spirit, preparing all paths, removing obstacles, diffusing light over the darkness; breaking chains of ignorance, and showing the way to all spirits.

68. In the same manner that Moses delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt and led them toward the land of Canaan, Elijah, during this period of time, will free you from the darkness of the world, to guide you toward the light of the Spiritual Kingdom, the new "Promised Land."