Posted on 09/12/2008 1:30:58 PM PDT by Pyro7480
Glenn Dallaire of Bristol, Connecticut, has recently started a blog devoted to St Gemma Galgani with quotations from her writings and posts showing her heroic life. See Saint Gemma Galgani. Glenn, married with six children, hopes by this blog to inspire others to a greater love of Jesus and Mary. Please say a prayer for him and his family.
Prayers and sayings of St Gemma Galgani
“Oh, if all were to know how beautiful Jesus is, how loving He is! They would all die of love. And yet, how is it that He is so little loved? Oh, it is time lost to be with creatures! Our heart is made to love one thing only, our great God.”
“I am happy in every way that Jesus wills, and if Jesus wants the sacrifice of my life, I give it to Him at once. If He wants anything else, I am ready. One thing alone is enough for me; to be his victim, in order to atone for my innumerable sins, and if possible, for those of the whole world”
Upon receiving Holy Communion Gemma says “As soon as Jesus arrived on my tongue (the cause so often of so many sins) Jesus made Himself felt immediately. I was no longer in myself, but Jesus was in me; He descended into my breast (I say breast because I no longer have a heart since I gave it to Jesus’ Mother.) What happy moments I spent with Jesus! How could I return His affections? With what words can I express His love; and for this poor creature? Yet, He did deign to come. It is truly impossible, yes, it is impossible not to love Jesus. How many times He asked me if I love Him; if I truly love Him. And do You still doubt it, my Jesus? So, He unites ever closer to me, talks to me, says He wants me to be perfect, that He loves me so very much and that I should reciprocate.
"If I saw the gates of Hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I should not despair, I should not lose hope of mercy, because I should trust in You, my God."
Jesus says to Gemma in an inner locution:
“My child, I have need of victims; strong victims. In order to appease the just anger of my Divine Father, I need souls who, by their sufferings, trials and difficulties, make amends for sinners and for their ingratitude. Oh, if I could make all understand how angry My Father is by the impious world!”
Taken from "The Life of Saint Gemma Galgani" by Venerable Germanus C.P.
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