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The birth and Hidden Life of Mary and Jesus
chapters 1-43
The first year of the Public Life of Jesus
chapters 44-140
The second year of the Public Life of Jesus
chapters 141-312
The third year of the Public Life of Jesus
chapters 313-540
Preparation for the Passion of Jesus
chapters 541-600
Passion and Death of Jesus
chapters 601-615
Glorification of Jesus and Mary
chapters 616-651
Farewell to the Work, chapter 652

Volume One,
Volume Two,
Volume Three,
Vo Four,
Volume Five,
Volume Six,
Volume Seven
Volume Eight,
Volume Nine,
Vo Ten
Maria Valtorta

THE GOSPEL
AS REVEALED
TO ME

VOLUME ONE
Chapters 1-78

CENTRO
EDITORIALE
VALTORTIANO
Original title:
Maria Vaitorta,
L′Evangelo come mi è stato rivelato
Copyright © 2001 by
Centro Editoriale Valtortiano srl.,
Viale Piscicelli 89-91,
03036 Isola del Liri (fr) - Italy.

Translated from Italian

by Nicandro Picozzi
Maria Vaitorta,
The Gospel as revealed to me.
10 volumes.
Second edition
All rights reserved in all countries
Copyright © 2012 by
Centro Editoriale Valtortiano srl.,
Viale Piscicelli 89-91,
03036 Isola del Liri (fr) - Italy.

ISBN 978-88-7987-181-5
(Volume one)
ISBN 978-88-7987-180-8
(Complete work in 10 volumes)

Graphic and printing:

Centro Editoriale Valtortiano srl.,
Isola del Liri (fr) - Italy
Reprinted in Italy, 2014.

Previous edition:
Maria Vaitorta, The Poem of the Man-God, 5 volumes,
© 1986 by Centro Editoriale Valtortiano srl
 INDEX

The birth and Hidden Life of Mary and Jesus.

1. Introduction: God wanted a spotless womb. 13

2. Joachim and Anne make a vow to the Lord. 14
3. At the feast of the Tabernacles. Joachim and Anne pos­
sessed Wisdom. 18
4. Through a song, Anne announces that she will become a
mother. Her bosom holds the immaculate soul of Mary. 24
5. The birth of Mary, the faultless Virgin Mother of Wisdom. 29
6. The purification of Anne and the offering of Mary, the per­
fect eternal Maiden for the Kingdom of Heaven. 45
7. Little Mary with Anne and Joachim. The Wisdom of the
Son is already on Her lips. 49
8. Mary accepted in the Temple. In Her humility, She did not
know to be the Full of Wisdom. 56
9. The peaceful death of Joachim and Anne, after a life of loy­
alty to God. 63
10. Mary's canticle imploring the coming of Christ. She re­
membered how much Her spirit had seen in God. 67
11. Mary entrusts her vote to the High Priest. 75
12. Joseph is chosen husband of the Virgin. 79
13. The wedding of the Virgin and Joseph. The closeness to
the full fo Grace makes of a just man a saint, worthy to be
the guardian of the Spouse and Son of God. 85
14. Joseph and Mary arrive in Nazareth. 93

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15. Conclusion to the Pre-Gospel. 99
16. The Annunciation. Luke 1: 26-38 101
17. The Disobedience of Eve and the Obedience of Mary. 104
18. Mary announces the maternity of Elizabeth to Joseph and
entrusts God with the task of justifying Hers. 114
19. Mary and Joseph towards Jerusalem. Luke 1: 39 120
20. The departure from Jerusalem. The heavenly aspect of
Mary. The importance of prayer for Mary and Joseph. 121
21. The arrival of Mary in Hebron and Her meeting with Eliz­
abeth. Luke 1: 40-55 125
22. The days in Hebron. The significance of Mary’s goodness
to Elizabeth. Luke 1: 56 131
23. The birth of John the Baptist. Every pain is appeased on
Mary’s bosom. Luke 1: 57-58 139
24. The circumcision of John the Baptist. Mary is the Source
of Grace for those accepting the Light. Luke 1: 59-79 146
25. Presentation of John the Baptist to the Temple. Mary’s re­
turn. The Passion of Joseph. 150
26. Joseph asks Mary for forgiveness. Faith, charity and hu­
mility to receive God. Matthew 1: 18-25 158
27. The census edict. Teachings on just love to the husband
and on trust in God. Luke 2: 1-3 162
28. The arrival in Bethlehem. Luke 2: 4-5 167
29. The birth of Jesus. The divine maternity of Mary: redemp­
tion of Eve’s sin. Luke 2: 6-7 173
30. The adoration of the shepherds, the first worshippers of
the Word Who had become God. Luke 2: 8-20 181
31. Zacharias ’ visit. The holiness of Joseph and the obedience
to the priests. 190
32. Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. The virtue of Simeon
and the prophecy of Anna. Luke 2: 22-38 197
33. The lullaby of the Virgin. 203
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34. The Visit of the Magi. Matthew 2: 1-12 206
35. The flight into Egypt. Matthew 2: 13 220
36. The Holy Family in Egypt. A lesson for families. Matthew
2: 14-15 230
37. The first working lesson given to the Child Jesus. 238
38. Mary, the teacher of Jesus, Judas and James. 243
39. Preparations for the coming of age of Jesus and departure
from Nazareth. 251
40. Jesus' examination in the Temple at the age of twelve. 255
41. The dispute of Jesus in the Temple with the doctors. The
agony of His Mother and the reply of Her Son. Luke 2: 41-50 260
42. The death of Joseph. Jesus is the peace of those who suffer
and of those who die. 271
43. Conclusion to the hidden life. 278

The first year of Public Life of Jesus.

44. Farewell to His Mother and departure from Nazareth. 283
45. Preaching of John the Baptist and the Baptism of Jesus.
The divine manifestation. Matthew 3: 1-17; Mark 1: 2-11; Luke 3: 1-
18. 21-22; John 1: 19-34 291
46. Jesus tempted by Satan in the desert. How to overcome
temptations. Matthew 4: 1-11; Mark 1: 12-13; Luke 4: 1-13 297
47. The meeting with John and James. John 1: 37-39 304
48. John and James tell Peter of their meeting with the Mes­
siah. John 1: 40-41 309
49. First meeting with Peter and Andrew after preaching in
the synagogue. John of Zebedee is great even in his hu­
mility. John 1: 42 313
50. At Bethsaida in Peter's House. The meeting with Philip
and Nathanael. John 1: 43-51 323
51. Mary sends Judas Thaddeus to invite Jesus to the wed­
ding at Cana. 332
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52. The wedding at Cana. The Son, no longer subject to His
Mother, performs His first miracle for Hen John 2: 1-11 337
53. Jesus drives out the merchants from the Temple. John 2: 12-
25 343
54. The meeting with Judas of Kerioth and Thomas. Simon
the Zealot healed of leprosy. 348
55. A task entrusted to Thomas. 355
56. Simon the Zealot and Judas Thaddeus joined in the same
destiny. 361
57. In Nazareth with Judas Thaddeus and other six disciples. 368
58. The healing of a blind man in Capernaum after a fishing
lesson applied to the souls. 372
59. A possessed man healed in the synagogue of Capernaum
at the end of a dispute. Mark 1: 21-28; Luke 4: 31-37 378
60. The healing of Simon Peter9s mother-in-law. Matthew 8: 14-
15; Mark 1: 29-31; Luke 4: 38-39 384
61. Jesus benefits the poor after telling the parable of the fa­
vourite horse of the king. Matthew 8: 16-17; Mark 1: 32-34; Luke
4: 40-41 390
62. The disciples looking for Jesus while He prays during the
night. Mark 1: 35-39; Luke 4: 42-44 397
63. The leper healed near Korazim. Mark 1: 40-45; Luke 5: 12-16 400
64. The paralytic healed in Capernaum. Matthew 9: 1-8; Mark 2: 1-
12; Luke 5: 17-26 405
65. The miraculous catch of fish and the election of the first
four apostles. Matthew 4: 18-22; Mark 1: 16-20; Luke 5: 1-11 411
66. Judas of Kerioth at Gethsemane pleading to become a dis­
ciple. 414
67. The miracle of the broken blades at the Fish Gate. 417
68. Jesus teaches in the Temple. Judas Iscariot assists Him. 422
69. Jesus teaches Judas Iscariot. 428
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70. At Gethsemane with John of Zebedee. A comparison be­
tween the beloved disciple and Judas of Kerioth. 434
71. Judas Iscariot introduced to John and Simon the Zealot. 441
72. Towards Bethlehem with John, Simon the Zealot and Ju­
das Iscariot. 445
73. In Bethlehem, in the house of a peasant and in the grotto
of the Nativity. 448
74. Jesus goes to see the Inn Keeper in Bethlehem and then
preaches from the ruins of Anne's house. 460
75. Jesus finds the shepherds Elias and Levi. 470
76. At Juttah with the shepherd Isaac. Sarah and her chil­
dren. 477
77. In Hebron in the house of Zacharias. The meeting with
Aglae. 486
78. In Kerioth. The death of old Saul. 494
(the “first year” continues in the second volume)

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 The birth and Hidden Life
of Mary and Jesus.

1. Introduction: God wanted a spotless womb.

“God created Me when His purpose first unfolded.”
(Solomon, Proverbs 8, 22)

22nd August 1944.

1Jesus orders me: «Take a brand new notebook. Write down on 1. 1
the first page what I dictated on August the 16th. She will be spo­
ken of in this book. »
I obey and I write.

16th August 1944.

2Jesus says: 1. 2

«Today write only this. Purity has such a value, that the womb
of a creature could contain the Uncontainable One, because She
possessed the greatest purity that a creature of God could have.
The Most Holy Trinity descended with Its perfections, inhab­
ited with Its Three Persons, enclosed Its infinity in a small space.
But It did not debase Itself by doing so, because the love of the
Virgin and the will of God widened this space until they ren­
dered it a Heaven. And the Most Holy Trinity made Itself known
by Its characteristics:
The Father, being once again the Creator of the Creature, as
on the sixth day* of Creation, had a real, worthy daughter fash­
ioned to His perfect image. The mark of God was impressed so
completely and exactly on Mary, that only in the First-born was
it greater. Mary can be called the Second-born of the Father be­
cause, owing to the perfection granted to Her and preserved by
Her, and to Her dignity of Spouse and Mother of God and Queen
of Heaven, She comes second after the Son of the Father and sec­
ond in His eternal thought, which ab aeterno took delight in Her.
The Son, being also “Her Son”, did teach Her, by the mystery

* the sixth day: Genesis 1: 24-34.

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 of Grace, His truth and wisdom, when He was but an Embryo,
growing in Her womb.
The Holy Spirit appeared amongst men for an anticipated and
prolonged Pentecost, Love for “Her Whom He loved”, Consola­
tion to men for the Fruit of Her Womb, Sanctification for the Ma­
ternity of the Holy One.
1. 3 3God, to reveal Himself to men in the new and complete form,
which starts the Redemption era, did not select for His throne
a star in the sky, nor the palace of a powerful man. Neither did
He want the wings of angels as the base of His feet. He wanted a
spotless womb.
Also Eve had been created spotless. But she wanted to become
corrupt of her own free will. Mary, who lived in a corrupt world
-Eve was in a pure world - did not wish to violate Her purity, not
even with one thought remotely connected with sin. She knew
that sin existed. She saw its various and horrible forms and im­
plications. She saw them all, including the most hideous one: dei­
cide. But She knew them solely to expiate them and to be, for­
ever, the Woman who has mercy on sinners and prays for their
redemption.
This thought will be the introduction to other holy things
that I will give for your benefit and the welfare of many people. »

2. Joachim and Anne make a vow to the Lord.

22nd August 1944.

2. 1 1I see the inside of a house. In it there is an elderly woman sit­
ting at a loom. Noting that her hair, which formerly was defi­
nitely jet black, is now quite grey and her face, though not wrin­
kled, has the seriousness that comes with age, I would say that
she must be fifty-five years old. Not more.
In estimating a woman’s age, I base my calculations upon my
mother’s face, whose image is more than ever present to me in
these times which remind me of her final days at my bedside...
The day after tomorrow it will be a year since I had my last look
at her... My mother had a very youthful face, but was premature­
ly grey. When she was fifty she was as grey as at the end of her
life. But, apart from the maturity of her appearance, nothing be-
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 trayed her age. I could therefore be mistaken in estimating the
age of an elderly woman.
The woman I see weaving in a room, bright with the light
coming from a door wide open onto a large garden — a small
holding I would call it because it smoothly extends up and down
a green slope — the woman is beautiful in her definite Jewish
features. Her eyes are black and deep and while I do not know
why, they remind me of the Baptist’s. But, although they are as
proud as the eyes of a queen, they are also sweet, as if a veil of
blue had been laid on the flash of an eagle: sweet and somewhat
sad, as of a person who thinks of and regrets lost things. Her skin
is brown, but not excessively so. Her mouth, slightly large, is well
formed and is motionless in an austere setting, which, however,
is not a hard one. Her nose is long and thin, slightly drooping, an
aquiline nose, which suits her eyes. She is well built, but not fat,
well proportioned and I think tall, judging her by the position in
which she is sitting.
I think she is weaving a curtain or a carpet. The many col­
oured spools move fast along the brown coloured weft, and what
has already been woven shows a vague plaited work of Greek
frets and rosettes in which green, yellow, red and deep blue in­
terweave and blend as in a mosaic.
The woman is wearing a very plain dark dress, a red violet
colour, the hue of a kind of of pansy.
2She stands up when she hears someone knocking at the door. 2. 2
She is actually quite tall. She opens the door.
A woman asks her: «Anne, will you give me your amphora? I
will fill it for you. »
The woman has a lovely five year old child with her, who at
once clings to Anne’s dress, and she caresses him while going in­
to another room, and returns with a beautiful copper amphora
which she hands to the woman saying: «You are always good to
old Anne, indeed you are. May God reward you with this son and
the other children you will have, you fortunate one! » Anne sighs.
The woman looks at her and does not know what to say in the
circumstances. To divert attention from the distressing situation
of which she is aware, she remarks: «I am leaving Alphaeus with
you, if you do not mind, so that I will be quicker and I will fill
many jars and jugs for you. »

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 Alphaeus is very pleased to stay and the reason is clear. As
soon as his mother is gone, Anne picks him up and takes him into
the orchard, lifts him up to a pergola of grapes as golden as a to­
paz and says to him: «Eat, eat, because they are good», and she
kisses him on his little face soiled with the juice of the grapes
which the child eats avidly. Then she laughs heartily and at once
looks younger on account of the lovely set of teeth she displays,
and the joy that shines on her face, dispelling her years, as the
child asks: «And what are you going to give me now? » and he
gazes at her with large wide open eyes of a deep grey-blue col­
our. She laughs and plays with him bending on her knees and
goes on: «What will you give me if I give you?... if I give you?...
guess! » And the child, clapping his little hands, with a big smile
responds: «Kisses, kisses I will give you, nice Anne, good Anne,
mamma Anne!... »
Anne, when she hears him say: «mamma Anne», lets out a real
cry of joyful love and cuddles the little one declaring: «My dar­
ling! Dear! Dear! Dear! » At each «dear» a kiss descends upon
the rosy cheeks.
Then they go to a cupboard and from a plate she takes some
honey cakes. «I made them for you, darling of poor Anne, be­
cause you love me. But tell me, how much do you love me? » And
the child, thinking of what has impressed him most, says: «As
much as the Temple of the Lord. » Anne kisses him again on his
lively little eyes, his little red lips and the child cuddles against
her like a kitten.
His mother goes back and forth with a full jar and smiles
without saying anything. She leaves them to their enjoyment.
2. 3 3An elderly man comes in from the orchard. He is a little
smaller than Anne, and his thick hair is completely white. His
face is of a clear complexion with a squarely cut beard; his eyes
are like blue turquoises and his eyelashes are light brown, al­
most fair. His robe is dark brown.
Anne does not see him because her back is turned to the door
and he approaches her from behind questioning: «And nothing
for me? » Anne turns round and says: «O Joachim! Have you fin­
ished your work? » At the same time little Alphaeus runs to the
elderly man’s knees exclaiming: «And to you, and to you. » And
when the man bends down to kiss him, the child clings to his
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 neck, ruffling his beard with his little hands and his kisses.
Joachim also has his gift. He brings his left hand from behind
his back and offers the child such a beautiful apple, that it seems
made of the finest porcelain. Smiling he says to the child who is
holding his hands out eagerly: «Wait, I will cut it for you! You
cannot take it as it is. It is bigger than you! » With a small prun­
ing knife, which he carries on his belt, he cuts the fruit into small
slices. He seems to be feeding a nestling, such is the care with
which he puts the morsels into the little wide open mouth that
munches and chews.
«Look at his eyes, Joachim! Don’t they look like two little
waves of the Sea of Galilee when the evening wind draws a veil
of cloud over the sky? » Anne is speaking, resting one hand on her
husband’s shoulder, and she is also leaning slightly on him: an at­
titude revealing the deep love of a wife, a love still perfect after
many years of marriage.
And Joachim looks at her lovingly and agrees, saying: «Very
beautiful! And his curls? Aren’t they the colour of crops dried in
the sun? Look: in them there is a mixture of gold and copper. »
4«Ah! If we had had a child, I would have liked him thus: with 2. 4
these eyes and this hair... » Anne bends down, in fact she is on
her knees and with a deep sigh she kisses the two large grey-blue
eyes.
Joachim, too, sighs. But he wishes to comfort her. He puts his
hand on her thick curly grey hair and whispers to her: «We must
continue to hope. God can do everything. While we are alive, the
miracle may happen, especially when we love Him and we love
each other. » Joachim stresses the final phrase.
But Anne is silent, dejected, and she is standing, her head
bowed, to conceal two tears streaming down her face. Only little
Alphaeus sees them and he is surprised and saddened by the fact
that his great friend is crying, as he sometimes does. He lifts his
hands and wipes the tears.
«Don’t cry, Anne! We are happy just the same. At least I am,
because I have you. »
«And me you. But I have not given you a child... I think I have
distressed the Lord, because He has made my womb barren... »
«O my wife! How can you have distressed Him, you holy wo­
man? Listen. Let us go once more to the Temple. For this rea-
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 son. Not only for the Tabernacles! Let us say a long prayer... Per­
haps it will happen to you as it did to Sarah*... as it happened
to Anne of Elkanah**. They waited for a long time and they con­
sidered themselves dejected because they were barren. Instead
a holy son was maturing for them in the Heavens of God. Smile,
my wife. Your crying is a greater sorrow to me than being with­
out offspring... We shall take Alphaeus with us. We shall make
him pray, since he is innocent... and God will hear his prayer and
ours together and will grant it. »
«Yes, let us make a vow to the Lord. The offspring will be His.
As long as He grants it. Oh to hear me being called “mamma”! »
And Alphaeus, an astonished and innocent spectator, ex­
claims: «I call you so! »
«Yes, my darling... but you have your mummy, and I have no
baby... »
The vision ceases here.
2. 5 5I understand that Mary’s birth cycle has begun. And I am
very happy because I wanted it so much. And I think that you***
will be happy, too.
Before I began to write I heard Mother say to me: «So, My dear
daughter, write about Me. All your grief will be comforted. » And
while saying so She laid Her hand on my head caressing me kind­
ly. Then the vision began. But at first, that is, until I heard the
fifty-year-old woman being called by name, I did not realise that
I was in the presence of Mother’s mother and consequently of the
grace of Her birth.

3. At the feast of the Tabernacles.

Joachim and Anne possessed Wisdom.

23rd August 1944.

3. 1 1Before writing the following, I wish to make a note.
The house did not seem to me the well known one of Naza­
reth. The location, at least, is quite different. The orchard garden
is larger and beyond it fields can be seen, not many, but they are
* Sarah, Genesis 17: 15-21; 18: 10-15; 21: l-3.
** Anne of Elkanah, 1 Samuel 1; 2: 1-10.
*** you, referred to father Migliorini, M. V. ’s spiritual director.

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there. Later, when Mary is married, there is only the orchard,
large, but not more than an orchard: and I have never seen in oth­
er visions the room that I saw. I do not know whether for finan­
cial reasons Mary’s parents disposed of part of their property
or whether Mary, when she left the Temple, moved into another
house given to her perhaps by Joseph. I do not remember whether
in past visions and instructions I had a clear sign that the house
of Nazareth was the house in which she was born.
My head is very heavy with fatigue. And then, especially with
dictations, I forget the words at once, although the commands re­
main recorded in my mind and illuminate my soul. But details
fade away immediately. If after one hour I had to repeat what I
heard, with the exception of one or two main sentences, I would
not know anything else. Visions, on the contrary, remain clear in
my mind because I had to watch them myself. I hear dictations
but I see visions. Therefore they remain clear in my mind with fa­
tigue in following them through their various phases.
I was hoping there would be a dictation on yesterday’s vision.
But nothing.
2I am beginning to see and I write. 3. 2
Outside the walls of Jerusalem, on the hills and among the
olive trees, there is a large crowd. It looks like a large market.
But there are no stalls. There are no shouting charlatans or ped­
lars. No games. There are coarse wool tents, certainly water­
proof, hanging on posts fixed to the ground, and tied to the posts
there are green branches, providing both ornamental decoration
and practical coolness. Other tents, instead, are made entirely of
branches fixed to the ground and tied like this /\, thus forming
small green tunnels. Under each tent there are people of every
age and condition, speaking quietly and earnestly, with the cry
of a child breaking the quietness now and again.
It is nightfall and the lights of small oil lamps are glittering
here and there throughout the odd camp. Around the lights some
families are eating their supper on the ground, the mothers hold­
ing the little ones in their laps. Many of these tired infants fall
asleep holding pieces of bread in their tiny pink fingers while
their small heads fall on their mothers’ breasts, like little chicks
under hens. The mothers finish their meals, as best they can,
each with only one hand free, while the other hand is holding
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 the child against her heart. Meanwhile other families are not yet
having supper and are talking in the dimness of twilight, wait­
ing for the food to be ready to eat. Small fires are lit here and
there and women are busy around them. Slow, somewhat plain­
tive, lullabies soothe children who are having difficulty in going
to sleep.
High above there is a beautiful clear sky, which is becoming a
deeper and deeper blue until it looks like an enormous black-blu­
ish soft velvet velarium. On this cloth, a little at a time, invisible
craftsmen and decorators fix gems and night lights, some isolat­
ed, some in odd geometrical patterns, amongst which the Great
Bear and the Little Bear stand out, in the shape of a cart, with its
shaft resting on the ground after the oxen have been freed from
the yoke. The Pole Star is smiling in all its brightness.
I realise it is October because the loud voice of a man says so:
«This month of October is beautiful as very rarely in past years! »
3. 3 3Here is Anne coming from a fire with something in her hands,
spread over a loaf of bread which is large and flat like a cake and
serves also as a tray. Little Alphaeus is holding onto her skirt
and is prattling in his little voice. Joachim, when he sees Anne
approaching, hastens to light his lamp; he is at the entrance of
his little hut made of branches and is speaking to a man of about
thirty years old, whom Alphaeus greets from a distance in his
shrill voice saying: «Daddy. »
Anne in her stately walk passes along the rows of huts. She
is stately, yet humble. She is not haughty with anyone. She picks
up the child of a very poor woman, as the urchin had fallen at
her feet while running like a little scamp. Since he has dirtied
his face and is crying, Anne cleans him, comforts him and hands
him to his mother who has run towards them and is apologis­
ing. Anne says to her: «Oh! It’s nothing. I am glad he did not hurt
himself. He is a lovely child. What age is he? »
«Three years. He is my second youngest and I am expecting
another one shortly. I have six boys. Now I would like to have a
girl... A girl is a lot for her mother... »
«The Most High has consoled you very much, woman! » sighs
Anne.
And the woman goes on: «Yes. I am poor, but the children are
our joy and the bigger ones already help with the work. And,
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 Madam, (it is very obvious that Anne is of a higher social stand­
ing and the woman realises it), how many children have you got? »
«None. »
«None. » Isn’t this one yours? »
«No, he is the son of a very good neighbour. He is my consola­
tion... »
«Did yours die or...? »
«I never had any. »
«Oh! » The poor woman looks at her pitifully.
Anne says goodbye to her, sighing very heavily, and goes to
her hut.
«I have kept you waiting, Joachim. I was held up by a poor wo­
man, the mother of six boys. Fancy that! And she is expecting
another child shortly. »
Joachim sighs.
Alphaeus’ father calls him, but he answers: «I am staying
with Anne. I will help her. » Everybody laughs.
«Leave him. He does not disturb us. He is not bound by the
Law yet. Here or there he is but a little bird eating» states Anne.
And she sits down with the child in her lap and gives him some
bread and, I think, some roasted fish. I can see that she does
something before giving it to him; perhaps she removes a fish­
bone. She has served her husband first. She eats last.
4The night is more and more crowded with stars and the camp 3. 4
with lights. Then little by little many lights go out. They are the
lamps of those who were the first to have supper and who now go
to sleep. Also the buzzing slowly decreases. No more children’s
voices are heard. Only some babies still unweaned raise their
lamb-like little voices seeking their mothers’ milk. The night
blows her breath over places and people and obliterates pains
and memories, hopes and ill-feelings. Or perhaps these last two
survive in dreams, although alleviated by sleep.
Anne says so to her husband while lulling Alphaeus who is
falling asleep in her arms: «Last night I dreamt that next year I
will be coming to the Holy City for two feasts, instead of one only.
And one will be the offering of my creature to the Temple... Oh!
Joachim!... »
«Keep on hoping, Anne. Did you not perceive anything else?
Did the Lord not whisper anything to your heart? »
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