Gemma Galgani was baptized on March 13th, by Fr. Qulilici, at the Church of St. Miguel in Comigliano, Italy With zeal the young saint applied herself to devotion. Saint Gemma Galgani Home Page. Visit the Photo Gallery. Gemma Triduum Prayer. Catholic News. Catholic Links. The Holy Mass. Rosary in Latin. He let her see him sometimes raised in the air with outspread wings , with his hands extended over her, or else hands joined in an attitude of prayer.
At other times he would kneel beside her. In her autobiography, Gemma recalls a time when her guardian angel appeared while she was praying and encouraged her: "I became absorbed in prayer. I joined my hands and, moved with heartfelt sorrow for my countless sins, I made an act of deep contrition. My mind was wholly plunged in this abyss of my crime against my God when I beheld my Angel standing by my bed.
I felt ashamed of being in his presence. He instead was more than courteous with me, and said, kindly: 'Jesus loves thee greatly. Love Him greatly in return. Gemma also writes about when her guardian angel gave her spiritual insight into why God was choosing not to heal her of a physical illness she was going through: "One evening, when I was suffering more than usual, I was complaining to Jesus and telling him that I would not have prayed so much if I had known that He was not going to cure me, and I asked Him why I had to be sick this way.
My angel answered me as follows: 'If Jesus afflicts you in your body, it is always to purify you in your soul. Be good. After Gemma recovered from her illness, she recalls in her autobiography that her guardian angel became even more active in her life: "From the moment I got up from my sick bed, my guardian angel began to be my master and guide.
He corrected me every time I did something wrong. He taught me many times how to act in the presence of God; that is, to adore Him in His infinite goodness, His infinite majesty, His mercy and in all His attributes.
While numerous miracles have been attributed to Gemma's intervention in prayer after her death in , the three most famous are those that the Catholic Church investigated during the process of considering Gemma for sainthood.
One miracle involved an elderly woman who had been diagnosed by doctors as terminally ill with stomach cancer. When people placed a relic of Gemma on the woman's body and prayed for her healing, the woman fell asleep and woke up the next morning cured. Doctors confirmed that cancer had completely disappeared from her body. Believers say the second miracle happened when a year-old girl who had cancerous ulcers on her neck and left side of her jaw which had not been successfully treated with surgery and other medical interventions placed a photo of Gemma directly on her ulcers and prayed: "Gemma, look at me and have pity on me; please cure me!
Immediately afterward, doctors reported, the girl was cured of both the ulcers and cancer. The third miracle that the Catholic Church investigated before making Gemma a saint involved a farmer who had an ulcerous tumor on his leg that had grown so large that it prevented him from walking. The man's daughter used a relic of Gemma to make the sign of the cross over her father's tumor and pray for his healing. By the next day, the tumor had disappeared and the skin on the man's leg had healed back to its normal state.
Gemma was born in Camigliano, Italy, as one of eight children of devout Catholic parents. Gemma's father worked as a chemist, and Gemma's mother taught her children to reflect on spiritual matters often, especially Jesus Christ's crucifixion and what it meant for people's souls. While she was still a girl, Gemma developed a love for prayer and would spend lots of time praying.
Gemma's father sent her to a boarding school after her mother died, and teachers there reported that Gemma became the top student both academically and in spiritual development there. Gemma then developed a painful disease, which made it difficult for her to care for her family. Soon afterwards, her father fell into bankruptcy, developed throat cancer, and died. Orphaned and caring for her siblings, Gemma was then diagnosed with tuberculosis.
After a painful year she was miraculously healed. Instead of becoming bitter from her pain, Gemma united her suffering to Christ crucified and offered herself as a living sacrifice for the salvation of souls. I am willing to do something. My Jesus I want to love you with my whole soul…all the Saints of Heaven, all of you, loan me your hearts.
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