https://x.com/suzanahvalabogu/status/2042906356550639751?s=20 https://x.com/JustAdaugoijele/status/2042857815203553440?s=20 TACK !her V @father_rmv · 32m St. Gemma Galgani, born Maria Gemma Umberta Galgani on March 12, 1878, in Camigliano, Italy, near Lucca, emerged as one of the most remarkable mystics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She lived a brief yet profoundly spiritual life marked by intense devotion, physical suffering, and extraordinary mystical experiences, which ultimately led to her canonization by the Catholic Church. From an early age, Gemma exhibited a deep piety and a longing for religious life. Her mother died when she was seven, followed by the loss of her father when she was nineteen, leaving her orphaned and responsible for her younger siblings. Despite these hardships, she maintained an unwavering faith. She attempted to enter the Passionist convent but was rejected due to her frail health. Instead, she lived as a laywoman in the home o...
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Father V @father_rmv · 32m St. Gemma Galgani, born Maria Gemma Umberta Galgani on March 12, 1878, in Camigliano, Italy, near Lucca, emerged as one of the most remarkable mystics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She lived a brief yet profoundly spiritual life marked by intense devotion, physical suffering, and extraordinary mystical experiences, which ultimately led to her canonization by the Catholic Church. From an early age, Gemma exhibited a deep piety and a longing for religious life. Her mother died when she was seven, followed by the loss of her father when she was nineteen, leaving her orphaned and responsible for her younger siblings. Despite these hardships, she maintained an unwavering faith. She attempted to enter the Passionist convent but was rejected due to her frail health. Instead, she lived as a laywoman in the home of an uncle and later with a pious family in Lucca, dedicating herself to prayer, penance, and works of charity. Gemma’s spiritu...
Father V @father_rmv · 32m St. Gemma Galgani, born Maria Gemma Umberta Galgani on March 12, 1878, in Camigliano, Italy, near Lucca, emerged as one of the most remarkable mystics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She lived a brief yet profoundly spiritual life marked by intense devotion, physical suffering, and extraordinary mystical experiences, which ultimately led to her canonization by the Catholic Church. From an early age, Gemma exhibited a deep piety and a longing for religious life. Her mother died when she was seven, followed by the loss of her father when she was nineteen, leaving her orphaned and responsible for her younger siblings. Despite these hardships, she maintained an unwavering faith. She attempted to enter the Passionist convent but was rejected due to her frail health. Instead, she lived as a laywoman in the home of an uncle and later with a pious family in Lucca, dedicating herself to prayer, penance, and works of charity. Gemma’s spiritual li...
https://x.com/george_hitti/status/2042872230569259024?s=20 https://x.com/george_hitti/status/2042872230569259024?s=20 THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL. A Reflection on St. John of the Cross What Is the Dark Night? St. John of the Cross describes the Dark Night of the Soul not as a punishment from God, but as a profound purification. It is the season when God strips the soul of every earthly consolation, every spiritual sweetness, every feeling of His presence, so that the soul may love Him purely, not for what He gives, but for who He is. “The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union.” - St. John of the Cross TWO STAGES OF THE NIGHT. St. John identifies two movements in this spiritual darkness: 1. The Night of the Senses. God begins withdrawing sensory consolations, the joy felt in prayer, the warmth of devotion, the emotional sweetness of faith. The soul feels dry, distracted, and spiritually cold. Many mist...
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