June 13, 2026

Gospel: John, chapter 1, verses 1–14
Homily of the Pontiff Samuel
Solemn Feast of Baby Jesus

The Kingdom is amongst us,
the Paschal Mystery of the Son of God
is alive and eternal

(Draft: Automatic Translation)

Behold the Beginning and behold the End (Rev 21:6).

That Beginning, when the Breath of Life entered into man to give Life (Genesis 2:7). Then the Word was proclaimed and took flesh in the Womb of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:31); He died, rose again and ascended into Heaven for our Salvation, which is now being fulfilled.

Behold the Visitation of the Holy Spirit to ensure that all may be grafted onto the Tree of Life. Behold the ‘temporal progression’ of God’s History in these three Stages, where now, in this final and third Stage, all will be brought to fulfilment (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Year One of the New Era”, 31/12/1994).

Behold the Feast, beloved brothers and sisters, beloved young people, who from the break of dawn have gladdened the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:2) with your singing, your prayer and your fragrance of holiness, revealing to the world the Army of Mary which, as the hymn says, has but one ‘weapon’ with which to fight and conquer this world: the weapon of the Holy Rosary, the weapon of Love, which will be raised up to Heaven to lead everyone to Victory, to lead the Child Jesus—who descended here (Acts 1:11) to make His Dwelling here— the Dwelling-place of God amongst men, just as it is written and had been promised (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Holy Place of Jesus’ Return”, 19 February 1995). He will descend and pitch His Tent amongst them to be God with them (Rev 21:3).

God’s Promises are being fulfilled and are drawing to a close. Behold the Dwelling of the King. God is everywhere, but in this Cradle He has established His Throne. Here is His Tabernacle, the one and only Tabernacle, where the Living God dwells (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Tabernacle of Jesus”, 19 June 1994), who awaits all His children so that He may embrace them one by one, just as He has done today, as we walked together to honour the Divine Child who stood before each of you, ready to welcome you, embrace you and love you with all His Heart, that Heart which manifests Life, that Heart which gives everyone new birth to new Life from on high (John 3:3, 7), in that Holy Spirit who has come down here, who took flesh here (John 1:14) so that all may have Life and have it for Eternity (John 10:10).

Behold the Kingdom being revealed, the Kingdom of God which is amongst you. Behold the Pascha of the Son of God, which is alive and eternal.

Behold ‘those who have risen’ to new life: dead to the world and to sin, reborn from on high in the Holy Spirit, to live the Kingdom already now, alive, which opens its arms, opens the doors of its Heart, to enable those who wish to do so to set sail along the path of Eternity. Where Jesus is, the Son of the Living God, there is the Kingdom. Here the Son of the Living God has come down, and the words of the Gospel are fulfilled, fulfilled once more: ‘The Kingdom of God does not come in such a way as to attract attention, and no one will say, “Here it is,” or “There it is.” For the Kingdom of God is amongst you!’, says the Evangelist (Lk 17:20–21).

Here is our “thank you” which today rises loudly to the Heart of She who welcomed the Child Jesus so that all this might be fulfilled and lived out. Here is our “thank you” to the Maiden of God, this Maiden, She who opened wide Her pure Heart—a finite Heart—to contain the Infinite that is God. Just as Mary, at the Angel’s Annunciation, welcomed the Holy Spirit who descended, casting His shadow upon her (Luke 1:35), so she welcomed into her Heart the Child Jesus, who descended in Spirit and Life, to take up permanent residence and grow to adulthood within her Heart, just as Jesus Himself said in one of His Revelations: “Behold, then, I become a Child once more; I come here, to this remote place, to be born anew in the heart of a little girl who has loved me as my mother loved me. I have come of age in her heart. I had to grow up, just as I grew up in Joseph’s house.” (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Return of Jesus”, 30 October 1994).

Behold this Young Girl who loved the Child Jesus as Mary did, nurturing Him in her heart and bringing Him spiritually to life in the hearts of so many who no longer lived for Jesus, who were no longer in communion of heart, soul and spirit with Jesus, acting as a mediator between Jesus and all those who, from being ‘unbelievers’ and ‘sinners’, have become ‘believers’, ‘children’, welcoming the Son into their hearts (Jn 1:12).

Here is the Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary; here is the Revelation “Mary, I consecrate myself to You”, where all this is understood: “Mary, You who gave birth, once and for all, physically, to Jesus, through the Holy Spirit; so may Your Only-Begotten Son be born, spiritually, within us, through the Holy Spirit, whenever He no longer dwells in our hearts” (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “Mary, I consecrate myself to You”, 10 March 1986). Jesus said this to His Maiden, who, upon hearing these words, added: “With these words, He made me understand the effects of the Consecration, namely: every time we commit even the smallest fault, Mary is ready to give birth to Jesus anew in our hearts.” (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “Mary, I consecrate myself to You”, 10 March 1986).

Behold: just as the Divine had to penetrate and enter into Mary, pure, substantial and essential Holiness – and behold Her Womb, ‘the’ Garden that had been lost, that pure Garden where the Sprout of God (Isaiah 11:1) – so too, in these last days, Mary Giuseppina was to welcome the Word of God, proclaiming Him to all as the Bread of Life (John 6:35, 51), the inexhaustible Source of the Father’s Love, Salvation for all those who would believe in that Shoot. Mary and Maria Giuseppina, united, to bring everyone back once more to this time in which the Holiness of the Kingdom of God will be experienced – that promised and proclaimed Kingdom, that Kingdom which mankind has allowed to slip away and has let slip through its fingers. This is what is experienced and lived here, this is where victory is won, so that all may come to understand the Essence and Substance of Mary’s Heart: the inseparable Union between Mother and Son, Son and Mother, the beating Heart of Christian Doctrine.

This is the Work of the Holy Spirit who dwells in Mary, who is His Temple, His Tabernacle: Mary, Heart of Faithfulness in God, with God and for God (Revelation of God the Father to Maria G. Norcia, “Mary the Immaculate dwells in Us”, 28 June 1983).

Allow yourselves to be visited daily by the Holy Spirit, who is Love, the Only-Begotten Love, that pure Love which unites the Father and the Son, the Son and the Father (John 10:30), in that eternal Holy Food which refreshes the heart, the soul and the spirit: the Holy Spirit who is Life (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Holy Spirit”, 13 September 1984).

Behold Jesus, the Word made flesh, who was welcomed into the Heart of She who loved Him as Mary, who became the Ark to manifest the third and definitive Covenant between God and His people.

Let Life penetrate you, so that through you you may pass It on, to make it loved, lived and understood. Here is the profound meaning of being grafted onto that Shoot which gives Life, the Holy Shoot (Isaiah 11:1), whose Roots are grafted onto the full Tree that is Life, which is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

This is the true Bread, the true Food, from which to take and be nourished, to eat and be satisfied, and to be free from hunger evermore, for we are sated by His eternal Love (Jn 6:35). This is the Immensity of our God, who bestows His very Essence and Substance. This the world has not understood and will not understand. But those who have understood live and will live for Eternity.

Today the Father will make His Thunder heard. Great is the Love of the Father who loves us with infinite Love and will fulfil every Promise, ‘as in Heaven, so on Earth’ (Matthew 6:10); that Heaven which is united to the Earth of Love, the New Jerusalem, in total Union with Angels and Saints. Behold, today every Angel and Archangel is well instructed on what to do and how to act (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Archangels”, 29/09/1986). Every Angelic Choir is ready to act, to praise and to make the Sound of Heaven heard: all focused on the one Action that will leave much of this world breathless.

The Promise of Jesus, who dwells in this Little Cradle, His Eternal Tabernacle, will be fulfilled. Death will be defeated, subdued and cast down, so that the Newness may triumph: the Newness of God’s Beauty, the eternal Newness of His Universal Message, which must transform this world into that new Creation (Rev 21:5), which will cause the Stars to shine; and these Stars – united with the Star – will shine with full and holy Light (Rev 12:1).

Let us give thanks together to the Father for all that He has given us, and together with His Heart, you, united to my Heart, let us say: ‘I love You, Lord! I love You, Lord! I love You, Lord!’ And from Heaven a Voice will be heard, answering: ‘I love you, my child; come and share in My Kingdom’ (Mt 25:34).

And behold, for all the children who have remained faithful, the Gates of the Kingdom of God are opened. For all the others, and for this earth, torn apart by man’s neglect—who has built everything upon war and hatred—the eternal Curtain will fall (Mt 25:41, 46).

Let us remain grafted onto Mary, onto Christ, the Tree of Life (Rev 22:2), to praise the Father for having given us this Blessed Earth, which is destined for the Son, so that the Son may reign with His children for all eternity (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Dwelling Place Established by Jesus”, 9 March 1997). So be it.