50.Jesus at Bethsaida in Peter's House. He Meets Philip and Nathanael.
« Well, tomorrow morning at dawn, I will leave with John. »
« Master… »
« Yes, Simon, what is it? »
« Master… are You going to Jerusalem? »
« You know I am. »
« Also I am going at Passover… and also Andrew and James. »
« Well?… Do you mean that you would like to come with Me? And your
fishing? And your profit? You told Me that you like to have money, and I will
be away for many days. I am going to My Mother's first. And I will go there
also on My way back. I will stop there to preach. How will you manage?… »
Peter is perplexed, undecided… then he makes up his mind: « think… I will
come. I prefer You to money! »
« I am coming, too. »
« And so am I. »
« We are going too, aren't we, Philip? »
« Come, then, you will help Me. »
« Oh!… » Peter is more than excited at the idea of helping Jesus. « How shall
we do that? »
« I will tell you. To do good, all you need do, is do what I tell you. Who obeys
always does good. We will now pray and then each of us will go and perform
his duties. »
« What will You do, Master? »
« I will continue to pray. I am the Light of the world, but I am also the Son of
man. I must, therefore, draw from the Light, to become the Man Who redeems
man. Let us pray. » Jesus says a psalm. The one beginning: « Who rests in the
help of the Most High, will live in the protection of the God of Heaven. He will
say to the Lord: “You are my protector and my shelter. He is my God, I will
hope in Him. He rescued me from the snares of fowlers and from harsh words”
etc. » I find it in the fourth book. It is the second psalm in book four, I think it is
number 90, (if I read the Roman number correctly).
The vision ends thus.
51. Judas Thaddeus at Bethsaida to Invite Jesus to the Wedding
at Cana
17th October 1944.
I see the kitchen in Peter's house. In addition to Jesus, there are Peter and his
wife, James and John. I think they have just finished eating their supper. They
are talking, and Jesus takes an interest in fishing.
Andrew enters and says: « Master, there is the man here in whose house You are
living, together with another man who says he is Your cousin. »
Jesus gets up and goes towards the door saying: « Let them come in. » And
when He sees Judas Thaddeus in the light of the oil lamp and of the fireplace,
He exclaims: « You, Judas?! »
« Yes, Jesus. » They kiss each other.
Judas Thaddeus is a handsome man, in the fullness of his virile manhood. He is
tall, although not quite so tall as Jesus, well built and strong, of a dark brown-
olive complexion, like saint Joseph when young, but not sallow: his eyes have
something in common with those of Jesus, because they are blue, verging on
periwinkle. His brown beard is squarely cut, his hair wavy, but not so curly as
Jesus', and is the same hue as his beard.
« I have come from Capernaum, I went there by boat and I have come here in
the same boat to gain time. Your Mother sends me; She says: “Susanna is
getting married tomorrow; please come to the wedding.” Mary will be there, and
also my mother and brothers. All the relatives have been invited. You would be
the only one absent, and they ask You to come and make the young couple
happy. »
Jesus bows lightly stretching out His arms and says: « A wish of My Mother is a
law for Me. But I will come also for Susanna's and our relatives' sake. Only… I
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am sorry for you… » and He looks at Peter and the others. « They are My
friends » He explains to His cousin. And then He mentions their names,
beginning with Peter's. He then adds: « And this is John » with a special
expression that causes Judas Thaddeus to look at him more carefully while the
beloved disciple blushes. He ends the introductions stating: « My friends, this is
Judas, son of Alphaeus, My cousin according to the custom of the world,
because he is the son of the brother of My Mother's spouse. A very good friend
of Mine, and a companion both in life and in work. »
« My house is open to you as it is to the Master. Sit down » and then addressing
Jesus, Peter says: « So? Are we no longer going to Jerusalem with You? »
« Of course you will come. I will go after the wedding feast. The only difference
is that I will not stop at Nazareth any longer. »
« Quite right, Jesus, because Your Mother is my guest for a few days. That is
what we intend to do. She also will come there after the wedding. » It is the man
from Capernaum who speaks thus.
« This is what we will do. I will now go in Judas' boat to Tiberias and from there
to Cana. With the same boat I will come back to Capernaum with My Mother,
and with you. You will come the day after the next Sabbath, Simon, if you still
wish to come, and we will go to Jerusalem for Passover. »
« Of course I want to come! Nay, I will come on the Sabbath to hear You in the
synagogue. »
« Are You already teaching, Jesus? » asks Thaddeus.
« Yes, My cousin. »
« And you should hear His words! Ah! no one else speaks like Him! » exclaims
Peter.
Judas sighs. With his head resting on his hand, his elbow on his knee, he looks
at Jesus and sighs. He seems anxious to speak but does not dare.
Jesus encourages him: « What is the matter, Judas? Why do you look at Me and
sigh? »
« Nothing. »
« No. It must be something. Am I no longer the Jesus of Whom you were fond?
From Whom you had no secrets? »
« Of course You are! And how I miss You, You the Master of Your older
cousin… »
« Well, then! Speak. »
« I wanted to tell You… Jesus… be careful… You have a Mother… She has but
You… You want to be a “rabbi” different from the others and You know, better
than I do, that… that the powerful classes do not allow anything which may
differ from the customary laws they have laid down. I know Your way of
thinking… it is a holy one… But the world is not holy… and it oppresses
saints… Jesus… You know the fate of Your cousin the Baptist… He is in jail,
and if he is not yet dead, it is because that evil Tetrarch is afraid of the crowds
and of the wrath of God. As evil and superstitious as cruel and lustful… You…
what are You going to do? To what fate are You going to expose Yourself? »
« Judas, you are so familiar with My way of thinking, and that is what you ask
Me? Are you speaking on your own initiative? No, don't lie! You have been
sent, certainly not by My Mother, to tell Me such things… »
Judas lowers his head and becomes silent.
« Speak, cousin. »
« My father… and Joseph and Simon with him… You know, for Your sake,
because they are fond of You and Mary… do not look favorably on what You
intend doing… and… and they would like You to think of Your Mother… »
« And what do you think? »
« I… I… »
« You are drawn in opposite directions by the voices coming from High Above
and those coming from the world. I am not saying from below. I say from the
world. The same applies to James, even more so. But I tell you that above the
world there is Heaven, and above the interest of the world there is the cause of
God. You must change your ways of thinking. When you learn to do that, you
will be perfect. »
« But… and Your Mother? »
« Judas, She is the only one who, according to the way of thinking of the world,
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should be entitled to recall Me to My duty as a son: that is to My duty to work
for Her, and provide for Her material needs, to My duty to assist and comfort
Her with My presence. But She does not ask for any of these things. Since She
had Me, She knew She would lose Me, to find Me once again in a much wider
manner than the small family circle… And since then She has prepared Herself
for that.
Her unreserved voluntary donation of Herself to God is nothing new. Her
mother offered Her in the Temple before She even smiled at life. And – as She
told Me the innumerable times She spoke to Me of Her holy childhood, holding
Me close to Her heart in the long winter evenings or in the clear starry summer
nights – She gave Herself to God since the dawn of Her life in this world. And
She gave Herself even more when She had Me, that She might be where I am,
fulfilling the Mission given to Me by God. Everybody will abandon Me at a
certain moment, perhaps only for a few minutes, but everyone will be overcome
by cowardice, and you will think that it would have been better, for your own
safety, if you had never known Me. But She, Who understood and knows, She
will always be with Me. And you will become Mine, once again, through Her.
With the power of Her unshaken, loving faith, She will draw you to Herself and
will thus bring you to Me, because I am in My Mother, and She is in Me, and
We are in God.
I would like you all to understand that, both you who are My relatives according
to the world, and you, friends and children in a supernatural way. Neither you,
nor anyone else know Who My Mother is. But if you knew, you would not
criticise Her in your hearts stating She is not capable of keeping Me subject to
Her, but you would venerate Her as the closest friend of God, the Mighty
Woman Who can obtain all graces from the heart of the Eternal Father and from
Her beloved Son. I will certainly come to Cana. I want to make Her happy.
You will understand better after the wedding. » Jesus is majestic and persuasive.
Judas gazes at Him. He is thinking. He then says: « And I will certainly come
with You, with these friends, if You want me… because I feel that what You say
is right. Forgive my blindness and my brothers'. You are so much holier than we
are!… »
« I bear no grudge against those who do not know Me. I am also without ill-
feeling towards those who hate Me. But I feel sorry for them, because of the
harm they do themselves. What have you got in that satchel? »
« The tunic Your Mother sent You. It is a big feast tomorrow. She thinks that
Her Jesus will need it, so that He may not look out of place amongst all the
guests. She worked from early morning till late night every day, to have it ready
for You. But She did not finish the mantle. Its fringes are not yet ready and She
is very sorry about it. »
« It does not matter. I will wear this one, and I will keep that one for Jerusalem.
The Temple is much more important than a wedding feast. »
« She will be so happy. »
« If you want to be on the way to Cana at dawn, you ought to leave at once. The
moon is rising and it will be a pleasant crossing » says Peter.
« Let us go, then. Come, John. I am taking you with Me. Goodbye, Simon Peter,
James, Andrew. I will see you on the Sabbath evening at Capernaum. Goodbye,
woman. Peace be with you and your house. »
Jesus goes out with Judas and John. Peter follows them as far as the lake and
helps them cast off.
And the vision ends.
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Jesus says:
« When it is time to arrange the work in order, insert the vision of the wedding
at Cana here. Put in the date (16th January 1944). »