| Preface
'God is my Father!' This cry is being heard ever more
frequently in today's world: people are coming to recognize that God is indeed their
Father.
Consequently, we feel it our duty to publish a message,
given to the world by God the Father through one of His creatures who loved Him so much,
Sister Eugenia Elisabetta Ravasio, and recognized as valid by the Church.
We consider it appropriate to introduce this work by
quoting the testimony of a former Bishop of Grenoble, the Right Reverend Alexandre,
Caillot. In 1935 he set up a board of experts, drawn from various parts of France, to
conduct a diocesan enquiry, which lasted ten years.
Its members included the Bishop of Grenoble's Vicar
General, Mgr Guerry, theologian; the Jesuit brothers, Fathers Albert and Auguste
Valencin-Amons. who ranked among the foremost authorities in the field of philosophy and
theology and were expert in evaluating such cases; and two doctors of medicine, one of
whom was a psychiatrist.
We are sure that this message will help people to
understand the deep tenderness the Father has for each one of us, and we hope that it will
receive the widest possible circulation.
Father Andrea D'Ascanio
OFM Cap.
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