Sanctimoniae et Virginitatis

[bben15]

Brethren, I have recently changed my Avatar to a picture of St. Maria Goretti. She is the patron of victims of rape. The story of St. Goretti is truly extraordinary. One July 5, 1902, she was sitting outside of her house, sewing a shirt, when the son of the family she was living with came over to her and gave her a choice: Have sex with me, or die. Ironically, the owner of the shirt she was sewing was the assailant. Maria choose to die instead. She was stabbed twelve times, and when she tried to run, she was stabbed two more times. Later that night, she died in the local hospital holding a crucifix and a picture of Our Lady. With her dying breath, she forgave her killer.

St. Maria Goretti is a model, especially for youth. Too many teenagers fornicate these days. This eleven-year-old girl is an example of true purity and innocence. She was willing to die so she would not offend God by fornicating. St. Goretti did not choose death, she chose God. She recognized how offended God would be if she fornicated, and she chose not to offend him.

We must constantly pray to her, asking her for an end to fornication. Someone, especially one so young, willing to die instead of fornicate, is amazing. She is our defense against the sex that plagues our modern culture.

St. Maria Goretti, pray for us!

 

[wllmjoseph]

Brethren, I have recently changed my Avatar to a picture of St. Maria Goretti. She is the patron of victims of rape. The story of St. Goretti is truly extraordinary. One July 5, 1902, she was sitting outside of her house, sewing a shirt, when the son of the family she was living with came over to her and gave her a choice: Have sex with me, or die. Ironically, the owner of the shirt she was sewing was the assailant. Maria choose to die instead. She was stabbed twelve times, and when she tried to run, she was stabbed two more times. Later that night, she died in the local hospital holding a crucifix and a picture of Our Lady. With her dying breath, she forgave her killer.

St. Maria Goretti is a model, especially for youth. Too many teenagers fornicate these days. This eleven-year-old girl is an example of true purity and innocence. She was willing to die so she would not offend God by fornicating. St. Goretti did not choose death, she chose God. She recognized how offended God would be if she fornicated, and she chose not to offend him.

We must constantly pray to her, asking her for an end to fornication. Someone, especially one so young, willing to die instead of fornicate, is amazing. She is our defense against the sex that plagues our modern culture.

St. Maria Goretti, pray for us!

Alessandro Serenelli was the name of the young man who stabbed Marietta to Death. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison. He was unrepentant until 8 years into his sentance he had a dream that he was not able to distinguigh the dream from reality. In the dream Marietta Gorett picked 14 white lillies and handed them to Alessandro. The 14 white lilies represented the 14 times he stabed Maria, Each white lilie turned into a flaming light and became a purifying flame for each time he stabbed Maria.
He was released from prison after 27 years for good behavior. After being released he sought our Maria’s mother Assunta Goretti. He so desperately wanted her forgiveness. He knocked on her door and Assunta opened the door and was before him. He asked Assunta “Do you know who I am?” to which Assunta replied “I know who you are”. He than asked “Do you forvige me?”. Assunta replied “my daughter forgave you, our Lord Jesus Christ forgave you and why should I not also forgive you. I forgive you.” Allesandro spent the remainder for his life at the Capuchin Monastery at Mancerata. The good Capuchins called him “brother”.
I addition to being the saint of rape victims she is also one of the patron saints of forgiveness. I have great love in my heart for her. When I have been hurt by another person the testimony of St. Mari Goretti puts it all into perspective.

 

[Walking_Home]

Brethren, I have recently changed my Avatar to a picture of St. Maria Goretti. She is the patron of victims of rape. The story of St. Goretti is truly extraordinary. One July 5, 1902, she was sitting outside of her house, sewing a shirt, when the son of the family she was living with came over to her and gave her a choice: Have sex with me, or die. Ironically, the owner of the shirt she was sewing was the assailant. Maria choose to die instead. She was stabbed twelve times, and when she tried to run, she was stabbed two more times. Later that night, she died in the local hospital holding a crucifix and a picture of Our Lady. With her dying breath, she forgave her killer.

St. Maria Goretti is a model, especially for youth. Too many teenagers fornicate these days. This eleven-year-old girl is an example of true purity and innocence. She was willing to die so she would not offend God by fornicating. St. Goretti did not choose death, she chose God. She recognized how offended God would be if she fornicated, and she chose not to offend him.

We must constantly pray to her, asking her for an end to fornication. Someone, especially one so young, willing to die instead of fornicate, is amazing. She is our defense against the sex that plagues our modern culture.

St. Maria Goretti, pray for us!

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If that man – had succeeded in raping her – she still would not have offended God. A girl/woman who gets raped – does not sin. The sin is on the rapist alone.

 

[bben15]

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If that man – had succeeded in raping her --** she still would not** have offended God. A girl/woman who gets raped – does not sin. The sin is on the rapist alone.

Correct, but… the very sin of rape/fornication offends God, even though she would not have incurred sin for it, since she was not giving her consent. She would not allow God to be offended by rape, and chose to give her life to Him.

Unfortunately, God was offended by murder…

 

[Walking_Home]

Correct, but… the very sin of rape/fornication offends God, even though she would not have incurred sin for it, since she was not giving her consent. She would not allow God to be offended by rape, and chose to give her life to Him.

Unfortunately, God was offended by murder…

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To bad – since to God – life is precious – that keeping her life – would have been more important to God.

 

[bben15]

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To bad – since to God – life is precious – that keeping her life – would have been more important to God.

I don’t quite understand what you saying. Are you saying that the early Christian martyrs should have renounced instead of died for Catholicism because “keeping their lives would have been more important to God?”

 

[catholicmamajoy]

We must not forget that almost every account of St Maria tells that she fought off Alessandro, but later succumbed to the stab wounds he inflicted upon her during his rage at her refusal to willingly submit to his sinful requests. It was St Maria’s forgiveness of his attack and her desire that he repent that paved the way for her cause of her canonization.

Ignatius Press has a wonderful movie about her life. It stars several of the same actors that also are in the movies about Don Bosco and John Paul ll. In fact, the young actor that plays Alessandro Serinelli also plays one of Don Bosco’s wayward boys and a friend of young John Paul ll.

 

[Walking_Home]

I don’t quite understand what you saying. Are you saying that the early Christian martyrs should have renounced instead of died for Catholicism because “keeping their lives would have been more important to God?”

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The martyrs no – but in the case of rape – life would be important to God.

 

[TRH1292]

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To bad – since to God – life is precious – that keeping her life – would have been more important to God.

Don’t you even consider slandering a saint. Women have a right to attempt to fight off someone who is attempting to rape them.

St. Maria Goretti preached the Gospel to her attacker and refused to yield to him. Not only for herself, but out of a desire to see him saved.

 

[Walking_Home]

Don’t you dare slander a saint. Women have a right to attempt to fight off someone who is attempting to rape them.

St. Maria Goretti preached the Gospel to her attacker and refused to yield to him. Not only for herself, but out of a desire to see him saved.

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I fully agree – that a woman has the right to fight off her attacker with all her might – but if it came down to – having a knife at her neck – a gun to her head – if this were a relative of mine – I would rather she survive the ordeal.