At one point, I believe Fr. Gobbi was instructed to present his messages as his private spiritual reflections, and not as words from Heaven.
He does indeed, HH, but a clarifying note is inserted into the text which prevents one to assume Fr. Gobbi had embraced the more questionable content of Luisa's claims: *Here Fr. Gobbi opened a brief parenthesis: (Evidently, our weakened human nature will remain even with Christ’s return in glory. It is not the weakness of our nature that is destroyed – destroyed is the power of Satan, which exercises a strong influence over the weakness of our human nature. Yes, in fact, by our human nature we are inclined to sin, but today everything drives us toward sin – the atheistic and pagan civilization in which we live, the influences coming from the mass media, which are all the abode of evil! Today the world is the dwelling place for the evil one! The evil one exercises a very powerful persuasive action, and so there are temptations, seductions, bad examples – everything leads us toward evil, because these [evil influences] exercise their power. But tomorrow, once this power is destroyed, everything will help us to go toward that which is good. So, our weakness remains, but it will be greatly helped to walk the path of good, in a way which is totally opposite to how it is today, when, because of Satan, it is influenced to walk along the path of evil. But hearts, souls, must be renewed [by a most special outpouring of the Holy Spirit: the Second Pentecost].)
The book is brilliant. There is no way a humble priest, who was not at all an intellect, could have ever written those words.
Message from Fr. Luca Pescatori, General Coordinator of the worldwide MMP: Dear members of the MMP, The long-awaited moment of the official opening of the Cause of Beatification of our beloved Fr. Gobbi has arrived. Let us gather in prayer of thanksgiving with Cenacles as Our Lady taught him to pray. As Fr. Gobbi so faithfully accomplished her requests, let us follow his example and be united in Her Immaculate Heart by offering Cenacles to Her. To recognize the journey towards beatification is not so much to glorify Fr. Stefano, but above all what our Lady has accomplished in him and wants to accomplish in us. You can also follow the Cenacle that will precede Holy Mass being streamed live from Como, Italy at 10:30 AM* (local time) on Wednesday, May 1. YouTube link: (will be available for later viewing) * 4:30 AM Eastern / 3:30 AM Central / 2:30 AM Mountain / 1:30 AM Pacific
