The Story of Saint Maria Goretti, Savagely Murdered in 1902, Whose Feast Day in 2017 Is Thursday, July 6

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Maria Goretti was young girl. When she resisted a fellow farm worker as he tried to rape her, he savagely hacked her many times with a knife. She died the next day, forgiving him. After living years in a prison, her killer repented after she appeared to him in a dream, giving him lilies. Then, after being released from prison, he lived out his life as a gardener in a monastery, until he died.

To learn about her story, see guadalupeshrine.org/resources/sacred-art/painting-saint-maria-goretti

To better see this painting, see i1.wp.com/www.guadalupeshrine.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/St-Maria-Goretti.jpg
 
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Maria Goretti was young girl. When she resisted a fellow farm worker as he tried to rape her, he savagely hacked her many times with a knife. She died the next day, forgiving him. After living years in a prison, her killer repented after she appeared to him in a dream, giving him lilies. Then, after being released from prison, he lived out his life as a gardener in a monastery, until he died.

To learn about her story, see guadalupeshrine.org/resources/sacred-art/painting-saint-maria-goretti

To better see this painting, see i1.wp.com/www.guadalupeshrine.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/St-Maria-Goretti.jpg
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Thanks for the thread!
 
mdgspencer said:
Maria Goretti was young girl. When she resisted a fellow farm worker as he tried to rape her, he savagely hacked her many times with a knife. She died the next day, forgiving him. After living years in a prison, her killer repented after she appeared to him in a dream, giving him lilies. Then, after being released from prison, he lived out his life as a gardener in a monastery, until he died.

To learn about her story, see guadalupeshrine.org/resources/sacred-art/painting-saint-maria-goretti

To better see this painting, see i1.wp.com/www.guadalupeshrine.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/St-Maria-Goretti.jpg
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Thank you! I didnt know this wonderful saint yet!
 
Patron saint of forgiveness. Wow. That is a tough one for most of us. But a great example that it is possible.
 
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