Virgin · Remembered on April 11
St. Gemma Galgani
St. Gemma Galgani is remembered on April 11 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Below: a short life and 2 sourced quotations in their own words.
| Remembered on | April 11 |
|---|---|
| Title | Virgin |
| Died | 1903 |
| In their own words | 2 sourced quotations |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
A poor girl of Lucca who longed for Passion and received it: from twenty-one she bore the stigmata, ridiculed by neighbors and examined by doctors while remaining transparently humble and cheerful.
Refused entry to every convent for her health, she lived as a laywoman in a borrowed household and died at twenty-five on Holy Saturday. Her letters and diary breathe a fierce, simple love of Jesus crucified.
In their own words
Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under In Scripture.
If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you to love.
O Jesus, I love You so much. Your love is my life.
In Scripture
In Bless, St. Gemma Galgani’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version.
On this theme
My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollows of the wall, reveal to me your face. Let your voice sound in my ears. For your voice is sweet, and your face is graceful.
Song of Songs 2:16 · CPDV Beside their words: “O Jesus, I love You so much. Your love is my life.”
On this theme
But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.
Romans 8:17 · CPDV Beside their words: “If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you…”
On this theme
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21 · CPDV Beside their words: “O Jesus, I love You so much. Your love is my life.”
On this theme
But instead, commune in the Passion of Christ, and be glad that, when his glory will be revealed, you too may rejoice with exultation.
1 Peter 4:13 · CPDV Beside their words: “If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you…”
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Gemma Galgani. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. Gemma Galgani keeps April 11 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of April.
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