The Voices of Gemma Galgani - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Voices of Gemma Galgani write by Rudolph M. Bell. This book was released on 2003-01-15. The Voices of Gemma Galgani available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A biography of the first saint who lived in the 20th century, this book is a portrait of a complex girl-woman caught between the medieval and the modern and a potent reminder of spirituality in a supposedly secular age. 26 halftones.
The Life of St. Gemma Galgani
The Life of St. Gemma Galgani - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Life of St. Gemma Galgani write by Ven. Germanus C.P.. This book was released on 2004. The Life of St. Gemma Galgani available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Diary of Saint Gemma Galgani
The Diary of Saint Gemma Galgani - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Diary of Saint Gemma Galgani write by Saint Gemma Galgani. This book was released on 2013-10-11. The Diary of Saint Gemma Galgani available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Diary of Saint Gemma Galgani by Saint Gemma Galgani: " Publisher: Kindle E-Book Edition: ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-224-5 Gemma Galgani was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the "Daughter of Passion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ. "Oh God, the moment of the assault has come; and it was strong, even terrible I would almost say. No sign of the cross, no scapular was enough to halt the most ugly temptation one could imagine; he was so horrifying that I closed my eyes and never opened them again until I was absolutely freed." "My God, if I am without sin, I owe it only to you. You be thanked. What to say in those moments? To look for Jesus and not find him is a greater penance than the temptation itself. What I feel only Jesus knows, who watches secretly and is pleased. At a certain point when it seemed the temptation would take on more force, it came to mind to invoke the holy father of Jesus, and I shouted: "Eternal Father, for the blood of Jesus free me." "Publisher: " Catholic Way Publishing. This Paperback is the ideal small size of 5" x 8."
Holy Anorexia
Holy Anorexia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Holy Anorexia write by Rudolph M. Bell. This book was released on 2014-05-09. Holy Anorexia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is there a resemblance between the contemporary anorexic teenager counting every calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and an ascetic medieval saint examining her every desire? Rudolph M. Bell suggests that the answer is yes. "Everyone interested in anorexia nervosa . . . should skim this book or study it. It will make you realize how dependent upon culture the definition of disease is. I will never look at an anorexic patient in the same way again."—Howard Spiro, M.D., Gastroenterology "[This] book is a first-class social history and is well-documented both in its historical and scientific portions."—Vern L. Bullough, American Historical Review "A significant contribution to revisionist history, which re-examines events in light of feminist thought. . . . Bell is particularly skillful in describing behavior within its time and culture, which would be bizarre by today's norms, without reducing it to the pathological."—Mary Lassance Parthun, Toronto Globe and Mail "Bell is both enlightened and convincing. His book is impressively researched, easy to read, and utterly fascinating."—Sheila MacLeod, New Statesman
The Autobiography of Saint Gemma Galgani
The Autobiography of Saint Gemma Galgani - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Autobiography of Saint Gemma Galgani write by Saint Gemma Galgani. This book was released on 2013-09-15. The Autobiography of Saint Gemma Galgani available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Autobiography of Saint Gemma Galgani by Saint Gemma Galgani: " Publisher: Kindle E-Book Edition: ISBN-13: 978-1-78379-269-6 ." . . but my greatest affliction was not being able to love Jesus as I wished. I tried eagerly not to offend Him, but my bad inclination to evil was so strong that without a special grace from God I would have fallen into hell. Not knowing how to love Jesus caused me much concern, but He, in His infinite good-ness, was never ashamed to humiliate me in order that He might become my Master. One evening when I was at prayer, He came to bring peace to my soul. I felt myself entirely recollected and I found myself for a second time before Jesus Crucified. He said to me "Look Daughter, and learn how to love" and He showed me His five open wounds. "Do you see this cross, these thorns, these nails, these bruises, these tears, these wounds, this blood? They are all works of love; of infinite love. Do you see how much I have loved you? Do you really want to love Me? Then first learn how to suffer. It is by suffering that one learns how to love." "Publisher: " Catholic Way Publishing. This Paperback is the ideal small size of 5" x 8."
