Refutation of Their Groundless Accusation of Sensualities
The Resistance Dominicans wrote:
One can note numerous contradictions with the Gospel, for example: [...] and this is not to mention the numerous sensualities which are spread throughout the work.
This is a groundless accusation without any substance or context which has already been thoroughly refuted. For a complete refutation, see the chapter in A Summa & Encyclopedia to Maria Valtorta's Extraordinary Work entitled "Analyzing and Refuting Some Critic's Arguments that it Appeals Too Much to the Sensitivity or Presents a De-Supernaturalized Christ Because it Contains So Many Details of the Human Side of Our Lord's Life."
Also see my thorough refutation of Horvat's anti-Valtorta article here which also refutes her same groundless accusation: How the Orthodoxy of Maria Valtorta's Work Shines Even More Brightly and Exposing the Methodological and Theological Errors of Marian Horvat: A Complete Refutation of Horvat's Flawed Anti-Valtorta Article.
In the above-mentioned chapter in my e-book, I identify and comprehensively refute four forms or variations of that argument.
Paul T.Y. Atworth relates concerning one of the four forms of this argument (all of which are addressed thoroughly in the e-book):138
Objection: Valtorta's books are too emotional.
Answer: Emotions are not wrong, unless they are directed at the wrong object. Tenderness and lofty feelings are proper when one loves God mystically, as can be seen in the Canticle of Canticles. The onus is therefore on critics to: 1. produce examples of misplaced tenderness, feeling, or affection in Valtorta's writings, 2. make sure the examples are not taken out of context, and 3. explain why they are misplaced according to clear theological and moral principles. As for us, we have never noticed any such misplaced show of emotions. On the contrary, we have found all emotions expressed by Jesus or Mary in praising God or helping their neighbors in Valtorta's writings to be totally worthy of them. (See also The Poem of the Man-God, vol. 5, p. 947, #4)