"I have chosen you as a blank canvas to fill it up only with My Work which I will name; True Life in God."
I first heared about Vassula Ryden from a priest who gave us a retreat. I was amazed at how concretely God has been manifesting Himself through her.
It was in 1985 while she was in Bangladesh with her family, when God started to communicate to her. She could never have imagined that God would unexpectedly reveal Himself. It is God that dictates, inspires and reveals to her His words of Wisdom to pass them on to His people so that they know His Will.
Vassula Rydén belongs to the Greek Orthodox Church. She is Greek, born in Egypt. Her husband's professional obligations meant that she
had to live most of her life in third world countries.
Vassula never received any catechetical instruction or theological formation. God Himself taught her everything; as He once said to her: ‘I have chosen you as a blank canvas to fill it up only with My Work which I will name: ‘True Life in God.’ (June 10, 1987). The ‘True Life in God’ divine messages are an urgent call to make peace
with God and amend our lives through repentance. They are a call to reconciliation, love and unity.
“Be like a loud book, a book written by the Most High,”
God told Vassula in the beginning. He foretold her back in 1986 that
His message, with His help, will go around the world and so it did.
Since 1988 Vassula has been invited to speak in more than 79 countries
and has given over 1000 presentations. In all of this apostolic work, Vassula receives no personal royalties, fees, or benefits for her efforts. So far, the books have been translated by volunteers into more than 42 languages.
Several renowned theologians and
priests, with great enthusiasm have studied the messages and consider
them not only to be in harmony with the Scriptures and the Tradition of
the Church but also said that they have given them a better insight of
the Scriptures and of the essence of God. They have confirmed their
authenticity and divine origin by writing books and analyzing the unique case of Vassula.
Prophecy
Through all these years, Our Lord has
tried and is still trying to awaken a true understanding in all of us by
repeatedly giving us reminders: recalling what was said in the past
through Scriptures, by the Holy Prophets and His own Commandments; God
will not allow us forever to offend His Holy Name and so, repeatedly He
has been warning us that the world, living without Him, is
self-destroying itself in its apostasy and provoking His Holy Justice to
fall on them. Prophecies such as the destruction of the Twin Towers, the Tsunami in 2004, the fall of communism in Russia
and other prophecies, were foretold to Vassula and have all come true.
If the world, will not repent and the churches will continue to be deaf
to His callings for reconciliation and unity, a unity in diversity, a
great chastisement of fire will be sent to the world. “Those who have ears let them hear, those who do not want to hear let them not hear”, this is what God said to Vassula to tell this generation and to all the Churches.
Feeding the Poor
In Scriptures it is written that faith
without good works is quite dead. After experiencing our Lady in a
vision, Vassula was asked by our Holy Mother to reach out to the needy
and feed the poor as well, for spiritual food was not enough. Since
then, many houses called Beth Miriam
(house of Mary) started to function to feed the poor. Those houses are
progressing to have schools as well for the poor children. There are
now many worldwide.
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