Gabrielle Bossis "He and I"

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I’d posted quite awhile back about having read it and there having been an entry where “Jesus” mentioned her nail polish. After another poster said they’d never seen it, I skimmed the book and didn’t see it either. So maybe I had it confused with another book of the same genre. Or I could have missed it. But while I was skimming, I found other things that concerned me. It could be in the translation. But either way, I’m simply not comfortable with it. There are too many new agey things that are supposedly about conversations with Jesus and one that was supposed to have been dictated by Him. I wasn’t comfortable with the Divine Mercy book, either, not because the Church considered it false (at the time, Pope John Paul seemed to be in favor of it) but because there were things in it that really concerned me. Plus, I have trouble believing Jesus would allow Himself to just be added to the mix of “Jesus Conversations”, especially since most of them are new age. Personally, and from hard experience, I think it’s better for most of us to stick to the basics.
 
I finally finished this book, I loved it! Jesus isn’t just speaking to Gabrielle, He’s speaking to everyone, in such an intimate way. I read little quotes from the book, & felt very emotional, & knew Jesus was leading me to read it.This book and other books have changed my life!
God Bless
 
Just a few quotes from the book," He and I", Words of Our Lord to Gabrielle Bossis.

“Why do you talk to Me as if I’m so far away? I am very near…in your heart.”“Ask Me for love. Ask Me; I am burning with desire to give it to you” Talk to Me. For me there is no sweeter prayer"

April 26, 1945 - ‘Lord, Your poor little girl, Your poor image is here before you, yearning for You with all the strength of her being.’
“Have you noticed how people talk among themselves, discussing all their personal affairs? They spend so much time this way and it does them so little good. Don’t you think that if they gave themselves to Me, their Friend, I should rejoice to have My place in their thoughts and I should know how to reward their confidence in abundance? Don’t you think that it would create a moment-to-moment intimacy between them and Me, and this would be a joy for them, because close to Me their lives would lose their tension.
You understand? It would be life together with Me- I carrying the heavy end of things. So again I say: speak with Me, My little ones. Speak with Me. And our hearts will Merge. Isn’t this the aim of My Christians? Isn’t that why you want to die? Then begin living this heart-oneness. Seize upon every opportunity. Find every pretext. You aren’t bold enough. For some of you it is because you are indifferent.
But My close friends, why, why don’t they call to Me from their heart’s depths? If only their belief were less like unbelief! If their hope were fixed upon My help … And if, in all simplicity, their love loved Me more. I should be there looking after everything in their day, and when night fell, their eyes would close again on My face.”

March 21, 1946 -Holy hour
“All night long I waited for you in My Eucharist -waited to give Myself to you in the morning. Why should this astonish you? You believe in My presence and a tabernacle, don’t you? You believe in My immense love? Then put the two together. And when you wake up during the night, look at the One who is already longing for the dawn to bring you to Him. This will quicken your love and give you confidence in My power. Let Me profit by the days of your life, they are not many. Prolong Me in them as much as you can don’t let a day go by without doing something for Me, for there is not a single day that I am not at work, you for your own happiness. Do you believe Me?”
‘Yes Lord’
“Then humble yourself for not having responded better to all the loving kindness of your Creator. You know how I love to forgive? You know how your confidence attracts My compassion? Your trust can win anything from My heart. Count on Me. Call Me. Don’t you love your name? I love to hear Mine on your lips. Don’t deprive Me.”

February 14, 1947 -in a moment of sadness
“Remember that I traveled all of your roads”.
“If you want to gain strength to make a sacrifice, don’t look at the sacrifice. Look at My joy.”
“Don’t you realize that I have been waiting a long, long time for you? No two souls are alike. None other can give Me what I expect from you.”

March 6, 1947
"Each soul is the object of My special love. That is why I am so grateful to those who are resourceful and bringing back sinners to Me. Keep this in mind then. I gave My life for them in the most atrocious torture, for these poor beloved ones. A humble repentance, and they are already on My heart. So speak gently to them. Speak with tenderness. A brusque remark could drive them farther away.‘I have just received telegrams and telephone calls for 101 things’
"That his life, unforeseen events, moving from one place to another, rough weather. But, come what may, remain steadfastly in My heart. Keep your eyes fixed on Me as you ask Me for advice, or as you tell Me that you love Me always. Remember that nothing happens without My permission, and be very calm and serene. There is nothing like serenity for convincing people of the Good. This was My response to the craftiness of the Pharisees. So, be calm in your soul, and happily docile to My will. As you look back over your life, don’t you see that My will was always for your good? This is because I love you, and it’s the same for everyone, since I love each of you individually. I see you all differently; I see every detail about you, do you understand? My love is not of global love.
I need each one of you as though you were the only person in the world, as though the cosmos had been created for you alone, and My love is greater than the cosmos. So let this thought be a strength to you and your smiling calm.
Let us include My Mother in this life of ours. Do you really believe that Her love is active on your behalf? Oh, My little girl, have faith in the great things that you can do with Us. Without Us…but you are already aware of your nothingness. "
 
Continued Quotes from Our Lord to Gabrielle Bossis, He and I,

November 4, 1948
“I knock at your door. You don’t believe that I need my children, do you? An yet, My God-Love needs your love. That is how it is. Always. You remember My words, ‘I thirst’? I am always thirsty. If you knew this thirst, more intense than the thirst of men, you would devise every means in your power to quench it. That is why I knock at your door.

Do you remember the heat of the Sahara? The desert burns less than I. Can you understand My thirst for your awareness of Me, for your desire to be pleasing to Me, for your gratitude for My pitiable sufferings, your compassion for all the disgrace, the filth and the hatred I received during the night before My crucifixion and on the morning of My death? And for the blows, and the torture of My body and mind. Do you sometimes think of it?

Can you measure this love that made Me give Myself up when I could have escaped into the invisible? It was My love that went out to meet the torture.
Don’t you believe that I paid for the right to have at least your friendship? You recall what the thief said: ‘Remember me when You come into Your kingdom’? And I say to you, ‘Remember Me during your life’. Place Me as a lighthouse in the center of your mind, not just a lighthouse that illumines, but one that gives warmth. Where can you be where I am not? When you are hunting for Me, I am already there, and when you love Me, I love Myself in you.
I am your Source. Give everything back to Me in joy and simplicity. So few stop to think about this.
Then tell Me now, do you want Me to knock at your door?"

November 11 Holy hour
Have you tried to see Me in others? Have you understood that I live in that old crippled woman on the ‘sunken road’ and all others like her? Couldn’t you bring Me a little wood for this winter, and some clothing? Won’t you give Me something to eat? Suppose she is bitter and doesn’t thank you, what difference does it make? Since I am the One who receives, and I am rich.

Don’t be shy when you give. Be daring in goodness:’ I was thinking that I should be ashamed to wheel a barrow with wood in it right to that place.
“Perhaps. But I shall not be ashamed of you at the last judgment. Don’t run away any more from what costs you something, and you will be among the happiest people. Besides, I’ve done so much for you … You are free though. You will not even commit a fault by not going. I’ll just have the sadness of wanting some¬thing without getting it.”
“Lord, I’ll go.”

I found these quotes from this website mysticsofthechurch.com/
 
Jesus said to Gabrielle:
You doubt that it is I who is speaking to you? Behave as if it were Me"

There are four bands, spanning the 11 years of interior locutions. I have read much of them.Sometimes there are “warnings” to Gabrielle, in order to help her grow spiritually, but most of the messages from Jesus are messages of love and mercy, always aimed at helping her to love Jesus more, to see Jesus’s presence more in others, to appreciate His presence more in the situations.
In all the messages I not only did NOT find anything contrary to the teachings of the Church but found that they fully support these teachings and encourage us to live the teachings more deeply.
This book teaches us how even a very “busy” person can still have a profound inner bond with Christ. This is so necessary for our world today, where often people are so busy that they don’t find time to go to Church, to pray, to help others in need.
This book encourages all of these things, but most of all it encourages to reader to grow in Holiness through an intense personal relationship with Christ.
It helps me to appreciate in new ways, just how close Jesus is… if we only invite Him into our hearts at all moments of the day.

I haven’t the slightest doubt that these messages are of supernatural origin. This book goes beyond human wisdom, and it would NOT be in the interests of the Evil one to encourage such deep devotion to Christ.
Jane
 
While these comments are helpful said:
Hallo!!
I just want to tell you that, although it is good to be on your guard, do not fear to read this book. I have read, in bits and pieces over the years, a large part of these writings. Many of them are not “wrapped in sweet sounding words” but rather, hit me with force because they highlight false behaviour in me, or false thinking or false attitude, and make me realise there is something which needs to be corrected. Consider this message below… it touched me so deeply!!

November 11 - Holy hour.
"Practice being more attractive for love’s sake. You could do immense good with an affectionate look and a smile. If you keep yourself for yourself, you are your own slave. But if you go to meet people with delicate thoughtfulness, you bring peace and rest; you give the balm of Gilead. How a smile from you would have soothed X this morning if you hadn’t shut yourself up in your ivory tower. There is a demon called the spirit of contradiction; he fraternizes with the spirit of self-seeking.
Remember that love is not puffed up with pride and that it will never pass away. What you do for yourself will perish miserably. What you do for others, for the love of Me, will go on re-echoing throughout all eternity.

Can you doubt the authenticity of these words? I cannot…
All the best
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I am reading the book now and find it to be a beautiful description of Gabrielle’s personal journey and walk with Christ. It also beautifully describes what I explain to my children are the only two things they need to remember:

Pray everyday and serve others generously

Isn’t that what we have been asked to do?

Love your God with all your heart
Love your neighbor as yourself
 
I’m currently doing research for a book on Gabrielle, author of ‘He and I,’ who I discovered while writing ‘The Catholic Heart,’ and whose work has become a cherished resource in my own spiritual life. The messages she received from Christ are breathtaking in the intimate love they convey, and they are meant for all the faithful, as He explicitly tells her.
I’ve verified that the locutions have indeed been authenticated and approved by the Church under the authority of the local archbishop, who convened an ecclesiastical commission to investigate the events and messages, and approved the compilation of the messages for publication. The publication of the ensuing book was entrusted to the Daughters of St. Paul, an international order of sisters whose apostolate is religious education and media.
Evelyn M. Brown, the translator of the English edition, was an educator from British Columbia is best known for writing the first authoritative biography of the Native American Saint Kateri Tekakwitha.
I write this to recommend ‘He and I’ to the many Catholics who seek to breathe in the intimate love of Christ in a fresh and almost unnerving way. I’ll end by quoting one message Gabrielle received in April of 1945:
" “Have you noticed how people talk among themselves, discussing all their personal affairs? They spend so much time this way and it does them so little good. Don’t you think that if they gave themselves to Me, their Friend, I should rejoice to have My place in their thoughts and I would know how to reward their confidence in abundance? Don’t you think that it would create a moment-to-moment intimacy between them and Me, and this would be a joy for them, because close to Me their lives would lose their tension.
You understand? It would be life together with Me; I am carrying the heavy end of things. So again I say: speak with me,myy little ones. Talk with me, our hearts will merge. Isn’t this the goal of my people? Isn’t that why you do not fear eternity? Then begin living this heart-oneness. Seize upon every opportunity. Find every pretext. You aren’t bold enough.”.
 
Thank you! I love this book so much and its really helpedbme come closer to Our Lord. I’m very glad its been approved as well. I know my copy has an Imprimatur.

I have shared this book with friends and they loved it too. Its the type of book you just can’t stop reading. One time my friend and I were reading it on a long bus ride and we were amazed how moving it is.
 
To help in understanding the status of He and I, I would point to the three categories of Catholic approval of literature. First is a book or document approved by the Holy See, including Sacred Scripture, Council documents, Catechism, Canon Law, and Encyclicals.

The second level is literature approved by the governing ecclesiastical authority for a country or group of countries, such as US Conference of Catholic Bishops. These will have a “Nihil Obstat” and “Imprimatur” and include translations from the Latin of such documents as the Catechism, Sacramentary, and Bible (since translations can differ)…

The third level of works with the “Nihil Obstat” and “Imprimatur” are approved by the appropriate governing ecclesiastical authority, usually the Bishop where the author resides.This broad category includes the writing of theologians such as Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Karl Rahner,and the messages of Fatima and Lourdes. This is the category to which “He and I” belongs.
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UberrimaeFidei said:
To help in understanding the status of He and I, I would point to the three categories of Catholic approval of literature. First is a book or document approved by the Holy See, including Sacred Scripture, Council documents, Catechism, Canon Law, and Encyclicals.

The second level is literature approved by the governing ecclesiastical authority for a country or group of countries, such as US Conference of Catholic Bishops. These will have a “Nihil Obstat” and “Imprimatur” and include translations from the Latin of such documents as the Catechism, Sacramentary, and Bible (since translations can differ)…

The third level of works with the “Nihil Obstat” and “Imprimatur” are approved by the appropriate governing ecclesiastical authority, usually the Bishop where the author resides.This broad category includes the writing of theologians such as Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Karl Rahner,and the messages of Fatima and Lourdes. This is the category to which “He and I” belongs.
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Thank you for this information Father.
 
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