St. Gemma Galgani

[velvetsky]

"…Just before the cure was granted, Jesus said, embrac*ing me, ‘My daughter, I give myself entirely to you and you will be entirely mine.’ I saw clearly that Jesus had taken my parents from me and sometimes this made me discouraged, because I believed myself abandoned. That morning I complained to Jesus about this and He, always so good and tender, said to me: ‘My daughter, I will always be with you. I will be your Father and She (indicating our Mother of Sorrows) will be your Mother. He who is My hands can never lack fatherly help. You will never lack anything, even though I have taken away from you all earthly consolation and support. Come, draw near to Me, you are my daughter. Are you not happy to be the daughter of Jesus and Mary?’

Hi, I was really drawn to this quote when reading about St. Gemma Galgani, I wasn’t at all familiar with her. This particular quote really touched me, I lost my birth parents a long time ago and although still newish to the catholic faith I have a strong devotion to our blessed Mother, but when St Gemma speaks of our dear Lord saying “I will be your Father” can that be so in a spiritual sense? I get so confused with the Holy Trinity and think of God the Father as our Father, and Jesus our Lord, Master, teacher, I love Christ but don’t think I think of Him in a fatherly kind of way. what are your thoughts?

 

[John_Russell_Jr]

"…Just before the cure was granted, Jesus said, embrac*ing me, ‘My daughter, I give myself entirely to you and you will be entirely mine.’ I saw clearly that Jesus had taken my parents from me and sometimes this made me discouraged, because I believed myself abandoned. That morning I complained to Jesus about this and He, always so good and tender, said to me: ‘My daughter, I will always be with you. I will be your Father and She (indicating our Mother of Sorrows) will be your Mother. He who is My hands can never lack fatherly help. You will never lack anything, even though I have taken away from you all earthly consolation and support. Come, draw near to Me, you are my daughter. Are you not happy to be the daughter of Jesus and Mary?’

Hi, I was really drawn to this quote when reading about St. Gemma Galgani, I wasn’t at all familiar with her. This particular quote really touched me, I lost my birth parents a long time ago and although still newish to the catholic faith I have a strong devotion to our blessed Mother, but when St Gemma speaks of our dear Lord saying “I will be your Father” can that be so in a spiritual sense? I get so confused with the Holy Trinity and think of God the Father as our Father, and Jesus our Lord, Master, teacher, I love Christ but don’t think I think of Him in a fatherly kind of way. what are your thoughts?

… my dear friend …

… you can have every possible type of human or other moral relatioship with jesus or god - no problem , in the beginning we were just gods friends , but since the fall we are the relationship with god we need , not want , and this continually changes , hope this helps …

… st gemma is my patron saint , i was born on her feast day april 11 , a great saint …

… god bless you …

… john …

 

[Julian0404]

And it is not just with the death of our fathers, that GOD promises to be our Father. Read Psalm 27 and you will discover that even if your parents “foresake you”, that GOD will never foresake us or abandon us.