The Book of Heaven
—Unofficial Version—

September 6, 1924

How grave and sorrowful is the state of the Church.

As I was in my usual state, I found myself outside of myself, and to my surprise, I found a woman, lying in the middle of a street – all full of wounds and with her limbs all dislocated; not one bone was in its place. The woman, though in such a sorry state as to seem to be the true portrait pain, was beautiful, noble, majestic; but at the same time she moved one to pity, in seeing her abandoned by all, exposed to anyone who wanted to harm her. So, moved to compassion, I looked around to see if there was anyone who would help me to lift her from the ground and bring her to a safe place. And – oh, marvel - at my side there was a young man who seemed to be Jesus; so, together, we lifted her from the ground, but at every movement she suffered harrowing pains, due to the dislocation of her bones. So, little by little, we carried her into a palace, upon a bed, and together with Jesus, who seemed to love this woman so much as to wanting to give His Life in order to save her and restore her health, we took the dislocated members in our hands to put them in place. At the touch of Jesus, the bones took their place, and that woman was transformed into a beautiful and graceful child.

I was surprised by this, and Jesus said to me: "My daughter, this woman is the image of my Church. She is always noble, full of majesty and holy, because Her origin is from the Son of the Celestial Father; but in what sorrowful state did the members incorporated into Her reduce Her! Unhappy to live as saints as She does, they brought Her into the middle of the street, exposing Her to cold, to mockery, to blows; and Her very children, like dislocated members, living in the middle of the street, have given themselves to all sorts of vices. The love of interest, which is predominant in them, makes them blind, and they commit the ugliest evils, living near Her to wound Her and to say to Her, continuously: ‘Be crucified, be crucified!’

In what a sorrowful state my Church is! Those ministers who should defend Her, are Her most cruel executioners. But in order for Her to be reborn, it is necessary to destroy these members, and to incorporate innocent members, with no self-interest; so that through these, living like Her, She may return to be a beautiful and graceful child, as I constituted Her - without malice, more than a simple child - in order to grow strong and holy. Here is the necessity that the enemies move battle: in this way the infected members will be purged. You - pray and suffer, that everything may be for my glory."