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Also known as: Mary-Magdalen de'Pazzi
Memorial: 25 May
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Religious upbringing. Initially sent to a convent at age 14, she was taken
back home by her family who opposed her religious vocation and wanted her
to marry well. They eventually gave in, and Catherine became a Discalced
Carmelite at 16, taking the name Sister Mary Magdalen. Mystic. Led a
hidden life of prayer and self-denial, praying particularly for the
renewal of the Church and encouraging the sisters in holiness. Her life
was marked by many extraordinary graces.
Born: 1566 at Florence, Italy as Catherine
Died: 25 May 1607
Canonized: 1669 by Pope Clement IX
Patronage: bodily ills, sexual temptation sick people, sickness
Reading
Prayer ought to be humble, fervent, resigned, persevering, and accompanied
with great reverence. One should consider that he stands in the presence
of a God, and speaks with a Lord before whom the angels tremble from awe
and fear.
Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi
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Come, Holy Spirit. Spirit of truth, you are the reward of the saints, the
comforter of souls, light in the darkness, riches to the poor, treasure to
lovers, food for the hungry, comfort to those who are wandering; to sum
up, you are the one in whom all treasures are contained.
Come! As you descended upon Mary that the Word might become flesh, work in
us through grace as you worked in her through nature and grace.
Come! Food of every chaste thought, fountain of all mercy, sum of all
purity.
Come! Consume in us whatever prevents us from being consumed in you.
from the writings of Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
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A little drop of simple obedience is worth a million times more than a
whole vase of the choicest contemplation.
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