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forgiveness of my Son, and I encouraged them not to fear. I said to

them that their destiny was in my hands, because He had given them all
to Me as my children, and I recognised them as such.

Blessed child, you know that I was present at the Resurrection of my

Son. But I did not say a word to anyone, waiting for Jesus Himself to

manifest Himself as risen, glorious and triumphant. The first one to see
Him risen was the fortunate Magdalene; then the pious women. And all

came to Me telling Me that they had seen Jesus risen, that the

sepulchre was empty; and I listened to all, and with an air of triumph I
confirmed all in the faith in the Resurrection. By evening, almost all of

the Apostles had seen Him, and all felt as though triumphant at having
been the Apostles of Jesus. What change of scene, dear child, symbol

of those who have first let themselves be dominated by the human will,

represented by the Apostles who run away, abandoning their Master;
and their fear and fright is such that they hide, and Peter reaches the

point of denying Him. Oh! if they had been dominated by the Divine Will,

they would never have run away from their Master, but, courageous and
as triumphers, would never have departed from His side, and would

have felt honoured to lay down their lives to defend Him.

Now, dear child, my beloved Son Jesus remained on earth, risen, for
forty days. Very often He appeared to the Apostles and disciples to

confirm them in the faith and certainty of His Resurrection; and when

He was not with the Apostles, He was with His Mama in the cenacle,
surrounded by the souls who had come out of Limbo. But as the term of

the forty days expired, beloved Jesus instructed the Apostles, and

leaving His Mama as their guide and teacher, He promised us the
descent of the Holy Spirit. Then, blessing us all, He departed, taking

flight for the vault of the heavens, together with that great crowd of

people who had come out of Limbo. All those who were there, and they
were a great number, saw Him ascend; but as He went up high, a cloud

of light removed Him from their sight.

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