Refutation of Their Fifth Failed Attempt to Demonstrate Error
The Resistance Dominicans made a list in which they attempted to demonstrate errors in Valtorta's work. Here is their fifth listed item:
Our Lady brags of her humility and her calm;
This is a flat-out falsehood. They provide no evidence of this. If they provided the quote with relevant context where they think she was doing this, I am very certain that I could expose the false reasoning and groundlessness of their argumentation. Would they consider that Our Lady was "bragging of her humility" in the canonized Scriptures when she exclaimed, "Because He has regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. He that is mighty, has done great things to me" (Luke 1: 48-49)? How many priests do you see at the pulpit during Mass exclaiming, "He has regarded my humility, and so from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. He that is mighty, has done great things to me"? Not very many because that might come off as somewhat proud. Yet was Our Lady proud in saying it in Scripture? Nope; not when you take into account the relevant context and the situation. The same thing occurs in Valtorta's work: the context excludes the possibility that she was bragging. If she was boasting at all, it was only of the Lord and not of herself, just like St. Paul says in Scripture: "Therefore, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.'" (1 Corinthians 1:31)
I think it is fair to say that the Resistance Dominicans have already made so many unsubstantiated accusations and objective falsehoods in their article, that they have lost all credibility, especially when it comes to making accusations without providing any reference (volume, chapter, page number), development of points, explanation, or proof. In other words, for an honest person with credibility and a solid reputation and track record, their arguments still wouldn't hold weight without proof; but, given the track record of the Resistance Dominicans in this article, their argument without proof or reference holds even less weight than a normal person and ought to be considered false until proven otherwise, especially when you compare their analysis with the thorough and highly developed analysis of world-renowned theologians and Mariologists who investigated Valtorta's writings for years, who affirm the contrary to what the (comparably uneducated on this topic) Resistance Dominicans claim.
Besides, if there were such basic/elementary Mariological problems with Valtorta's text, world-renowned Mariologist, Fr. Gabriel Roschini, O.S.M. (praised by Pope Pius XII and considered as one of the most learned and top Mariologists of the 20th century), would not write in his 395-page Mariological study of Valtorta's writings:84
I have been studying, teaching, preaching, and writing Mariology for half a century already. To do this, I had to read innumerable works and articles of all kinds on Mary: a real Marian library.
However, I must candidly admit that the Mariology found in all of Maria Valtorta's writings -- both published or unpublished -- has been for me a real discovery. No other Marian writings, not even the sum total of everything I have read and studied, were able to give me as clear, as lively, as complete, as luminous, or as fascinating an image, both simple and sublime, of Mary, God's Masterpiece.
It seems to me that the conventional image of the Blessed Virgin, portrayed by myself and my fellow Mariologists, is merely a paper mache Madonna compared to the living and vibrant Virgin Mary envisioned by Maria Valtorta, a Virgin Mary perfect in every way.
...whoever wants to know the Blessed Virgin (a Virgin in perfect harmony with the Holy Scriptures, the Tradition of the Church, and the Church Magisterium) should draw from Valtorta's Mariology.
If anyone believes my declaration is only one of those ordinary hyperbolic slogans abused by publicity, I will say this only: let them read before they judge! [emphasis added]
Fr. Roschini was at least ten times (if not fifty times) more learned than the Dominicans in Mariology and you will see this if you read more about him. He is considered to be one of the top two greatest and most learned Mariologists of the 20th century and he is completely traditional/orthodox in all of his Mariology. Fr. Roschini has written over 790 articles and miscellaneous writings, and 130 books, 66 of which were over 200 pages long. Most of his writings were devoted to Mariology. He was also at some time Prior General of the Order of the Servants of Mary, Vicar General, and General Director of its studies. He was also a member of several scholarly academies, and vice-president of the Pontifical Academy of Our Lady Immaculate (founded in 1847). For more details, see this page: Fr. Gabriel Roschini's Strong Approval of Valtorta and Her Work (Greatest Mariologist of the 20th Century).
Prof. Leo A. Brodeur, M.A., LèsL., Ph.D., H.Sc.D., wrote:85
Let us return to the alleged dogmatic or moral errors which some opponents of the Poem of the Man-God claim to find in it. The alleged errors result from the opponents' own doing: they rarely present complete quotations, they mutilate them; they wrench the quotations out of context, when only the context gives them their proper meaning; they sometimes even go so far as to falsify certain texts. Also, the testimony of those opponents often is not credible because of their lack of knowledge in mystical theology, their ignorance of Valtorta's work, or their prejudice against it. Some have even gone so far as to declare publicly that they had not read it and did not intend to in the least.