Preface
Mother Eugenia
Bishop's Testimony
The Father's Message 1
The Father's Message 2
Prayer to God the Father
The Image

In the message given to Mother Eugenia Elisabetta Ravasio by the Father in 1932, "The Father Speaks to His Children," we read:

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I also desire that every family prominently display the picture I will later show to My "little daughter". I wish every family to be able to place itself under My special protection in this way, so that they can honour Me more easily. There, everyday, the family will share with Me its needs, its work, its sorrows, its sufferings, its desires, and also its joys, because a Father must know everything that concerns His children. I do know it, of course, because I am there, but I love simplicity. I know how to adapt Myself to your condition. I make Myself little with little ones; I make Myself an adult with adults; and the same with the elderly, so that all may comprehend what I wish to tell them for their sanctification and My glory.

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Therefore through this Image, the Father wants to take possession of your world, the world of your children, the children that He loves.

Mother Eugenia saw to it that a painting of the Father was made, of which we have a very poor quality photo. To find the original, we have conducted a long search in Italy and France. But all we have been able to fiond out about the original is that perhaps it is in the Vatcan files along with the dossier on Mother Eugenia. We have forwarded an official request for atleast a good copy, but we have not had an answer.

In addition to this, the original picture did not correspond to the reality contemplated by Mother Eugenia, who, for instance, saw the Father "without a beard." This detail caused innumerable objections, so in the painting, the beard was insisted on because it was inconceivable that the eternal Father did not have a beard.

The Povidence of God allowed us to meet Lia Galdiolo of Padova, a creature of light and a noted iconographer, and we begged her to creatre a possible icon of God the Father.

Lia did much suffering to create her icon. She paid a heavy price, --(all works of God have a price) -- finishing it just before entering hospital for a delicate and difficult procedure; that's the reason why we're here tonight.

It is not just an icon. As I explained, by glancing at it one understands and is absorbed. Mr. Brazzale, the most qualified expert on icons in Italy, will do us the privelege of reading the Icon for us. As we read in the messages, Father, You wanted to establish a special feast day on August 7th. It is appropriate that this Icon is presented on this day, it is a concrete sign of your arrival in the midst of us, to take back possession of your children.

To each of us is given the assignment of spreading this message to our brothers, as the Father has requested to have His Image exposed in all public places, in offices, in barrracks, in schools, etc.

How to read the Icon of The Father?  By Luigi Brazzale 

Our Almighty Father wants men to contemplate His face through a sensitive image, through an iconographic image.

Almighty God is patient and merciful in attracting the hearts of men, these hearts poisoned by the enemy in hell. Here is the Icon of God our Father.

Who is the Father? He is known by  "Holy and Almighty God" and "Abba, Father" by Jesus of Nazareth and all His brothers. He is dad, my dad. Here is the title of the icon, "Abba, Almighty God our Father!"

Padre Andrea tells us that God our Father has wanted this Icon to communicate His goodness, force, and power. Also the theological content that Lia Galdiolo expresses is faithful to the traditional doctrine of the Church and to recent private revelations which are considered valued and authentic. When considered in this light, the Icon, when used in this manner, can have a notable spiritual benefit - an artistic and elevated form of contemplative prayer.

Lia Galdiolo, who currently lives in Padova, has in the spirit of prayer and penitence, "written" this icon - that is the correct term to use when dealing with icons.