tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post5864478362779378052..comments2024-03-15T01:25:36.095-04:00Comments on St Gemma Galgani: The Autobiography of St Gemma GalganiGlenn Dallairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-56104563710453614692023-05-11T23:06:55.045-04:002023-05-11T23:06:55.045-04:00It's been awhile since this happened but I hop...It's been awhile since this happened but I hope all is well with your son. I will pray tonight for him. It's 5-11-23 God bless you and your family Brandon P Esparzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-44063468908984351882023-05-11T22:41:23.597-04:002023-05-11T22:41:23.597-04:00I'm sorry I'm not a Catholic but I believe...I'm sorry I'm not a Catholic but I believe in Yeshua Jesus and He is my Savior. I didn't know that there were other believers going through demonic attacks! I was told that if you have a demon that you don't have the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit cannot inhabit where any evil is. But I don't believe that especially after reading these testimonies. I used to practice witchcraft and the occult. I also struggle with same sex attraction. But I got delivered from the witchcraft. But I've gotten attacks from this evil spirit still to this day. I see him in dreams and when he comes through me my head feels like it's going to explode. He does this often. I also get suicidal thoughts and have tried to kill myself before. My mom is a true believer and she says that an evil spirit touches her in appropriately but her spirit touches her from the outside and the difference is that mine comes from within. Sometimes I feel like I'm possessed and it gets very discouraging because I pray to God and Jesus Yeshua and I feel like I'm not being heard. I don't know if it's too late for me but it's kind of encouraging to hear that other people go through the same thing or similar circumstances. I'm looking for anything to help. God bless you all Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-67403129437525231212017-10-25T16:37:47.895-04:002017-10-25T16:37:47.895-04:00Blessed be our Holy God forever. Amen!Blessed be our Holy God forever. Amen!Precious blood girl:-)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04731880535351314568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-1901214271572161552016-02-27T10:45:34.081-05:002016-02-27T10:45:34.081-05:00Satan and his demons were all creatures whether we...Satan and his demons were all creatures whether we go with them in darkness or go to the light of God almighty due to them I was once bait by them almost go into hell due to my pride and avarice but soon I realize its not what God planned for me but to help myself & my brethren to rose up and cleanse our selves from impurity. Trust, love, and faith in the living and almighty God. Amen!<br /><br />If your suffering from demonic infestation - meditate on St. Michael's prayers & Blessed Virgin Mary - you can find these on religious [St. Pauls] stores and have them blessed by a Priest or Bishop.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09878163939140509601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-48689319268611278372014-08-26T04:07:11.956-04:002014-08-26T04:07:11.956-04:00Pray I bind you Satan and all your demons in the n...Pray I bind you Satan and all your demons in the name of Jesus of Nazareth and I plead the blood of Jesus over your son.<br /><br />http://www.catholicwarriors.com/pages/warfare_prayers.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-21249269457394483122014-08-06T10:07:37.672-04:002014-08-06T10:07:37.672-04:00This is very helpful.I got some ideas to apply for...This is very helpful.I got some ideas to apply for my son,he is fighting bad spirits.It happened 2 times.At the first,last December 2012,7bad spirits entered to his body,different voices,it really scared.He was very strong,in 3wks no food to take just water.I dont know what to do.But he won the battle in the name of Jesus Christ and Almighty God,Mama Mary and all the Saints.The second time it happened just few days,August 4,the devil command to my family that they will going to take the gold at the back of our house,and the devil sketch and how deep they dig a hole.And my family said,"if they will go,what will be replace or the change of the gold,he said the life of my son.We dont need the gold,important the life of my son.The evil ask so many things,he want a fresh meat,tobacco,or a child.My family holding so tight my son because he is very strong due to the devil in his body.Am so pitty with him.We keep praying,and showing the cross but he never open his eyes.My neighbors scared to come to my house.Please help me,and gve me more info so that my son will fight the devil.I need your prayers.My son name Reyjohn Ancheta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-45238638954735008142013-08-29T16:32:17.616-04:002013-08-29T16:32:17.616-04:00I found this interesting to read. I am a sinner. I...I found this interesting to read. I am a sinner. I continue the path of repentance everyday. I do not claim to be righteous, in fact I know I am lower than dirt. I was born in Egypt, with the label Christian. I moved to America when I was 9 years old. I was a fake Christian. You know, lip service to God. I was my own god and my own devil and sometimes I was the Agent of the Devil. Yet, the Mystery of God is stil to be revealed to many. Even though I led a life of routine church attentance and lip service of Jesus as my Savior, my One God was not going to abandon me. He blessed me much with material things. I lived 42 years really empty, yet by worldly standards I had it all. Then my life changed. My family took a vacation to Israel June 2012. Then within 8-9 months, a new spirit and heart was given to me. On March 13, 2013, I woke up with a force pushing me. Israel, Egypt and the world would not be the same. Egypt would need to return to the God of Abraham. Israel, would look for answers in the Cross. Individuals of all nations would need to repent of their personal sins, confessing their weakness and transgressions and resolving not to commit the same sin again by our One God. The Spirit of God has taken me on a journey where I had to learn to denounce hatred of anykind. Do not error by exhibiting so called passion for the Cross when you hate His Family. No Christian should hate Jews, Muslims or any other being. The message of our One God was to see Good in all He created. You do not have the key to salvation. That my friend belongs to our One God. You are to be the feet of the Cross by example. Live a life that shows love for all, pray for your enemies. Pray for the healing of all Creation, not for destruction of any soul. Someone has to pray for the Devil. Yes, I do that now. I pray for past, present, and future generations to be forgiven of their sins and restored with our One God so that all may enter His eternal Day of Rest.Rasha Ayadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-39943896731334187792009-01-12T18:45:00.000-05:002009-01-12T18:45:00.000-05:00Dear Anonymous,Thank you for your comments.In rega...Dear Anonymous,<BR/>Thank you for your comments.<BR/>In regards to the assualts of the demons, I can say that I avidly read the lives of the saints, and it is a common thread amongst the Saints who were mystics to have undergone numerous "assualts" from the demons. This of course does not happen to all the saints, but I have yet to read a saint who was a mystic (ie- given mystical gifts and graces) who did NOT have to undergo demonic assualts, for example St Pio, St John Vianney, St John of the Cross, St Teresa of Avila, Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, St Catherine of Siena, Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich, St Bridget of Sweden etc. etc....<BR/><BR/>Although such experience are not common for most people, it seems that God allows such assualts on certain individuals as a "purification" for the individual involved. This was certainly the reason in St Gemma's case, as Jesus told her that was the reason he allowed it. Such assualts draw the soul closer to God, Who, along with our Blessed Mother and the Saints, can provide assistance and comfort under such circumstances.<BR/><BR/>So you are right, first and foremost to continue to go to the Mass, confession and the rosary. The saints tell us that these as the best weapons against evil and assualts of the demons. <BR/>May God bless you and be with you always,<BR/>Glenn DallaireGlenn Dallairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-45536359435986461852009-01-12T17:43:00.000-05:002009-01-12T17:43:00.000-05:00I just recently read about Saint Gemma's life. I ...I just recently read about Saint Gemma's life. I identified with it for I have been harrassed by some demonic presence. It's activity has increased and decreased over a period of about 3 years. It usually starts weighing dowm my legs and feet. Then When I am resting I feel the pressure of it on my head and face. It feels like it is trying to bite my toes.<BR/>I pray to God everyday for it to go away.I start thinking that my prayers are not holy enough, but I realize that is what Satan wants me to think. I just keep praising God. I ask him what am I to learn from this experience? I think possibly he wanted me to pray more and from the depths of my soul.I go to church every sunday and sometimes during the week when I can(due to PD) I have been praying my Rosary. I love the Blessed Mother Mary very much for she directed me to her Son, Jesus, about 22 years ago and nothing has been the same! <BR/>I am going to order the book on St Gemma. When I read that the Saints were also persecuted by the demons it gives me hope and makes me realize it is all in God's Plan in pruning us and making us grow stronger in our faith and our beliefs in God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-51155385036926818582009-01-12T09:08:00.000-05:002009-01-12T09:08:00.000-05:00Hi Nancy,It is a pleasure to meet you.I am wonderi...Hi Nancy,<BR/>It is a pleasure to meet you.<BR/><BR/>I am wondering which monastery you sent your request to, as I have two listed for the Autobiography here:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.stgemmagalgani.com/2008/10/books-on-st-gemma-galgani.html" REL="nofollow">Books on St Gemma</A><BR/><BR/>Since there are 2 Passionist Monasteries in Kentucky, and both offer the various books on St Gemma, so I am wondering which one you sent your request to. They are both usually very prompt about filling the book requests. Let me know also when you mailed your request. You can email me back your reply. My email address is gdallaire1@gmail.com<BR/><BR/>May God bless you and yours,<BR/>GlennGlenn Dallairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-12087887240192888282009-01-11T23:31:00.000-05:002009-01-11T23:31:00.000-05:00Hi Glen, I have enjoyed reading your site about S...Hi Glen, I have enjoyed reading your site about St. Gemma very much. My mother-in-law has always<BR/>spoke to me how her parents came from Lucca, Italy. I wrote the Passionist Nuns in Ky and sent a donation for the book you mentioned on your site. I have not heard back anything. Can you contact them and inquire about my<BR/>letter and book order ? Nancy Sartori from Illinois. Thanks Glen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-88062851888871299502009-01-10T22:18:00.000-05:002009-01-10T22:18:00.000-05:00Hi William,St Gemma's feastday is April 11th (or M...Hi William,<BR/>St Gemma's feastday is April 11th (or May 16 for those in the Passionist order, since St Gemma is considered a lay Passionist, as during her lifetime she had wished to be a Passionist nun.)<BR/><BR/>May God bless you and yours,<BR/>GlennGlenn Dallairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-8356214611014783962009-01-10T21:29:00.000-05:002009-01-10T21:29:00.000-05:00Hello, can you tell me what day is Saint Gemma's F...Hello, can you tell me what day is Saint Gemma's Feast Day?<BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/>William Kennedy<BR/>PS: Saint Gemma looks so familiarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-8030555872753895212009-01-10T19:58:00.000-05:002009-01-10T19:58:00.000-05:00Hi Melinda,It is a pleasure to meet you.Since I st...Hi Melinda,<BR/>It is a pleasure to meet you.<BR/><BR/>Since I started this website last year, I have recieved numerous emails and letters with similar stories like yours of St Gemma's intercession.<BR/>I can only reply -thanks be to God and His servant, St Gemma! <BR/>~St Gemma, pray for us!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your kind comment and may God bless you and yours.<BR/>Glenn DallaireGlenn Dallairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-21499934794730209912009-01-10T19:19:00.000-05:002009-01-10T19:19:00.000-05:00I'm so happy to hear more of St. Gemma. I was ver...I'm so happy to hear more of St. Gemma. I was very blessed several years ago to find a holy card and relic on the front at the St. Joseph Shrine in St. Louis, MO. Not knowing anything of her, a situation arose where prayers were needed immediately as my nephew was missing, so I prayed the prayer on the back of St. Gemma's holy card and was so shocked but my prayer was answered within 30 minutes. I bought the book on St. Gemma soon after wondering who is this saint who answered a prayer so quickly? Sincerely, Melinda NyikosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-47330897151683491442009-01-10T18:51:00.000-05:002009-01-10T18:51:00.000-05:00Read about her heroic mortification here: http://c...Read about her heroic mortification here: http://cathom.blogspot.com/2008/12/games-amusements-recreations-she-would.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-19112493260771832322009-01-10T09:51:00.000-05:002009-01-10T09:51:00.000-05:00Hi Michael,It is a pleasure to meet you.Thanks so ...Hi Michael,<BR/>It is a pleasure to meet you.<BR/>Thanks so much for your comments.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Gemma was perhaps about 14 years old when she was given the extraordinary gift to see and be guided by her Angel. This grace continued to her death.<BR/><BR/>As we read in her Autobiography and Diary, her Angel guided and instructed her in virtue, along with protecting her from numerous evils and traps of the devil. Her Angel also corrected many times when it she would fail to do something, or if she was doing something that was displeasing to God.<BR/><BR/>As a side note however, I will say that while the Saints and great Catholic spiritual directors have always encouraged devotion to our guardian Angels along with our Blessed Mother and the Saints, they frequently remind us that familiarity with them is a extraordinary grace given by God to chosen souls for their "mission" in life, and such familiarity is not to be sought after by those of the majority of us who are upon the common spiritual paths. <BR/><BR/>The danger for the ordinary soul in seeking such graces is the devil who can easily disguise himself as an angel or anyone else in an effort to decieve, as he did on SEVERAL occasions to St Gemma. On one occasion he (the devil) appeared to her as her Confessor, Father Giovanni Volpi, and tried to decieve her. <BR/><BR/>Eventually God and her spirtual director told her how to distinguish between heavenly visitors, and the evil ones.<BR/>As soon as they appeared to her she would say "Blessed be God" or "Blessed be Jesus" and the heavenly visitors would always reply back in the same way, but those of the demonic or evil kind would not reply or at most only reply "Blessed be". In this way she was able to distinguish the heavenly visitors from the evil ones.<BR/><BR/>May God bless you and yours,<BR/>Glenn DallaireGlenn Dallairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-19733523723804635462009-01-10T08:50:00.000-05:002009-01-10T08:50:00.000-05:00it is worthy of note that Saint Gemma "saw" the ev...it is worthy of note that Saint Gemma "saw" the evil one's dark ominous presence (and we should never forget that "it" lurks around and "searches for whom it might devour" . . . <BR/><BR/>but . . . even more worthy of note and of our thoughts is that Saint Gemma saw her Guardian Angel (and she was graced to see him presented in a "physical presence" or perception underlining the "reality' of our guardian angels, not their physicality) . . . <BR/><BR/>so, while Saint Gemma's holy life reminds us to be aware of and cautious of "the devil", she teaches us to be be more aware and concious of our angel (who never deserts us) who assists and helps us in directing us to Jesus and His love.<BR/><BR/>(michael g. batcho)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com