Posts Tagged ‘Ven. Fr. Germanus’
St. Gemma Galgani: Twentieth Century Stigmatist
There have been very few Saints who had all five sacred stigmata. The Spirit, as we read in St. John, “breatheth where He will” and as He will, and whether by much or by little, attains His most sublime ends. Gemma was to be among the number of the most privileged, participating not only in…
Read MoreSt. Gemma’s Gift of Supernatural Prayer
By means of prayer, the soul is enabled to lift itself near to God and thus live a spiritual life – that of Christian perfection. This spiritual life has various degrees, and the soul that is enabled to pass through all of them will assuredly come to a full union with God. The first degrees…
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