The life of st gemma galgani patron

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"The next morning I recieved Communion. What happy moments I spent with Jesus! He kept repeating to me, Gemma, do you wish to be cured?" I was so moved that I could not answer. Poor Jesus! The grace had been given. I was cured. "

Throughout her life, Gemma was to be favored with many mystical experiences and special graces, most notably the stigmata, which she suffered beginning on Thursday evenings and lasting into Friday afternoon, and except for the round nail shaped scars, all traces would soon disappear (sometimes instantaneously), only to come back again the following Thursday evening.

Jesus called Gemma to be a "soul victim", in that she would suffer in union with Jesus, for the conversion of sinners. In other words, her mission was to lead souls to God. Along with the stigmata, at times she would sweat blood. At other times in ecstacy, Jesus would appear to her and place His crown of thorns on her head, and immediately the blood would be seen to flow from various points on her head. There were also times when, representing the scourging, deep gashes would suddenly appear all over her body, sometimes to the bone, through which great quantaties of blood would flow. Even though she was given such extraordinary sufferings, she still desired more, her heart all on fi

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Biographical sketch of St Gemma Galgani

Saint Gemma was a layperson whose life was marked throughout by divine favors and extraordinary graces, and also great trials and sufferings. Though she was a extraordinary mystic and stigmatic, bearing in her body the marks of the Lord Jesus, her spiritual life was quite hidden from the world. She was never the object of public curiosity or veneration. From outward appearances her life seemed ordinary, but her soul lived in the heights. She was especially chosen by God to be a soul victim, that is, she was especially called to sacrifice and suffer for the conversion of sinners. In other words, she was a victim of Divine Love. Hers was a life of sacrifice and suffering for the conversion of sinners and in reparation for sin.

Early childhood

Gemma was born at Camigliano, Italy on March 12th, 1878. She was the fourth of the eight children, and the eldest daughter of Henry and Aurelia Galgani. Her father was a very successfull Pharmacist (Apothecarist). A month after her birth the family removed to Lucca, where she remained the rest of her life. Sacrifice and suffering began for her at a very young age. Like all children, Gemma loved her mother with all her little heart. Her mother was a holy and devout Catholic, and Gemma’s

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Gemma Galgani

Italian worshiper and Draw to a close saint

For precision uses, block out Gemma (disambiguation).

Saint Gemma Galgani

Born	Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani (1878-03-12)12 March 1878 Camigliano, Capannori, Italy
Died	11 April 1903(1903-04-11) (aged 25) Lucca, Italy
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	14 May 1933 by Holy father Pius XI
Canonized	2 May 1940, Saint Peter's Basilica, Residence City rough Pope Pius XII
Major shrine	Passionist Monastery play a role Lucca, Italy
Feast	11 April (celebrated by Passionists on 16 May)
Attributes	Passionist usage, flowers (lilies and roses), crucifix, stigmata
Patronage	Students, Pharmacists, Paratroopers and Parachutists, loss find time for parents, those suffering diminish injury respectful back concern, those give surety with headaches/migraines, those struggling with temptations to defilement and those seeking perfection of heart^[1]

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