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2012-02-09T15:31:39.757-05:00

If we people of the world read the lives of the saints the world won't be as it is.

Maria

Hi Gil,
Thank so much for your kind comments.
2008-12-20T20:20:00.000-05:00
Hi Gil,
Thank so much for your kind comments.

I'll refrain from making my own comments but will reply with Sacred Scripture, as the Word of God speaks better than a poor soul such as myself.
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1 Chronicles, Chapter 21:
Therefore the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel died.
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God also sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem; but as he was on the point of destroying it, the LORD saw and decided against the calamity, and said to the destroying angel , "Enough now! Stay your hand! "The angel of the LORD was then standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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When David raised his eyes, he saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, with a bare sword in his hand stretched out against Jerusalem. David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, prostrated themselves face to the ground,
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and David prayed to God: "Was it not I who ordered the census of the people? I am the one who sinned, I did this wicked thing. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD, my God, strike me and my father's family, but do not afflict your people with this plague!"
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Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to tell David to go up and erect an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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Genesis Chapter 19
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The two angels reached Sodom in the evening, as Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to greet them; and bowing down with his face to the ground,
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1 he said, "Please, gentlemen, come aside into your servant's house for the night, and bathe your feet; you can get up early to continue your journey." But they replied, "No, we shall pass the night in the town square."
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He urged them so strongly, however, that they turned aside to his place and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking cakes without leaven, and they dined.
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Before they went to bed, all the townsmen of Sodom, both young and old--all the people to the last man--closed in on the house.
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They called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to your house tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have intimacies with them."
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Lot went out to meet them at the entrance. When he had shut the door behind him,
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he said, "I beg you, my brothers, not to do this wicked thing.
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I have two daughters who have never had intercourse with men. Let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you please. But don't do anything to these men, for you know they have come under the shelter of my roof."
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They replied, "Stand back! This fellow," they sneered, "came here as an immigrant, and now he dares to give orders! We'll treat you worse than them!" With that, they pressed hard against Lot, moving in closer to break down the door.
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But his guests [the two angels] put out their hands, pulled Lot inside with them, and closed the door;
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2 at the same time they struck the men at the entrance of the house, one and all, with such a blinding light that they were utterly unable to reach the doorway.
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3 Then the angels said to Lot: "Who else belongs to you here? Your sons (sons-in-law) and your daughters and all who belong to you in the city--take them away from it!
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We are about to destroy this place, for the outcry reaching the LORD against those in the city is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."
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4 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had contracted marriage with his daughters. "Get up and leave this place," he told them; "the LORD is about to destroy the city." But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
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As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, "On your way! Take with you your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."
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When he hesitated, the men, by the LORD'S mercy, seized his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters and led them to safety outside the city.
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As soon as they had been brought outside, he was told: "Flee for your life! Don't look back or stop anywhere on the Plain. Get off to the hills at once, or you will be swept away."
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"Oh, no, my lord!" replied Lot.
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"You have already thought enough of your servant to do me the great kindness of intervening to save my life. But I cannot flee to the hills to keep the disaster from overtaking me, and so I shall die.
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5 Look, this town ahead is near enough to escape to. It's only a small place. Let me flee there--it's a small place, isn't it?--that my life may be saved."
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"Well, then," he replied, "I will also grant you the favor you now ask. I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
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Hurry, escape there! I cannot do anything until you arrive there." That is why the town is called Zoar.
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The sun was just rising over the earth as Lot arrived in Zoar;
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at the same time the LORD rained down sulphurous fire upon Sodom and Gomorrah (from the LORD out of heaven).
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6 He overthrew those cities and the whole Plain, together with the inhabitants of the cities and the produce of the soil.
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But Lot's wife looked back, and she was turned into a pillar of salt.
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Early the next morning Abraham went to the place where he had stood in the LORD'S presence.
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7 As he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole region of the Plain, he saw dense smoke over the land rising like fumes from a furnace.
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Thus it came to pass: when God destroyed the Cities of the Plain, he was mindful of Abraham by sending Lot away from the upheaval by which God overthrew the cities where Lot had been living.

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I think we can therefore see that God uses Angels to correct and at times punish us for our sins.

The point is sin seperates us from God, so like any good parent, He corrects us at times when necessary, out of His infinite love for us.

You said >>"I think God and the angels will always and forever see us as perfect and they only try to show us this.<<
You also said >>and those who helps me out is my own soul, my guardian angel and God- reminding me I'm loved and perfect as I am..<<

The entire Scripture, beginning with the Book of Genesis, where first sin of Adam and Eve, thru the book of Revelation speak of humanities fallen nature. Most of us are in fact far from perfect, and all of us are sinners.

You are right that God intended us to be without sin, but having given our first parents free will, they chose to disobey God and thus they fell from grace and sin entered the world. Thus we are all sinners, but we are forgiven, if we ask and desire to be forgiven. That is the most importtant thing.

Perhaps in the end we will have to "agree to disagree" on this one.

However, the one thing it seems we both agree on is God's infinite love for us. Let us thank God for His infinite love!

May God bless you and yours,
Glenn

Hello again dear Glenn..

Once again I'v...

2008-12-20T04:00:00.000-05:00

Hello again dear Glenn..

Once again I've tried and hoped to see things in another way- but I just couldn't. The letters miracles was nice to read about but again reading about the harsh looks her angel gave her and the threats of her not seeing him anymore.. Also this judgmental behavior and making her feel shame of herself.. For me it does not seem an angel at all.

I read a Lot about angels and I've NEVER ever seen or heard of an angel who was angry or upset or displease of anyone.. They job is to heal and help people feel good about who they are- the best cure is love! Even if an angel "only" loves and accepts- the humans can see their faults for themselves.. Humans do it enough.. I think God and the angels will always and forever see us as perfect and they only try to show us this.

The goal is to remember our source as souls and sons & daughters of God and of heaven.. All of our "sins" are only of this world.. But when it is time to return home- I believe we are all purified, forgiven and Love unconditionally no matter what. I still think that her visions of that "angry" angel- were not heavenly or godly. I can say this with confidence after I myself had to deal with OCD and still to this day- with bad and degrading thought of myself.. and those who helps me out is my own soul, my guardian angel and God- reminding me I'm loved and perfect as I am..

This is what I believe..

Here's a near death experience of a woman who felt she was a sinner but later found out how much she is loved by God:

http://4herway.com/4letterword/index.html

But there are so many others in this site: www.near-death.com

In ALL of the NDEs, God is always loving, and he loves unconditionally.. We must remind ourselves that guilt and shame is not of the heavenly world- but only of the human world..

Thanks for your site & for who you are,

With Love,
Gil :-)

Thanks so much for the info on the book, Glenn! I...

2008-09-15T22:19:00.000-04:00

Thanks so much for the info on the book, Glenn! I'll have to discipline myself to send away for it. Thanks a lot!

Hi Dymphna,
Thank you for your kind comments.
2008-09-15T21:06:00.000-04:00
Hi Dymphna,
Thank you for your kind comments.
This picture is indeed somewhat rare.
It is however in two different books on St. Gemma (possibly others)

The two books are:
"The Autobiography of St. Gemma Galgani" published by the Passionist nuns in Erlanger, KY
For those interested, this book can be purchased for $5.00 from the Passionists here:
http://crossplace.com/store/product45.html

or by sending $5.00 by mail to the Passionist Nuns located here:
Passionist Nuns Monestary
1151 Donaldson Highway
Erlanger, KY. 41018
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The second book that this picture is in is "The Voices of Gemma Galgani- The Life and Afterlife of a Modern Saint" which can be purchased through Amazon or other book retailers.

If you haven't already read it, HIGHLY recommend the first one (her autobiography), written by St. Gemma herself under obedience to her spiritual director. It is most edifying and is really a spiritual treasure.

By the way, there is another picture just like this one, with the same background (it was surely taken at the same time) except in that one one of her eyes is partially closed.
-Glenn Dallaire

I am in awe of this blog!! St. Gemma is my patron...

2008-09-15T20:02:00.000-04:00

I am in awe of this blog!! St. Gemma is my patron saint and I've long wanted to develop a closer relationship with her.

I appreciate your missive about striving to be in full communion with the Church. I have been disappointed with other St. Gemma sites in the past and have had to stop visiting.

Also, I have NEVER seen that picture on the top of the sidebar! What is the story behind it?

Best of luck with this blog!

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